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
EP98- Self Deprecation- The Greatest Individual setback. (18min Solo)
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What if the biggest obstacle to your success is actually your own self-perception? This episode of Compounding Daily invites you to challenge your internal dialogue as host Miguel Sanchez navigates the uncharted waters of self-deprecation and self-belief. Through personal tales and transformational strategies, Miguel reflects on the profound questions of who we truly want to become and how we can harness the power of mindset to influence our journey. As the year draws to a close, it's the perfect time to break down the barriers of negative self-talk and turn those seemingly daunting obstacles into opportunities for growth.
Miguel doesn't just share superficial affirmations; he provides actionable insights from his own life. By focusing on what you can control, such as habits and attitudes, you can reshape your self-image and set meaningful goals. Rejecting the notion of defeat, Miguel emphasizes the importance of shifting your mindset from "I can't" to "I can," encouraging you to nurture your potential. This episode is more than just a motivational talk—it's a call to action for listeners to embrace even the most ordinary days as stepping stones toward their desired future. Join Miguel on this introspective journey and discover how to win each day by transforming your self-image into a powerful catalyst for success.
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Hello and welcome back everybody to Compounding Daily. I'm your host, miguel Sanchez, and welcome back to another episode, another solo episode. It feels as if the episodes lately has just been me and, believe me, it's not because of a lack of guests, it's that, as we get to the end of the year, I'm planning something big with somebody whom you know already, and until then, most likely I'll bring him on next week so we can go a little bit more in details about those things. But, with that being said, it's just me in the studio today, and the goal remains the same. The goal is always to lead you to a place of curiosity, curiosity in the sense of the questions now in your mind, because of these conversations, because of these episodes, are stemming from the foundation of what more can I accomplish? Who do I wish to become? How much success do I want to experience? How much impact am I having in the life of others? And those topics aren't specific to today, but they are the topics that we like to talk about, the understanding that we, as individuals, have responsibility to give the best version of ourselves to those who look up to us, and not just those people that look up to us, but to the world period, right? And with that being said, let's get into it.
Speaker 1:Episode 98. First and foremost, thank you. I am grateful for you being here. Thank you for listening. It's been a long time 98 episodes every single Monday, without missing a single one. I am proud. But most of all, I am grateful, grateful, because I wouldn't be here alone. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you, the listeners. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for the criticism that I receive, for the opinions that I receive, for just the community that has created the circle that now surrounds me. That all stemmed from my goal of creating a podcast. So, thank you.
Speaker 1:It is Monday, yes, the beginning of a brand new week, and for many, they'll entertain the conversations of how they wish things were better, how it's too cold, how they want more out of life, how life is against them, how, because of their environment, because of their mother, because of their grandmother, because of their boss, because of the color of their skin, because the length of their hair, because the color of their car, all of those reasons are reasons as to why life is against them and things aren't going their way. And I'm here to tell you that that is a load of bullshit and to some people, that may be the reality. Maybe the environment made it a little bit harder. Yeah, maybe your mother and your grandmother or your grandfather didn't teach you proper values that might lead you to success. But you can only blame those circumstances for so long, until you run into other people with the worst circumstances, doing better than you. And now, all of a sudden, it's not a oh, it's just me, no, it is just you that's holding on to it as an anchor.
Speaker 1:I love to remind myself every single Monday that it is the beginning of a brand new week, and with a brand new week I could entertain new thoughts, new conversations, new perspectives, new attitudes. And with those decisions I get to decide not hope and wish, but decide what kind of week I'm going to have. So, with that being said, don't let the Monday blues drag you down, don't let the cold weather bring you down, don't let the negative thoughts in your mind weigh heavy on your shoulder and instead, as you listen to this yes, it's Monday, but guess what? You are alive. Guess what? You have fresh air going into your lungs. Guess what Chances are? You're probably going to work and guess what? It may not be the job that you want, but guess what? It is a job nevertheless, one that's helping you put food in your stomach, clothes on your back, roof over your head as you work towards the life you actually want to be experiencing. And when you approach even a Monday with that attitude, let me tell you there is no bad days, only days where you are being tested to see if what you desire is really truly what you desire. So, with that being said, happy Monday. Let's win the day. Let's get better.
Speaker 1:Solo episode. Today I have a short episode. I have a lot on my mind, but I'm going to do my best to stick to topic here. And I want to speak about one, if not the greatest human how do I say this without being too dramatic, about everything I want to say this is the greatest human setback, the greatest human obstacle, the greatest human impediment of growth, the greatest human excuse, and with that, let's just use the words that are in my head Self-deprecation.
