Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero
60 Minutes to Transform the Next 60 Years: A Journey to Your Greatest Potential
Wed, 15 Jan 2025
What if, instead of envying others, you became one of them? In this transformative episode, we explore how envy creates walls while action builds bridges. It’s not about two separate worlds—it’s about recognizing the beginning of your own journey. By shifting your focus from what others have to what you can create, you can start building the life you desire today. Drawing inspiration from a powerful Chinese proverb, we’ll uncover the significance of starting now, no matter where you are. The best time to plant the seeds of your future might have been yesterday, but the second best time is today. The question is: what will you do with this moment? Let this episode inspire you to take that first step forward. Monday Motivation Newsletter: https://www.eddiepinero.com/newsletter Free Ebook: www.eddiepinero.com/ebook YouTube: www.eddiepinero.com/youtube
Chapter 1: What does it mean to stop envying others?
Don't envy them. Instead, become one of them. Why is this perhaps one of the most important mantras you'll ever hear? Well, to put it simply, to envy is to build walls. It's to create divides between you and them, between where you are and where you most want to be. We're not in the business of creating divides. We're in the business of building roads.
It's about understanding that you're perceiving not a tale of two different worlds, you're perceiving the beginning of one journey, your journey. The dedication and time and commitment required to start today, to step into something new. There's a Chinese proverb that states, the best time to have planted a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time
Chapter 2: Why is now the best time to start your journey?
is today and my friend you don't have 20 years ago but you have the now and the now is everything oh but how much time i've wasted you might think nope that's wrong for two reasons one first you're ready to go now for a reason you're not the same person you were a year ago or two years ago or three years ago If it took until today for that journey to start, then so be it. Here you are.
You can't compare your timeline to the timelines of others. There's too many variables in life. It'd be impossible to crack or understand. Just go now. Make use of the clarity and inspiration. You just greenlit perhaps the most important thing you'll ever do. Don't you dare sit and wait. Second, If you think days past were lived in vain, that they were wasted or filler, I ask that you think again.
Chapter 3: How can past experiences shape your future?
Because the lessons that will be derived from those experiences, some of you don't even understand yet, will become so valuable in this next chapter that it's mind-blowing. There are no wrong terms. Those detours were the way, the only way, as you'll see in due time. But too much time has passed. I'm too old.
I'm too insert X. No, stop separating yourself from what you want and move towards what you want. Stop categorizing that or them or that North Star as anything other than possible and step into its orbit. See, being that we are all storytellers, We are all sculptors. We are all artists in our own way.
It's worth understanding that those artists who came before you, well, the sunset never cared how old they were. It didn't ask how many years they'd spent thinking about their dreams instead of chasing them. It never asked, hey, why didn't you start sooner or begin sooner or step out the front door sooner? No, it just was. It was bold and vibrant, daring them to join.
And in that moment, staring at the colors streaking across the sky, they realized something. The sky wasn't asking for perfection. It wasn't asking for years of experience or dedication. It just wanted them to pick up a brush and create, to do, to begin, to step into a world they could rightfully make their own. And so they did. And I'm sure their first strokes were messy, hesitant.
You bet they were self-conscious and doubtful. You bet imposter syndrome knocked at that door. But they were there, in the moment, realizing that there is no too late. The sunset taught them that life isn't about the time we've lost. It's about the beauty that we can create starting now. Always now. And by the way, our minds will always try and fight now.
They'll try and rationalize their way out of now, villainize now, come up with a million different reasons now is impractical or counterproductive. While its adversary, tomorrow, on the other hand, always seems to sit glowing on its pedestal. Tomorrow is always so safe and inviting. Easier to accept than now, far easier. but tomorrow is fool's gold.
And you understand this when you realize you've been tricked by tomorrow your whole life. Tomorrow is a fraud. It's a con man. It's a wolf in sheep's clothing. Now is what solves all your concerns. It seems to be the answer to almost every predicament we face, every fork in the road. It's like, go, act. It's okay that it took until now.
