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Daily Boost Podcast Passion Isn't Enough. Find Your Happy Obsession. October 26, 2026 | Episode 5576 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com Episode Description Are you a happy person? Not clap-your-hands happy. Just happy in general. Now, are you obsessive? I think the two go together when you do it right. Psychologists talk about harmonious passion and obsessive passion—both work. But I've been testing a third version with my clients, my Inner Circle, and my Skool group. I call it a happy obsession. Today I'm asking what you're happily obsessed about, and what happens when you flip the script and build your day around it instead of squeezing it in last. Don't wait until you're 65 to try this. Press play. Featured Story My first radio job was at WAKS in Fuquay-Varina—a daytime AM station. We read the obituaries on the air, tuned in to the tobacco auction, and played some country music. When a trucker blew his horn as he drove by, I had to open the mic and say, "Hey, trucker." It was the law in that town. At seven o'clock we turned the transmitter off. That's when my buddy and I pulled our 45s out of the case and played rock and roll until two in the morning—big-time DJs in our minds. Nobody could stop us. The whole day was just a way to get to that studio at night. Then one night we forgot to turn the transmitter off. Important Points * Obsession and passion are really the same thing. Something grabs your attention, you're all in, and nobody stops you. * Flip the script. Stop saving your happy obsession for after the business of the day and make it the reason for the day. * Stay responsible. Pay the bills and give your boss his money's worth, then get it done fast so you can get back to it. Memorable Quotes * When you're obsessed, you can't wait to get back to it. You get out of bed in the morning, and that's the driver. * You get out of bed in the morning, and that's what you do. Everything else is in the way of your happy obsession. * Do not wait until you're 65 and retired to decide to do this. Decide to do it today. Watch how everything changes. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Ask yourself what you're happily obsessed about, the thing you'd do all day long if nobody stopped you, and name it. * Flip the script so obsession leads your day, and the rest of the work becomes what you finish on the way back. * Get efficient at the must-dos, stay responsible to your job and bills, and pour every hour you save into what you love. Chapters 0:13 - Broadcasting live between the race cars and the rocket ships 2:44 - Obituaries, tobacco auctions, and rock and roll till 2 a.m. 3:46 - Harmonious, obsessive, and a third kind of passion 6:01 - Skipping the gym because the studio was calling me 7:15 - Why my clients' eyes crossed when I asked this question 8:25 - Don't wait until you're 65 and retired to do this Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Join my Face Your Passion Skool group: https://faceyourpassion.com. * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Dolly Parton Didn't Make It Look Easy. She Made It Easy. October 23, 2026 | Episode 5575 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com Episode Description Dolly Parton made a 60-year career look easy. It wasn't. But she made a handful of disciplined decisions early and repeated them for decades. I took the grandkids to Dollywood this past week, my first visit since Dolly passed in August. It hit different. So I dug into what she actually did. Today I'm walking you through how she owned her work before she was famous, built a brand out of who she was, partnered smart, protected her private core, and guarded a daily rhythm. It ties this whole week together. Listen in and steal a few. Featured Story Dolly wrote "I Will Always Love You" the same day she wrote "Jolene." It's on a cassette tape. Then Elvis called. He wanted to sing her song, but he also wanted the publishing rights. She said no. If you know the music business, you know the person who owns the publishing gets rich. Bands barely get paid for radio or streaming. The songwriter always gets paid. Dolly knew that. Years later, Whitney Houston's version became the best-selling single ever by a female artist, and it made Dolly rich beyond imagination. She used to say her songs were like her children. In her old age, they'd support her. Important Points Own your work before you're famous. Stop giving your stuff away, because whoever owns it is the one who gets paid. When your brand is who you already are, everything gets easier and more honest, and you almost never get busted. Protect a daily rhythm. Dolly woke at 3 a.m., prayed, then wrote and handled business while the world was still calm. Memorable Quotes When your brand is simply who you are, everything gets easy. It gets honest as well. My brand is like me. A hot mess. She made her biggest decision in advance and followed through. A system she built and a discipline that ran it. It's not distance, it's protection. Always