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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EP125- You're Not Supposed to “Fit In”.
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What happens when you stop trying to fit in and start embracing your authentic self?
That’s the question at the heart of this milestone 125th episode of Compounding.
This episode challenges the notion that social acceptance should be our primary goal. Through personal experiences and honest reflection, we explore why the truly fulfilled individuals—the 1%—aren’t distinguished by their wealth, but by their consistent positive attitudes, healthy bodies, strong minds, and refusal to join the chorus of complaints that dominate most workplaces and social circles.
The journey toward authenticity often begins with small changes: approaching Monday with enthusiasm rather than dread, or questioning long-held beliefs that no longer serve you. But these seemingly minor shifts create a ripple effect, gradually separating you from those content with mediocrity. This separation isn’t failure—it’s evidence of growth.
Personal development is inherently solitary at times. As you evolve, you’ll likely spend more time alone—not because you’re unlikable, but because you become increasingly selective about the energy you allow into your life. This solitude isn’t punishment; it’s the fertile ground where your authentic self can flourish without compromise. Eventually, this authenticity attracts relationships of genuine depth and meaning—connections built on shared values rather than convenience.
Refuse to wear masks for the sake of satisfying others’ expectations of you.
Remember this: the better you become, the more certain you are of who you are, what you want, and the things you stand for… the less you’ll fit in. And that’s great.
Thank you for listening—and as always, enjoy.
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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 hitting Checkpoints, episode 125. I can't believe I'm here. I know too many people.
Speaker 1:Most people doesn't sound like much, it doesn't feel like much, but why would it? You know, it's my dreams, it's my ambitions. I can't expect that from others, but I do know that the community is growing. I do look at things from a factual standpoint, not an emotional standpoint, and the facts are that the podcast is helping others. The podcast is inspiring others to make better decisions.
Speaker 1:The podcast is, as I love to say, leading people to a place of enough curiosity where they start questioning the things that they are doing and wondering if they are leading them to a better version of themselves, a simple goal that I wasn't sure how I was going to introduce to the world, let alone how I was going to get the world to listen to me. But I've accepted that before I speak, I must first experience. Therefore, I only speak about the things that I'm going through, because I don't like to make assumptions. I don't like to sit here and assume how things are. I like to go out into the world and tell you about my journey and tell you about my perspective, my ideas, and I welcome and I mean this the disagreements, the things that you listen to, that I may say that you don't agree with. I would love to talk about those things, because those are the things that make me better or allow you to see how maybe things are different, or allow you to see how maybe things are different. And, with that being said, all of that, just to simply say thank you, thank you for being here, because if you are one of the few that are listening, one of the few that are sharing the stories, one of the few that are commenting on the Instagram pages, I just can't put a price on what it means to me to know that, because of the things that I'm doing and the difficulties that I'm choosing for myself to overcome and to share with you, that you are gaining value from it and therefore becoming a better individual in your own life. So thank you for that. I can't believe it.
Speaker 1:Episode 125. Another solo episode. Lately, I've gotten really comfortable. I don't want to say and I don't use that word lightly, I don't mean comfortable like, oh, I'm so comfy here, this is nice. I mean the anxiety that was once overwhelming, to the point where I would procrastinate for like 45 minutes before pressing record, is no longer there. I now don't plan in detail the topic, but I sit with myself, by myself and I allow my observation of my recent weeks or months. Give me the topic of subject or, you know, give me what I want to speak about and, with that being said, today's topic is sure is going to be straight to the point. This probably be one of the shortest episodes, because I don't know how deep into that rabbit hole I can go.
Speaker 1:But before I go into that, a quick reminder if this is as far as you make it, it is Monday, the beginning of a brand new week. You as an individual have a responsibility to decide how you will show up. You will either be making good decisions, so by the end of the week you can say wow, what a week. I've made progress, I've earned my 1%, momentum is being built or you can just show up with a bad attitude, make wrong decisions that you know aren't serving you or those important to you, and just allow another week to pass you by. That is your decision to make, and I hope that you go with the former instead of the latter. And, with that being said, today's episode is going to be filled with hurtful truths, which is typically what I love to hand out, because that's what I'm receiving on my end most of the time, and today's subject is something that I hope resonates with somebody, especially if you're in the beginning of your journey, where you are questioning the beliefs that you've been adapting for most of your life.
Speaker 1:Today's subject is simple. This is probably going to be the title of today's episode. You're not supposed to fit in, right. You're not supposed to quote fit in end. Quote, right. I imagine I'm doing the little quotation marks with my fingers between fit in. Understand something.
