Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero
YOU WILL MAKE IT - If You Are Suffering This Is For You - Powerful Motivational Speech
Mon, 11 Nov 2024
Sometimes, the answers we need aren’t out there somewhere; they’re right here, within arm’s reach. In this episode, we’ll dig into the surprising truth that even our biggest obstacles can be tackled with what we already have, right where we are. It’s easy to think that solutions lie in some far-off place, requiring resources or skills we don’t yet possess. But the reality is, more often than not, the next step is right in front of us—small, simple, and incredibly powerful. We often complicate things, layering on obstacles that aren’t really there. Yet, the most profound changes come from peeling back, not adding on. It’s about starting with what we have, embracing the simplicity of immediate action, and letting go of the notion that answers must be difficult to be impactful. This isn’t just a mindset shift—it’s a pathway to real change, right here, right now. Monday Motivation Newsletter: https://www.eddiepinero.com/newsletter Free Ebook: www.eddiepinero.com/ebook YouTube: www.eddiepinero.com/youtube
Chapter 1: How can I tackle my biggest challenges?
I have long believed that the solution to even our biggest problems, our toughest tasks, our greatest challenges, they can be solved. Or at least the process of solving them can begin exactly where you are, using only what you already have. Meaning the solution to your problem exists in the room with you an arm's length away.
Chapter 2: What is the importance of simplicity in problem-solving?
And you might hear that and think, dude, that's way too good to be true. That's too idealistic. It's too simple. But what I want to try and explain over the next few minutes is how the most important changes we make in life The things that matter the most, they're simple, incredibly simple. And it's only our tendency to make things unnecessarily complex that becomes the problem.
Chapter 3: What did Thomas Sowell say about complexity?
One of my favorite thinkers, Thomas Sowell, once said, And he's coming at this more societally from a A political angle. But I think so many of these things in the big picture, in the macro, they make sense in the micro. Like I hear this and I think at a personal level, this is so true. You should see the things I come up with in my mind when I'm procrastinating or dragging my feet on something.
Chapter 4: How do I overcome procrastination?
This angle, that angle, what if this happens or that? Have I thought about A? What about B? What about C? And I usually dance around these things until I remember... Eddie, we've been here before. No. Turn the internal dialogue off and start. Go. Put the project into motion. Breathe life into the pursuit. Then it's off to the races. It's not that complicated.
Chapter 5: What life lesson did Eddie learn on a train in Venice?
You go before you're ready and you adjust along the way. That's one example. And a few weeks ago, this was sort of reinforced to me in a funny way. It's a seemingly trivial metaphor that I think in its simplicity can be truly valuable. So picture this, right? I was on a train in Venice, Italy, big family trip. And so we'd all been overseas for about five weeks.
Chapter 6: How can I handle unexpected situations?
So we're not exactly traveling light. We have pretty big suitcases, the standard size you'd have to check if you were at an airport going onto an airplane. But we weren't on an airplane. We were on a train with tight quarters and big suitcases. Big crowds, right? So we board this train. People start piling into their seats. And I'm like, okay, what do we do with these things?
You know, and I'm looking around, seeing if I could find a place to store them. I point to one of them, and, you know, one of the folks working there kind of just scowls and walks by. And it's like, okay, I get it. We're the Americans in Europe with the big suitcases. And it just becomes a circus, right?
Now, there's an overhead compartment where you can put bags above the seats, but it just, it looks small. It looks tiny. My brother and I were peering around. We both see it and immediately go, no, no chance that's fitting.
So I'm like, okay, we'll put the bags on our seats and either stand by them or sit on the suitcases, let the people board the train, and then when everyone's sitting, we can move all our bags to the aisle, and, you know, we're solving this thing in real time. Then suddenly, I just get this jolt of... Why not?
Pick up one of the massive bags and I just start jamming it into the overhead compartment. And, you know, people all the way up and down the aisle are staring at me like I'm losing my mind. I'm trying to condense the suitcase, you know, as much as I can. And after about 30 seconds, the thing somehow fits. My brother jumps up out of his seat. We start grabbing the bags and
jamming them all in this overhead compartment. Now, I need you to trust me. I feel dumb as I sit here even speaking this. Imagine how dumb I felt in that moment, right? This whole little traffic jam and commotion was avoidable. Didn't even really want to rehash this. I just want to let it fade into history. But it's one of those things where it's like, the more you think about it,
The more the seemingly obvious solution is the point. I'm drawing up a plan to sit on a 55 pound bag and all this unnecessary nonsense when the thing just fit where bags are supposed to go. And maybe it didn't seem like it at first, but regardless, you know, the solution was right there in the overhead compartment. You know, that's like dying of thirst right next to a lake.
You're not too far from what you really needed there, pal. So now, let's take this to where it really matters. Our personal lives. The things that weigh us down, the obstacles that feel big and ominous and intimidating. Resolving them must call for some larger-than-life response, right? There must be some 5,000-page answer book to encompass my solution here. Nah, not true.
What's the simple, singular root of the issue, and how can you attack it head on? There's an idea I've talked about before, but I want to bring up again, about the idea of little hinges. W. Clement Stone once said, little hinges swing big doors. meaning there's certain small things we do that have just this monumental impact. It's just, we aren't looking for them.
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