Building from the Bottom Episode1

The speaker introduces the Living Limitless podcast and explains why they decided to start it. They discuss the importance of building from the bottom and taking a life audit to assess one's mindset, skills, relationships, and resources. They emphasize the need for genuine relationships centered around one's purpose. The speaker shares a personal story about financial challenges and the importance of seeing things for what they truly are. They encourage taking risks and addressing issues while at the bottom, as it gives an advantage and allows for growth without others paying attention. The speaker highlights the importance of preserving one's internal dialogue and pursuing a purposeful life. They acknowledge the difficulties and challenges but suggest that being at the bottom can be a springboard to a better life. Enter a space that knows no boundaries and become a force that knows no barriers. Welcome to Living Limitless. Hello everyone and a warm welcome to all those tuned in for our first episode here on the Living Limitless podcast. I know, it's been a long time coming and for those that first saw the first post I made on my status about launching this podcast, you're probably wondering why did I choose to, why did I choose to finally post this podcast and start it off? Well, for a couple of reasons really. Firstly, I think the first barrier that was impeding me from going forth with this endeavor was procrastination really. The kind that dwelt on being a perfectionist because quite frankly I did not want to come and share something that has no substance or something that does not impart any value that is life-changing and so because of that I just thought perhaps I don't have enough to speak about at the moment. However, in addition to that reason was because of the phase of life that I was still trying to navigate. I was still addressing a personal issue or rather a couple of personal issues that I hoped to also share on this podcast just to assist those who might have gone through something similar and I wanted to ensure that whatever I share regarding my personal battles I also share how I got over it and I felt that as a result of what I went through it's only fit that I have that experience to inform this first episode. So you're probably wondering what is this first episode about, right? Well quite simply put it's about building from the bottom. A lot of us are afraid to build from the bottom for a number of reasons. We know them and if you were to lay them out they all sound pretty justified. They all sound reasonable and they are quite frankly they're really articulate reasons. Another thing that I realized is that when we resist something or when we experience resistance towards something usually that is beneficial or meant to assist us we become so eloquent in the reasons why it can't be you, why it shouldn't be you, why you are the bad pick and we almost do this instinctively as if we've been instructed by our subconscious to resist any positive progression in our life and so well quite frankly when life forces you or when life puts you in a place where you are nowhere but at the bottom you know it's easy to see it as an unfavorable position, it's easy to see it as the cards that have been dealt to you are simply meant to destroy you. However, like most instances there's two sides to the story, yes we can look at it as the point of detriment and destruction and simply give in to the apparent disparity that we go through in that moment, however the other side is you are in a state of where anything is possible. I'll break it down to you, think of it in this sense when you're at the bottom right, let's envision a house that's being built, you want to build this amazing house and in this analogy the house is the purpose for life that you're endeavouring to accomplish. Now in order for this house to stand fully erect against all obstacles that may come its way, for instance bad weather, you also have wear and tear that naturally happens to the house as a result of deteriorating quality and certain elements of it and with that in mind you understand that regardless of those hindrances if I may call them that you still want to ensure that the building that you erect is able to withstand all of that and protect you through it all. Now similarly to purposeful living or rather in a similar comparison to the pursuit of purposeful living, we need to build ourselves from the bottom. A lot of us live lives where the foundation that we stand on is merely the foundation set by others and not by us and so because of that you feel that you're stuck because the foundation set is not your own doing. Yes perhaps the foundation that you were set on was sufficient to lead you to where you are now in life, however you are in need of setting a life that is consistent with your desires your goals and your purpose and in order for that life to take full effect into existence you need to address the foundation that is able to withstand various elements that may try to take us off the path for our purposeful living. Now what do I mean by that? Well simply put in the foundation phase building your purposeful life you need to take a life audit. This audit must include the mindset you currently hold, the skills you currently possess, the tools you currently possess and other tools that you may need going forward. After taking a thorough audit of where you are right now in all these elements and not forgetting as well relationships you need to look thoroughly into your arsenal of life resources and objectively assess the functions that they all hold in your life. I mean a lot of us take on certain elements into our lives just because we need something to make us feel better about ourselves while that being the short-term pleasure we experience we are so naive or rather ignorant to the long-term bad effects those elements later on have in our lives. I would say to myself count it as a blessing that you are at the bottom because now you truly see your real worth at that moment and you also see clearly the things that have been for you, the people that have been for you and those that have been against you as well as the elements that have been against you. After taking this objective assessment of your life for me when I did this audit I realized that there are certain relationships that I kept that were merely there as placeholders to elicit certain feelings, there were certain relationships that I kept that were merely convenient for the occasion that had occupied my life at that point, the relationships were not necessarily set on foundational