Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero
DOMINATE 2025 - Best New Year Motivational Video Speeches Compilation
Fri, 03 Jan 2025
"One day" or "day one"? The distinction lies in perspective—and in action. In this episode, we explore the power of turning setbacks, challenges, and heartbreaks into stepping stones. Drawing inspiration from the Latin phrase amor fati, or "love of fate," we delve into the idea that every moment, whether triumphant or turbulent, holds a purpose. Even in our darkest hours, the seeds of transformation are planted, waiting for us to nurture them into something extraordinary. Life often blindsides us with its twists and turns, but the beauty lies in how we choose to frame them. While the meaning of our struggles may not always be clear in the moment, they play an integral role in shaping the story of who we are becoming. What if you embraced your trials as necessary chapters in your personal narrative? What if today wasn’t just "one day" but "day one" of something remarkable? Let this be the reminder to honor your journey—every piece of it. Monday Motivation Newsletter: https://www.eddiepinero.com/newsletter Free Ebook: www.eddiepinero.com/ebook YouTube: www.eddiepinero.com/youtube
Chapter 1: What does 'amor fati' mean and why is it important?
There's a Latin phrase pronounced amor fati. It's one of the more powerful ideas I've come across. Its translation means love of fate. It implies everything that happens is good, or at the very least, necessary. And I think we need that reminder from time to time. Because, funny enough, it is one of the first sentiments to leave us when we're in trouble.
when we're down or lost, the idea that everything has its value. And sure, we don't always understand it in the moment or when we're fighting through it, but that circumstance or even tragedy in the great play of life has a crucial role. Someone recently sent me a beautiful clip from a Stephen Colbert interview. I want to dive in, but there's a caveat. I ask that you listen to this in a vacuum.
For our purposes, I'm not going to be the Stephen Colbert who mocks half the country on live TV every night. This is the wise Stephen Colbert with a lot of value to add because he can be both. To frame the interview, he's sitting across from Anderson Cooper, and Anderson's asking him about something he said a while back.
Anderson reads the quote, Anderson then looks up from the paper, looks over at Stephen, and asks, Do you really believe that? To which Stephen responds, yes. It's a gift to exist, and with existence comes suffering. There's no escaping that. You can't pick and choose what to be grateful for. A truly incredible emotional moment. It is the realization of amor fati.
Even the most trying of times are a bridge to something. Even that which is taken away creates a space for one to ultimately find what they need. A couple years ago, I did a keynote in Hollywood Beach talking about those difficult situations. Some of them are external, but some of them we create. Chaos, self-induced, that opens the door to the most precious of occurrences.
Things that I never would have had or arrived at if not for the pain, the sadness, the confusion. It truly all fits together. And so I basically take a trip down memory lane, talking about the physical duress of a cold morning run. Wouldn't you know it, it strengthens one's conviction and belief in themself. Or the sadness in leaving someone you care about, someone you love.
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Chapter 2: How can we turn setbacks into opportunities?
knowing it's no longer what's best for either of you, but was necessary. Touched on the fear, the physical resistance I felt walking onto stages in 2015 and 16, dreaming of off ramps, thinking of excuses in my head all the way up until the mic was in my hand on stage and words came out of my mouth that propelled me to comfort and confidence in sharing my voice. Again, it's all one big puzzle.
Every piece matters. You don't get ups without downs. And as you push forward into the next thing and the next, as you see the breadth of the unexpected and the power of the unknown, you learn. You learn that the so-called lows aren't the exception. They're not a problem to be solved. And as I sit here now, I even view them less as a cost than I once did, a pain that must be endured.
No, it's all worthy and deserving of our gratitude. It all matters. It's all precious. I talked about, on a recent episode, getting migrants. And one of the days I remember more than any other in my life, and I'm 36 now by the time this episode's released, I have a few days under my belt. This one was truly memorable to me.
I was having a debilitating headache and a ton of pain, finally able to fall asleep. And I remember waking up, opening my eyes and realizing that the night had finally slipped by. Morning arrived. And I felt good again. I slowly got up, kind of tilted my head back and forth, testing the waters. All clear.