Perhaps you'll come to understand it's even ideal that it took until now. But it's time to start treating now like it's precious, like it really matters because it does. If it's meaningful, step into it, move towards it, allow yourself to become it. Everyone has a different story, a different journey or road that's taking them to today, fine.
but know that the wake of the boat does not drive the boat. Where you've been is not attached to where you can go. This is your reminder that you can become that version of yourself you most want to be. It's not easy. It will feel at times like the world is pushing back, but this is where purpose is cultivated. The right journey is everything.
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Chapter 4: What role does fear play in pursuing dreams?
And, well, where I thought I dedicated my life to its pursuit, I see how wrong I was. To think something new could emerge. No, not without the death of the old. Not without that caricature of myself slipping away. Not without that ship taking everything. Every last thing. I want roots ripped from the ground. I want new heroes and new villains. New street signs telling of new roads.
New tears from eyes stimulated by that which I've never seen. The increased rhythm of a new heartbeat. In anticipation of all that lies ahead. new beginnings, maybe for a minute, or maybe forever. I'll let you know once I learn to die. Do you ever wonder how much of you has materialized?
Like if what F. Scott Fitzgerald says is true and our lives are defined by opportunity, even the ones we miss, then how much remains in the ether? And I don't think it's about playing a game of what if. You know, that would be endless. It would be self-defeating. No one's perfect. I don't even really think it's about making a right turn instead of a left.
Because as long as you're moving, and moving with conviction, life ultimately brings you where you need to be. But more, my concern is the steps never brought to pavement. My ideas on the hatch. My opportunities I either knowingly or unknowingly left on the shelf. Because it didn't seem real enough. Like a Broadway play between my ears that as a spectator I knew would end.
After all, that's what stories do. How much of ourselves have we cast aside as simply the things we don't say out loud? At first, it's infinite. We've yet to be taught to limit because limits aren't things, they're ideas, and ideas must be adopted.
That's why they say some of life's best things were done by people too ignorant to know they were impossible, too naive of the notion that they couldn't say them out loud. Then it's comparison. They have what I want, but it was meant for them and not me. How delusional to think I could have it. How crazy to think that life has yet to be written and I am an author.
My date is with normalcy in the box where I keep those things we don't say out loud and Then we look around and we see highlight reels. We see awards and vacations and smiles, but we don't stop to think maybe they're just like me. Maybe they're people who struggle and question themselves and doubt the road ahead. No, it must be the past diverged.
They took happiness and I took those things we don't say out loud. And then there's everyday life when things don't go as planned.
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Chapter 5: How do you overcome self-doubt and hesitation?
when the world presents curveballs and you haven't learned to hit off speed so you feel small and you feel inadequate and ill-equipped and you could reach out but that's not cool, that's not right, that's something that you don't say out loud but we keep it in, like all in and eventually it becomes the if onlys and I wish I hads, it's the quiet envy gazing longingly towards those who just cared less, who realize maybe life's not as serious as we make it out to be, who turn thoughts to things not by burying but by embodying
them and maybe that's the trick to unlock the gate keeping your perceived reality from the possibility of a new one the one you could create if only you promoted your fleeting thoughts to forward progress see dreams can fail to come to fruition in two places in your head and outside of it but at least outside it has a chance
At least outside, you can take the common, normal, everyday background and make it the backdrop to your movie where you play a lead role. But it must be accepted and acknowledged, not thought of or even whispered, but screened so that the details and the trivialities that exist now work for you. That's right, they are now yours.
Not because you thought about it, but because you reached out a hand and you took. You asked the world for something. And in life, it will always be true that you don't get what you do not ask for. So when you find yourself staring up a wall comprised of self-defeating narratives and manufactured limits, be ignorant. Be irrational. Be the reason your dreams have a chance.
And when you look around and you see more and wonder why you don't have it, know that you can. You're allowed to. If you sacrifice, you will. But you must believe that you are worthy of it. Not in the back of your head where you keep your locker combo and movie quotes, but in reality, where words bounce off lips.