keep something back for you, and meet your own needs before anyone else's. Scott's Three-Step Approach Decide in advance what you'll never give away, whether it's your songs, your content, or your time, and own it. Wrap your brand around who you already are, then bring in partners to scale the parts you shouldn't run yourself. Guard a daily rhythm for your best hours, and tie the work to a purpose bigger than you so you keep on building. Chapters 0:21 - Six hours of nonstop talking and loving every minute 1:37 - All week long and I never asked you to buy a thing 2:09 - A day at Dollywood with the grandkids after Dolly's gone 3:40 - Elvis wanted her song and its rights, and she said no 5:11 - A brand built on who she was, six-inch heels and all 6:21 - Half her park and the partners who scaled her vision 8:16 - A 3 a.m. rhythm, 332 million books, and building to the end Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Join my Face Your Passion Skool group: https://faceyourpassion.com Email: support@motivationtomove.com Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast You Don't Have a Motivation Problem. You Haven't Decided Yet. October 22, 2026 | Episode 5574 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com Episode Description You keep saying you need more motivation. You don't. You have a decision problem. Most of what we call deciding is wishing. "I want to grow my business" is a wish. A real decision has an edge to it. It cuts off other options, and that's exactly why we avoid it. Staying vague feels safe. Today I'm giving you a simple test to tell the difference, plus why wishing looks so much like work. I'll even tease where Dolly Parton fits in. Listen in, then pick your there before you go looking for another way to get there. Featured Story This show is 20 years old. We were one of the first podcasts ever, before Apple even had a podcast directory. Apple sent me a note asking if I wanted to be in their new podcast thing. I said yes. That's how long ago this was. Now, at 20 years, I've made a decision. Things are going to change at the end of the year. I won't tell you what yet, because y'all hold me to things. What I will tell you is I've decided not to keep doing it the way I've been doing it. That decision cut off other options. And once it did, a hundred smaller choices disappeared. Important Points "I want to grow my business" is a wish. "I'm going to grow my business" is a decision. Learn to hear the difference. If you've truly decided, you can name your next step and when you'll take it. If you can't, you haven't decided yet. Wishing looks like work. Planning, podcasts, and research feel productive while they let you skip out on commitment. Memorable Quotes A decision has an edge to it. It cuts away other options. If nothing got cut, you didn't decide. You only wished. Dreaming don't pay the bills and dreaming don't get stuff done. Sometimes you have to decide to make it happen. Once you have made a decision, a hundred smaller choices kind of disappear, so you don't need willpower anymore. Scott's Three-Step Approach Write down the thing you keep saying you want, then rewrite it from "I want to" into "I'm going to" and mean it. Cross off at least one option that decision cuts away, because if nothing got cut, you only made another wish. Name the very next step and the day you'll take it, then put it on your calendar before you finish this episode. Chapters 0:15 - You don't have a motivation problem; you have a decision one 1:45 - Twenty years, one of the first podcasts, and a big change 3:00 - My simple goal is to wake up and have an awesome day 4:39 - Dreaming don't pay the bills, so decide to make it happen 5:32 - Decide means to cut off, and that's why we avoid it 7:45 - Wishing looks like work, plus a test for a real decision 8:41 - Dolly decided to own her songs long before Elvis called Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Join my Face Your Passion Skool group: https://faceyourpassion.com Email: support@motivationtomove.com Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Disciplined People Don't Try Harder. They Set It Up Better. October 21, 2026 | Episode 5573 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com Episode Description Everybody wants the exact steps. The perfect app, the morning routine, the cold plunge. I've watched productivity hacks come and go for 20 years, and most of them don't move the needle. The people who look disciplined aren't straining harder than you. They've arranged their days so they face fewer fights. That's it. Today I'm walking through what the science says about willpower, habits, procrastination, and that phone sitting next to you. Then I'll give you the four things productivity really comes down to. Stop hunting for the hack and build a setup that carries you. Featured Story Twenty years ago, I came into this world right in the Four Hour Work Week era, an original laptop lifestyle guy. But I never sat down and decided to build a freedom lifestyle. My wife had passed away. When you