Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero - BECOME SELF DISCIPLINED IN 2022 | Powerful Motivational Speeches Compilation

Episode Date: January 5, 2022

“Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.” - Abraham Lincoln

When the path is uncertain, we seek out footprints from journeys that occurred long ago. Opinions from people who know no better than us. We look for things that can't be given but must be made. I once heard Charlie Munger say that we are our own experiment. Life is the extraordinary, arranged in infinite pieces in place, placed inside a box, waiting for us to uncover and unfold parts that contain no meaning until we place meaning upon them. And the danger of looking externally for answers is that no one knows you better than

you. Life is a playground, an experiment, a place to try new things, push, boundaries, build, fail, and ultimately build again. This is the process from which we see what we're made of. Who we really are. Uncover what the best book, the most intelligent being on the planet, can't give to you.

It's where you learn that wandering is not the same as lost. See, we must retreat to the depths of vulnerability in order to come back stronger than we've ever been. We must self-examine in order to find our wings. The Bill Gates of the world, the Picasso's of the world, they disappeared for 10 years until they came back equipped to transform everything around them to explore, builds, create themselves,

to acquire something that mere advice is incapable of providing. Don't deprive yourself of that because of the pressures right now. See, when we realize, that falling ten times brings us contentment on the 11th. Falling is nothing to be ashamed of. It's something to be sought out. By falling I learned to succeed, by losing I learn to win,

by looking like the fool I learned to lead, by wandering off the paved road. I created the map from my soul to where I was meant to be. I often ask myself, What differentiates those who wish for better outcomes? And those who do something about it? What separates the dreaming from the progress and the wishing from the reality?

Sure, life is complex. There are a lot of moving parts to understand. But I think this element is simple. Those who build things in life are willing to be. to not only see a reality that hasn't yet materialized, but they also understand that in a world of no, they have to be the yes. They have to believe in their ability

to drive towards finish lines that no one else sees and see meaning cannot come to fruition without that discomfort. Or as Nietzsche put it, one must still have killed. chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star and that's just it. Most people see what is, most people conform they do not create. To change something means you have to be the metaphorical eagle amongst pigeons, flying above all that, everyone, everything else, superseding the limiting beliefs that

shackle others to their one-dimensional realities. But most importantly, it means you can see. You can see what no one else can. You have line of sight to what no one else understands. See, in this world, no one walks up to you on the street, puts their arm around you and says, hey, kid, that dream, follow that, because I can tell you're going to do big things.

No one says, hey, that business idea, you're going to thrive next year, I know it. That relationship, it's going to happen. That level of fitness? Oh, I can see it already. Nope. People see what's right in front of them. And as it pertains to you and your world, your life,

people are those pigeons. And so that leaves you with a choice. Do you accept that? Do you blend in, take the scraps you're allowed to consume? the crumbs laid out in front of you? Or do you step back and acknowledge that this is going to be tough? This is going to hurt. It's going to push me further as a person that I've ever been pushed.

But you know what I get in return? That view. I get to live above the clouds with those who don't wait in line. No, they become the main attraction. They transform what is into what will be because the world, it has a way of ensuring that we really want what we say we do. Greatness in any area of life is reserved for those willing to carry forward when most would turn back. To build a bridge to something greater. When most people point out that your bridge is not connected to anything, that it's a waste of time, it's trivial, useless,

Good, changing your life in the world around you has to be irrational. Taking the status quo and shaking it, saying I'm going to alter this landscape is irrational. But from irrationality comes the future. So when you feel like the world is against you, when you have an uphill battle to climb when there are a million reasons for you to turn around, understand that this is a Understand that this is nothing more than an indicator that you are right where you need to be. Against the current, bringing something new to life. See if it were easy, it would already exist.

But changing your life, that makes you an architect of the unseen. So build. On the days you want to build. On the days you don't build, when they understand build, and when they assume you've all together lost your mind build. Sure, it's not easy, but it's worth it. And when tomorrow comes and it looks a lot different from today, when you've grown, evolved, transformed, and you look back and don't even recognize the person you once were, that won't be because you listen to the truth. chirping of the doubters and the naysayers. It won't be because when strangers told you to give up, you packed your bags and went home. No, it will be because you rose above all that. They saw

empty space and you saw a world undiscovered. They saw your head in the clouds while you built those castles in the air. You were always on a trajectory to something greater. You didn't You need to convince them. You needed to convince yourself. To unlock the shackles and take to the sky, leave everything that once held you down behind. This isn't about anyone else. It's about the conversation between you and the horizon that await.

Recently I had writer's block. Couldn't think, so I completely removed myself from my work. I put on my running shoes and I ran. Down the steps to the front door and down the street. It was a Tuesday afternoon when traditionally we're taught to either be at work or in school. That's just where we are. And I laugh because a year and a half after deciding to leave to pursue my own thing, start my own business ventures, the simple idea of being outside on a weekday raises a tiny red flag in the back of my mind.

