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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EP99- Compounding Daily Roulette #5 W/ Chris & Trey
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Have you ever wondered what it takes to truly grow and embrace new opportunities? In our latest chapter of Compounding Daily, we're reflecting on the idea that for new opportunities to thrive, sometimes we must let go of what's holding us back. Alongside my friends Chris and Trey, we explore the transformative journey of personal growth by shedding outdated habits and mindsets. I delve into my own life experiences, sharing how leaving behind an unfulfilling lifestyle paved the way for genuine happiness. Trey joins in with insights on how transforming physical health can be a catalyst for overall change, encouraging you to focus on the controllable and make deliberate choices aligned with your aspirations.
Confidence isn't innate; it's a skill you cultivate. Through candid conversations, we dissect how taking initiative can significantly boost your confidence. I recount my fitness journey, from initial insecurities at the gym to tangible victories that have bolstered my self-assurance. Our discussion emphasizes the ripple effect of personal development — how your growth can inspire a supportive environment and motivate others. By embracing self-reflection and transformation, we highlight the freedom of accepting individuality and the power of authentic connections in building a nurturing community.
We're also celebrating the vibrant community that's formed through Compounding Daily. Authenticity, mutual support, and unique paths define our journey toward personal excellence. Whether it's sharing unique music tastes or encouraging one another at the gym, it's about becoming extraordinary in our own way. As we approach our milestone 100th episode with a live event at the Legacy Training Center in Middletown, Connecticut, we invite you to join us. Engage with our community, ask questions, and continue striving for personal growth alongside us.
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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. We are reaching three digits and this is episode 99. And things are getting a little exciting as we move forward into the third year of this podcast being a thing, a reality for me. And, with that being said, I have two wonderful friends, both whom you've met before if you've been listening to the show for a while, and we're going to do a compounding daily roulette episode today. If you don't know what that is, it's very simple. I, over the last two, three years, have been doing morning messages. I, over the last two, three years, have been doing morning messages and I always write down the topics. I always write down on my phone, like if it's like a quick note, you know, in regards to a quote, I read something that inspired me and now I've sent that list to Chris. So Chris has that list in his hands and he's going to pick at random and he's going to pass that around and trade the trainers here with me.
Speaker 1:You know, because I didn't properly introduce you guys, right, chris? I can't believe we haven't done a solo episode before. You know we're going to add that to the schedule. Both men sitting next to me right now are people who I consider quality friends, who have pushed me and who I've shared personal conversations with that have helped me, as an individual, grow. So I'm very excited to get your guys' perspective in some of the things I've written here. And the goal remains always the same for you, the listener, to gain some value. We're not here to have you compare yourself to us. We're here to show you how regular people can do extraordinary things when we fully live the values which I believe we're going to be speaking about today. And, with that being said, let me cover the Monday morning spiel.
Speaker 1:Right, it's Monday, yes, that's when I released the episodes, and I release them at five in the morning because if you're up at five in the morning on a Monday, you're probably thinking to yourself I'm tired, I'm exhausted, it's cold, because it's really cold. Now, you know, and you probably don't want to go through the motions, you don't want to get to work. You're entertaining thoughts of things you wish were there, but they aren't, so now you're feeling sad about it, and I'm here to tell you, not to just get over it, but that you are in the driver's seat and you get to decide where that conversation is going to go, because you can see the bad and you can be entertaining. Maybe this is an expensive Christmas for you and you don't know where you're going to get the money from. So you're stressing out about the holidays, etc. Etc.
Speaker 1:And I'm here to tell you that it's going to be fine, it's going to be okay, it's Monday, and if there's only one thing that you want to focus on, is the things that you can control. So your attitude, the conversations you have with yourself, the conversations you have with your friends, the way that you present yourself to the world, has direct correlation into how the world is going to react to you, and that's all within your control. And if you work on that long enough, eventually Monday is going to be a good day. Boom, let's get right into it.
Speaker 3:Yeah, that was good, yeah, that was so fun. I top that.
Speaker 1:It's like I've been doing this for a while. Yeah, but that was good, dude, thank you.
Speaker 3:Trey, you want to go first? Oh, it doesn't matter, I got you.
Speaker 1:Yo, I'm excited.
Speaker 3:I'm really excited to have you guys here.
Speaker 2:Oh, this is going right off the top man must go.
Speaker 1:That's a really good question.
Speaker 3:Okay, like that, I'll read it again yeah, for new things to come, old things must go. Um, uh, you want me to?
Speaker 1:start that one, then we'll go around. Yeah, um, I, I. I feel like one of the most difficult challenges in my seven years of growing into the person I am now was understanding that I couldn't have the best of both worlds. Like I had to understand that there were parts of me and I use this word very specifically that I that I had to kill. Right, there was parts of me that, no matter how many times I try to justify it, like you know, I could just go back to this habit that I had before. It wasn't realistic. Every time I I entertained that idea, it was like I was regressing back from the progress I've made. So I had to accept that in order to keep moving forward. Who I was.
Speaker 1:I'll give you a real example real quick. I told juliana just last night wouldn't it be nice to just go to work, get out of work, come home, shower, sweats, socks, nice hoodie, tv's on, let's order some food. And that's my life, you know. But over a long period of time, that is the life I lived, and I was overweight, I was depressed, I was unhappy, I was lacking purpose. The people surrounding me were doing the same exact thing. So it's like yo, you getting on the xbox. Yeah, we're getting on the xbox every single day and that's okay if you're genuinely happy there and that's where you want to remain. But for me that wasn't the case, so as much as I want to go back to that, I know that it won't serve me.
Speaker 2:Moving forward, you know, that's really good, I think, uh, for the trainer guy here, I guess I'll talk from a physical aspect. Um, let's say, if you're trying to change your health physically or change your life physically, you can't continue to do the same things. You're doing as far as your bad habits, as far as your nutrition, your activity level, and you got to, you know eat a better diet.
Speaker 3:You know what I mean.
Speaker 2:You got to have a better routine as far as your output you're putting out there. You got to. You know, work out, go on walks, be more active, but you can't, you know, eat healthier and still eat the same candy bar every day. You know, what I mean, then you're just going back to those old habits you were at before that puts you in the situation you're at.
Speaker 1:You know what I?
Speaker 2:mean, If it's just like working out, you can't just. You know, I'm going to hit it hard three days in a row. Okay, I think today's a good day for McDonald's.
Speaker 1:You're going back to your old habits? Yeah, and that's how I started my, so I could have something like that.
Speaker 2:Training for it with a purpose, not training to eat like garbage exactly.
Speaker 1:You know what do you know my?
Speaker 3:initial thought when you said that was like by removing things you have to, you're making time for other things yeah you won't make time for what you already know. You never make time for something new yeah which is just what you said like big time to be more healthy, conscious. You know you had time play xbox for three hours. Okay, take an hour out. Yeah, exactly, you know both of you guys exactlybox for three hours okay, take an hour out.
Speaker 1:Yeah, exactly, exactly. So, making time, that's what I've initially thought about. Okay, yeah, see, and then there is no wrong answer. Yeah, yeah, you know that because it could be perceived in so many different ways.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I think a question like that goes in so many different directions yeah, come at your health, the people you surround yourself, with everything the thing you're doing on a daily basis, work all of it dude.
Speaker 1:You could directly correlate that to friends yeah, literally for sure like you gotta understand that some people uh, this is the big rudy episode. That was one of the most popular episodes yeah, yeah we're disagreeing with that because I believe some people are temporary in your life they come, they teach you a lesson, or they're just there for a chapter and then the chapter closes. Then you move on, and sometimes that is because you stepped into their chapter yeah, and you mingled in that chapter and but the whole time you were getting better.
Speaker 1:And now that chapter has closed and they've chosen to remain there, you know I mean so now, so once in a while you can go back and, hey, what's going on? But you it's hard to relate because you've continued moving forward yeah you know. So sometimes you got to let past friendships go for the sake of new friendships.
Speaker 3:That you're trying to make making time for the right people absolutely for sure activities.
Speaker 2:Even so, you can dig deeper into what you just said. Would you fully remove yourself from those that were doing things you were doing in your past, or would you just keep them at arm's length? You know what I mean?