Speaker 1:There's a reason why the 1% is the 1%, and every time I speak about the 1%, I'm not talking about financial. Understand that. I'm not talking about the people who are just monetarily rich, like they just have a lot of money. I'm talking about the people whom you see day to day, that coworker who, no matter what rain, shine, snow or storm, they show up with a good attitude. You don't hear them complaining. Snow or storm, they show up with a good attitude. You don't hear them complaining. They have a healthy body, a strong mind. They show up. They do good work. You don't hear them complaining about their work. You don't hear them complaining about their wife. You don't hear them complaining about their life. You don't hear them wishing for better. You don't hear them counting down the days till Friday. You don't hear them counting down the days to retirement. You don't hear them wishing that things were different. You don't hear that from that 1% of individual.
Speaker 1:Now, think about that person that I just said, that person that I just described. Tell me, how many of them do you know in real life? Because, if I had to make an assumption, you don't know many of them. They don't stand out and ego unattached to what I'm about to say. So, not egotistically speaking, I know it's difficult to find individuals like that, because I work really, really, really hard on being one of those individuals and most of the time I succeed in being one of those individuals. And when I tell you that, I make it my mission to surround myself with like-minded individuals, and it's hard, I mean it. It's hard. So what do you think is going to happen to the individual who is slowly being awakened to the reality of this gift called life, to the individual that most of their life and I'm speaking for myself here who most of their life did everything possible to fit into the current environment to match the energy.
Speaker 1:If people were complaining about the weather, guess what I'm next up I don't agree about the weather. Guess what I'm next up I don't agree with the weather either. You get you understand what I'm saying. If, if somebody's like man, dude, I really can't stand my wife, you know, I wish she was better man, what do you, what do you think about that? And I and now I have an option I could speak about how great my wife is and I could say sorry, bro, I can't relate. Or I can be like yeah, man, you know, women are crazy. And now I'm just adding to that energy, adding to that negative energy. Right, and a stupid example, but a real example that I deal with very often. And as stupid as that is, you'll be surprised.
Speaker 1:But when you understand that most people wake up with a negative mindset, approach the day with a negative attitude, treat their life with a negative perspective, don't like to entertain the idea of change, don't like to entertain, especially if they're already mature, not mentally, but age-wise, they're a little bit on the older side and they've lived wrong most of their life. And now, here you are being a reminder to them, not by speaking but just by existing, that they could have done more. You no longer fit in with that crowd, you no longer match with the 99%. And it doesn't take much, you just literally observe. And it doesn't take much, you just literally observe. Observe today's society and you can see where most people are headed. Most people are overweight. Most people don't eat healthy, don't value health. Most people are seeking for a get rich quick scheme, lose weight quick scheme. Lose weight quick scheme, get the promotion without putting an actual effort into increasing your value to the market scheme. You know everybody's looking for shortcuts and if you observe the world, you see most people are living a sedimentary lifestyle.
Speaker 1:They can't wait for the weekend to make even worse decisions, and then they repeat the cycle. They show up on Monday to complain about Monday. They show up on Wednesday, the weekend, to make even worse decisions, and then they repeat the cycle. They show up on Monday to complain about Monday. They show up on Wednesday, counting down to Friday. Then Friday comes All of a sudden. They're happy for 24 hours. Saturday is there. They make bad decisions, then they repeat the cycle of life, a life of regret.
Speaker 1:But no, you don't have to be a part of that cycle. And the second you start showing up different, because look at this, I'm still in the same environment, around people like that. I'm still around the same environment. I still show up with a good attitude. I'm not speaking down on people, I'm not like. Well, you know, your life sucks because your attitude sucks.
Speaker 1:But I make sure that I don't do my best to fit in for the sake of being outcast. I'd rather be alone, knowing that I'm authentically being true to myself and who I wish to be, than to continue putting on mask to fit into a society whom I really don't want to be a part of. Does that make sense to be a part of? Does that make sense? And the reason this is so important is because the better you become as an individual, the more you'll stand out, the less you'll fit in, and in my opinion, that's not a bad thing. I believe that God's gift to us was the gift of authenticity, the fact that we are all unique in our own way, and the beauty of life is that we're not born with a manual that says here is Miguel, born August 11th 1994, and his specialty will be this. No, the beauty of life is that you don't know what you want until you decide on what you want and then you go for it. Then you figure out if that's what you want, does that make sense? And the closer you become more authentic to yourself, the less you fit in with that box that society is pushing most people into. Get outside of that box, create your own box and you choose the people that you allow into that box.
