SECOND CHANCES - Give Yourself Permission to Heal! - Find a Community to Heal With! - 034
Peter Saddington explores the concept of second chances, differentiating them from simple failures. He argues that second chances often arise after a moral or ethical failing, where one feels undeserving of redemption. Unlike failing at a startup, which lacks a moral dimension, a second chance implies a deeper loss and a sense of shame. Saddington illustrates this idea by recounting taking his son to a go-kart track, seeing it as a vicarious second chance to pursue competitive racing, something he feels he's too old for now. This experience prompted him to reflect on the difference between merely failing and requiring a second chance. He emphasizes that everyone deserves a second chance, particularly when ethical boundaries have been crossed. This perspective encourages viewers to grant themselves permission to heal and seek supportive communities.
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Because you fucked up you blew it you're really ashamed you screwed up big time and and and in all truthfulness when it comes to the realities of life In all truthfulness often you don't deserve a Second chance you fucked up way too bad you deserve a second chance I Built many startups most of them the fail so Bitcoin is exactly the place that I like to be we're gonna end it right there Have you ever sat down and considered how fortunate you are to be here? Like how fortunate you are to be alive? I've done this many times. I I could tell you to your face a thousand different reasons why I Literally shouldn't be alive here today motorcycle accidents car accidents Track accidents shenanigans when I was a young child Young man like literally I shouldn't be here. I've been given second chance Shit
hell I've been given second third fourth fifth six seven eight nine ten chances I'm all about second chances. I'm all about these types of things Have you ever thought about that? Have you ever considered how fortunate you are to be here? Because I tell you I should be dead. I shouldn't be here alive today And the reason why I'm talking about this topic to you guys today is because today I took my son out of school I pulled him out of school. He didn't need to be there today and the reason is is because we have had planned a Potential new endeavor for him. You see ever since my son was a young child a young book a two-year-old child He was driving around in cars. He loved speed He has a genetic disease just like his Appa He has a genetic disorder that that
naturally and innately moves him towards automobiles Machinery things that go room and things that go fast You see I pulled him out of school today because I promised him that I would go with him to a local track a Carding track and I would introduce him to multiple coaches there So that we could begin getting him on the go kart circuit Getting him seat time laps laps laps Seat time seat time seat time to see whether he really wants to go fast But not only fast does he want to go fast in a competitive scene? Does he want to go fast in a competitive environment? Does he want to go fast and have Completely new experiences feelings competitive feelings anxiety feelings nervous feelings fear all these things That come into you when you are racing on a track You see he's not going to miss
whatever they taught today in school Yeah, trust me. He ain't miss it He spent the day with me talking with men About how to get him in to the game of go karting And many ways for me it's kind of like a second chance You see I'm too old to go into competitive racing Yeah, yeah, yeah, I have my SCCA racing license and I can do Porsche class. I could do radical cup and I can I can do I can do Your amateur racing But seeing my son who has been into car a genetic disease just like his old man Get see look at these cars pick out his first go kart That the glimmer in his eyes the the the absolute folk like I was telling I was telling my wife like when we were in we were in one of these bays We're
class. I could do radical cup and I can I can do I can do Your amateur racing But seeing my son who has been into car a genetic disease just like his old man Get see look at these cars pick out his first go kart That the glimmer in his eyes the the the absolute folk like I was telling I was telling my wife like when we were in we were in one of these bays We're one of the local local teams was trying out their formula for car and their formula three car With his 14 year old son and like Usually my son's pretty close to me in terms of when we're walking around and doing these things together But I tell you man he broke loose Once we were in that bay and there were all these this formula four car formula three
Got a couple other formula four cars. I mean he just Forget Aapa forget daddy He just wanted to look at the cars. He just wanted to sit in the cars and for me It was great. It was an awesome experience of like this like this resurrection this second chance Because I'm too old. I can't do this I can't do this and then frankly. I'm not that interested I like racing my radical race car and I like doing that from a recreational standpoint But from a competitive standpoint guys. I am way past my prime And so that got me thinking about this idea of second chances. You see second chances are different from failing Second chances are different from failing Second chances come with a deeper loss a deeper loss and a failure And often it's from a human perspective One way to know the difference
between getting a second chance and or or Getting a second chance versus just failing at something is often you know the difference between a second chance and the fail by how much was on the line And number two the opportunity to achieve it again Second chances are easy to look at when it comes to sports right every year There's a championship game. Hey you got to the finals last year. You messed up Here's your second chance the next season you can win it this time right competitions the Olympics The Olympics every four years. Hey you made it to the Olympics last four years, but You couldn't get in on to the podium This is your second chance. This is your second chance right competitions or trials trials of any kind Lots of people do all sorts of time trials all sorts of different types of