As if to suggest I shouldn't be doing this. And that's what 26 years of maintaining a certain mentality will do. Changing the way you see things doesn't happen overnight. It takes time. So I'm running. I'm making my way downtown with the sole thought of needing content for this next video. My mission was to think, to run and to think. And I ran a few blocks.

And I'd see people walking to school, going to and from work, taking the train, carrying shopping bags for Christmas. And all these things really make you question the big picture. How can so many different priorities be right? Are the things we place most value on, truly most important? And I thought about it and I thought about it and I thought about it and didn't come up with an answer, so I kept running. And at this point, I'm well on my way.

Past the ballpark where my grandfather spent his whole life cheering for a team that consistently ripped his heart out. And I thought about how they finally won in 2004 days before he died. And how one person can have such a tremendous impact on your life. And onward I ran, I passed the library where I glanced over and my mind went right to the issues, the struggles, the challenges we face in the world today, and how so many of the answers sit right there on the other side of that wall, on bookshelves. But how we're moving away from that, right?

How can anyone truly grasp the depths of history with an attention span of 30 seconds or less? You know, I started thinking about what's going to happen, how this is going to affect mankind, and I bounced this around for a few minutes, and then move forward, step by step, acknowledging that, you know, I'm spending time asking questions, but haven't come up with any answers. Right, I have no content for this video, not yet, so I ran. And I ran through the common where the trees have no more leaves, it's winter, everything looks dead. And this brought me back to the summer. when everything was green, when the sun was out,

and I had to ask myself, did I take the time to truly appreciate that? Because now it's gone. And I made a promise that this summer, I'd never walk through the Boston Common without being grateful for it. It's a little thing, but it's a reminder that nothing lasts forever.

And I figured I'd come this far. I might as well go to the harbor. Right? So I continued on to the very edge of the city and I stopped. I turned around and stared directly at what I've been looking for this whole time. A skyline with hundreds of thousands of people

and things and places, it was the culmination of all those little questions I'd been asking. And I realized that to know everything, to pretend to know everything, is all wrong. That's not what it's about. It's about progress.

It's about learning a little bit at each stop along the way. Never allowing yourself to be stuck or closed-minded in a way that inhibits change or growth. Life is a marathon. It's not a sprint. You don't win your first mile. You win by trusting in your ability to figure things out as they come,

to evolve, to adapt. And above all, to believe that even though something may not be happening right now in the present, it can and it will be done. The finish line isn't there two, two, three miles. in, you can't see it. And if you're moving solely off of what can be seen or guaranteed, you won't get there. But if you trust that each step you take is one piece of something far greater that you deserve that was meant for you, the sky is the limit. A word we throw around all the time is difficult. How difficult will the journey be? How hard is it going to be to succeed?

or less asking is a desirable outcome likely. We're asking if it's worth our time. Right? If something's difficult, we associate that with the low probability of success. But that's not the right way of looking at it. If you want something enough, difficult becomes your best friend. It's your greatest asset. And this is one because of the growth that comes with it, but two, because very few people are willing to chase it down. The reality is most people are average. And that's just looking at the definition of the word. Right, if everyone was great, greatness wouldn't mean anything.

There's something special about it. It's unique. It sets people apart. We generally live amongst people, places, and expectations that make up everything we know. That's our normal. That's our box. But what's particularly interesting is that the people we celebrate,

the accomplishments we admire, they go far beyond. this sort of confined view of the world. So where is the line? Something's weird, it's abnormal, it's looked down upon, until suddenly it's not. You snap your finger and it's cherished. That guitar player practicing 15 hours a day, it's lame, they don't have a real job,

they're not contributing anything to society, and then he or she puts out an album that revolutionizes music, and they're a hero. The whole thought process is counterintuitive. counterintuitive. And that's why the words difficult and great are so closely related. Not because it's physically stressful, but because great comes with a hefty mental price tag. Difficult means you are consistently doing what the average, normal, and unspectacular deemed to be too great a sacrifice. They're not asking if it can be done. They're not asking

if it's possible, what they are really asking, what they want to know, is if they have to break through everyday normality to achieve a result. Do we have to make ourselves uncomfortable? Do we have to give more than we normally would? Do we have to be better than we were yesterday? If that answer is yes, the vast majority say thank you, but no thank you. And that's where defining opportunities open up. Great means you have the desire to set yourself. apart. Difficult means you have the dedication and the drive to do the little things no one else wanted to do. There is nothing miraculous about greatness. It is not divine. It is not incredible. It's simply seeing the word difficult as a staircase instead of a brick wall. It means you get the

opportunity to both give more of yourself and get more from the world. It is your secret door. your passageway if the incremental progress the growth and the sacrifice are worth the prize easy difficult and everything in between fades away the only thing worth the second of your time is making sure that every step you take points you in the direction of where you want to be most nothing in life will ever be bigger or smaller than your thoughts about it. You are your perception of the world as it unfolds before you. Your mind will either be your single greatest ally

or the very reason that you fail. This is a battle between you and yourself. And I want to make something clear. No one, nothing will ever dictate your success except you. Those who judge or criticize, they're not a reason to change your approach or backpedal. They are a benchmark. They are a sign to carry on. See, you'll never achieve until you can depersonalize criticism.

