The Climb | A Motivational Speech About Life

Your World Within Podcast by Eddie Pinero

Eddie Pinero

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.9 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 4 January 2021

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.” - Teddy Roosevelt

This episode reminds us that life isn't about the top of the mountain, it's about who we become as we make our way up...

Transcript

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0:00.0	We're not looking for mountaintops.
0:07.0	We may be unaware.
0:10.0	We may forget, we may be misled, but in our hearts and souls we know we are not looking for mountaintops.
0:21.6	What we're seeking is different.
0:24.6	What we're seeking is the space between the top of the world and its baseline, the ceiling and the floor.
0:32.6	Sure, we may trick ourselves into thinking it's the top or the finale or the view.
0:39.2	But as has been said before, if the goal were truly the top, we wouldn't bother ourselves by climbing.
0:46.2	We'd be dropped off at the top by helicopter.
0:49.9	No, we aren't looking for mountaintops.
0:52.6	What we want is undoubtedly the climb.
0:56.3	We live for that climb.
0:59.4	That immersion into life where we are alive, awake.
1:03.8	That quest for purpose where humans are transformed and life adjusts to stop feeling like a standardized test and start feeling
1:15.2	like a canvas waiting on a masterpiece.
1:21.7	Simple?
1:22.7	Yes, easy.
1:23.7	No.
1:25.7	It's Nietzsche and Frankl's meaning through suffering.
1:31.4	It's Peterson's choosing your sacrifice.
1:34.0	Simon Sinek's finding your why.
1:35.9	It's Gagin's staying hard.
1:38.0	Grover's becoming a cleaner.
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