Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero - MAKE YOURSELF A PRIORITY | Best Motivational Speeches To Start Your Day Right

Episode Date: April 21, 2023

"The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence" - Unknown

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That idea in my mind is perfection. Let your growth, your evolution. And yes, ultimately your accolades do the, this speaking for you. This always hit home for me for two reasons. One, because things of value come with a hefty price tag. We know this. Excellence requires sacrifice. It is in many ways both a daunting and worthwhile pursuit. And two, well, because we often conflate flailing around with progress. In fact, some of my favorite books, whether it be Deep Work by Cal Newport, Relentless by Tim Grover, The Obstacle is the Way by Ryan Holiday.

Part of what captivates me with these is the emphasis on what we are willing to do in silence, behind the scenes. That's where true meaning and value materializes. It's also where it's most difficult to commit and continue forward because in silence, there is no audience clapping for you. There is no validation. When you're building and reading and improving, when you're at the gym or on those calls, establishing that foundation, putting in the hours,

it's easy to look around and have doubts. And our brains go, I did the work, where's the reward? I sacrifice, so where's the payout? It's not intuitive to understand that, hey, it's not visible yet. one of my favorite metaphors, the lily pad pond, in which there is a pond with lily pads doubling in size every day, and on day 30, the pond is completely covered with them. So what day was the pond half covered?

And if we're thinking quickly, we might be inclined to say, well, half of 30 is 15, so it was half covered on day 15. But that's wrong, because if they're doubling every day, that pond wasn't half covered until day 29, and only a quarter covered on day 28. Meaning every day before then the change was so small that perhaps it wasn't even visible to the naked eye. So small that to onlookers, the prospect of it one day being covered

might have seemed far-fetched. But what was at work was the necessary change to set the stage? To start what would ultimately become the exponential growth that is noticeable, impactful. Now, of course, lilypads are not human, but little thought experiment. Let's say they had been. I'd like to believe that talking about their growth, their plans, right, them screaming about how great they are, and what they will someday be would not have helped them grow faster. In fact, it might have potentially even distracted the necessary evolution.

The growth was not them versus the world, it was them versus them. And that's the idea, right? It's okay to work on you, to make a deal, sign a contract with yourself, that you are doing something now that only you understand. That won't be visible until a later date. Let success be your noise. Because there's often zero correlation between the loudest person and the one making the greatest impact.

Let success be your noise because you can't fake competency. Let success be your noise because leaders don't need to proclaim they lead. And winners don't need to prove they've won. And virtuous people don't advertise their virtue. It's in the doing. That's where we pay the price. The steep price. I've always said the last 10 years for me, the hardest part wasn't failing.

It was not when things didn't go as planned. The hardest part was simply not knowing. It was the whisper that, hey, all this could be for naught. That I'm wasting my time. That the whole idea is a car without wheels. And that's what hurt. But if I could go back in time, talk to my younger self, I would say, you know, all this, all of it, the ups, downs, highs, lows, it's making you who you need to be. And if something doesn't work or go as you plan to be.

it originally relax. You learn, you adjust, and you move forward. That's how the doubling of lily pads, right, using the same metaphor, occurs. You're learning, you're growing, and that's a you thing. I talked a few weeks ago now about the difference between a fee and a fine, as discussed in the psychology of money by Morgan Howesel. The weight of not knowing it isn't a fine. It's not a penalty. It's the fee. It's the cost to get into the show, the ticket to something greater. But you have to walk through that door. Again, it's a decision. It's personal. It's a commitment. It's nothing that screaming and seeking attention brings. You have to trust yourself, believe in yourself, right? Your effort is doubling in size. It's compounding exponentially,

and you don't need to convince others. You need to say consistent. and build yourself up until the world has to notice. Trust the mission you're on. As long as you're, one, moving forward, and two, learning and adjusting, you are destined for something greater. By committing, you have stacked the deck. By believing in yourself, you have rigged the game.

It's about hearing and believing that voice that says, there's more in store for those who take it. And you are capable of that. That's the decision that will ultimately ring so loud it will echo through time.