Until you understand that negativity, that the opinions of us, Others are not a reflection of you or your work. They are simply part of a beautiful process. Look, in life, there are certain undeniable truths. I can promise you that tomorrow the sun will rise. I can promise you that two and two will give you four, and I can promise you that anything worthwhile in life will have its doubters, its haters, and its cynics.

You will have people who want to pull you down before you begin the climb. But they are not the problem, nor the tragedy. Their existence is guaranteed. Oh, they'll be there. The tragedy is letting them misdirect your journey, giving them control of a battle that is not theirs to take. You aren't doing this for the ones trying to tear you down or the ones helping to lift you up, you're doing it because it's right for you.

Because deep down in your soul, you know there's no other reason, there's no other option. You know what your values are, where your heart is. When they say no, smile. When they talk, carry on. If you have not made the world around you uneasy or uncomfortable, if you've generated no reaction, you have not moved. So don't run from the dissenting voices, let them be. Their words highlight their own shortcomings.

Not yours. Sure, it will be difficult. Yes, it's an adjustment, but at some point you'll see that the climb was dependent on it. That attempting to satisfy the world around you only leaves you empty, because at the end of the day, You can hide from criticism or anticipate it and keep moving right towards your dreams. Build your castle. There is no need to keep the doubters or the naysayers out.

They are no threat to your empire. We're always barbarians at the gate. And I mean this in the sense that the second we give less than our best, the second we let up. It's not just that we allow the important things to fade. No, we let the outside world infiltrate our existence. In the history of civilizations by Will Durant, he said something that I found incredibly interesting.

He's talking about the fall of the Assyrian Empire, and he says barbarism is always around civilization. emit it and beneath it, ready to engulf it by arms or mass migration or unchecked fertility. Barbarism is like the jungle. It never admits its defeat. It waits patiently to recover the territory it has lost. See, in those civilizations Durant speaks of, they knew they were always living with a threat of an attack by outside forces that oppose it, knowing that calm and quiet wasn't the rule, but the exception to the rule. And in its weakest moments, it crumbles. In fact, Durand says

societies are born stoic and they die a pecurian, created from discipline, but fall apart when people take what they have for granted, when pleasure and leisure become the standard. It's almost like society is a submarine keeping out the ocean of human nature, constantly putting pressure on it, right? And why does this matter? Well, this is what's interesting. Compare it to this idea that I found in Jim Rohn's collection of lectures, where he's talking about life's concessions. He says even small compromises with regard to your goal matter. Giving in, even a little bit, can be dangerous. Saying, oh, it's just one time is a wolf and sheep's clothing because it begins the process of the downfall plants a seed it cracks the door for

those barbarians waiting patiently outside the gate the ones who know discipline is not guaranteed discipline is built manufactured it must be protected it is the exception to the rule and they are chomping at the bit given the slightest opportunity they will bring it to ashes and this matters because it's up to you to protect that which is worth protecting. You ever have one of those days or weeks that are insanely productive or enjoyable and you just think this is great, I need to do more of this, I need to sustain this. And then time goes by, the outside world sneaks in and the prospect of continuing that routine slips away.

Crashes because parameters were not created. because you let it slip once. And once doesn't mean you'll pick up where you left off. No, once is whispering to your subconscious that it's okay to concede. It says, oh, it's all right. I'll stray from my path just for the important things. I'll only crack the door for the barbarians when I need to. But now you're in an interesting situation.

How do you measure when it's important enough to quit or stop or cheat? And trust me, I understand that life is complex. It's not. black and white, but the areas we grow the most are the same areas where we leave no room for negotiation. X, Y, or Z is going to happen because it is who you are. In that door, it stays shut to the outside world, the mediocrity telling you your plans don't matter to the barbarians outside looking for any excuse to infiltrate or destroy. And see, the point is not to avoid fun or leisure or the enjoyment of life.

No, of course not. What I'm advocating is that we highlight the aspects of life that are non-negotiable, the things that mean a lot and are therefore subject to the ever-reaching arm of retreat. You don't have to do this, the barbarians will tell you. Once isn't the end of the world, but what life shows us

is that greatness isn't one crazy or monumental action. It's keeping the intruders out where they must be restrained, remaining diligent in one's pursuit towards something more. Yes, there are always enemies at the gate, but there is also within you the ability to keep them in check, to tame them, to differentiate between your world and theirs. And in your life, your world, your empire, you are the gatekeeper.