Compounding Daily
Do you feel stuck? Uninspired? Stagnant? The Compounding Daily podcast hosted by Miguel Sanchez, aims to spark curiosity and drive. Each episode gives you deep insights on how to cultivate healthy habits, practice discipline, change your perspective of life, and restructure your mindset in a way that promotes small changes in your daily life that will compound to help you earn that 1% needed everyday to reach your goals, whether they be physical, mental, or both.
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Compounding Daily
EP93- Is your Past holding you back?? (20min solo)
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What if your past struggles could be the very fuel that ignites your future success? Join me, Miguel Sanchez, on Compounding Daily as I explore the liberating concept of not letting past experiences dictate our destinies. Through personal stories and candid reflections, I share my battles with self-doubt and the relentless cycle of comparing myself to more successful peers in the podcasting world. Instead of being trapped in negativity, I've learned to harness gratitude and focus on the present as a place of growth and opportunity. This episode is a call to action for those yearning to break free from past mistakes and embrace the potential of today.
We dive deep into the powerful notion that past pain and suffering are not anchors holding us back but rather catalysts for personal growth and transformation. By shifting our perspective, we can turn our hardships into stepping stones toward a more purposeful life. Those who have faced significant challenges often emerge stronger, viewing their struggles as opportunities to learn and evolve. Join me as I unravel how personal reflection and responsibility can transform your journey into a beacon of hope and resilience, inspiring others who walk a similar path. Let's break the cycle of dwelling on past failures and move toward a future brimming with fulfillment and success.
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Hello, hello and welcome back everybody to Compounding Daily. I'm your host, miguel Sanchez, and welcome back to another episode, episode 93. And, as of late, I start every episode simply by saying thank you, by expressing my gratitude, because I know that it is a choice to be listening to me today. It is a action that you must take in order to put yourself in a position to listen to the things that I talk about. You know, lately I've been asking myself the questions that put me in a position where I feel like an imposter and I asked myself questions like man am I even saying the right thing?
Speaker 1:Sometimes I compare my podcast to a podcast that's already doing well. I am human, after all, you know, and those thoughts always put me in a place of enthusiasm, being drained because I feel like I'm not doing enough, that every single week, without failure, I get a message from somebody personally, I get into a conversation, I meet a new individual, and those sort of things always put me in a place of gratitude because I know that I am serving my purpose. I know that the things that I am reading and the things that I am learning and, most of all, the things that I am experiencing, can provide value to the people who I am grateful enough to come across my path. So I always, lately, start by saying simply thank you. And with that being said, it is Monday, it is the beginning of a new week, and I always go into this long rant in the beginning of an episode that emphasizes on the idea that you get to control the thoughts that are in your head. And you do get to control those things, but most people decide not to and they just allow their mind to run wild. And simply a mind that's allowed to run wild will most likely just tend to focus on all the negative things, unless you've done the work to make your conversation a little bit more positive.
Speaker 1:But if you're like most people, if you're like anything like I used to be, then you're probably going to wake up and you're going to entertain the conversation of all the things that you don't want to do today, all the things that you don't want to experience today, all the comparisons. And in my case, for example, as I'm getting ready to go work in the cold, sometimes I think man must be nice to work corporate and I'm just like, why would I have such a negative thought? I am where I am and I gotta do what I gotta do. So what good does it do for me to complain? So all of that to simply say just do what you're supposed to do. Yes, it's Monday, it has a name in it just for the sake of tracking, but at the end of the day, it's just another day, another day that you've been blessed with the sunlight in your face and the oxygen that you're breathing and the food that is fueling you and the people that are depending on you to show up today. So all of that to simply say happy Monday. Let's win the day and let's entertain positive conversations.
Speaker 1:Let's get into today's topic. Today's topic was one that I battled with within myself for a long time. It is a topic that I contemplated getting a guest on here for, but I decided I, before I do that, I want to give my take on this, and I've spoken about this. But way in the earlier episodes and I'm pretty sure most certainly, I did it with the og co-host, uh gino and sammer, and it was an episode that strictly focused on the past and the effect that it can or can't have on us in the future moving forward. But if I had to give a specific subject. As to what I'm going to be talking about today, it's very simple the importance that your past does not need to define who you are in the future. Your past does not need to become a direct reflection as to who you are today.