I walked outside down to the beach and as the sun came up, I sat on the lifeguard stand and just looked out in awe. The sand, the waves, the seagulls, the sky. It all meant more in that moment than it ever had. I was just beyond grateful to be there. And so you talk about the lows being gifts. You know, I get it. It sounds cliche at best. Maybe even ridiculous. But those lows...
I swear by it, always seem to give me the things I'm most grateful for. It's a pattern that constantly repeats itself. They always remind me that the magic is the stuff I walk right by. They put me in hell for a period of time so that I understand to exist beyond that space is a mirroring. Without lows, life's beauty becomes a baseline.
And when something is a baseline, it's definitionally average or regular. It's mundane. I've learned to love all the things I'd most wished had not happened. What punishments of God are not gifts? It all matters. It all brings you somewhere. And if you're at a point where you're so deep in the weeds or so far in the trenches that you've forgotten, I hope this finds you and lifts you above it all.
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Chapter 3: What life lessons can we learn from adversity?
I hope it reminds you that you will arrive at the place you most need to be. And it will be not despite, but because of this path you walked that you arrived there. Some people live their entire lives waiting for miracles. And some people realize they're already in one and act accordingly. I hope today you choose the latter because it is a gift to be here. Simple truth.
You don't need to get it right the first time. You don't. You don't even need to be close. You just can't do nothing. You need to convince your feet to start moving. You need to generate momentum for some type of outcome. Because what that data, what that outcome will tell you is yes, keep doing more of that thing or no, reel it in and try something different.
But either way, progress is reliant upon that information. Going equals solutions. Staying equals hoping, wishing, lost opportunity. Every journey is a long, winding road. It's comprised of wrong turns and dead ends. There will be maintenance required, issues to be resolved, and narratives to be rewritten. None of which, by the way, is beyond you.
So long as you take these things as they arrive, one by one, you open up your world to allow them in. And you might look at where you want to be and think, that's a lot. That's a world away. No. It's a few tiny decisions away, repeated daily. There's a Greek proverb that suggests beginning is half the battle. Why? Well, because convincing yourself you're capable is not easy.
Trusting yourself completely hurts. But it's not until we come around and greenlight the process. It's not until we give ourselves permission that life begins. How beautiful is the fact that we don't have to have all the answers? Not even close. We just need enough courage to step out into the storm, to brave the wind and the rain. I frequently allude to this transformation, right?
The first time I spoke in front of an audience, I was terrified. The first few times, actually. Then after showing up, getting reps in, and reflecting, I realized, Okay, I've earned a bit of confidence here. I continue to go, to speak, more reps, more reps. Okay, now we're, well, I guess now we're getting comfortable with this. Not up all night the night before, rehearsing, pacing in hotel rooms.
A little more trust in my ability. I continue, more reps, more reps, more reps. Okay, now, now I kind of enjoy this. I've broken through. More reps, more reps, more reps. Now there's enough comfortability where I can look at what's in front of me and start asking, well, now how do I refine this to stand out? How do I make this so valuable that it becomes the 1% of the 1% of the 1%?
I've worked hard for my baseline. I feel good. Now, how do I chisel away the little elements of mediocrity sprinkled in there? How do I pull them out one piece at a time? It is a testament to going, to allowing yourself to experience life and data points and ups and downs, all that help you refine the process. They are the journey. Can you do all that overnight? No, absolutely not.
But you can always meet yourself where you are and win that battle. You can always become a little bit stronger, setting the stage for the next level and the next and the next. In fact, when you're in it, it feels so intuitive that you don't even realize what you're doing. One battle at a time. You're just stepping on the stone in front of you. Think about it, you don't defeat a storm.
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Chapter 4: How can we embrace our authenticity?
In Elon Musk's most recent biography by Isaacson, a particular idea stood out to me. Elon is a man who is literally seeking to invest in and create a world above the cloud. He said something, and I'm paraphrasing, like, we need to free ourselves from the in-case mindset. We have so much excess just in case we need it.