Speaker 1:uh, because, do you fully remove people?
Speaker 2:like that out or things you were doing in your past, or would you just keep them at arm's length? You know what I mean. Uh, do you fully remove people like that out or do you, like you know, I'll keep you here? It depends on the extreme.
Speaker 3:Yeah right, yeah for sure for sure, so like I don't hang out.
Speaker 1:It's not that I got rid of my old friends, right, uh, some, some of them you meet at the wedding they're gonna be there and I haven't spoken or seen them in years, right, but we've stayed in touch and it's not that they're bad people or anything, it's just like we've.
Speaker 1:You know, one of them has twin daughters now and, I believe, a son, you know. So life has happened, yeah, and we've grown apart. And they're not gym rats, you know. They're not into reading the personal development books, they're not into nutrition they're just not into those sort of things.
Speaker 3:So whenever I come around them.
Speaker 1:It's like I gotta rewind myself back to 2015, 16 and have those conversations again, like also when you, games are out and oh, have you done anything interesting? You know, it's almost like uh, like those small conversations. You don't want to have too much, you don't, but I'm mindful about that yeah, for sure, for sure that's really good.
Speaker 3:Let's pick another one. That was good.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that was eight minutes, Damn we're sorry, dude, that was a good question that was a really broad question.
Speaker 3:like we said, let's see here, I saw one I liked a lot, one second sometimes I try to think of like intermediate conversations while the person finds another quote, you know so there's no silence.
Speaker 1:Yeah, well, I can't find it. So who's breathing so hard on the? Is it? Yeah, it is. You Just set it down. My first 10 episodes was me.
Speaker 2:Make a film on me.
Speaker 3:Alright, this is interesting. I wonder what he meant by this. If you remember, initiative equals confidence. I'm sorry, may I see it? It's a small one. If you remember, initiative equals confidence, I'm sorry, initiative equals confidence.
Speaker 1:May I see it, if you don't mind, of course Is a small one Initiative. Initiative equals confidence. Oh, I know exactly what that means. So, uh, myself included in the beginning of my journey, I would say must be nice to be confident, you know, it must be nice to walk into a room and feel good about yourself.
Speaker 3:You know to walk into a room and feel good about yourself.
Speaker 1:It must be nice for the boss to say, hey, who thinks they can take on this task? And I'm the first one to raise my hand. Like I'll do it. You know what I mean. And I used to think confidence was something you were born with. I used to think confidence was something you were lucky to receive, or you must be taught by somebody who already has it. But, if you start from a position of insecure about yourself, when you see a confident person, you almost feel uh gross by it.
Speaker 2:That's how I felt, right when you're, when you're not confident yeah, like when I was fat miguel and I and I'm at the gym wearing the hoodie hiding my rose yeah yeah, and I see that dude walking in with the slick hair and the jacked body, I'm just like motherfucker dude Must be nice. You know what I mean. You think that was an intimidation thing. It was insecure on my part.
Speaker 1:It was a big part of me comparing themselves right. So, then I started reading the books, and every book always says confidence is something you work on, and the only way that you're going to get confidence is by admitting to yourself, first and foremost, that what you a lack of confidence means a lack of knowledge. So the better you understand something, the more the confidence is right. So I, right now, I'll start popping questions to you guys about plumbing, and you would. Your confidence isn't there.
Speaker 3:You know what I mean.
Speaker 1:But I'm confident in that because I've been doing it, you know for sure, once I once that switched in my mind I was like, oh my god, it's not that I'm not confident, it's not.
Speaker 2:I don't know what the fuck I'm doing yeah, it's a skill, that it's just a skill exactly so I was like so I just got to learn.
Speaker 1:So instead of being in the gym doing full body, let's split the muscles and now I was doing arm days, chest days, back days. Am I a professional? No, but I was walking into the gym more confident because, I knew today's a chest day and I know that that machine there does my pecs, which is what I'm trying to hit, as opposed to before. I look like, you know, just lost like y'all. Oh man, are they looking at me? Are they judging me? Do I look dumb?
Speaker 3:you know. So is it the right thing to do? You? Should I do it like this? Should I do this than this?
Speaker 1:Exactly so that initiative of learning led to me being more so much more confident about myself.
Speaker 2:You worded that so well. Like you hit that right on the money. That's what I meant by that.
Speaker 1:That's very small but, it gets to the point Because you got to do it right, like you got to experience it. You know like it's ironic because you fear something, so you don't do it, and because you don't do it, you continue to fear it. But if you fear something and you still do it, even if it's a failure, after it you did it, so you learned right.
Speaker 1:It's like if you're trying to learn how to swim and you jump in the pool and you don't know how to swim that first time. But you don't drown, right, you're still alive. But now that fear is a little bit less right. And then you continue to jump in the pool and before you know it you're a little bit further into the deep end. Confidence is building right. Initiative of getting over the fear is now building confidence. You do that. For a year you're gonna be swimming laps and before you know it you're doing butterflies and you're just like I'm confident in swimming. Why? Because I initiated the action required to get comfortable into it. Right, you know.
Speaker 3:That's something I always related to. I really like that Well in the gym. So when I first started going like when I was 18, whatever getting like serious into it the initiative started doing it and when I started succeeding at things I was trying to do like a bench PR, whatever it may be, that niche shift carried on into my work life especially and I felt confident. Like well, I knew I could push myself to do this and I did great. Now I can do it over here.
Speaker 3:And I didn't think about it, it just kind of happened naturally. Best part, it happened. Naturally, you're carrying over good things. Yeah, you started collecting the victories. Right exactly.
Speaker 1:You know it sounds egotistic, but but at this part of my life, because I've done the years of consistent self-discipline, it's like oh, you can do this. Last year the kid and he was younger, so I call him a kid the kid who was running the heat mains and running all the heat work at the job I was at was sent to because of some drama that happened. He was sent to another job and the foreman was stressing out oh man, the heat, do the heat, and I'm just like I can do it, bro.
Speaker 1:I was like I don't know what the fuck, I'm gonna you know, I mean I was stressing out, but I know I'm competent, right yeah I've proven to myself time and time again that if put in a difficult situation, I can piece things together that will move me forward.
Speaker 3:That's what happens a lot, you know, when they say like I'm gonna fake it, so I make it. But really what I'm saying is I don't know yet, but I'm gonna figure it out, yeah it happens to me all the time and it's a great feeling knowing that I'm confident. What I can do, they don't know exactly.
Speaker 1:I'm gonna figure it out exactly, you know yep, and every time you do that confidence it builds a little bit builds a little victory and uh, you know, and before you know, you become the kind.
Speaker 1:I worked with this guy once he he told me I'm just like I was the foreman running the job at the time and he, they gave him to me and he was older, so I'm still respecting him. He was like in his 50s, so I'm respecting him. I'm like all right, sir, well, this is what we're doing. Do you feel comfortable doing that? And he's like listen, man, you could throw me in a hole with a shovel and I'll build a stair and get out of there.
Speaker 1:And I'm just like all right damn, you know and anything I gave him if he had questions, he asked. If he didn't ask questions, I assumed he knew and he knew, and I didn't have to worry about him too much, you know. So that's a man that over time has proved to himself that, no matter what, he's going gonna figure it out, cuz now he's like you throw me in a hole and I'll be okay, I'll figure it out, and it's like good attitude mm-hmm essentially correlate that.
Speaker 3:Even so, like you, now have confidence in him mm-hmm and it shows the other side of it, right? Yeah, his confidence himself, like I'll figure it out, yeah, made you like I don't think work with this guy yeah, that's great which even like in a friendship level. I'm gonna worry about trading that show. He's always gonna show up. Or I call my girl.
Speaker 1:I know he's gonna be there but maybe you know, yep, you build that trust and if you want a really good example of confidence, just go listen to like episode two or three okay, and you'll hear the difference in my in my tone repetition you hear, like before every episode.
Speaker 1:I'm like yo butterflies, but literally I just had to make sure everything was in order lights, camera. We're good, action, we're rolling and it's confidence. Not because I think I'm the shit now, but this is episode 99. Like, that's 99 weeks, if you think about it of consistently and the morning messages. Even with my appendix removed, I was on the couch. Good morning everybody. You know what I mean and those are little boosts, so yeah, that was a good one. I really liked that one that was great.