Speaker 1:Like some people, myself included experience a difficult upbringing, and I don't want to say some people I'm pretty sure all of us have things that we battled with, whether internally or externally. But for the sake of this conversation, let's just say we've all had a difficult upbringing, difficult conversations, difficult perspectives that were ingrained on us as we were growing up, maybe a failure that is ingrained into our minds that now doesn't allow us to move forward. And I, for a long time, reflected on my past almost daily, always thought about the things I went through, always thought about the difficulties that I experienced, and I remember putting myself in positions where, because of the things that I experienced, I started justifying all the excuses that I now had in the present to show that I wasn't making initiative into a more positive life. If that makes sense, it's difficult to change your perspective as an adult when you've already been through an experience. As an adult, when you've already been through an experience, I feel like the more you identify with your past, the more you allow yourself to remain in the past and there is no guide to the thoughts you're having about your past. I feel like the more likely you are to entertain a negative perspective.
Speaker 1:And most people because keep in mind, right, this podcast is the way it is, because most people don't want to listen to the hurtful truths, most people don't want to have these sort of conversations, and I wish that I can say man, I'm just making things up, but when I tell you that every single week, I come across an individual that is experiencing the things that I'm talking about here, and I'm just like man, they're like if I could help this individual. And let me just give you an example how many people have you met that are so stuck in the past that that's all they talk about? They talk about how one time they had success and then something happened and they are no longer successful. One time everything was good, but because of something that happened, they are no longer successful. One thing that happened years ago is now the reason why today they are not becoming better, and that is the cycle that I want to break with this episode. That is the train of thought that I want to prove doesn't serve the individual.
Speaker 1:You have to understand something If you can change the perspective of your past isn't there to just cause you pain and suffering. But maybe you went through that pain and suffering and didn't die from it. You survived it, you overcame it and now you are grown. The perspective of man, all the difficulties that I went through, has now led me to where I am. That's a wonderful thought, but most people can't entertain that thought for the simple reason that who they are now is not somebody that they're happy with.
Speaker 1:Think about that Right, because when you see somebody who's presently grateful, presently succeeding, presently living with purpose, I guarantee you, if you ask them about their past, they're not going to tell you it was butterflies and rainbows. They're going to tell you that it was difficult. They're going to tell you that there was challenge after challenge that they had to overcome. They're going to tell you that it was probably one of the darkest moments in their life a few years ago, but the perspective they chose to entertain was the one that, because of that darkest moment in my own life, I was able to grow, I was able to learn. I was able to learn of, not what to do. And here's the beauty If you believe in being a giver, you have people in your life who will benefit from your struggles. You have people in your life who, because you never gave up during your difficulties in your past, you are now a better individual in the present. And now the people that you see may be experiencing something similar and they don't know what to do. You are now their beacon, you are now their light. You are now their guide, because you went through it.
Speaker 1:But most people don't entertain that perspective. Most people get stuck in the past, and because of the past, this happened and this happened. And now here I am and I'm not happy. Here, and everything would be different if only this didn't happen. And I'm just sitting there like Jesus Christ. Just listen to what you just said. If that didn't happen, then things would be better today. What a worthless sentence, and I say worthless because it serves no value. If this didn't happen, then I wouldn't be here today like this, unhappy and miserable. Okay, yes, but guess what? They haven't invented time machines yet, so you can't go back in time and change anything. So what has happened has already happened and therefore it's already gone. And yet here you are in the present, still talking about it instead of doing something about it. Do you understand that perspective? Because you can blame all your failures and everything on past failures? Okay, but you are here now. You are here in the present. When did this happen? Oh, it was two years ago. Okay, well, but you are here now. You are here in the present. When did this happen? Oh, it was two years ago. Okay, well, two years is a long time for you to become better, is it not? But again, conversations that most people don't want to hear.