And what happens is this dilutes one's capability and impacts the mission or goal. In fact, he said, if you're not removing so much that you essentially go, oops, and end up putting 10% of what you took out back in, then you're not taking out enough. It creates clarity. It allows you to best structurally support
your vision, the mission to build above the clouds, beyond what you currently know, what currently exists. This is the same superpower of being deliberate that Thoreau champions, that he advocates for, just in a different context. It is the greatest dichotomy in human existence. Maintaining a vision while building the vision. Having a dream while supporting that dream.
Knowing what the masterpiece will look like is not enough. Similarly, recklessly throwing brushstrokes against a canvas is not enough. These two things don't stand on their own. So what if you today were able to effectively marry the two? What if you believed in yourself enough to create a vision and every single day chip away until you're staring directly at it?
What if you got to know yourself at a deeper level, truly understanding what mattered to you, what you wanted to build most, You looked in the mirror, believed it, and then committed to its creation. Step by step, brick by brick, moment by moment. If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost. That is where they should be. Now put foundations
Are we living or are we slowly dying? It's a question I recently came across and my mind said, hey, the second half of that is objectively true. We are slowly dying. Every day, every morning we wake up, we are one day closer to the end of our time here. Our bodies, the air we are renting with every breath we take, all of it signifies how temporary and finite this journey. We are slowly dying.
The question worth examining is, are we living? Emerson has a beautiful quote where he says, it's not the length of life, it's the depth of life. meaning it's not inconceivable that one could both have a pulse and sleepwalk through their entire existence. You can physically be present and still not totally understand the gift that is in the palm of your hand.
And so this is not a call for anything but for you to notice, to notice the choice, to notice what's at stake, to notice the fork in the road. In many ways, what happens out there comes down to those who notice and those who don't, those who see the opportunity and capitalize, and those who know not what they have. Remember, mistakes can be remedied.
Most missteps are completely reversible, even the most tragic steps backwards. They're often a step forward as the dust settles and time plays its part. What's impossible to justify, though, is never going. Regret is a dead end street. It gives you nothing to rectify or adjust or improve. You can't undo not going, not trying, never fighting for what you believed in.
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Chapter 5: What is the significance of our 'dash' in life?
years from now when you look back you might laugh at the ways you softened your first steps that you hedged but you'll also realize that starting even imperfectly even with training wheels was everything and so i want to share a quick story about my friend clayton i was recently on his podcast And we were talking about this, right? Particularly with him, he shares a lot on social media.
It's a big part of his brand, his business, what he does. And he also happens to enjoy dancing, right? And by the way, I'm not throwing him under the bus here. He'd be happy that I shared this. So he's saying, I love this. It's a big part of what I do, but it's outside the scope of what people know me for. And
really struggled to share it for fear of being criticized or laughed at or, you know, you can fill in the blank there. And he says, so one day I did. I filmed a video and I'm sitting there for 40 minutes looking at it, terrified, thinking, how can I soften the blow here, right? And he goes, I know what I'll do.
Instead of just posting the video, I'll post it, but I'll write this really long essay underneath it in the description about vulnerability and the difficulty in life and some of these things so that people will see that and comment on that and send some positivity there to counteract
the negative comments that I'll get about dancing and being made fun of and all these things, you can just see like the circus going on in his brain, right? The loops he's jumping through to rationalize this in his mind. And he says, I'm so embarrassed that I did that. I can't believe that. Right now, I dance and I just post it. Who cares? And not only that, people like it.
And I'm listening to this and I'm like, but that's exactly it, right? We look back at our beginnings and we often laugh to ourselves. Oh, back then I was so naive. I was so scared. I tiptoed in, I crawled before I walked, before I ran. Like it's a sense of shame. You know the phrase, meet people where they are? Well, how about meeting that older version of you where you were? Because back then,
it wasn't a silly hedge back then it was courage it was everything you had and yeah maybe you had to make some small uh concessions in order to get the train on the tracks you had to go the roundabout way in a perfect world would you have just dove in would you have just shared yourself with the world and said whoever doesn't like this oh well it's not for you yeah
But we live in an imperfect world where the most powerful thing is not a direct line to a goal or objective. It's starting when you're terrified to begin. Perhaps when that heartbeat in your chest is reminding you that being scared and feeling alive aren't all that different, it beats the same way. The question is, what do you do with it, right, in that moment?
