Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero - PUSH THROUGH THE PAIN | Best Motivation Speeches Compilation

Episode Date: March 2, 2022

Do not let what is out of your control interfere with all the things you can control...

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Why? Because at some point I realized that it wasn't so much the immediate moment that was painful as it was the idea that I had to continue on, a fear of the unknown. Our minds are brilliant because they have the power to gaze into the future, to anticipate, to predict, and sometimes that prediction materializes in the form of stress and pain in the present.

A pain that, let's face it, is manufactured. See, the present moment may be uncomfortable, but it's manageable. It's always something we can harness and adapt ourselves to, But make-believe scenarios, the imaginary monsters we let in, well, I don't know how well-equipped we are to handle those, so I've found solace in simply keeping them out. See, counting streetlights, it brings me to the now.

I can always get to the next street light. In fact, it's always visibly in front of me. It's tangible. It's real. There is no space for tricks or scary stories when I count streetlights. My mind's job is to focus on those tall metal fixtures, and the body's job is to listen and move accordingly. And while sure, there is pain, it is manageable.

When you look it directly in the eyes, not with regard to what it can be, but as it exists now in this moment, we can always rise to be more than we once thought possible. These streetlights simply remind us of that fact. And so beyond this moment, when the running shoes are off, long after the finish line crossed,

it's imperative that the idea remains, that yes, life will be painful and life can hurt, but it never gives you in one instant more than you can handle. And sometimes it might seem so. Sometimes it might appear overwhelming, but when we remind ourselves that we're simply borrowing pain from a future that has not yet arrived, when we refocus on what is within our control, we empower ourselves. Our greatness expands and our strength intensifies.

Because look, there's a time and a place for everything. And in our moments of duress, when the world is weighing down on us, I've found the answer to be thinking less and trusting more. And the next footstep transforms into not the detail but the story, in its entirety. Sure, sometimes life is about planning and calculating and strategizing, but sometimes life also calls us to put our heads down, shut our minds off, and find a way to move towards something greater.

It's step, step, light post, step, step, light post. Demoting the discomfort. from the star of the movie or the main character to a subtle observer. Sitting quietly in the background as you do what you were going to do anyway with or without it. Never forget how much control you have over the current moment, and that our greatest pain is often masked in a fiction, a delusion, when we find ourselves stuck. It's because of a future that has one not arrived,

and two is outside the scope of the task at hand. It's not because of what's around the corner that we survive life's trying times, it's because we dig deep enough to get to that next light post. That next day, that next stop, that next chapter. Look, you will emerge victorious. Not because of the future, but the now. Because you realize your strength, shut off the world, and conquered your next step.

Our lives require failure. Like our lungs require oxygen. And when I find the world around me lacking in the resources that I need, It's because in so many ways I have forgotten to breathe. To step out my walls of comfort and breathe in lessons waiting to be taught by the greatest of teachers' life. Life, the unpredictable and often unremarkable miracle. The book that reveals itself through experience that tells tales of tales of. Only in hindsight, our world is a book in which we choose our own ending, and so we must fail.

Because failing means living, and we were meant to live. We must fail because every failure is the mark of a poet, an artist, or an author, bringing this story one step closer to its resolution. continually walking up to a blank wall and making a mark, a single trivial mark, a mark that's misunderstood at best, but lightly scoffed at, ridiculed. But each mark gives meaning to the one before it. These marks, they become chapters, become narrative shifts, become stories. Every failure you throw against this wall becomes part of a mural. It's an element of beauty before the work can even be deemed beautiful.

Yet we continually misunderstand. When you hang your head in disappointment, when you see only the smudge of paint you through against that wall, you are oblivious to the fact that you're making something meaningful. So here is my challenge to you. I dare you in the midst of the Mona Lisa you are creating to see it before it's done. I dare you to be strong enough to fail not just once, but over and over and over again,

I dare you to keep your eyes focused, locked in, on what's in front of you. When everyone you know hides their failure, When they scream of every little wind for all the world to hear, I dare you to understand what they do not, to cherish your failures, to maintain trust in the unseen. And when all you want is to get there, I dare you to see your greatness before you arrive.

I dare you to look in the mirror and see the hero inside you right now. I dare you to do that. to do that. I dare you to take your struggle and see amidst the pain your purpose, your purpose that will lift you up when you've fallen and will carry you forward when you're lost. I dare you to see light when there appears only darkness and when none presents itself, I dare you to light the spark to be the answer you need. I dare you to stand. up to the human tendency to embrace security over adventure and predictability over growth. I dare you to walk into the darkness of night knowing that today's unknown becomes tomorrow's foundation.

