Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero
You’re Playing Small — and It’s Costing You Everything
Fri, 30 May 2025
In this episode, Eddie Pinero pulls back the curtain on one of the biggest lies you’re told: that playing it safe and shrinking your dreams is the path to success. It’s not. It’s the slow erosion of your potential.What You’ll Discover:Why the voices telling you to stay small aren’t your truthThe cost of ignoring the flicker of potential inside youHow to spot the silent killer of self-sabotageThe difference between comfort and growth, and why you can’t have bothWhy aiming for “safe” is the biggest risk of allEddie’s words cut through the noise, reminding you that playing small doesn’t protect you, it slowly steals everything you could become. If you’ve felt stuck, if you’ve felt like life’s slipping by while you wait for the “right” moment, this is your call to action.🎧 Listen, watch, and share this episode with someone who needs to remember: you are built for more.💬 Comment below: What’s the dream you’ve been keeping small? Let’s talk.🔥 Subscribe for more cinematic wake-up calls to get you moving , because life’s not waiting, and neither should you.More from Eddie Pinero:Monday Motivation Newsletter: https://www.eddiepinero.com/newsletterYour World Within Podcast: https://yourworldwithin.libsyn.com/Stream these tracks on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2BLf6pBInstagram - @your_world_within and @IamEddiePineroTikTok - your_world_withinFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/YourworldwithinTwitter - https://www.twitter.com/IamEddiePineroBusiness Inquiries - http://www.yourworldwithin.com/contact#liveinspired #yourworldwithin #motivation
What does playing small cost you?
We just have to keep reaching, keep stretching, keep feeling around for it, because it exists. And with an outstretched arm, the very thing necessary to get us out of the dark and into the light is waiting. And that's just it. We can't conflate the goal with the delta between where we stand now and the goal. No one can run a marathon in one giant step.
It doesn't matter how strong you are, you're not leaping the course and diving through the finished tape. No, you're running thousands and thousands of little manageable steps. But we come face to face with situations in life where we know the finish line, whatever it is in your particular case, is way out there in the distance.
And it's overwhelming, it's intimidating, it places us back in that dark room where we're surrounded by the unknown and inundated with stories we tell ourselves about how difficult life is. This is where you need to reach out and look for the light switch. Das ist, wo du dich daran erinnern musst, dass du nicht verantwortlich für die Schlusslinie bist, denn wie könntest du das sein?
Menschen sind nur möglich, sich einen Schritt nach vorne zu bewegen. Das ist, wo du verstehen musst, dass der größte Einfluss auf den Discus gerade ist ein Veränderung zu deinem Ausgangspunkt. Ein Perspektivschiff. Etwas Minimales. Das bringt dir die Distanz.
Every time I've been stuck or lost, it has been an adjustment to the way I'm looking at the world around me that's ultimately made the difference. A little reminder to take the pressure off. At least in the sense that we can only control what we can control. And usually that's the step right in front of us. So my suggestion... Stop looking up at the mountain and look down at the very next step.
Because from where you stand, there is a path to get you there. But the process calls for you to, one, believe it's possible, and two, make the little adjustment in real time that will put you in position to do just that. You're never down and out. Not so long as there's air in your lungs and blood pumping through your veins.
Es gibt zwei Art von Crossroads.
Zuerst der externe.
Die Kräfte, die das Leben, außerhalb deiner Kontrolle, vor dir befinden. Die abrupten Veränderungen, die suddenen Zwistungen, die Tragödie, sogar die Ereignisse, die wir nicht ganz verstehen, und so sie als Furcht aufschlagen. Und dann gibt es das Interne, die Kräfte, die du produzierst, die, die selbst erschaffen sind, selbstinduziert sind. The, you know what, I've had enough of this crossroads.
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