And see, by starting, even with the training wheels or holding the edge of that cliff and tiptoeing around, you're able to breathe life into something that matters. You're able to give yourself an opportunity to say years later, wow, I remember how slow I moved back then. I remember how I tiptoed back then. I remember how much I cared about people's criticism back then. But now, now I don't.
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Chapter 6: How can we change our mindset to overcome challenges?
Now I get it. That is the entirety of the point. You may not have been able to pick the fruit, but you planted the seed that would become the tree that would bear the fruit. And in the real world, that means a lot. Sometimes it's not about how you start or where you begin. It merely matters that you do, that you do start, that you do begin. I'll never forget a quote that Jim Quick shared.
It said, when all you have is 40%, 40% is 100%. And I've spoken about that in a few different contexts in the past. I think it applies here beautifully because time passes. And Clayton, for example, could say, man, I was operating at 40% back then. No, my friend, you were operating at 100% back then because that at the time was the obstacle in front of you.
Simply starting was the ocean you had to cross. And you did. And what's interesting to think about is you, right now, are that person your future self someday will look back on and smile at. Oh man, I remember. I remember that version of me. I remember being scared, slow. I remember not knowing. I remember feeling stuck and lost and insecure. But guess what?
I found the courage somewhere to set sail. Ill-equipped, ill-prepared, and in that moment, at that time, that was my Everest. So my friends, here we are. And I pose this question, what will you give life to? What is it in your soul you want to share? to explore, to give to the world, but you're sitting back thinking, I can't because I don't have all the answers. This is too big or too much.
Now is a good time to remind yourself that it can be ugly. It can and it should be something you laugh at down the road. You should smile at this novice version of yourself beginning a journey completely foreign to you. but the key word is beginning. Give yourself the gift of an imperfect launch into the ether. Let your world expand to places that you've never been and things you've never seen.
Give yourself that gift. in all its imperfection, because going through the imperfection is the perfection. Give yourself the gift of someday laying back, closing your eyes, imagining the starting line and saying, thank God I did whatever I had to do in order to put one foot in front of the other. That little footstep, that hedge, that tiptoeing around the canyon, it was a leap.
It was traversing the ocean. And so because you found this courage, ultimately a door opened to the infinite. On the rooftop where I live, there's a view of Scottsdale, Arizona. And particularly at night when you're up there looking down at the city facing north, there's a Ferris wheel. And every night, this Ferris wheel's lit up different colors, and it really stands apart from everything else.
A few nights ago, I was up there walking around, kind of getting some fresh air before I called it a day, and my brain took me on one of these little side quests, right? I just could not stop thinking about this Ferris wheel. And it turns out for good reason. And so per standard operating procedure, I want to take you on this little journey with me. So let's start with a simple question, really.
What is a Ferris wheel? Well, it's a portal to see the world differently. Think about it. People take time to travel to it. They wait in line. They pay money to get on this thing. Which, by the way, doesn't move fast. It's not an adrenaline rush or anything. It's merely a chance to get to the top and see a view. A view of the same place these people were just walking around. The exact same place.
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Chapter 7: What role does self-trust play in achieving our goals?
So remember when you are at ground level feeling stuck or lost or whatever your situation is, it's not that there's no solution, it's that you need to elevate yourself and see the world from a new lens. If you want to change the world, you must be your best in your darkest moments.
That's a quote, or a paraphrasing of a quote from Admiral McRaven, talking about how when things are the most difficult, and we want to fold and collapse in, it's when we are invited to be better than we've ever been. And so, recently... I got some feedback that it would be helpful if I delved a little bit deeper into some of my personal life and just some of the vulnerability in my life.
So as a lot of you who listen know, I share stories all the time, but it's generally to paint a picture and step out. And, you know, I don't want to make this about me. It's not about me. It's never been about me. It's about us in using the little lessons and stories we see and come across to get better, whatever better means to us.
but i thought you know i will i will unveil pull back the curtain on something that uh that's been going on because this has you know not been an easy stretch for me for a variety of reasons and you know there have been moments where i have felt sorry for myself and uh you know nothing tragic or dramatic
But, you know, in different facets of life, it's funny, like sometimes, you know, when it rains, it pours. The wheels fall off the wagon in a lot of different places, you know. You know, I just recently got out of a relationship, not a terribly long one, but one that, you know, had a lot of promise and potential and, you know, devolved into something not good very quickly.