trials That allow them to try and then fail and then they'll When the time's up or the next time threshold passes they can have a second chance at doing it You know when it comes to failing for me. I never I never think too much about the fail I never think too much about the fail in terms of like I deserve to win this right? I failed this I messed up. I deserve to win. I never feel that way. No, no, no, no I don't like anything rarely do people ever when they failed at something Sit back unless they're a sore loser and be like oh, I deserve to win that right that's That doesn't often happen But one way that you can differentiate between a failure failing and a second chance Is when you have when you failed and you've screwed up so bad
this I messed up. I deserve to win. I never feel that way. No, no, no, no I don't like anything rarely do people ever when they failed at something Sit back unless they're a sore loser and be like oh, I deserve to win that right that's That doesn't often happen But one way that you can differentiate between a failure failing and a second chance Is when you have when you failed and you've screwed up so bad The feeling that often comes is a feeling that you don't deserve A second chance because you fucked up You blew it You're really ashamed you screwed up big time and and and in all truthfulness when it comes to the realities of life In all truthfulness often you don't deserve a second chance You fucked up way too bad you deserve a second chance So what really is the
difference and this is something that I rumenated on on the drive back From this go-carding experience with my son So what really is the difference between failing something and Having a second chance. I'll give you the real simple TLDR version It's a moral or ethical failing You see when I fail when you fail at at work you fail at a startup you fail at an entrepreneurial Endeavor when you fail at trying something new there's no moral or ethical feelings there It's just you you're not as good as you thought or you clearly aren't as good as you should be or you You're not as effective as you should have been or you didn't see this because of your naivete or your lack of experience You failed But there is generally no moral or ethical failing in that right You see Second chances When we're talking
about second chances this is something bigger than failing Second chances are a moral and ethical failing. Let me give you a couple examples failing your first marriage Some people would go really far. That's not only a little a little personal It's more than a personal fail. It's a moral ethical human perspective failing Now you're gonna go try a second marriage. Good luck How about you failed at getting sober? All right, that feels like a moral Ethical failing like you failed your friends you promised something You promised that you would do this you promised to do it you promised not to do it there is guilt on the other side of that second chance failing Right you feel beat up you feel used you're embarrassed and you're ashamed these are the outcome feelings These are the out causes of this type of moral or ethical failing
And often the only recourse is to wallow in your own shame and guilt While receiving verbal beatings by the righteous who told you that you've you screwed up, right? It's the whole idea of the scarlet letter the walk of shame Right shame shame shame Right for the religious people would call this Sin right you fucked up you sinned you get the scarlet letter you have to take the walk of shame Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes Yes, yes, yes, yes when you fail when you have a moral and ethical failing you will feel guilt When you have sinned you will feel guilt you will feel embarrassed And feel ashamed and yes people are gonna rub it in your face Such as the nature of humanity Such is the nature of humanity is that when you Have failed a moral and ethical and you don't deserve a
the walk of shame Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes Yes, yes, yes, yes when you fail when you have a moral and ethical failing you will feel guilt When you have sinned you will feel guilt you will feel embarrassed And feel ashamed and yes people are gonna rub it in your face Such as the nature of humanity Such is the nature of humanity is that when you Have failed a moral and ethical and you don't deserve a second chance you literally don't deserve a second chain and you know it You know it You know People rub it in their face you know rub it in your face Because people have condescending attitudes over that which they condemn It's a nature of pride it's a twisted pride we talked about this in in the in my other podcast go back Go search for pride right pride forgets
humility remembers go check out that podcast Right Because they publicly will criticize your sin to justify their own how many times have we seen this in the political sphere I don't need to go much farther than that Right within the political sphere. It's quite easy. They love to criticize others for the exact same sin that they're committing In secret their private sins But don't worry about them. Don't worry about the people that are gonna rub it in your face that you're of your failure fail your moral Ethical failing whatever it was a marriage not getting sober a promise that you couldn't keep these types of things Don't worry about them all the their sins all of their failings will come into light and do time And yes when you get that scarlet letter when you fail right yes One of the worst parts about some
of these moral moral and ethical failings right These things where we need Second chances we need a redemption. We need a redeemer. We need something Someone to save us and give us that second chance right Yeah, sometimes the consequences of these decisions these poor moral and ethical decisions will last a fucking lifetime No last a lifetime You know I'm I'm not gonna put this in a category of moral and ethical And and and push this on any of you guys out there But I will tell you a scene that hurts my heart a scene that hurts my heart and you can judge me However you want But you know a scene that hurts my heart a pregnant teenager a pregnant teenager that hurts my heart now Do I have any context to the realities and to the to the new wances and to the truth