go through a disruption that big, you get quantum change. My change was this. I just didn't want to go back to doing it the other way. So I said, okay, let's do it this way, and I went after it. What I've learned since is that freedom without structure falls apart fast. The freedom I wanted only worked once I built a setup to carry it. Important Points Willpower isn't a tank that runs dry. Disciplined people arrange their days so they face fewer temptations to fight. Missing one day won't break a habit. Missing a week will. Get a little done every single day, and you'll keep rolling. Procrastination is an emotion problem, not a time problem. Fix how the task makes you feel, and the calendar follows. Memorable Quotes People with strong self-control don't resist harder. They just arrange their days to have fewer fights. That's it. Willpower is your friend who shows up to make you do things you don't want to do. As soon as it stops you, it leaves. You're not putting it off because you're lazy or disorganized. You're avoiding how the task makes you feel inside. Scott's Three-Step Approach Get clear on why the work matters to you, because valuing the work beats chasing your passion every single time. Build structure around that work by deciding in advance: at 8 a.m. I open this file, and I do this task, no debate. Protect that time by putting your phone in another room, so willpower never has to show up and fight on your behalf. Chapters 0:15 - Why disciplined people don't work any harder than you 2:00 - How losing my wife made me a laptop lifestyle guy 3:00 - The cold plunge and other hacks that only feel good 4:15 - Willpower is overrated, and setup beats strain 5:16 - Habits don't take 21 days, and one missed day is fine 7:59 - Your phone is costing you even when you don't touch it 9:45 - Four things productivity really comes down to Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Join my Face Your Passion Skool group: https://faceyourpassion.com Email: support@motivationtomove.com Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast You Can't Get What You Want Until You Decide What It Is October 20, 2026 | Episode 5572 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com Episode Description Yesterday I gave you 12 levers. Today I'm boiling everything down to two. Some of you will be disappointed. Some of you will say, thank God somebody finally said it. After 20 years of this show and tens of thousands of coaching conversations, I've noticed people don't need another system. They need a decision. And most of the time they already know what they want. They just haven't said it out loud. Listen in, then sit down and answer one question for yourself today. Then get out of bed and go get it. Featured Story On an Inner Circle call this week, I dared to talk about values. One gentleman pushed back. He said you can't figure out your values in a 90-minute call. I told him I think you can do it in 30 seconds. We all have values. What you can't solve in 90 minutes is how we all get along with different ones. So I poked the bear. On purpose. For about 70 minutes I facilitated and nudged, knowing people would eventually stop tolerating me and push back. When they did, that was my point. Then I taught them the one word I use when I know I can't change someone's mind. Important Points Don't start with the how or the why. Start with the what. Decide what you want, and the rest finally has a direction. If you can't put what you want into words, you still know it. You've just never said it out loud before, so practice. Keep asking yourself what your goal really means, again and again, until the decision is deep enough to act on. Memorable Quotes If you want to get anything in your life, you have to decide what you want. Until you decide, you don't get it. It's a ridiculous miracle that we get along at all. Our ability to tolerate each other's differences makes it work. There's going to be a lot of buts, a lot of overwhelm, a lot of confusion. It doesn't change that you must go get it. Scott's Three-Step Approach Sit down tomorrow morning and decide what you want from your day, your work, your money, and your relationship. Say it out loud, then keep asking what it means until the decision is specific enough that you can act on it now. Get out of bed and go get it, like a run to the store for milk, without waiting for anyone to hand you the steps. Chapters 0:18 - Twenty years of showing up without a grand plan 1:14 - Poking the bear on a coaching call about values 4:00 - The one word I use when I can't change your mind 5:31 - Step one is so simple it might disappoint you 7:10 - Why you can't put into words what you already know 9:44 - Everything comes down to one sentence and one step Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Join my Face Your Passion Skool group: https://faceyourpassion.com Email: support@motivationtomove.com Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Self-Improvement Isn't the Problem: You Already Know What Works October 19, 2026 | Episode 5571 