And, you know, that bummed me out on the personal front. I had an assistant, again, someone I at one point thought very highly of, you know, run off with thousands of dollars. Needless to say, that relationship is completely deteriorated. And then just, you know, I'm 100% invested in this brand and this community and
august just from a strictly data from a numbers perspective is not one of the best months you know i've had so a lot of a lot of things you know and on top of that you know i've been working really hard on my physique about a month and a half ago doing some dips hurt my shoulder and haven't been able to essentially lift my left arm getting a lot of help a lot of different opinions working on it you know but
I think you get the idea. It's like, it's not a world's smallest violin thing. It's not a poor me thing. But it's very easy for me to look around and feel sorry for myself, right, in this moment. And I have. I was thinking the other day as I was taking a little walk, you know, just, you know, getting the poor me vibes. And I think we've all been there. We've all felt that.
And I thought of that Admiral McRaven quote. And I thought about how it'd be very easy for me to lose momentum here because that's what I'm inclined to do. If I stopped thinking and stop being proactive and I just let life blow me around, that's exactly what would happen. But there's also opportunity. There's opportunity to be better in every single one of these categories.
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Chapter 8: How can we find meaning in our journey?
Defeat is saying the prize or mountaintop or victory. To me, it's just not worth what it costs. And when you believe that, that's when you have officially created and allowed defeat into your life. It's a willingness question, a how bad do you want it question. Because here's the deal, the road to anything meaningful is difficult.
a willingness to pivot, to pick yourself up off the floor and continue into an unknown that, let's be real, owes you nothing, well, that can hurt. That's not a comfortable process. But the truth is, it hurts less than defeat. Waking up two hours earlier to find a way to build yourself up to get ahead, that's far less painful than looking in the mirror and saying, yeah, I could have, but I didn't.
I could be there or at least on the way, but I'm not. And it's amazing to me how the mind will rationalize. We can convince ourselves of anything which is great when you're your own ally, but it's simultaneously devastating when you're your own worst enemy. The same circumstance that tells you to go can be interpreted as a reason to stop.
The brain knows it's been two years since you started your business. It knows you've been working on your health for six months. It knows the process is taking longer than expected. And so you're tasked with the interpretation of these data points. How do you interpret that information? What do you make of it? Is it, I've been at this for two years now. Think how far I've come.
Think how much I've learned. I've positioned myself for success. I'm one decision away from massive momentum. It's not validation, but continued dedication that will carry me home. This is the path. Or is it, well, it's been two years. And if I can't do it in two years, then maybe I just can't do it. Maybe I should look for something easier. My pride hurts. I'm letting myself down.
I look dumb, right? And the list goes on. That is the fork in the road that means everything. That's the maze that few find a way out of. Not, as previously said, of an inability to find the exit, but because of a lack of commitment to the twists and the turns. Is it, I've been working on my health for six months. Look at the foundation I've built.
When I look in the mirror, sure, I don't necessarily see the results I wanted now, but the habits are there. I've made some progress. I've lost some weight. My ability to run has improved somewhat. Now it's a matter of carrying on to that exponential growth. And that may be just around the corner. Or, just as in the previous example, is it, if I can't do it in six months, then maybe I can't do it.
Might as well go back to McDonald's for lunch and ice cream after dinner every night. It's over. This is not for me. You see how both ways of talking are, at surface level, perfectly reasonable? Both make sense, complete sense. But life is not predetermined, it's a choose-your-own-ending storybook. The story you tell yourself becomes the story you live.
And if you hear that and think, ah, cliche, live news, you're overlooking the magnitude and capability you have with regard to controlling your life and your destiny. Something like five years ago now, I created an e-book with some thoughts. And this is one that I continuously go back to. Quote, when I make myself the victim, I become resentful. When I make myself the hero, I become empowered.
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