Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero - I've Come Too Far To Quit

Episode Date: April 18, 2020

In this episode I talk about: Failure and how it is dependent upon a refusal to continue on The control we have over our own, individual destinies This week's YouTube release: I've Come Too Far To Quit (Powerful Motivational Video)

Good morning. Welcome to Your World Within Daily. Today we're going to talk about this week's video release called I've come too far to quit and dive into the idea that you only fail when you stop. Happy Saturday morning. So I was going to just play the video right from the beginning, but I feel like some context might be helpful in terms of really understanding the point here. So this video that I really really, least on Wednesday. It's called I've come too far to quit. And the idea is a simple one. It's that you really cannot fail until you stop and decide you're no longer moving forward, right? Because until that point, everything in life is a work in progress, the pursuit of that one decision that might change everything. We never know when that is, when that pivot is, or the turning point. But we do know that the ls that we take, right, the little losses are where we learn. That's actually where we step forward, that through our losses come our gains. And so, you know, you can take a, even a monumental defeat, but that doesn't mean you failed, right? That means you're

now picking up the pieces reassessing and replanting. The only way to fail, to truly fail, is to look at yourself in the mirror and say, it's not worth it for me anymore. Right. Those micro losses however you define them, they're a bigger price than I want to pay. And I think that's an important understanding because we think sometimes the outside world is the gatekeeper. It whether we succeed, it's indicative of our progress. And the reality is, no, it's, it's, um, willpower. It's persistence. It's the human spirit marching forward. And to me, there's no news better than that. Because as long as you march forward, as long as you care about something, fate is in your hands. You're writing the story. You're, you're authoring the book,

not the external world. And there is no failure until you, decide there is you write it into the storyline you pick up the pen and you insert it into your life the journey stops when you do and there's nothing more reassuring than that hope you have an amazing day guys i'm going to leave you with this week's video i've come too far to quit i'll talk to you tomorrow sometimes success is merely hanging on when others would let go Not doing anything spectacular or out of the ordinary. Not leaping a mile or jumping over a mountain, but simply carrying on. Thomas Edison has a famous quote that's really stuck with me over the years.

He says, many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. right, how close they were to the finish line when they turned their back and said it wasn't worth it. It's really an interesting thing to grasp. Success is seeing what others can't. It's believing when others don't. It's taking the abstract, those visions, those pictures in your head, the make-believe in finding the courage to make them real. Bring them to life.

It's this constantly evolving process and it grows a little bit every single day. Sometimes we feel that progress. We feel the momentum. We do something big and it's exciting. And sometimes the progress feels small. And then there are times when we get knocked down

and we don't see it at all. We feel like because we weren't validated that we lost. that we failed, that it wasn't enough. We forget that's part of the process, that progress is a journey. And it goes when you go, and it stops when you stop. Just like that famous Dalai Lama quote, right?

The only way to fail is to quit, period. No one ever stops because they can't. They stop because they decide to. They stop because they see that huge mouth. and they think that's impossible. They forget it's only made of little rocks. They stop because they get so disheartened by the distance of the finish line

that they forget it only takes a collection of little steps to get there. You don't have to leap the entire distance. You know, I've been there. This is me speaking from experience. It took me years to figure it out. And even now, life is rapidly evolving. I've poured my heart into things that, let's be honest, no one cared about. I've invested in opportunities that fell apart right in front of me,

and each time it felt like the end of the world. I've been lost, I've been unsure. Gotten up after things didn't go as planned, and it felt like a loser. I had to look myself in the mirror and pick myself back up off the floor. But there's one thing that I kept doing that I never thought twice about. And that's continuing on. Whether life lifted me up or it beat me down, my plan for tomorrow was always the same. Get up and try again. Keep going. And as I sat down this morning with my pen and a piece of paper, I thought, what's the one thing I would want to be told if I started out again? What's the one thing that people need to hear most? and it's to simply keep going. Keep taking steps.

Because one day the world will start to make sense. And you'll look around and you will be thankful for one thing. That when most would have stopped, you didn't. When the world said no, you said yes. There is nothing so powerful as a source. soul that refuses to back down. See, persistence is not an important thing or an essential thing. It's everything.

So live as to see. Not what can be lost, but what will be gained. Find that light in darkness, even if it's a flicker, even if it's a spark. See, every loss makes you a little tougher and every instant of sadness. Uncovered something beautiful. Every moment of fear teaches you to be a little braver. Every broken heart opens the door to a new connection. Instead of doubting yourself, feeling inadequate in life's darkest moments,

know that you need what you are going through. You are uncovering the little victories hidden in plain view. So when the world feels like too much and your patience is thin be stronger than that voice in your head Begging you to think small Stand on every experience the good and the bad let it elevate you to a beautiful tomorrow