Speaker 1:It's not a bad thing to be an outcast. Sure, sometimes you might find yourself in a situation where you wish you had more people around yourself. But what good are more people if the quality of the people is not that of a high quality person? That'll just be tainting your mind, your spirit, that'll just be delaying your growth. If you're just surrounding yourself with negative people for the sake of not being alone.
Speaker 1:The journey of personal growth and a fulfilling life at most points is a selfish act, and a lot of it is done in solitude. And the better you become, the more time you spend alone, because you'll realize that most people don't want to sit and have these conversations. Most people don't want to sit and question their beliefs. Most people don't want to take my favorite word self-accountability of their own life. And if you're the one who's showing up with a good attitude, a good perspective not complaining a healthy body, a positive mind, a good relationship with your friends, your family and your wife, hey, listen, I'm not saying that you're perfect, but what I'm saying is that just by changing a little bit of what most people is like, you just start differentiating yourself from the masses.
Speaker 1:If the masses are obese and overweight and you're the one individual in the room right, or the one in every 50 men or women who's in shape, guess what? You stand out. You don't fit in. You know, if majority of the people wake up and they show up to work and they say, oh, it's Monday, I wish things were different, I don't want to be here, and you're the one person who shows up and says happy Monday, everybody, let's have a great day, you don't fit in. It doesn't make sense to them. They're like what's so happy about Monday? I don't understand Most of my life. Monday has been bad to me and been bad to me, and you're just sitting there. Like you know, monday has been bad to me too, until I change my attitude towards it. Now, all of a sudden, I look forward to Monday and beginning a new week. Do you understand what I'm saying? You know, if most people barely drink water right, I'm speaking from real life scenarios here. Right, if most people barely drink water, they show up in the mornings with their McDonald's iced coffee loaded with caramel, milk and sugar and all those other things right, and you show up with your gallon of water every single day.
Speaker 1:As stupid and small as that is, you don't stand out. It's not common. It reminds other people of the things that they could do, should do, but don't do and therefore you don't fit in. And in my own opinion, if that's why you're not fitting in, keep fucking going. Eventually you'll come across another person with a good body, a good mindset, quality friends, questioning their beliefs, never taking things personal, being impeccable with their words, never making assumptions and always doing their best. Those are the four agreements. The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz, one of my favorite books. Got that memorized off the top of my head. Those values changed my life and if you put those values and you seek for them in other people, you'll find good people.
Speaker 1:But be ready because the journey itself will be difficult, because before you find the quality person. You must overcome time and time again that negative spirit that's going to inevitably block your path and try to keep you from moving forward. Don't worry about fitting in. Be true to yourself. Don't wear a mask for the sake of satisfying others. Be true to yourself. Make sure that when you speak, you're not speaking just to satisfy the curiosity of others, but speaking true words, because it is what you believe and what you live and what you stand for. The more you stand on that, the more authentic you become, the better your life will be.
Speaker 1:And again, that may be a stretch, but it is what I'm experiencing. Most of the time I spend it alone. I know on social media you guys see me with. I know a lot of people. I spend it alone. I know on social media you guys see me. I know a lot of people. I'm blessed with hundreds of people in my life, but only a few people can I truly be my most authentic self with, because I know that they won't berate me and tell me that I'm wrong. If anything, they'll encourage me and maybe question the things that I'm saying.
Speaker 1:But most people, as sad as this is, just aren't worth having a conversation with, because it'll just turn into a. This is why you're wrong and I'm just sitting there, oh, my decisions you make, don't put you in a place where you are jeopardizing who you are for the sake of others, and instead make sure that the decisions you are making are the decisions that, over a long period of time, will lead you to a point where you can genuinely look in the mirror and say I am proud of the person that I've chosen to become. Don't worry about fitting in. The more you try to fit in, the more you'll be like everybody else. The more you become like everybody else, the less authentic you become. The less genuine you become, the less unique you become, simply because now you're just another factor of people mostly doing the same exact things. Stand out, be different in your own way. It's what I encourage and, with that being said, that's the episode.
Speaker 1:I said a shorter episode than expected, and then I allow my mind to just go on a rant, and here we are, almost 20 minutes later. So I hope I provided you with value. I know I provided you with value. I know I provided you with value. As I always say, I'm speaking from my own experience. If any of this offends you or makes you feel some type of way. Good, it probably means you have some things that you need to work on, or you don't agree, and then talk to me about it so we can conversate about it, so I can see where I'm wrong or don't, and just you know. Keep your feelings to yourself. Regardless, it doesn't matter what worked for me may not work for you, but chances are it probably will, because I'm not doing anything special. That being said, thank you for being here, episode 125. And until next time.