And when it hurts, like truly hurts when you look around and can't remember why you began or what's pulling you forward, I dare you to close your eyes and imagine looking back and thanking yourself for taking this path. Every low is a courageous step towards transformation and if you've forgotten that, I hope this reminds you why it all matters. I hope you remember why this mark

the one you're making right now is part of the masterpiece you've been longing. for it's taking you exactly where you need to be 80% of life is simply showing up because no matter what you do and this is such an interesting truth it's like no matter how much you love what you do there are days where you just aren't in it you just mentally and maybe even physically you're just not there and those are the days when it's most important to start. And the expectation doesn't need to be the world. The expectation doesn't need to be that it's something game-changing revolutionary, but the expectation has to be that you are the kind of person that even when you don't want to,

you sit yourself in front of that computer and you just start typing. And maybe nothing comes from it. Maybe something does, but you showed up. You know, when it was most difficult, you showed up. And the interesting thing is that sometimes, that situation is exactly when the best stuff comes. Believe it or not, when we don't want to be there, we're really using all the discipline we have left in our body to make it happen, great things come from those moments. You know, it applies to every single thing we do, like all of these concepts.

You know, we're all different. We're all, you know, in different worlds, with different narratives, different stories, different priorities. But, you know, that will always be a common. There are times when you don't want to do what you most need to do and the ability to, and actually I'm going to backstep, like, it is an identity thing. It is seeing yourself as that. You know, the person that makes it happen. The person that finds it within themselves to show up, to be there, to just do something to get the ball rolling. Let's look at this one simple, singular concept. You can always be doing more than you're doing. Whether you're sitting there or whether you are in a world of hurt, going through hell, there is a way to level up. There is a next level. There's something more. There is the next stair in the staircase. And sometimes we just simply

need to be reminded that because the default is comfortable. Even when you push your You push yourself to a level you've never pushed before. Well, guess what? The ceiling becomes the floor. Your new normal, you adapt very quickly. And sometimes you need that whispering in your ear. Hey, you're comfortable. You can do a little bit more.

You can always do a little bit more. There's no rule that says you can't be one second faster. There's no rule that says you can't push a little bit harder. And, you know, that message I keep in my back pocket. in my back pocket because every time I draw from it I improve my life improves and you know if you have aspirations which I know everyone listening to this or watching this does right that that's why we watch this content that's why I create it's why you guys do what you do we want more we know what we can get from life we know that infinite pool of possibility to draw from so why waste it

And the more you get that reminder, no matter what you're doing, hey, there's more in you. Period. That will never be a false statement. There is more in you. And I'm really implementing that right now into the creative aspect of my life. I went from one video every 10 days to one every day. And there's a growing pain. And, you know, sometimes it's difficult.

Sometimes it's, you know, it's tough to be able to create at that level. but the reward is through the roof and you know the the change it occurs quickly and I was talking to someone about it and he says well that'll be nothing when you're doing three a day and it's like that's the way you need to look at the world there's always more in you and if you don't remind yourself of that it just goes untapped right like again I could easily see a situation where I just put out one video a day or one video every 10 days for the rest of my life I'd never know I'd never know what that other door could unlock So whether it's running, whether it's work, whether it's at home, whether it's a relationship,

whether it's something you're building, whether it's something you want to create, whether it's something you want to stop doing, you can always be doing it a little bit better, a little bit faster. And that's what this video is about, and I hope you remember that. I hope this is that whispering in your ear that you need, you know, to remind yourself, hey, you know, I'm operating here at a fraction of what I could be doing. I'm tiptoeing right now. I could be sprinting. This moment is a collage of your past.

The steps that brought you here, the things that shaped you, it's a story comprised of what you choose to remember. And so I ask which memories get your attention. Where do you choose to shine that potentially life-changing spotlight? What are you looking back on? Do you remember those times you felt lost? Those times life was turned upside down when you went into panic mode, when you were perfectly mapped out reality was shaken at its foundation.

Yet you got up and found steady ground, didn't you? Do you remember that? Do you remember when the things you thought were forever turned to? out to be as fleeting as a setting sun. When you realized a life well lived would mean figuring out the vast majority of it on your own, relying on your courage and your strength. Yet you pushed into the dark of night and lit a path, didn't you? Do you remember that?

Do you remember the hard hits? The blatant losses, the gut-punching defeats when you looked in the mirror and thought, This reflection, it's just not who it needs to be. This burden is too much to carry. Yet you got yourself together. You found faith in your reflection. And you not only carried that burden, but you made something of it, didn't you? Do you remember that?

What do you choose to remember? And I'm not talking imagine or create or bring to life. No, which? truths are you letting in? How quickly we forget who we are, how fleeting the recollection of our strength. See, if you take a single step back and examine, you'll see a breathtaking sample size of the demons already defeated. The mountains already climbed, the dragons already slayed, and you stand here now, afraid and unsure, as if you haven't already fought through the depths of hell, as if you haven't already proven to yourself that you've been there, as if this moment is new to you.

You have what you need. And that's not the law of attraction or conjecture or hopeful thinking. It's remembering what you know in your soul to be true. You are made. for this road laid out before you. Yesterday I drove out a little bit into North Carolina, parked the car, found a path, and went on a long hike to take in some scenery, think about life holistically, kind of contemplate where I'd go from here and why it matters, which is always funny to think about, right?

The idea of having to carve out time amidst our frantic and often chaotic journey to get somewhere. to, well, define where somewhere is. But I think about that a lot. Our days consist of so much running around that I can easily forget what even my calculated decisions add up to. Why?