of that matter of that 15 16 year old girl who's pregnant? I have no idea. I have no idea. I have no idea But I will tell you When I see a 15 16 year old girl who's pregnant You know what That decision Regardless of how you want to slice the moral and ethical. I'm not there You can judge however you want but let's be intellectually honest That 15 16 year old girl who's pregnant that decision is going to last a lifetime That decision Poor decision maybe to be pregnant at 15 Is going to scar them is going to last a lifetime Let's be fucking real you guys same with me All of us have made such shitty decisions in the past that some of us are literally still paying for 20 years later 30 years later If you're gonna dwell on it go back
That 15 16 year old girl who's pregnant that decision is going to last a lifetime That decision Poor decision maybe to be pregnant at 15 Is going to scar them is going to last a lifetime Let's be fucking real you guys same with me All of us have made such shitty decisions in the past that some of us are literally still paying for 20 years later 30 years later If you're gonna dwell on it go back to my podcast on taking personal responsibility Because that's the answer to these issues the consequences of moral failings of ethical failings of huge Poor decisions that we've made in the past the answer is personal responsibility. You fucked up at 15 years old bro Deal with it now be a man Buck up Start adulting Fix it Don't take a victim attitude take a can-do. I'ma take control. I'ma
get this done attitude That's what personal responsibility is all about and yes Yes, you're gonna mess up you we we we we all mess up. I began this entire thought experiment In this podcast saying that I love second chances. That's what I love Second chances are always possible and second chances don't always need a redeemer They don't always need redemption for some of you who don't need that You need to give yourself Some healing and let me tell you how it works Guys whenever I think it's very simple whenever I think of the the epic fails that I've had in life The places where I can't go back in history. I can't make it right. I screwed it up. I can't rewind the tape I can't press back. I can't double click back 10 15 20 years ago. It's not possible. It's not gonna happen
When it comes to these type of lost second chances I'm gonna give you the answer Transparency leads to healing give yourself permission to heal from those failings from those issues Don't carry them if you're still dealing with the issues of the past or the hurt. Let me be specific The hurt of the past please go back to one of my previous podcasts About healing or reprogramming the pain of the past go look it up. Please reprogramming pain of the past Don't let your past Dictate your future. Yeah, you got pregnant at 15 years old 30 years ago. Fuck you up Fucked up your future. You could you wanted to be ex but you can't do it. You couldn't do it Because you made some shitty decisions Right you wanted to go to college, but you got caught up with your friends at 17 doing drugs
and Yeah, you went to jail and you couldn't go to college. You made a shitty decision Right you Wish you had a second chance. Well, here's the answer Transparency leads to healing. I wrote this down. Give yourself permission to heal. Well, how do you do that best? I'm gonna give you the answer It's with community It's with community Find other people who are willing to help you heal people that you're able to be real with tell them your story Tell them why you want a second chance why you want to start over trust me. They're in the same place I promise you find a communicative people that will accept you and will heal with you will help you and you might see O'Peter where is easy Easy there's so many different communities out there so many different communities out there And I don't offer up
heal people that you're able to be real with tell them your story Tell them why you want a second chance why you want to start over trust me. They're in the same place I promise you find a communicative people that will accept you and will heal with you will help you and you might see O'Peter where is easy Easy there's so many different communities out there so many different communities out there And I don't offer up websites or anything like this usually But I'll tell you a great site to go if you want to join a great community. There's tons of them out there go to yen.io Yen.io Sign up. It's a community platform. It's built for communities communities who love all things all over the world There's communities around race cars. There's communities around crypto. There's communities around schooling education politics working out trading
making money hustling um Search in an optimization marketing. There's I there's all these communities on yen.io And I know that there's communities for healing on there as well You see I introduce this topic and saying guys. I'm all about second chances and I am I'm all about second chances third chances fourth chances fifth Fifth chances in life Yes, we're human we make really shitty decisions sometime But please don't ever let your past dictate your future Find community find people that you can where you can give yourself a permission to heal and communicate through that go through the motions but guys Life is not about holding on to the pains of the past Life is about moving forward past and through the pain with others Who have gone before you guys? I'm all about second chances the world Some of the greatest stories in the world
are second chance comebacks But I'm telling you every single person that I know Needs the second chance. So here's the question for you today Where do you need to give yourself permission to heal? Where do you need to give yourself a second chance? This is Peter the Bitcoin Lambo If you enjoyed this episode, I really really would hope that you can send this to someone who's dealing with issues of a second chance Are guilt of feelings of moral and ethical failing send it to them guys subscribe Just mash the like button and say something nice. Please set