Speaker 1:For most people, my imagination allows me to paint an image, and it's just a dark image, and I always visualize an anchor on people's shoulders, weighing them down, and it's dirty and it's dark and it's rusty and it's just misery. And the irony in the image that comes to my head is that the anchor isn't attached to anything, meaning you as an individual can pick it up and set it aside and maybe use it for something else, if that makes sense. If I was a good drawer, I would paint a picture, but I am not right. But if you can allow me to paint an imagination for you, then just see that as it is. Most people want to move forward, but hold on to their past failures so tight that it becomes a weight on their shoulders, but it's a weight that they themselves put on there. Think about that. And those are the things that I've experienced.
Speaker 1:I can't tell you how many times the doctor told me, miguel, you're overweight. And I'm like, well, my family is overweight, what do you want from me? Well, we're all overweight. You know the way we were raised. And she's like, yeah, but you're an adult now, miguel. You are feeding yourself now. Sure, if you get fat from being fed too much as a child, all right, I get that, but you are now an adult. So whose fault really is it? Does that make sense?
Speaker 1:And I use that as an excuse. I use that as a reason as to why, in my present moment, I wasn't being my best self. I wasn't moving forward, I wasn't making productive decisions, thinking about the consequences of my actions. I was simply just blaming my misery on the fact that my past wasn't better. So, because my past wasn't better, how do you expect to better me in the present? What an excuse, one that I used for too long and again. Did something change? Did I go back in time and change my past.
Speaker 1:No, my past is there, but I've done so much reflection. I've thought about my childhood, I've thought about my pain, I've thought about my suffering and I've come to accept personally and I'm sure this is not the case for everybody, but for myself, I've come to accept a lot of responsibility of it A lot of negative thoughts that I entertain too much, a lot of negative perspective, a lot of negative conversations. A lot of negative thoughts that I entertain too much. A lot of negative perspective, a lot of negative conversations, a lot of moments where I should have been somewhere else but that word again should have. And what ifs? I don't like to dwindle in those for too long, right, but as I've matured, I look back to my past now and I can't even begin to express how filled my cup is with gratitude when I tell you that, because of my pain and my suffering, I've got to learn of things that I don't desire, things that I don't want to experience, against things that I've been very grateful to over time. See it from that perspective.
Speaker 1:And that wasn't a miracle and that wasn't an overnight change. That was simply a change of perspective the same pain, the same misery, with a little bit less excuses and a little bit more accountability. And now my past became an for one, from an anchor to now, becoming my very next step in my life, my very next step in my progression, my very next step in my personal growth journey. And that is what I encourage for everybody. I encourage you to reflect on your past and see which part of it you're using as an excuse to accept misery in your present moment. Those are the things people don't want to do.
Speaker 1:It's easy to blame your lack of initiative in the present moment On your past and your upbringing and the pain and the suffering that you went through. It's difficult, actually I'll take that back Rewind. It's just as easy to take accountability and say that a lot of what you went through was mainly your fault. And guess what? If it wasn't your fault and it was out of your control, then what good does it do to you to linger there? What good does it do to you to say, well, you know it was out of my control and somebody did it to me and, yes, I survived, but if they would have never done it to me, I would have never been here. And again that sentence if, what if and if things were different? Well, the things aren't different. You're listening to this now. You are here presently.
Speaker 1:So what is your past doing for you? Is your past becoming a stepladder for you to take one step at a time, to learn, to grow, to become better? Or is your past that anchor slowing you down, not allowing you to make progress, keeping you in a state of regression, a state where you are just not satisfied with who you are? Everything that I speak about is never for you to become me, is never for you to repeat. Everything that I'm doing it's to encourage you as an individual to figure out what brings you to life, figure out what thoughts are holding you back, figure out what limiting beliefs you've ingrained so deep into your mentality that they've created a foundation and now you need a jackhammer to get them out. Do you understand what I'm saying? That's the purpose of this whole show. I encourage you.