It's a simple enough question. Perhaps one I could ask more. Why? What's with this whole get comfortable with discomfort thing? Why do I place so much emphasis on the quote unquote path less traveled? which is a term that one of my buddies was recently given me a hard time about using in all my speeches, right? It must mean something to me. It's got me here, but is here better than over there? After all, it's not out of the realm of possibility that I'm the one who's missing the mark.

And it's okay to examine that possibility. In fact, that's why I'm here. And I bounced this around in my head as I made my way up the trail, and noticed as I looked around everything just felt perfect. Have you ever had one of those moments where it just seems surreal? The morning was incredible. I loved the sound of the earth under my feet as I took each step, the chirping of the birds in the early morning,

the sun making its way through the trees. And I thought, it's amazing that you can live 20 minutes from this feeling and just never experience it. I guess proof that a decision did not go, to do nothing, is still very much a decision. decision. And in this case would have been the less desirable one. I'm glad I went. My phone was in my backpack, and for the first time in a while, I didn't even think about it. My mind was stimulated. My senses were taking in something new, something different, something not my studio or laptop or social media analytics pages. In fact, all that stuff felt kind of trivial now that I was removed from it. And I wondered, why don't I do this more? I thought popped into my head earlier that morning. I thought, hey, that's a cool idea. I just had to get through that initial pushback,

the hesitancy of, well, what's the point? What's the desired outcome of a hike? And after all, this little jaunt is just going to distract you from your work and your progress. But at that moment, I think you have to just shut out reason for a second. You have to remind yourself that there's value, period. Otherwise, we open the door for rationalizing. We talk ourselves out of some of life's beautiful secret. Sometimes you have to just go. And as I made my way down this trail further and further, I started to feel better. I felt reassured. Like I had something that I otherwise wouldn't have had, something that's my own. And maybe that is it. Maybe that alone is the reason for everything. To collect those incredible things large and small that we might not

have had. After all, isn't life just an accumulation of memories, of experiences that are spread out like a choose-your-ending children's book? And with so much control over the outcome, I think that matter deserves my attention in order to acquire the good stuff. Whether it's in a different location or context or time in my life, I still learn again and again that to get that we have to leave some things behind. And that's the essence of life. You usually get out what you put in. And I think about that a lot. I think about the forks in the road I've come across, those same ones, the life-altering decisions. I guess it's only human. You know, walking away from that promising career that I spent my whole life building towards every once in a while, sure, I miss the

security. Leaving this city and the people that made my life what it was, it just haunts me from time to time, trading permanence and structure, for the freedom to condense my life's work into a laptop, take it anywhere in the world, that empowerment can be lonely, right? And I guess I can't help that in the midst of those situations, the easy decision always feels like the wrong one. I've just been pulled by the upside. I gravitate towards this grandiose version of what life could be on the mark that I hope to make. And to me, the scariest thing, the scariest thing, thing has always been not having the courage to see more, to explore. The phrase, what if has always been my adversary, the monster in the closet, and it's a costly

one to slay. But life is both suffering and infinite beauty. And it's like you have to choose where you're going to endure pain and why that matters so that you can climb the mountain that means everything to you, that makes life worth it. In other words, meaningful discomfort now or painful regret later. And I strongly believe that life is about pursuing something meaningful. And even the triviality of a hike wants to remind me of this truth. I could be at home playing guitar, watching Netflix, relaxing.

I mean, that would have been easier. But there's only one way to catch that sunrise over the trees. And that way is not Netflix. All those beautiful views, they require an output of energy to reach them. They come with fear of something going wrong and in doubt that perhaps the turn you made wasn't the best one and that's okay. But I believe that happiness to be truly fulfilled requires trade-offs. And with each step, it becomes easier and easier to understand. For the gym rat, it's the discipline and the belief, knowing that muscles break down so that they can

can be built up. For the relationship to flourish, it's overcoming disagreements, accommodating the needs of that person that you love, so that they can be the last thing you see before you fall asleep. For the free spirit, it's walking away from what you know in pursuit of something that excites and invigorates, even if you're not entirely sure what it means. It's about enduring one so that you can collect the other. Now, what you choose to endure and what you choose to collect is to you, but that's what makes life such a beautiful ride. A roller coaster taking you through lows to reach highs into darkness to see how life changing the light is when it pushes its way through.

Little decisions that become the collage that explodes off the paper when you step back and look. That's what you get back when you make a point to see more. That's why my love affair with the trivial and the mundane lights my path. It's not just a little thing. It's a microcosm of my everything. It's my saying yes to the opportunity that we work so hard to ignore in an effort to avoid inconvenience. But a life worth living is not always convenient.

You could even argue at times, it should be inconvenient. Because the higher the climb, the more we give of ourselves, the more precious the world looks from the top down. And the challenging times, the things we sacrifice and leave behind. not so much a part of the picture is the paint on your palate. That in breaking down, you can now recreate using your own ideals, metrics, and guidelines, a world that you now have the ability to transform. That's why life, to me, is nothing more than color, decisions, nothing more than paint, steps,

nothing more than brushstrokes, and life, well, life is nothing and everything. Which, as the morning breeze reminds me, is a decision that is entirely Mayo.