Speaker 3:You want to pick one out.
Speaker 1:Sure, I've never picked one out before. I'm going to scroll really random.
Speaker 2:I'm going to be like and just tap on it and just land on one.
Speaker 1:There you let's see, let's see, let's see what I get. Uh, boom, let's see what we get. This is the first one that caught my eye. It's bigger than you. How big is your ripple? Um, do you know what a ripple is?
Speaker 3:like a effect. Yeah, like an effect, right.
Speaker 1:So this one is is switching the personal development from self-development to how you as an individual are affecting others. You get what I mean. So it's bigger than you. How are you affecting others? Right, because the goal with this show, for example, is, as you listen, I'm not asking you to advertise compounding daily. I don't need you guys to like you know, here's my merch Make sure people are listening. And the goal is very simple People listen, they gain value.
Speaker 1:Right, I might not hear what they're doing because of this value, but they're doing it right. So now they make good decisions, they become better individuals. And now their friends are like why are you reading books all of a sudden? Why are you drinking so much water? Why are you at the gym? Oh, reading books all of a sudden. Why are you drinking so much water? Why are you at the gym? Oh well, I listened to this one podcast and it really motivated me. So that ripple has now extended to a stranger, I don't know, and now it's extending to their friends and my side of the ripple. I don't care, I already know that that's happening.
Speaker 1:I get confirmations every week, but the message to the listeners it's always like you might think that you know it's only about you and and all of this, but especially and I know you can relate, chris once you become a parent, you know, now it's no longer about yourself. You know, uh, if you're putting a lead, if you're, if you ever want to succeed in life, chances are you, you're gonna have to be put in a leadership position. You're not gonna be put. I was just telling Juliana about this the other day. Look at it from this perspective. Right, let's say me and you are both mechanics. Right, let's just say you're a plumber just like me. Right? A new position for foreman opened up. And in today's world, if the company is ran by actual people who care about business, Chris knows more about plumbing than me, right, but everybody hates him. Right, he's a great foreman. If you could put him in the boiler room, and he'll build a boiler room alone he's great at plumbing, but people can't stand him right.
Speaker 1:Right, miguel knows plumbing not at the same level as ch here, but people love working with Miguel. Every time they need another person for the job. Who do they call Miguel Every time we hear something positive about it. Miguel, All right. Who's going to get the position of foreman? The guy who, nobody. You get what I'm saying, so that comes from your ripple. How are you affecting others? Some people show up to work and they think I'm just here. I'm not here to make friends, All right. Well, not making friends eliminates positions higher up from you.
Speaker 3:Yeah.
Speaker 1:Right, because you don't climb the ladder alone.
Speaker 1:So you need people, you know. So that's just a statement very conscious in regards to how you're affecting others. You know, because if you show up and you're the complainer, you're the naysayer, you're the one always talking negative about life and everything when that promotion comes up. Yeah, people know that you know your work, but maybe they don't want that kind of energy around. So your ripple was that of a negative effect on others. But if your ripple is one of like wow, I look forward to being around this individual.
Speaker 3:You know what?
Speaker 1:know, I mean when you go into the gym and you see trey and you hear him screaming let's go, let's go here we go.
Speaker 3:You know everything you know, literally you know that energy is uplifting, that energy is contagious.
Speaker 1:You're like, all right, I'm at the gym and this, this is it all right. Well, if you want to coach, who do you want? This guy yelling over here, or miguel the coach, who's holding a monster, can looking at the customer like, yeah, give me another rep. Man, all right, good job, all right, we're gonna go do squats now. You're just like I don't want that guy, you know. I mean, and I went to school longer than Trey and I'm more certified- right, for example yeah, you get no, no, for sure, and that's exactly where my mind went for sure it's like when you said the ripple effect.
Speaker 2:For what I do personally, man, I wake up every day 4, 34, 45. I got 5 am clients. Man, you know I don't want to get out of bed right now. I would use that extra couple minutes of sleep, you know, but um I know how much I'm affecting my clients when I'm there.
Speaker 1:You know it's way bigger than you know what I mean I have clients I'm training.
Speaker 2:I said on numerous podcasts like their healths really rely on me. We're training them and stuff. You know I have clients with all different types of health issues but, um, it's bigger than me, it's bigger than my couple minutes or a couple hours of sleep.
Speaker 1:So that's kind of where my mind went from a personal standpoint yeah, that's exactly what it's about yeah.
Speaker 3:So I think the other day miguel and I were at the gym remember the guy this was last saturday maybe and he said, like I was got here, I wasn't really feeling it, and he tells me we go like you guys came in here, we're doing some good lifts and he's like you guys got made me feel like I gotta do it. Oh, that was tony yeah, I was like it's funny, like we had that effect just by being there just the energy itself you got there.
Speaker 1:After I got there, it started happening and I was like these guys, I gotta do it now. Yeah, I can't tell you like uh, how many times and I'm I'm truly blessed man. I can't tell you how many times I'm driving to work in the dark and I'm tired and my phone's like cling, cling. I'll look and it's just a message like needed this this morning. Thank you, ripple right, yeah, that didn't, I wasn't.
Speaker 1:Oh, thank you for your service, miguel. Here's a hundred bucks. No, none of that happened. It was just like you moving forward in your life, doing things. You don't want to do that walk in the morning with the vest on driving to doing things. You don't want to do that walk in the morning with the vest on driving to work. All of that I don't want to do any of it. Right, but I'm doing it. And now, because I did it, somebody listening who was planning to show up late or eat shitty food for breakfast or just not go to the gym at all, is now, like you know, just this past weekend we went to a Christmas party with Juliana for her company and a stranger. I get there and a stranger runs up to me. He's like you're Juliana's fiance, right? I'm like yeah, and he's like dude, I've been first of all, you're jacked and I'm like stop, Stop. You know what I mean, I'm flattered.
Speaker 1:Flattered. And then he's like I want to do what you're doing, I, I want to lose the weight, I want to do this and I'm and this is a stranger I've never met. Before I finished that 30 minute conversation, I sit down immediately. One of juliana's friends sits down and she's talking about how she's envious of us, how she wish she can do what we can do, and I'm just like whoa we're regular people just like you are.
Speaker 1:you know what I mean she's like. But sometimes I'm in, I'm on my bed and it's 11, uh, the afternoon on a Saturday, and I look and you already went on your walk and you're doing your second workout and I'm like, exactly, and you don't need to do that, but you are inspired to do something. That's the ripple. Yeah Right, and she doesn't need to. I'm grateful that she told me because that's a little cookie in my cookie jar that whenever I'm down, I pick it out like, oh, I'm inspiring others. Draw that. Whenever I'm down, I pick it out like, oh, I'm inspiring others. You know what I mean. So those are the things I I think about when it comes to creating that effect on others yeah, that's really good, really good question yep, who wants to go next?
Speaker 1:I'll pick one, yeah bangers thank you. Sometimes I think I could. Eventually I could just write a book, and the book will be one page covering each of those topics. What would the book be?
Speaker 2:called right on the spot compounding daily.
Speaker 3:I got one, let's do it. Aren't you tired of seeing others succeed?
Speaker 1:oh, yeah, that's just a slap to the face, even to me um, right, so always understand that those are literally thoughts in my mind and so that I have asked myself that question and it's just like aren't you tired of am I I'm speaking for myself here aren't you tired of seeing other dudes in great shape and here you are overweight still? Yeah, like, aren't you tired of talking about how you know you do? The reason this podcast started is because, uh, his name slips my mind down because it's been so long but a guy who's not even a friend it was an acquaintance I go to was talking to me and somehow the podcast came up and he's like oh, you got a podcast. And I'm like, no, not yet. I'm like it's just blah, blah, blah. And he didn't sugarcoat anything, he just was just like, oh, you're just full of excuses. Like, if you're going to make a podcast, you just make a podcast.
Speaker 1:As a matter of fact, and I quote he's like don't talk to me again until you have a podcast. And I was like I got offended.