Speaker 1:Yes, it's uncomfortable. No, you don't want to hear this, you're probably already over it. Like, oh my God. Yes, my past was horrible, but you don't grow from those thoughts. You grow from those thoughts when you reflect in them long enough to see the value in them, because that is the beauty of being a human being. I believe the memory is there to simply serve to allow us to reflect, to allow us to think about a better path.
Speaker 1:We, as human beings, have that freedom of choice, and how we choose our perspective is the key to a successful life, because you can choose the perspective of lack and anxiety and the perspective of lack and anxiety and the perspective of the world's against me and the perspective of nobody knows my pain. But here's the kicker Nobody gives a fuck about your pain, because we all have our pains. That's the thing. But very few people entertain the different perspective the perspective of gratitude, the perspective of abundance, the perspective of man. I am so grateful for everything that I've been through, despite some of it being painful, because I'm still here, I survived, I learned and I'm still growing, and I'm hopeful that tomorrow, if I am gifted another day, I get to experience some more. I get to challenge myself some more, I get to expand on my beliefs some more, I get to question some things that I thought would be true and maybe they're not. Some more, and there's beauty in that and that is where the enthusiasm comes from, and that is for the people who want a life of personal fulfillment. And that is all I really have to say about the past and about the people that we are as individuals, and about my gratitude towards you, the listener, and about the purpose of the show.
Speaker 1:I'm just. You know, I'm hitting personally in my life at the moment. I'm hitting a place of momentum where good disciplines have been practiced over and over again and I do something when I find myself in these moments, and by something I mean that I start shutting off a little bit, and I don't mean to the people that are important to me in my life, I mean I start shutting off in the sense of I talk a little less, I'm more in my own head than I am present, and it's a negative thing when I say it like that, but it's such a positive thing because it always allows me to reflect on my life. It always allows me to think how, seven years ago, if you would have told Fat Miguel, hey man, you're going to be getting ready for a bodybuilding show. You're going to be in the best shape of your life. You're going to be seeking to inspire others, not by simply telling them of the things you've read, but telling them about your experience and the things that you are doing, not so they can do it with you or exactly like you, but so you could encourage them to do the same in their own way.
Speaker 1:Fat Miguel would look at you and say get away from me, man. What the fuck are you talking about? That's not who I am. That's not who I'm going to become. I don't believe in none of those things. That bodybuilding, that's gay, you know. I mean that there's all the things I would have said seven years ago, and that seven years ago was the guy who was still holding on to his childhood memories as an anchor. And now the person speaking to you now is in a position where those very same memories have served me to be here now having this wonderful conversation with you. So, with that being said, key point don't allow your past to influence your future in a negative way.
Speaker 1:Think about your limiting beliefs and see how many of them are directly correlated to your past Meaning. You've told yourself something so long, so often, that you now believe it to be true, when, in reality, you may just have played the wrong movie in your head over and over and over again From your past, and now it's hindering you in your future. What you've experienced, I feel in my own personal belief, is it was meant for you, not just the good, but also the bad I feel. And if I have a lot of people I don't know if this is the right word, but I have a lot of religious friends and if you believe in God and if you believe in a creator, and if you believe in a higher being, then you have to believe that he is all abundant right and you have to believe that he is all giving right and you have to believe that he doesn't make mistakes. Right, at least that's what I hear. And if that is to be true, if that is a belief that you share among your personal values, then that means that even the pain that you've gone through was there for a purpose. It was there for you to be in it, to experience it. But the beauty in it is that you get to decide where the value lies. You get to decide what was the cause of the pain, what did I get from this? And nobody can do that for you. So, to conclude this episode, I hope and I know that there was value in it.
Speaker 1:Chat with me, message me, let's talk about this. These are the kind of conversations that, personally, bring me to life. I've had a rough day today. I felt very disconnected, I felt lacking awareness, I felt unenthusiastic about the day, if I'm being quite honest, and guess what? I sat down, I knew what I wanted to talk about and I feel a thousand times better. So when I tell you that there's just signs that these are the things that I am meant to be doing, the signs are in my face and clear, and I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you, the listener. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the conversations and the feedback. I am immensely grateful. Thank you for being here and until next time, my friends.