Speaker 1:Self-deprecation is, in my own opinion, from my own experience, the number one setback for most people. And what does self-deprecation mean? I'll read it to you directly from online, that way we don't have to think too much about it. But let me tell you, and then I'll go into the details, as to why this is the number one setback for most people, right? So self-deprecation is the act of reprimanding oneself by belittling, undervaluing, disparaging oneself or being excessively modest. It can be used as a way to make complaints, express modesty, invoke optimal reactions or add humor. It may also be used as a way for individuals to appear more likable and agreeable. So there are some positive outlooks of self-deprecation, but I want to focus on the first half of that description. The first half of that description, the first half meaning that what holds most people back is not everything that I just said about the excuses of the environment and the way you were raised. Those all play a part, but you are only as good as you believe yourself to be. I'll say that again you are only as good as you believe yourself to be. And self-deprecation plays a part Because if, in your mind, the conversation you are having with yourself Is a conversation that is belittling you, that is knocking you down, that is telling you that you can't, that is telling you that you are not worthy, that is telling you that you are not that lucky, that is telling you that it's just not your time and you wish you were born on a different time.
Speaker 1:Those sort of conversations never lead to action. The only action that stems from those sort of conversations are the action where now you're sitting down, lethargic, thinking about and hoping about things being better. And if you've been listening to this podcast for a while, then you understand that I'm not here to sell you anything. I'm not here to preach to you. I'm here to bring awareness to you. I'm here to let you know that the change that most people seek is attainable right where they stand, not overnight, not when they get a lucky break, but when you start working on the things within your control.
Speaker 1:And number one and this is personal for me, the number one thing on top of my list and I mean the number one thing is how I feel about myself. How do I show up to others if I don't like myself? If I don't like myself, how can I express enthusiasm and joy towards life if the conversation happening inside of me is a conversation of self-doubt, of lacking confidence, of no enthusiasm towards anything great? What actions am I taking if, every time I see myself in my own head, I see a lazy, fat, unmotivated, unenthusiastic, lacking purpose individual? You think that's going to motivate me to do better? What if, every time I check in with myself if it even happens the conversation is telling me how I'm not enough, how I could be doing more, how I wish I was better, how I wish I was taller, how I wish I was skinnier, how I wish I had more money, how I wish I was better, how I wish I was taller, how I wish I was skinnier, how I wish I had more money, how I wish I had the skills to do more. But I'm just not. I'm stupid, I'm complacent, I'm lazy. I want things to be handed to me, because that's just the kind of person that I am now. Imagine if that becomes the root conversation of who I am. What kind of person do you think would be sitting here talking to you right now? Let me tell you I'll answer that for you it wouldn't be any sort of person standing here, because it wouldn't exist. I wouldn't be here today if I was who I used to be.
Speaker 1:And the importance of this message is very simple Watch the conversation. I say that, I've probably said that thousands of times already, but observe the conversation happening about yourself, with yourself, when you are by yourself. And if that conversation leaves you deflated, leaves you feeling empty, leaves you feeling hopeless, then, my friend, you have some work to do, because until that conversation changes right Because I said what I said in the beginning you are only as good as you believe yourself to be. So maybe at the moment you don't believe that you're capable, you don't believe that you can, but over time you start doing little things. They don't have to be drastically difficult, but they have to be enough where you are a little bit uncomfortable, where you are learning a little bit about yourself, where you understand that, damn, this is difficult. But, man, I have never done this before, so why did I go into it? Expecting for it to be easy?
Speaker 1:Compounding daily refers to the growth that you can experience every single day. That comes from the choices that you make and that's how you earn that 1%, that's how you work on that conversation To go from self-deprecating to self-praising, from self-deprecating to self-love, from self-deprecating to self-confidence. And that doesn't happen overnight, that happens with time. But if the conversation happening inside of your head is a conversation that paints a negative image about yourself, then the choices you're going to make out here in the physical reality are most likely going to line up with that negative image that you've created of yourself. So what will you do from there? Will you accept that as the rest of your life? Or will you listen to this and say there's some things that I need to work on?
Speaker 1:Because, listen, as I said in the second half, I joke around my inner ego, fat Miguel, I can clown on myself. I'm a very self-deprecating guy in the sense of humor, you know. I can talk down on myself and guess what? I don't take it personal. I don't take it personal for myself. Why? Because I've done the work over the past seven years to make sure that, even though I can joke around it and have humor about myself in a negative way, internally, compared to who I was not, compared to anybody else, compared to who I was, I am doing significantly better. I am so much more confident. I have so much more purpose in life. I feel enthusiastic, despite the day or the events happening in my life or the difficulties that may present themselves.