Speaker 1:First of all, I was like who the fuck are you, bro? You don't know my struggles and my problems. Like coming at me all wrong. You know what I mean. But he was right. You know what was I doing every day? Listening to Tom Bilyeu, listening to Jim Rohn, listening to Tony Robbins, listening to all these people on different podcasts, and in my head I was daydreaming of like maybe one day. And then I was like, aren't you tired of that dog? Aren't you tired of like comparing your misery to other people's success and like, how long are you gonna stay there? You know, that's how I was talking to myself and that's why I wrote that. You know, like, aren't you tired of seeing other people succeed, knowing that you are a human being with two legs, two ears, two eyes, two hands, of a working mind? You're not an idiot, you've been blessed with this gift called health and life, and you're sitting here in sorrow and pity yeah aren't you tired of that boom?
Speaker 1:that's, that's it.
Speaker 3:That's what I would talk to myself what's the last time you felt that way, like you had that question in your mind?
Speaker 1:I asked probably like once a month, that question Cause it's that random, right, and it's not that I'm tired of seeing others succeed.
Speaker 1:It's that I know, like the example I gave you guys right before we started recording.
Speaker 1:I know, cause I have the blueprint in my head, that there are things that I could be doing that would significantly start moving, compounding daily forward, but I'm not doing them. So now when that thought comes into my head, it's no longer I'm not at square one anymore. I'm way ahead of square one in my own personal journey and the way the podcast has been growing and everything. So the thoughts of like, oh, like, damn, I need to get started, I've already gotten started, the momentum's already building. So when that thought comes across my head, it's more of a like, like, yeah, I'm gonna be there one day. I'm already doing things. So maybe I don't ask myself that question a lot anymore, because I've put myself in a position where I feel like I'm getting closer to to that being my reality. So it's not a I'm not tired of seeing other people succeed anymore, because I've realized that I'm capable of the same amount of success, if not more, right what creates that question, though, like is it just doubt?
Speaker 2:you know, yeah, yeah, yeah, it's okay, oh yeah yeah, because, like you're comparing yourself, yeah, for sure right it's, it's okay.
Speaker 1:Oh, yeah, yeah because, like, you're comparing yourself, yeah for sure, Right, it's like the overweight guy sitting on a sofa, you know, watching the Olympia, you know he's just like, oh man, dude, and like then it's just, there's so many different scenarios, right, so like you, but you're at a job that you're displeased with and somebody who came in after you got the promotion that was there for you, you get what I'm saying. Is that personal towards you? Or maybe you should do some reflecting?
Speaker 3:and think like damn.
Speaker 2:What could I be doing Because?
Speaker 1:you could be like yo. That's bullshit.
Speaker 3:How did?
Speaker 1:this new guy get the promotion. Blah, blah blah. I wouldn't ask that question. I would ask why didn't you get it?
Speaker 3:Exactly.
Speaker 1:Right, without blaming the new guy and what was different about him?
Speaker 1:He had better qualifications. So I stopped looking at, I stopped placing people in a pedestal. Yeah, I used to look at Tony Robbins like a god and be like god. Oh my god, what he sold. He sold out an arena with 100,000 people in it. He charges people like 40,000 a month to have his number and I'm just like that'll never be me. That'll never be me and keep in mind that probably will never be me. But why would I limit myself to that thought? Since then, the work has been done, so I don't have that thought anymore. The more is like figure out what you really want, and what I really want is not to charge people that much to get in touch with me.
Speaker 1:You know what I mean but there there are ways to you know. Go on about it, right yeah for sure.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I just you know just recently, like you know your new job and we talked about what I was thinking of doing yes, as well, changing like jobs and careers and, um, I can describe this the best way to see is like I wasn't like upset that you got a good job and you got a great opportunity. Yeah, I was upset, like why didn't I take opportunity I had before I even knew of your new job? Yeah, I was just not on it.
Speaker 1:I wasn't I was debating a lot and it still am truthfully.
Speaker 3:But after that conversation I immediately went to let me fix my resume, let me actually start making those steps to get there. Yeah, talk to amanda, of course.
Speaker 1:Figure out what is best as far as moving, yeah, moving forward in the future, especially with baby on the way it's more where it gets a little bit trickier.
Speaker 3:Yep, it's not excuse, just, it's just yeah it's your reality absolutely that goes so, but still, I made the initial treatment resume. It's ready to go. When I feel like it's a good time, yeah, I'm gonna take the opportunity. Good, I decide I'm going to. It's just a matter of when. Now yeah it's really the question part yep, but until I thought about what you were doing. I wasn't even considering fixing the resume or looking at the web page to fill out, make a new. Uh like the sign for like their own member id thing.
Speaker 2:Whatever, it wasn't a dog yeah, I think that just shows maturity in the individual, though, yeah, because it'll be more of a person that's immature like oh man, screw this guy.
Speaker 1:Yeah because it could, because it could be like.
Speaker 3:He's not better than me. Exactly, he's five four, no way where did that come from?
Speaker 1:I'm just kidding, but in all seriousness, high five motherfucker. But in all seriousness, like look at it from, I was already battling the insecurities Of my own adequacies Going into the new job. The new job I went into I know has higher standards, right. My co-worker messaged me that the day after I left he doesn't listen to this, and even if he did, I kind of don't care Because it's just the truth yeah.
Speaker 1:So if it hurts you, it's your truth, deal with it. He's like dude. You left and immediately oh Miguel's a shitty plumber, miguel you know, miguel wasn't capable, oh, but. Miguel was going to be in charge while you were on vacation, though you, while you were in vacation, though you know what I'm saying. So, instead of him being in a position of, like you know what miguel kind of left, he kind of left on in an urgent put me in a pinch yeah but he's moving forward.
Speaker 1:Maybe, instead of sitting here complaining about my life day after day after day, year after year after year, I'd get encouraged to do something different. Right, you know?
Speaker 3:that's all get encouraged to do something different all right, you know, that's all, that's yeah for sure, that's good, do you want to do them?
Speaker 1:yeah, yeah, we're at 30 minutes so, like usually, I stop these like at 45 to an hour you know, up to you guys, and we're moving on a good speed. We're talking a lot more in depth. I like this, yeah the third mind in the room definitely adds to it as you just go along. Yeah, something you wouldn't think about. Yeah, I think about trading. Exactly, you know trade a lot in the room definitely adds to it. It gives you ideas as you just go along, yeah.
Speaker 3:Something you wouldn't think about.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I think about trading stuff Exactly, and you know.
Speaker 3:Trey a lot of times. So far he's talked about, like his training stuff, which is not things that cross my mind at all, but it's the perspective.
Speaker 1:I have. Well, dude, you know when me, gino and Sam started the podcast. We are always trying not to go back to the analogy of fitness. Yeah, but the thing is like, since we're all gym rats you know, we're all it's, but it's. It finishes a big part of our lives, and a lot of the values we speak about tie in directly to fitness Right, so it just ends up being like that Some phenomenal questions in here.
Speaker 2:I've read like five good ones in a row. Pick one.
Speaker 1:All right, my bad, my bad. Thank you though.
Speaker 2:The best bet is betting on yourself. Take risk. I'll read that again the best bet is betting on yourself. Take the risk.
Speaker 1:I hate to be so cliche, but that just stems from no risk, no reward.
Speaker 2:Absolutely exactly where my mind went. Dude, you know like you have have to.
Speaker 1:It sounds arrogant, which is why I don't speak like this out loud. Yeah, but the conversation is my mind. Is you got this?
Speaker 2:yeah, for sure, you know like you, you are capable.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you know, and that goes back to.
Speaker 2:Sorry to cut you off. That goes back to what we were just talking about earlier about confidence you know, what I mean repetition about whatever you're doing. Let's say, if it's something at work, you've been doing it for so long. You know you got this. Yeah, because all the repetitions. You know what I mean yep, so that's just it.
Speaker 1:Like. Bet on yourself. What does that mean is have confidence in yourself that you are capable, right? So like was fat miguel confident that he was gonna be now getting ready for a bodybuilding show? Absolutely not, but as fat miguel, I bet that I could lose weight like I was I bet you I can get in shape. I bet you you know what fuck the doubters and there weren't any doubters. That was hard, but in my mind there was people just waiting for me to fail yeah and I was just like just watch me yeah and, ironically, the only person really watching was myself.