principles that I resonate with, they were not set on the lifestyle that I envisioned for myself and merely were just occurrences of acquaintances that I had no foresight to see that they would lead to naught. Rather what I'm saying is the relationships that I kept were merely just as a consequence of the occasion at the time, so perhaps you had a relationship romantically or casual, you realize that that relationship only made sense as far as the occasion that you had at that time stayed in place, but when we are pursuing purposeful living the arsenal of relationships that we should have should be only centered around the purpose we aim to achieve. Listen, I don't have much in my life, but I've realized that to be where I am today it is as a result of the relationships that are truly genuine, you get to appreciate the genuine people that truly surround you, and they're not many, some of us need that wake-up call to see that we don't have many people around us, just to share a personal story of how I came to understand the importance of choosing relationships. More clearly, I had a conversation with my father and we were just discussing how things could really be better for the both of us, you know it's no secret that after COVID everyone was financially bruised and battered, and contrary to most, the recovery is not as smooth as it seems. And so, when we were discussing the current challenges surrounding financial recoveries of most households, particularly our household, it became apparent to me that the bad times we go through are almost a purifying element, they allow us to truly see things for what they are and not what we hope they would be. And so, you get to take stock of what your mistakes are, or rather what your mistakes also were, but more importantly, is the hope that you hold onto of where you envision yourself to be at the end of it all, because truth be told, when you are building from the bottom, you can take as much risk as necessary, start it off messy, start off with the wrong foundation layers, start off with the wrong design to your purpose for life, but at least you have the grace and the ability to address the issues when no one is still looking. Everyone has no time to pay attention to you because you're at the bottom, and that's fine, that's your advantage, because they have no time to pay attention to you, they won't see you coming as you build, as you layer your purpose for living through each and every failure that you go through, when you finally realize the completion of it, it would be too late for them to try and disrupt, because you have set an intention, an intention that says, regardless of the circumstances around me in my external environment, the internal dialogue I will continue to hold is that there is a life worth living that I envisioned for myself, and trust me, I'm saying this as well from the perspective of someone who's at the bottom. When you're at the bottom, you get to appreciate your strengths, weirdly enough, even more, because that is what you need to get you to a place that empowers you beyond your most rational imagination. As someone who's at the bottom of life currently, the one thing that I hold on to that gives me the sense of obsessive pursuit towards a better life is in the knowing that I equally offer the goodness, a light of some sort, that helps others brighten their path. You see, many things can be taken away from you, but preserving the sacredness of your internal dialogue should be one power that one being should never relinquish, as long as their life purpose is to have a purposeful and fulfilling life. So yeah, it won't be easy. Yeah, you're going to feel depressed, you're going to feel like perhaps you're a forgotten soul that life has just seen fit to just destroy slowly. You probably have a crippling internal mental disorder that you can't share, but I challenge you to think perhaps that bottom that you are at is the appropriate springboard to get you to where you need to be. We can all agree that life is not fair, and we can also agree that life has its equal fair share of misfortunes for everyone. That is a constant, and if we understand that constant, then what our goal becomes after understanding that is to know that we have to, we owe it to ourselves to pursue a life that is far above the challenges we go through. Yes, you lost a loved one and that is your bottom, but you are still alive. You can be the pillar that everyone would derive their hope from, despite all the emotions associated with such a low position. You have the power to determine how you build the foundation towards a self that you can be proud of. I'd like to think as long as you still have breath inside your body, you can still keep building. You can still keep building. It's easy for us to get caught up in what won't work, but I'd like to challenge you today and say, what if it could work? If there's one thing I know for sure is that as complex and as simple the human being is, we are creations that have been blessed with the ability to create. We are creatures that are also creators, and equally the bad we build subconsciously or consciously, it's as a reflection of what we choose to keep as our reality. We all have heard the stories of people who have come from abject, hopeless spheres of life, where their fate should have been death, or their fate should have been the conclusion of their pursuit of purpose for living. But for some reason, they understood the true why of why they have to build a purpose for life. So I would like to challenge you to come out of that selfish pit that you have put yourself in, where you consistently judge yourself and criticize yourself before you even make a single move towards a life that you want. You're paralyzing yourself consistently, telling yourself what is possible and what is not, before you even take a step to try. You're always waiting to perfect your first step, but you haven't even taken the time to make it. So this first episode is about igniting the desire to take a first step. Build your way up, build it slowly. Build your way up failure by failure, and learn and appreciate the lessons that are learned. Stay humble, stay persistent, and remember that you are a creation with the power to create a life-changing experience. So build from the bottom. And that concludes our episode for this week, ladies and gentlemen. So if you found this insightful, informative, or perhaps just plain boring, don't forget to leave a comment in the comment section and share your thoughts. And if you have a friend that just might need to hear this, share it with them. See you soon on the next episode.