Speaker 1:And that didn't happen by a miracle. That didn't happen when things. And that didn't happen by a miracle. That didn't happen when things got better for me overnight. That didn't happen because somebody handed me a booklet, and here's step one on how to change your life.
Speaker 1:No, it all started with the understanding that the image I held of myself in my head lined up directly to the image that I was showing to the world physically, and that image. I was not happy with that image. In my own personal opinion and I am talking about myself, so I can say whatever I want it was disgusting. It was disgusting. I wouldn't wish it upon anybody. It was intolerable to me personally, because I knew what I was capable of, I knew what I could be, but I also knew that I was so far from that version of myself.
Speaker 1:So what did I start working on? I had to start talking to myself better, not necessarily in the sense of like oh you're great, miguel, you're going to have success, you're amazing. No, no, not conversations like that, realistic conversations about should you change nothing? This is where you're going to be for the rest of your life. Are you happy with that? No, all right. Well, what are you going to do about it? All right, well, I guess I could lose some weight. Okay, well, how are you going to start that? All right, well, I guess I can do this. Oh, you, fat fuck. Come on, man, you got to do better than that and eventually, eventually, it clicked.
Speaker 1:Eventually, I started reframing the image I had of myself in my mind and slowly but surely, I said, if everything went right for me, what exactly would I look like? What would I talk like? What would I think like? What people would surround me? What impact will I have on others? I started working on that. So in my mind, I started getting rid of that self-deprecation and instead I started being realistic with myself.
Speaker 1:Make a list, miguel, make a list you, the listener of the things that are in your control that you don't like about yourself. And I mean things like oh, you know, I'm lazy, I procrastinate a lot, I don't like the way I talk, and I'm not meaning the sound of your voice, that's the sound of your voice. Accept that as your reality. But maybe the vocabulary you use, you know, isn't serving the best version of yourself. So now you have to work on learning how to choose better words to properly express your emotions.
Speaker 1:Right, when you have a list of things like that, despite the self-deprecation being there, right as the self-deprecation is happening, you're not sitting there like, oh man, I suck. No, you're sitting there like okay, I know that there are things I need to work on and I'm working on them. So there is no self-deprecation anymore. There's just an understanding that there are problems that need to be fixed and, day by day, I show up to fix them. If you could see the video, if you could see on my Instagram, I'm literally just staring at the camera with the eyes of like.
Speaker 1:Do you understand what I'm saying? Because it's easy to justify a lazy life. It's easy to point your finger at the world and say these things aren't going to work because I'm not capable, because this is just not who I am, because this is just never going to work for me, because blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. But at the end of the day, that conversation happening inside of you is controlled by one person. That's you, and you have influence over yourself and you can work on that image on yourself and you can say, despite how I feel about myself, there's so much good that can come from me. Should I do the work? And that's all that I have on my mind today. I don't want to say that it was all over the place. A little bit moments of silence as I gather my thoughts and, you know, as I sit here, week by week, I want you to understand that it's never. I don't ever want to come off as a preacher.
Speaker 1:Many times people have told me like, oh man, dude, you could make. You could make like some sort of ebook, and you know, start selling things like that, and you know your merch and all of that. And I get that right. It's the world we live in. You want to get paid for the things that you do, sure, right, but it feels wrong for me. It feels wrong because the things that I'm talking to you about are not special.
Speaker 1:The things that I'm talking to you about are no secret. Literally most of the things that I talk to you about are things that I just learned from others, from people that I look up to, from books that I've read, from challenges that I've overcome, people that I look up to, from books that I've read, from challenges that I've overcome. And if I've gained value as an individual from those experiences, my thought process simply becomes well, why can't you? Because I'm not special, I'm not this extraordinary individual. I'm just a regular human being with goals, ambitions and a drive to go after them, and you, I'm sure, have the same thing, but sometimes that self-deprecating conversation holds you back. It becomes an anchor. It convinces you that you never will. So therefore, you never try. So therefore, you get to the end of your life filled with regret simply because you convinced yourself that you are not capable. But when you get rid of that self-deprecation and you change your mindset, your perspectives, in every single approach of life, from I can't to I can, all the changes you seek will come to you with time.
Speaker 1:Thank you for being here. Allow this to stir emotions. Allow this to put you in a place where now you will observe the conversation. Right, if you're listening to this and you don't agree with any of it, even more so, reach out to me. These are the conversations that bring me to life. If you have any questions and or concerns, or simply just want to have a conversation about it, please reach out to me. That's what this podcast is for. I'm not famous. I don't have a secretary that you need to get in touch first, to get in touch with me. You reach out to me, I will answer to you personally, and in those conversations is where I gain value, and I also hope to give you back value. So, with that being said, thank you for being here. Episode 98. Holy crap, until next time.