And when you feel like life is treating you unfairly, like they're happier or have it better, know that life is peaks and valleys, not just for you, but for everyone. And how you internalize that and carry on makes the difference. And when you feel lost or stuck, you are not hopeless, but in progress. Being broken down so that you can be reconstructed, stronger, better.
Victory is not in hiding those struggles, but accepting them as the difference, as the reason you created the miraculous. Not because you had dreams. because you said them out loud. I woke up last night, and I remembered my debt to you. Being that I stand by the promises that I make, I jumped out of bed, and I walked over to my desk, I turned on a light, and I began writing.
At a minimum to explain myself, but a best case scenario to provide some reassurance. That every storm ends, that nothing is forever, and that someday, without question, I'll make you proud. See, things haven't been the easiest lately, and it's funny. Sometimes things seem so intuitive. Sometimes they make so much sense.
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Chapter 6: What is the importance of taking action in the present?
And then sometimes it feels like you open up a novel right in the middle and it's in a language you can't read. You know, life feels more complex than it really is, and I feel smaller than I really am, but don't be concerned. I've fought my way through worse. I promise you, you'll be satisfied with the result.
And yeah, you might have noticed that sometimes I face the obstacle of juggling two sets of standards. You know, two definitions of success. Mine and the world's. What I love and what matters to me versus what will increase my status, my standing in society. And honestly, it pulls me in two different directions sometimes.
makes me think back to years past and that discomfort of experience, you know, standing on an empty foundation, but believing someday something meaningful would stand there. Realizing that when you put your head down and when you block out the noise, you can finally hear the most powerful voice of all, your own. That's why you take L's in the short term. to acquire meaning in the long term.
I've found that courage before, and I'll find it again any second now. Don't you worry. And sure, you might have seen that every once in a while I forget about life's abundance. I mean, I just do. I know it's true, But it feels sometimes like the world pushes me to forget.
You know, I start comparing myself to other people and I start thinking about what I could lose, what people might say about what could go wrong. And it's like, sure, I know I'm the gatekeeper to my own mind. I understand that. In fact, I cherish the idea. But I guess sometimes doubt catches that gatekeeper napping and slips through. I always catch him eventually though.
I've had doubts before and really all I did was keep moving by them. Kind of like that time I went snorkeling in Key Largo. You had to make your way through this jellyfish field to see an underwater statue. My first thought was, this is crazy. But then you move in and you realize they just exist. They don't have control or an agenda. And if you find the courage, they become meaningless.
You can float right by them. So don't worry, I'll swim through and you'll see me on the other end. And I will catch that view. Not for Facebook or for Instagram. Because in a way I owe it to myself and I owe it to you. I didn't make these promises to run when things got challenging. I made them because they meant something. And yeah, from the outside in, things are not perfect. I get that.
I understand. But if you just hang tight, if you just remember that I've been there before. I've climbed out. I've come back. In fact, the deeper the valley and the darker the night, the clearer the answer always becomes when I emerge. And it may be a journey. but however long it takes, I've gotten there.
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Chapter 7: How can embracing discomfort lead to growth?
And I have to admit, yeah, it feels funny writing a letter to myself, but I need you now more than ever. You've always been my toughest critic, and I appreciate that, but now I need you to be my biggest fan. To remind me that life can be confusing and seemingly contradictory, uncertain, and even chaotic. But that doesn't mean I'm not right where I need to be, right where we need to be.
And if you'll just believe in me, if you'll hop along for this ride, you'll see that as sure as I'm sitting here writing to you now, I will make you proud. 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, you know, one of my buddies was recently giving 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 to not go, to do nothing, is still very much a 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? A 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 gonna distract you from your work and your progress.
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Chapter 8: Why are sacrifices necessary for meaningful experiences?
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 secrets. 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. 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 still haunts me from time to time.
Trading permanence and structure for the freedom to condense my life's work into a laptop and take it anywhere in the world. 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 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 be built up.
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