Stop Worrying About What You Can’t Control (Do This Instead)
Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero
Eddie Pinero
4.9 • 585 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
You’re thinking about things you can’t control. The past. The future. What people think. What might happen. And it’s draining you.📖 Get my Free Ebook While the World Sleeps https://eddiepinero.com/ebook🧠 Join 2,000+ fellow viewers on a Free 7-Day Reset https://www.agns.lifestyle/?source=meta🧢 AGNS Code "YWW20" for 20% off http://www.agns.lifestyleIn this motivational speech compilation, Eddie Pinero breaks down one of the most important mindset shifts for anyone feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or stuck. Stop giving your energy to what can’t be changed. Start focusing on what you can control right now.Because most people aren’t stuck because of their situation; they're stuck because of where their attention is going.The past creates regret. The future creates anxiety. And neither can be changed. Only this moment can.If it can’t be changed, let it go. If it can, act now. That’s where your power is.📱 Follow Along:Support the Podcast on Spotify - https://spoti.fi/2BLf6pBInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/your_world_within/TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@your_world_within📝 Comment below with what's been holding you back as of late. Would love to help you 🙏🙏🙏#liveinspired #yourworldwithin #motivation
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Right, home from work, walk the dog, kids are back. |
| 0:04.4 | Mom! |
| 0:05.0 | Up the stairs for something. |
| 0:07.8 | Ugh, back down, no idea what I went up for. |
| 0:12.0 | Mom, what's for dinner? |
| 0:13.6 | Chop, sizzle, done. |
| 0:17.1 | Hello, fresh, can't slow life down, but it makes bringing everyone together around the table a whole lot easier. |
| 0:23.4 | So its phones down, forks up. |
| 0:25.5 | Hello Fresh. Bring back dinner time. |
| 0:30.7 | So much of life comes down to control. |
| 0:37.2 | Understanding what we cannot control while simultaneously capitalizing and making the most of the things that we can. |
| 0:51.3 | A constant awareness that's critical to our evolution. |
| 0:57.0 | Epictetus wrote, |
| 1:00.0 | We must be at once cautious and courageous. |
| 1:04.0 | Courageous in what does not depend upon choice. |
| 1:09.0 | And cautious in what does. |
| 1:13.6 | And this idea has been shared many, many times in many ways over the centuries. |
| 1:21.6 | Another of which a lot of folks have heard is the serenity prayer, right? |
| 1:26.6 | God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, |
| 1:31.3 | the courage to change the things I can, |
| 1:35.3 | and the wisdom to know the difference. |
| 1:40.3 | But regardless of how it's said and who it's said to, the point is the same. |
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