Speaker 1:So eventually I'm looking in the mirror and I'm just like yo keep betting on yourself, dude, because you're winning a little bit yeah and that that win came in one less belt loop that I'm away from you, know. I mean, it's just little victories, like I'm not eating tums with all my meals anymore because the heartburn's gone.
Speaker 1:It's like yo you're, you're betting on yourself and you're winning you know, and over time, the the better you've gotten at believing that you can, the higher the risk that you take do you feel like you're betting less, not even more, confidence?
Speaker 3:no, no, I'm betting more, so like taking a bigger risk. Yeah, I'm taking, so like like next year we're on youtube.
Speaker 1:Look now, I just said it on the on the on the accountability you know. So I've been telling all my friends. They're like well, what's next for the podcast youtube? I'm going to start making youtube videos on it. You know I that's super uncomfortable. Is there a risk in it? No, not really, you know, but it's. It's a form of challenge that's going to require things I've never done before for sure, you know so the risk of failure, I guess yeah, you know I'm like, but I bet you I can do it absolutely just figure it out, you get what I mean so.
Speaker 1:So that's just my approach with everything, and everything is a bucket list for me, right? So, like I'm five jumps away from getting certified to jump solo from airplanes, that's a goal yeah I'm competing next year, you know, um, then I'm doing jujitsu.
Speaker 1:you know, like, there's just so many things, and this is all for the sake of like you can do hard things, you know. And and now, when the hard things that I can't control happen in my life, right, uh, I, I I'll say this out loud and and I don't know where I got this from, but in my head I've played the expected phone calls one day hey, mom's not doing well, you need to come say your goodbyes. I've, in my head, already seen that thousands of times. So when it happens, I promise you, the next day I'm doing a morning message. I promise you that same.
Speaker 2:That's really fascinating. You know what I'm saying? I promise you that same week's really fascinating.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I promise you that same week I'm releasing an episode and it's not going to be you know, hold on to your family. It's going to be, everything's going to keep going. Why? Because I've done the work on myself to see the things that are difficult, and I've already done so many difficult things by my own choice, right that when life puts difficulty in there, I'm just like great mother nature had a plan.
Speaker 1:God had a plan. What am I going to do about like yoda, mr yoda rip, you know cancer? I cried, I was sad, I can't control, so why, why? Why stay there? Why stay there, miserable, what was I doing the next day morning message? Morning message at the gym. I was at the gym, you know nobody, knew nobody knew until juliana made that post you didn't see me exactly, you didn't see me.
Speaker 1:My captions were not related to sadness. Life is going, but behind closed doors. I'm grieving, I'm crying, I'm doing my thing. You know I'm human. And then boom, locked in again, moving forward. And I've seen that with the, I've seen that with my mother, I've seen that with my sisters. Hopefully I don't ever have to see that with my nieces and nephew, because hopefully I'm gone before they're gone.
Speaker 1:You know what I mean, but I know life is not as painful in those forms yeah you know, and since I have seen that pain in my own head over and over again, I'm okay in a good way, as depressing as that sounds that was really.
Speaker 2:That took a really wild turn.
Speaker 1:It always goes sad, but it's never from a sad perspective. Yeah, I use it in the right moment. Yeah, yeah, for sure.
Speaker 2:Yeah, the question was about betting on yourself um right yeah, yeah, so my mind immediately went where from. Another personal experience is when I opened up the gym you know I went from I went from a position where I was doing a lot of the personal training through me jumping from gyms to gyms just training clients on my own, I remember, and the risk was like man. If this doesn't work out, you know this could put us in a huge financial hole. You know, 90 of businesses fail or whatever they're.
Speaker 2:You know the percentages most businesses fail, especially fitness centers and gyms. But I knew that I'm very confident myself as a trainer, as um of someone in the gym. You know, I know I have a big community of people that support me.
Speaker 1:You know a big support group and um I put all my faith in god. You know what I mean.
Speaker 2:That's a lot of it, but I knew how good I was at what I do. I was very confident. My ability to train clients and my retention when it comes to that, yeah, so that's where my mind went. I was very confident that this is going to work out yeah, this is a big risk, 23 years old.
Speaker 1:I, I made it happen For the sake of that example. Right, you were placed at a fork, yeah, and to the left is the unknown route, yeah, actually, I can even add to that you know, because it was either me opening up a gym where I got another opportunity at another gym To be a trainer.
Speaker 2:To be a trainer, making really good money.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:More than I'm making now. That's. You know what I mean. It was one of those things. Like man, I'll be in a great place financially, but I know God got a plan for me.
Speaker 1:You know what?
Speaker 2:I mean, I know something's bigger is on the other side. And now you're almost at a year.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:We hit a year in March and we're almost at 200 members. Wow 200?
Speaker 1:Almost 200 members, wow, no way.
Speaker 2:Yeah, so it was just a matter of, and you're very passionate about. If you have that thought in the back of your head, no matter what's going to happen, we're going to make it work. You know what? I mean so yeah, Love that Leaving yourself.
Speaker 3:That's all. It is, dude we did that one here.
Speaker 2:That was good Bangers man. I like this Even to think about, like when we did our first podcast. Man, every day that super nervous like what are we gonna talk about? What? If I like freak out on here.
Speaker 1:This is like my fifth episode.
Speaker 2:I'm chilling. Throw any question at your boy. I got it. Yeah, it's, it's over time. Yeah for sure, repetition. That's all it is. Dude the reps. Yeah, man, you guys excited for the holidays yeah, I'm very excited.
Speaker 1:Christmas shopping was wonderful. Yeah, uh, christmas shopping could be stressful at times, for sure. I used to hate the holidays because the holidays was always surrounded by negativity about the fact that we had to spend money we didn't have to maybe get a genuine thank you.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:For holidays. I set no expectations. So, even if I get that pair of socks, I'm just like thank you so fucking much. I really didn't need these, but I'm grateful to have them.
Speaker 2:You know what I mean?
Speaker 1:No, for sure, Because you know, when you're younger and you're oh, I wanted that Xbox, but mom got me one Because. I used to think oh, great, great, if I give my mom a $150 gift, I have to get my older sister, the same gift.
Speaker 1:And if I get my older nephew something for the game system, which to them is wow, that's money, and I get my little nephew something like a matching pair of Nike sweatsuits or something like that he might be like, but what about the game? So now I don't know any of that. To stress, I'm like you got what you got. You keep complaining. I'm going to tell you, santa, it's not real.
Speaker 3:You got to clip that.
Speaker 2:You got to clip that. That's wild, all right.
Speaker 3:Because you put a lot of emphasis on the word kill last time. Yes, you put it in here too. One of the messages was about this you must first kill yourself in order to recreate yourself.
Speaker 1:yes, uh, the same exact thing, right, uh, is literally the same exact thing. It's just. Uh, you, you have to eliminate parts of yourself that you know aren't serving you, right? So, uh, to go a little bit more in depth, I, I work a lot out of my mind and we all think in images. Right, if I tell you, you see the red car, immediately in my mind, poof, you have a red car there, right?
Speaker 1:So I approach this is going to sound crazy, but I approach year one of personal development, as I'm in a factory, and let's think about a video game in a futuristic world. Right, I'm in a factory, and let's think about a video game in a futuristic world. Right, I'm in a factory as Fat Miguel and I've hit the lotto and now I have the money to create, recreate myself. Who do I want to be? Yeah, in all sorts of the aspect, not just physically, but mentally. You know the values and I just saw myself taking pieces off, you know, and replacing them. We're like all right, miguel, you're impatient. You're always going over 90 in the highway, just driving like a fucking asshole. For what, right? Why, right? You've gone into three accidents. You're not even 23 yet you're.
Speaker 1:You need to relax you know I mean so I'm seeing all these things and I'm all right, well, I need a little bit more patience. So I need to do things that require patience. All right, well, you know you got to lose weight and that's going to require a shit ton of patience. All right, well, why do you want to lose weight? Well, what don't I want to experience? Well, I'm pre-diabetic, my cholesterol is high, my neck is turning black. I'm not comfortable.
