Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero - RESURRECTION OF THE HERO | Best Motivational Speech

Episode Date: August 3, 2021

"Everyone wants to change the world, but no one wants to change himself" - Leo Tolstoy Today's episode is about abandoning the shackles of victimhood, finding the hero within you and living your best life

Everyone wants to change the world, but no one wants to change himself. This was written by Leo Tolstoy in reference to people's proclivity to point out at the world and project blame rather than to point in at themselves and ask, why? What can I do? How can I be better? Which when you think about it is basically a shark forfeiting its bite, right? Or a bird giving up its wings. Our personal agency is without a doubt. doubt our superpower. Yet, from my vantage point, sometimes feels like we're walking away from that superpower, a tiny step at a time. Little by little, day by day, we're allowing greatness to fade while bringing about the death of the hero. And well, that's a pretty big claim. What could I possibly mean by this? It's funny, when people ask me what I'm most, proud of my mind pretty quickly goes to my work the brand that I've dedicated the last

almost decade to building but I don't think that's right I think it's a product of my answer but it's not my answer what I'm most proud of is shipping away at the monster that is the victim mentality you know my default when things went wrong for so long was to feel bad for myself. It was easier to be the victim and sulk than it was to keep taking the hits. It's like a cheat code. When you can just bask in your sorrow and hate the world, you don't have to do anything. It's like a giant ibuprofen for the discomfort that is life. But it relieves this symptom, not the cause. And to understand, to overcome this worldview is like being given.

with a new pair of eyes. And what I learned was that self-pity, it gets you nothing. It leaves you resentful, disappointed, envious, wandering down a path that is not your own. What I learned was that my story needed a hero. That's why as I grew, I spoke about the power and the beauty of doing the difficult thing. Running in the rain, chasing the metaphorical fireflies,

taking the last train home. See, until you, you immerse yourself into that vast unknown, you stay in a cell of your own making. You build walls of limitation and you exist entirely within them. And as time has progressed, I look back, there are two things worth mentioning. One is that we find life's meaning in the difficult thing. And two, there is a fundamental misunderstanding, and even from time to time contempt, for what the difficult thing means, for those who speak of the difficult thing, as though hard truths are in some way inconsiderate.

Like diverging from the comfort of one's feelings implies a lack of empathy. But that's wrong. If you love someone, if you care about someone, if you care about someone, And if you care about yourself, you say what is true. And what is true is that the shelter and the temporary comfort of victimhood is a high not worth the withdrawal, not worth the suffering. It got me nowhere, it will get you nowhere, and that is a reality that will never cease to be true.

We live in a world that's been shaped entirely by those who found the courage to do the difficult thing. Everything around us is a product of the courageous decision to take the now and bend it. And that means taking hits, it means being criticized. It means by definition you are choosing to be uncommon. You're choosing to change things. Yourself. And by default, the world around you. There's nothing wrong with being common.

Quitting is relatable. Failure is relatable. Falling short is relatable. short is relatable. We're all human and we've all been there. But these stock features of humanity, they are not worth celebrating. We don't put on pedestals the familiar. No, we put on pedestals the times that we've reshaped the familiar. And a world of participation trophies is a world that is disincentivized that which makes life worth living. It cripples the very pursuit that ignites the a push towards the extraordinary, it's time we resurrect the hero. See through the facade of short-term comfort that leads to long-term emptiness.

In a world where attention is currency, it's time we acknowledge the payment we receive when we play victim buys only despair. Sure we're flawed. That will always be true, but we are capable of of manufacturing greatness. We're capable of capturing hearts and captivating minds. If you could only see within yourself that story unwritten. If you could feel the greatness that awaits, the roads to be traveled and mountains to be climbed,

there would be no debate. There'd be no hesitation about that march to the belly of the beast. If only to show that our demons exist solely where we allow them to. Resurrection the hero. Fight those battles that light you up, blaze your trail through the valley of darkness, take that path unknown to the common man, unseen to those who live within the confines of what is. Resurrection that hero because you need you, because the world needs you.

There's no time to be down. to be down or sad or dwell on the mistakes of yesterday. There's too much on the line to pretend that settling was the plan all along. Or to point at the obstacles with disdain and hatred while life rotates around you. No, resurrect the hero. Resurrection your answer. Resurrection the person you were meant to be. It may not be simple or intuitive.

It may cause you to give more than you. When you knew you had, it may not be easy. But my friend, Easy never changed the world.