Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero - The Only Wrong Decision Is To Quit

Episode Date: November 30, 2020

"The missteps don't define you. They set the stage for the greatest things you will ever do" - EP Success isn't about taking perfect steps or making flawless decisions. No, its formula is much simpler than that. Success is about hanging in long enough for all of your steps, the right, the wrong and everything in between, to tell a story.  All the missteps and lessons learned eventually come together to take you where you need to go. The only way to lose in life is to stop...because those who continue forward will find a way.

There are no wrong turns in life. What do I mean by this? Well, our problem is often, not that a mistake was made, but rather we didn't see the value in that quote-unquote mistake. We stop, we lose faith, we question ourselves, even though we actually got what we needed. It was there. We just couldn't see it in the moment.

And so the question is, why look for what you don't have? Why always be searching for the delta when every decision hands you something new, something powerful? Almost like we're walking on this path. And every time we do something, not necessarily the perfect thing or the thing we drew up, but something. As long as we do something, we get to put a brick down, another step to walk on in the path before us. We get to expand in some way. We're wiser, stronger, capable of more. And where sometimes we think we need to wait for that perfect brick to take that perfect step.

But if we can get beyond that and focus our attention on just getting more bricks out in front of us, we allow the answers to materialize. The question is, will you let them? You take this podcast, for example, just to be where I'm at right now has been a roller coaster ride. started out five days a week, wake up, write an episode at 5 a.m. for 100 episodes, and then I tried the weekly interview, and then it was a few days a week, and then back to, you know, five days, and then I realized I didn't even need to create new content. If I take the YouTube stuff and make that the podcast as well, I get 10 times the result with less work.

That's like a content creator's dream, and I can focus on making that one thing amazing. And so it's easy to look at the whole process and say, man, those 5 a.m.s were a mistake. They were a waste. That decision to interview once a week was a waste. All that fluctuation was a waste. That's not true. You don't realize how much you learn. I don't get where I am today without scrambling at 5 a.m.

to create content that is not what it is now, right? Just like a year from now. I won't be where I am without the mistakes I make today. So the goal is not to be perfect. In fact, it can't be. It's to allow yourself to make those mistakes because they have the answers contained within them. And that's my point, is that, you know,

I've found the greatest outcomes are derived from not always trying to do the right thing, but rather promising yourself you'll do something. When you expect to look like a fool, you can then relish in all the wisdom that comes with it. Those wrong turns, they'll always take you where you need to be if you don't abandon the journey. That's what it's about, sticking with it, not abandoning why you're there.

You know, there's a saying that it really stuck with me, and it's that you are your own experiment. Meaning life isn't about getting it right. Life is about trying and pushing and adjusting and eliminating the things that aren't quite you until you're able to refine the world around you. And I make that distinction because getting it right implies that, you know, if the answer you're looking for or the answer you think you need doesn't fall right into your lap, then it's a loss or you've done yourself a disservice. And it's like, no, the greatest things we create, the greatest things we become. They're all derived from embracing those wrong turns because they

show us something new, a new route, a quicker way, maybe a scenic path. Maybe you pick things up along the way that redefine the context of the whole journey. Maybe you even find in your detour, a destination better than the one you were headed towards. And so you cut ties with plan A. That's experimentation, that's growth, that's what you cannot be scared to do in life if you want to make an impact. And so I'll end with this life. It doesn't stop until you do. And that will always be the case.

For pursuits big and small, far and wide, the right thing is, isn't found but discovered by willingly undertaking many wrong things, by not being so results oriented that we ironically enough ignore what brings the result. Life is a process

and one in which the picture isn't always clear right away. But if you hang in there long enough, if you're willing to adapt and adjust and grow, that picture ultimately will take shape. Remember, there are no wrong turns in life. Only turns not taken.