Speaker 1:And I'm looking at that and I'm like all right, do I need a six or eight? I don't need a six or eight pack. Four pack is okay for now. You get what I'm saying and in my mind, I'm creating this character. And then I'm like all right, how are you work on that? Well, you could probably start by reading books about how to communicate. All right, well, you don't read books at all. So where are you going to start? All right, well, now I'm a reader. Well, you go. You can't be a reader because right now, your time is spent at smoking weed and playing video games. Oh, I guess I could play a little less.
Speaker 1:So, then the way that took effect in reality was that I started unplugging my Xbox and putting the remote away and, until I read, I couldn't plug it back in and play. You get what I mean. Over time, I created to a T the person in my mind and then the game started by me going out there into real life and every day making decisions that were getting me closer to that. I promise you on my dead grandmother I can't make this up how many times I pulled into McDonald's, got out of the car, was waiting in line because it was before the self-pay the kiosk thing I'm in line and my mind's like the person you want to become it wouldn't be in here right now and I'm just like, and I left.
Speaker 1:Got back in my car and I went home and I ate food that I cooked and I was pissed. But in my mind a little piece just got added Like dude Right, yeah, you're almost there, dog. And now, seven years, people ask me. Oh, you know, ask Juliana, she'll see me crying. You know why are you crying? I'm like, yeah, I'm so happy, Like this is what I worked so hard for.
Speaker 1:You know what I mean. Yeah, emotional, because I had to kill fat miguel, you know, and at times during covid, fat miguel was like I'm back, gyms are closed, you're 50 pounds heavier, oh, I'm back. You know, you beat god of war like in two weeks you know I'm back, you get what I'm saying.
Speaker 3:And now, the, the.
Speaker 1:I had to go back to the factory and recreate again and see what went wrong with the system and where I up and when I approach it.
Speaker 3:Like that, everything's becomes achievable yeah right you know that's a very long answer that was really good, you know how does that come off to you guys.
Speaker 1:In regards to the quote I think about um kind of similar right, it's pretty much the same thing from a health standpoint.
Speaker 2:I had to just recreate the person I was, that I wanted to be or create the person I wanted to be by just cutting out old habits. Yeah, as far as it's like eating out or um, not working out, because a lot I mean it's it's very similar.
Speaker 1:The best way that I can put that, if I had to put it in a short terms, is you first set the goals, and the goals decide who you have to become. Yeah for sure, right. So if I wanted to be a trainer, would I be working a lot on my speaking skills? Probably right, because you had hand on hand. But most trainers wouldn't go that route. They see, I gotta go get nfa or whatever it is certified. I gotta learn about nutrition. I gotta learn how to properly write working out programs. They're not thinking about that, right. So in my case, I was like well, your goal is to be a. I got to learn about nutrition. I got to learn how to properly write working out programs. They're not thinking about that, right.
Speaker 1:So in my case, I was like well, your goal is to be a speaker, right? If, chris, your goal, for example, was, well, I want to be one of the world's best mechanics. So the person you must become is different than the person I must become, because your goals are different. So the better you are at aligning yourself to exactly what it is you want because you can't have everything you know you decide in order to become. So, like everything I've worked on, the physical, the bodybuilding show, everything I've worked on is an addition into me becoming a speaker. Right, because imagine, oh, here's a motivational speaker, miguel sanchez, and all he hears, walking to the stage and usually you're the fuck. Is this fat fuck here?
Speaker 3:right, the fuck you know I mean this guy's gonna vote, gonna move it, oh yeah yeah, what I mean is it wouldn't make sense.
Speaker 1:Immediately I lose the crowd. Yeah, it doesn't make sense. You know, when I spoke in front of the kids in high school, you know, as soon as I finished speaking, telling my whole story the military, everything right the first thing they said is like how much do you bench? And I'm just like, oh fuck, sweet, you know what I mean and and what kind of question is that?
Speaker 1:but that tells me, like, all right, maybe you worked so much on your physical aspect that people aren't even looking at you for a speaker. They're just like this guy's probably a trainer or something yeah, you know what I mean. But now I need to work on my vocabulary. Now I need to surround myself by maybe another speaker who's doing it so. I can see how he lives his life.
Speaker 1:I don't dress the same anymore. Ten years ago I was wearing foam posits, true religion jeans, true religion hoodie. You know what I mean. I sagged my pants a little bit.
Speaker 1:I had a Louis belt, that's just how I dress and now, if you see me out, I'm usually dressed like when I went to the bodybuilding show. What was I wearing? It's just like almost like business casual. Why? Because I'm a speaker. You never know who you're gonna meet and I don't introduce myself as a plumber. I'm a speaker, is what I've worked on. You know what I mean. So I had to kill fat miguel the gamer, pothead, arrogant, asshole, angry all the time, pessimistic at heart. You know the atheist didn't believe in anything. I was just like life sucks, this sucks.
Speaker 3:Kill me now don you know what I mean? How to kill him in order to make room for me. I kind of correlate more of like killing, like, I guess, more mental stuff yes like the sense of um, just what you think about yourself, I guess be a good example of that, the negative conversation you have with yourself.
Speaker 2:I guess be a good example of that the negative conversation you have with yourself, right?
Speaker 3:exactly. It's kind of like a like doubt right, yes, go back to a job, right, you know how to do something. But you always think like, is that sure, that's right? That was always like something back in my head, being confident, even going into like high school, like, uh, you can probably relate to this, I'm not sure, but, uh, trey, but like I grew up in new haven and that best place is kind of ghetto. Yeah, kids pull each other like crazy. I'm sure it's everywhere, but I always had, and I walked into a new like school, like high school, for example. I'm afraid to talk to them like I have doubt about who they're gonna be to me, instead of being willing to like, make this person chance. I don't know them yet what am?
Speaker 3:I assuming they're not gonna be good to me yeah, I don't know that you know. So eventually, kind of like, I gotta. If I want to have friends and have quality people, I need to be willing to talk to quality people. I can't assume they're bad yeah, I don't know that.
Speaker 3:Yeah, you know even people who I don't know. You say trey said I don't really like this person. I'm like, I don't know it, maybe he doesn't like her for different reasons. I might love the person. Yeah, you know I and that was always in my head Like, oh well, I can be friends If my friend isn't like this person, like I can be your friend.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so you had to start working On that conversation.
Speaker 3:But they think Is what they think. What I know Is what I know. Yeah, that becomes a difference for me, yeah.
Speaker 2:Exactly, just thinking about that, I think for me personally it was like into the gym and stuff. I didn't want to surround myself with my friends, or I wanted to keep my arms linked, I should say. Those were doing like the oh yo, let's eat some Doritos and play 2K all night. I'm like bro, I can't do that now. I got to hit the gym. I got to follow my diet plan Because I know if I see that bag of Doritos I'm going to smash it.
Speaker 2:So, I had to keep those people, but I definitely think it's who I surround myself with, yeah, especially when I'm trying to enter different places in my life, different chapters in my life.
Speaker 1:Yeah, there's a for the sake you got to be able to see the different parts of your life.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:And understand that every single one of them has things that need to be worked on your friends, your health, your spiritual, your mental, the conversation with yourself. All of them are. I split them into categories.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and to the conversation with yourself. All of them are. I split them into categories and then you get to decide which ones. Like right now, am I prioritizing my health? Yes, but I've gotten good at maintaining my health? Yeah, right, so there's not much work going into being physically healthy? Right, but I know that maybe I'm lacking in mental or maybe my spiritual is lacking a little bit. So now I get to focus on that subject in my own life. Or sometimes I may feel like, let's say I'll use a real life example. Let's say I continue achieving my goals. For some reason, you guys don't right. You're a dead end gym. Now. You just stopped growing and this is just gonna be a good example. Believe me, I'm already Be financially free. Yeah, the compounding daily has blown up and everything you know I mean. So now, when I'm surrounded by you guys, it's gonna be difficult.
Speaker 2:Mm-hmm.
Speaker 3:Yeah you know, I mean I'm gonna be like damn.
Speaker 1:I just went from hanging out with other successful business owners and everything and these guys just gave up on their dreams. You get what I'm saying. I'm like am I gonna have to, am I gonna what? Continue down? You know I mean so different chapters. So now that category is the friendship category. Now I'm going to look at my friendship group and be like I need to work on some things, right, because now some people might be holding me back while some people are trying to get me to go higher. You know what I mean. And then you switch your focus Right. You go to the hospital and the doctor says you look physically great but you're showing signs of pre-diabetic oh fuck right.
Speaker 1:My health has now become a priority yeah you know, maybe now I'm not thinking so much about the books I'm reading. I need to really focus on getting my physical back too. Yeah, you get what I mean. So that that's the approach kill different parts of yourself with the understanding that you're not killing to eliminate, you're killing to replace.
Speaker 3:With something better. Want to pick the next one.
Speaker 1:Let's do the last one. I haven't done an episode this long, forever, forever. Okay, let's randomly scroll and see Boom.
Speaker 3:What do you got?
Speaker 1:Boom, alright. The first thing that Stopped my eyes says You're going to be judged regardless, so do what makes you Happy.
Speaker 2:That's a really good question. It's not a question.
Speaker 3:That one doesn't need self-explanatory right.
Speaker 1:But it's just like you're going to do, right. So I always speak from my own example, when I was fat and overweight. Miguel, be careful, you're eating too much Friends pinching my muffin top. You know I order pizza, I'm eating Chinese and people are looking at me like. You know, I order pizza, I'm eating chinese, and people are looking at me.
Speaker 1:Like you know, you shouldn't be eating that. Yeah, right, fast forward seven years. I pull out the scale. I'm weighing a cup of rice, I'm weighing my chicken and people are like dude, is it that serious you?
Speaker 3:get what I'm saying.
Speaker 1:So there's no, there's no winning yeah, but I'm happy with where I am.
Speaker 3:I'm happy with myself.
Speaker 1:So I was able to. Regardless of the judgment, the good and the bad, I'm still doing what makes me happy. One of my favorite ones was but you're a plumber, how much does a speaker make? Speakers don't make that much. To get to the point where you're making money as a speaker, you got to do something extreme. And Miguel, plumbing is a good career and I'm just like all right, thank you. Thank you for that. You know what I mean. Yeah, that's an opinion, that's a judgment.
Speaker 2:Yeah.
Speaker 1:You know, I appreciate it, regardless of what you think I'm aiming for that.
Speaker 3:Right.
Speaker 1:Cause it's my life, is my shoes to walk in?
Speaker 2:And if I want to say I'm a speaker, and then I'm, and you don't have to worry about that outcome or not you know absolutely, that's it. That's it for that one. Yeah, that was really good. I mean I can 100 relate to that. Yeah, you know what I mean? I believe we all can.
Speaker 1:Yeah, for sure, I think everyone in there, there's always gonna be somebody saying that what you're doing isn't gonna work or it's not working out. Yeah and I believe the saying is nobody believes that you can do it until you do it, until it's done, or that's that the actual quote is nobody believes it could be done until somebody does it, and then somebody does it, and now all of a sudden other people are doing the same thing because now people believe. So I welcome people's judgment because I never look for people's understanding of me.
Speaker 3:You're not going to understand me 100%.
Speaker 1:I don't even understand me 100%. Sometimes I'm like why?
Speaker 3:did.
Speaker 1:I just think that what the hell was that about? Don't be so depressing, Miguel, if it's a depressing thought.
Speaker 2:You know what I mean.
Speaker 1:So even I judge myself and at the end of the day, I make sure that when I'm alone with myself, looking at that man in the mirror and checking in, like yo, how you doing, man? Are you doing the things that are making you happy or are you doing the things that are?
Speaker 3:making you happy or are you?
Speaker 2:are you doing things for the sake of the approval of others?
Speaker 1:yeah, period and 99 of the time I do things because I asked juliana, she went you want to get nope, why not? Because I don't want to. Uh, okay, I mean yeah, and there's nothing wrong with that yeah, you know, but you just got it again. Most people, most people's number one problem in life is that they don't know who they are or what they want yeah if you don't know who you are or what you want, you're constantly just aimless yeah and I think I want to do this.
Speaker 1:I think I want to do this, and I mean you got to go experience things, so, and that's really how you learn, so it's a good place to start is where we all start, but never. Most people don't lock into one long enough to figure out if it's truly what's meant for them.
Speaker 3:I think it's hard to people have a hard time accepting who they are to be happy to do what they want Right. So meaning, like, if you're into doing podcasts, right, so you're like I don't want to tell people I do them, like you know, if they hear it, that's the point. Think about me, yeah, what he's going to think about me doing a podcast? I still do to this day.
Speaker 1:Man, exactly, I just started recently posting videos and captions from the podcast on my Facebook.
Speaker 3:My.
Speaker 1:Facebook is mostly high school friends. High school Like oh Fat Miguel, like friends and I posted that and I'm like oh shit. Who the hell does he think he is oh? He he lost a few pounds and now he thinks he can just tell people how to live.
Speaker 1:You know, and those are all negative thoughts I'm creating yeah, a lot of my old friends and old associates have liked it, commented on it, you know, I mean showed. Oh, this was great thing. I didn't know you had a podcast and I'm just like what was I stressing out for? And even if they don't like it, most of them don't have the courage to tell me, so I'll never hear about it to begin with, exactly, which means.
Speaker 3:I don't give a fuck, yeah, you know, because it won't affect me. For me, a big shift in being people was accepting, like who I am, things I like to do talking about what I like to do, you know, because I always had like I need to talk to him about sports. I gotta be like one of the guys you know, but I could talk to him, be like, hey, this thing happened, I really enjoy. Yeah, he has no idea what it's about, but I can still talk because I'm confident, sure, yeah like.
Speaker 3:I know who I am, I like what I like. Well, I'll give you a real example you'll relate a lot to this one.
Speaker 1:Okay, I'll be at a red light summer windows down, confident, blasting pale face and all here screaming right and then a car pulls up to me and I look and I lower it and I roll the windows up and I'm just like not that confident you get what I'm saying but that bothers me yeah, I might just sit there and be like dude, but it's not like you're in the car slitting your wrist. Dude, like you know, you're not here like crying listening to you're enjoying music, yeah.
Speaker 1:And why is this stranger's judgment of you because you're bobbing your head, rocking back and forth going to stop you from enjoying this song? Absolutely?
Speaker 2:I crack the window and it feels so uncomfortable and I erase the volume back up and I start bobbing my head and I can feel the eyes and I'm just like you're never gonna see this person again.
Speaker 1:Look at them so yeah, I mean, it's just why am I allowing somebody right, somebody whom I don't even know?
Speaker 3:that's a great example, yeah to judge me yeah.
Speaker 1:I mean, I can't tell you how guilty I feel when we go to family events, right, and I've been in this scenario. I'm the guy. You see my plate and it's just chicken and vegetables. Yeah, and the guy next to me is this really overweight guy and his shit is, you know, the whole works Everything on the menu he has on that bitch. Mac and cheese the bread and I somehow feel bad.
Speaker 1:I somehow feel bad Like I'm like Damn dude, like he's probably looking at me Like come on, man, you don't gotta be this healthy. You're at a party, enjoy some food you know, and again Instead. Eventually I met the guy and he was asking Genuine interesting questions Also.
Speaker 2:What do met?
Speaker 1:the guy and he was asking genuine interesting questions also what do you eat so little and what's the purpose of that? And here I was creating a judgment from him to me that never existed to begin with, and it made me almost want to pick a shitty food just to not so feel so bad about being. You get what I'm saying.
Speaker 1:People are going to judge you, no matter fucking what yeah, so just do what you know is going to be good for you and I, I know the foods that are good for me and I know the music that lifts my spirit.
Speaker 3:You know, and not everybody is going to agree with those things. Relating to the music thing too. Like for me, I used to always kind of like I'm talking about, like I like metal or whatever. I'd be like oh, that's the transmogrification music. I'd be like uh, yeah, just a little bit this, yeah, you know whatever. And then eventually, oh, I love me, like I just joke of work. People like oh, you know something, like you know pop some.
Speaker 1:I have no idea.
Speaker 3:Yeah, scream that, yeah, that's what is. There's a joke and like really, but then one guy hears it I could work is like, oh, what do you listen to?
Speaker 1:and I made like a new friend to a company about me, something who I am, yes, and great conversation, well, and what more friends do you want than exactly the ones who actually relate to you know?
Speaker 3:By not if I didn't. And I was still the person who said, oh, you know what, hello with this. I wouldn't know he liked it too. Maybe eventually, but most likely not, and I would have not had that good experience with somebody.
Speaker 1:Yeah, help me actually make a new friend and have a new story, and so we can work with and we're together. Stereos on, put whatever you want yeah, it's a great time, you know yeah, I mean you're in the car driving to the gym.
Speaker 3:Great, let's see what we're gonna yeah, we know, we both exactly.
Speaker 1:But like a perfect addition to that is trey literally, we're just thinking about that, miguel, connect your phone to the speaker. And I'm like no way in hell, bro, you'll lose clients.
Speaker 3:They'll be like what? What did that song just say?
Speaker 1:and I'm just saying they're like this is my pr right now. You know I was thinking from two extremes.
Speaker 2:You guys know I'm big into my faith and stuff and I I listen to gospel music when I work out and you know, laughs at me all the time, but that's the thing I love.
Speaker 2:You know what I mean but it's like I would post a video like me training on the um on instagram or whatever, and then the background music, maybe like some gospel or something, and I would cringe like man. I don't want to post that because I want people to judge me like, oh, this big body but, or whatever he's posting, gospel, I don't know. I just this self-doubt like, oh, how are they going to feel about me posting something like this? But then I got confident enough in my faith. I'm like I can care less yeah, this is me.
Speaker 1:This is what I I'm doing two things I love.
Speaker 2:Listen to my favorite type of music and training. You know what I mean. I'm posting it. Who cares?
Speaker 1:My biggest thing right, my biggest thing when people because sometimes people try to justify their differences to you because maybe they feel like they're so different that now they need to explain why they're going through it, right, I always stop and I'm like I got a really good question for you, are you happy? And they're like yeah.
Speaker 1:And I'm like that's it you don't need to explain anything to me, man, if you're happy with what you're doing, because people will tell me like oh man, I'd go to the gym five days a week too, if I could. Are you getting ready for a bodybuilding show? No. Are you obese? No. Are you happy with your life and where you are? Yeah. So what do you need?
Speaker 3:You know, don't, don't, don't, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:Don't, don't compare yourself to me.
Speaker 3:You don't owe anything to me. Justify what you love to do.
Speaker 1:Exactly. You love it because you love it, exactly.
Speaker 2:Bangers, yeah, so let's wrap up with that, that's an hour and one minute.
Speaker 1:Let's make the announcement and we're going to wing it to a certain extent. Not too many details, no, not too many. So understand this if you've listened to this far into the episode, and I'll make a reel about this as like a little teaser. There is no specific details here, but next week I'm going to release episode 99.5 and I've never done that before, but the reason being is because that's going to give us a few more days of preparation, because for episode 100, we're moving the studio, we're getting all the equipment and we're actually going to be live, and I mean live on instagram, live and live in person. If you want to come at Legacy Training Center in Middletown, what's the specific address?
Speaker 2:749 Saber Grove, middletown.
Speaker 1:Connecticut. There you go, and that's a guaranteed specific, because we're not going to switch the location. What we're working on at the moment is how we're going to run it, because it is a gym. We still want people to show up to the gym and actually work out, but we also are encouraging people to come and ask questions. You will be part of episode 100. We will have microphones there. There's going to be a camera guy there. I'm getting excited talking about it. I can't believe this is here.
Speaker 3:It's so crazy.
Speaker 1:There's going to be a camera there. Me Trey, chris, I'm assuming Chris is going to be a camera there me Trey Chris.
Speaker 1:I'm assuming Chris is going to be there. Samer will be there. I'm going to do my best to get Gino there, I'm sure he'll be there. Juliana's going to be there. A lot of the people that I've had on the show and wanted on the show are going to be there, and if you've ever listened to the show and you wanted to ask me or any of the guests any sort of questions, or you simply just want to have a good conversation, that's going to be the day to do it now.
Speaker 1:What day, we haven't decided yet yeah so that's where the specifics are still to be determined. Yeah, but understand that episode 100 is going to be a big one. Um, it is going to be. I expect a 10 minute.
Speaker 1:Next week we'll have the specifics yeah next week I'll release, like that, 99.5, uh, episode 99.5 will be me and maybe trey here sitting down 10 minutes tops and we're gonna be like, hey, this day, at this time, bring this, bring the questions, be part of the podcast, be part of the community. If, if you, if you guys could meet the people that I've surrounded my life with, which is what this day would really be about you're going to be nothing but quality people and it's a great place to mingle.
Speaker 1:So network is what I was looking for right, Because from all trades of life, from all different perspectives, and I really am looking forward to this. This is giving me anxiety.
Speaker 2:Yeah, this is going to be really good. So that's the announcement, right? There's nothing more than that. Yeah, so it'll be towards the end of this year, 2024, the very beginning of 2025. So that's what we're shooting for.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's why, if I had to release episode 100 next week, it would be too last minute, which I'm nipping myself on the butt for but episode. It would be two last minute, which I'm nipping myself on the butt for, but episode 99.5. You know why we can do that? Because america, america, we can do anything we want. So episode 99.5 will be the specifics. Uh, I, I am expecting, I am expecting and I hate expectations. I'm expecting a decent sized crowd and if you really think about it, I I don't mean 50, 60 people. You put 20 people in a room. That's a crowded room.
Speaker 2:For sure. You know For sure, and 90% of the people that go to my gym legacy know of you, yeah, and they've probably always wanted to come up to you and ask you a question, or maybe it's a question. They gonna be a conversation, no matter what. So people are gonna walk and be like oh Miguel's doing a podcast let me say what's up.
Speaker 1:You know what I mean. So people are gonna come in. You know what I mean and the biggest thing is that episode 100 will be the first episode that Compounding Daily will be on YouTube. Yes, so so out, but at least come dressed, you know properly. Yeah, you know, I don't want nobody to come out. Hey, I'm gonna be like, yeah, I'm putting you on youtube like that so, uh, no, with that being said, that that's all we have.
Speaker 2:Yeah, phenomenal roulette yeah, that was great.
Speaker 1:Those were all great I don't even know how many. We did the hardest part about making the real, just finding where we started talking about why I'm hoping ai does it for me you know, I'm still learning how to work with that. Um, yeah, I'm very grateful for you guys. I always end every episode with a guest like that I have to, you know, because a conversation by myself would be valuable, but nowhere near as valuable as the perspectives you guys brought in and the extra questions you guys had on top of the questions, which is that something I'm used to if I'm alone, you know.
Speaker 3:So thank you for being here thank you for having us, bro, absolutely thank you?
Speaker 1:yeah, last minute for you too. I'd literally message him today. I'm like chris, are you available here? Today man you know because me and him talked about it last night for two seconds. I'm like yo, how do you feel about chris being there as well? And then the roulette. I love my life because I always talk about planning and I plan on doing things without the specifics.
Speaker 1:You know what I'm saying, like I, know an episode is being recorded this day. I don't know who's going to be on it. While we're talking about, we're winging it. And it always turns into what I consider value.
Speaker 1:So, thank you for being here. For you, the listener Wow. For you the listener wow. And an over an hour episode. I haven't done that in a very long time. Thank you for being here. Thank you for listening.
Speaker 1:I hope you feel the genuine conversation that we are having here as individuals, like none of us here are preaching about how humans are sad and weak and pathetic and how we're better. It's never none of that. It's strictly from. We're human beings, all with different goals. We have no idea how we're going to achieve them specifically, but day by day, we're earning that 1%. Day by day, we encourage each other. Day by day, we check in on each other, whether it's we see each other at the gym, whether it's a group chat, whether it at the gym, whether it's a group chat, whether it's a Snapchat, whether it's a private message, a phone call, a text message. The point is that the Compounding Daily community is becoming a community of all people aiming to be extraordinary, not by becoming copy and paste of each other's, but by all individually succeeding in your own rights, regardless of the judgment that people are going to give you. Boom done, banger. Thank you for listening and until next time.