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com Episode Description Everybody's saying self-help doesn't work these days. And yet people keep listening. I get it, and this week we're taking that head-on. On the drive home from Tennessee, I found a podcast about a book that broke 500 self-help books down into 12 levers that actually work. I went in expecting bogus. Some of it was. Some of it I agree with. So I'm walking you through all 12 with my honest take, after tens of thousands of coaching hours. Grab the ones that fit you, skip the rest, and start using them today. Featured Story My niece got married in Tennessee. I'm not a wedding guy, but the whole family stayed at the same hotel in Sevierville, and that turned it into a reunion. Five cousins, ages five to 13, running between the pool and the breakfast buffet like they'd never been apart. It made me want to be five again. Then came the drive home. If you've driven through those mountains, you know the radio fades in and out. I got bored and streamed a podcast instead. Two guys had studied 500 self-help books and boiled them down to 12 levers. My wife and I had nothing but road ahead, so I listened. I was sure it would be bogus. Important Points Before you chase a fix, unravel the cause. No coach or doctor can help you until you know what's really going on. Values live in your heart. Principles guide you toward them. Know both, or every outside change you try won't stick. Confidence comes back one small win at a time. Face a fear this week, share the win, and watch yourself come back. Memorable Quotes If you don't know what drives you from the inside out, you won't be able to change anything from the outside in. You can't walk into the doctor and expect a prescription in 30 seconds. First he has to figure out what's going on. Most people come to coaching wanting it fixed today. It's impossible, man. We have to go through a few steps first. Scott's Three-Step Approach Unravel the cause first. Before you look for any solution, get honest about what's really going on in your heart. Name the values that guide you, because once you know what drives you from the inside, your next move gets clear. Pick one fear tied to that move, face it in a small way this week, then share the win and let your confidence grow. Chapters 0:15 - Self-help doesn't work, so why do we keep listening 1:14 - Twenty seasons in and a decision I won't reveal yet 2:03 - A niece's wedding and the magic of cousins at the pool 3:33 - A road trip podcast promising 12 levers that work 4:44 - Lever one: you can't fix anything until you unravel it 7:44 - Why the back half of the list feels tossed in 9:56 - Same old ideas with a new name, and tomorrow's two Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Join my Face Your Passion Skool group: https://faceyourpassion.com Email: support@motivationtomove.com Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast What Was I Thinking? Why Smart People Say Yes to the Wrong Goals October 16, 2026 | Episode 5565 Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com Episode Description You're six months into something. It's 2 a.m. You're staring at the ceiling thinking, what was I thinking? Nobody forced you. You said yes. Sometimes you even saw it coming and did it anyway. Today we're digging into what I call the what-was-I-thinking goal. Why smart people say yes to the wrong things, why we stay too long once we start, and the simple checks you can run before your next yes. Feel the middle, not the finish. Set your exit point before you begin. Your future self will thank you. Featured Story For years, people have asked me what kind of clients I work with. I tell them, let's talk about the ones who need help staying married. They look at me funny. Wait, I thought you did business coaching. I do. But so many of the business owners I work with are trading their relationship for all the hours they put in at work. They never named the trade. They just kept saying yes. And some of them end up divorced. So I get right in the middle of it. Let's work on the business, but let's make sure your wife still likes you. And as a bonus, because I'm Scott, your kids will like you too. Important Points * We overestimate how good the win will feel and forget the grind. Picture the middle of the goal, not the finish. * Pretend it starts next month. If you'd say no then, your yes depends on free time you don't really have right now. * Set an exit point before you start. If X hasn't happened by Y, you stop or change course, and that isn't quitting. Memorable Quotes * Be the best quitter you can be, as long as you've done your research and know what you're doing. Sometimes you should quit. * Every yes is a no to something else. Time with your family, your health, your work. Name what you're trading for it. * When you call me to sell me something, the price doesn't matter to me. It's the time. That's it. Time matters. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Before saying yes, picture the middle of the goal and ask if you'd still sign up if it started 30 days from now. * Run a pre-mortem by imagining it failed a year from now, then write down why and name what this yes will cost you. * Set a clear exit point before you start, then stop or change course the moment that line arrives without results. Chapters 0:16 - Friday DMs and that 3 a.m. what-was-I-thinking feeling 3:28 - Two ways you end up somewhere you didn't plan 4:28 - Why we're terrible at predicting how we'll feel 5:25 - The sunk cost trap and being a good quitter 6:21 - Feel the middle of the goal, not the finish 7:12 - Pretend it's next month and run a pre-mortem 8:44 - Every yes is a no, and setting your exit point Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Join my Face Your Passion Skool group: https://faceyourpassion.com * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Wisdom of the Wife: 10 Things She’s Been Right About for 20 Years October 15, 2026 | Episode 5564 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com Episode Description My wife has been right about a lot of things for 20 years. Annoying, isn’t it? Today I’m sharing the best advice I’ve collected from her, with my man explanation of what each one teaches about business and life. Some of it’s about skimming instead of seeing. Some of it’s about listening instead of fixing. And some of it’s about going to bed instead of answering that 11:30 p.m. email. Husbands, listen closely. Wives, you have more power than you think, because believe it or not, we’re listening. This one might keep you married. Featured Story Last week my insurance company sent me a Cologuard kit. If you’re young and don’t know what that is, lucky you. I didn’t want to. Nobody wants to do it. So I did what guys do. I put it off for about a week. My wife doesn’t negotiate on this stuff. Go to the doctor. Not next week. Not if it still hurts. Stop negotiating and go. Finally, she handed me the box and told me, in very plain words, exactly where to go and what to do with it. I’ve never won that argument. Not once in 20 years. And honestly, I’ve started to wonder why she works so hard to keep me alive. Important Points * We glance at the bank statement, the calendar, and the client list. Look closely, or you’ll miss what’s right there. * Before blaming the economy or the weather for a bad mood, check when you last ate. Sometimes the fix is a sandwich. * Most people aren’t asking you to fix anything. They want you to listen, and they’ll tell you when they need your help. Memorable Quotes * I teach planning for a living. Your brain is for thinking, not storage. If it matters, get it out of your head. * Nothing good has ever come from answering emails at 11:30 at night. It can wait till morning. Go to bed, she says. * I’ve blamed bad moods on the economy, the weather, and my wifi. Nope. It’s a sandwich. You’re not tired, you’re hungry. Scott’s Three-Step Approach * Slow down and look closely at your numbers, calendar, and clients instead of skimming and deciding nothing’s there. * Take care of the basics first by eating, sleeping, and seeing the doctor before you blame the world for how you feel. * Put the phone down and listen to the people in front of you, because being present keeps them close. Chapters 0:15 - An homage to the women who shaped my life 3:45 - Did you actually look or stare into the fridge 4:48 - You’re not tired, you’re hungry, and other truths 5:45 - Podcast Scott versus the guy who lives at home 6:44 - Go to the doctor and the Cologuard showdown 7:19 - Nobody asked you to fix it; they want you to listen 8:59 - Put the phone down, wants versus needs, and go to bed Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Join my Face Your Passion Skool group: https://faceyourpassion.com * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast 10 Questions That Get Your Head Straight About Work and Life October 14, 2026 | Episode 5563 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com Episode Description Some weeks you need a pep talk. Other weeks you need better questions. Today I'm giving you 10 of them. Use them as journal prompts, talk them over with your spouse, or sit with them on your drive. They cover the work you want to be doing a year from now, what to hand off, who you want to serve, what you want to be known for, and the money numbers you've kept vague. I'm in this category too. I spend a lot of time keeping my own head straight. Grab a pen. Your answers might surprise you. Featured Story Twenty years ago, my wife Cheryl was sick with cancer. Even then, she had all these plans. Little things she wanted to do. She kept saying, I'm going to do that before I die. Then one day she got dehydrated. Her energy just disappeared. From that day forward, she was mostly in bed. Her health went away fast. For the next 90 days, she never got to do the things she'd talked about. I took her out to dinner once during those 90 days—one time. I think about that whenever someone tells me they'll deal with their health later. Health is wealth sounds nice. It doesn't mean much when you're too worn out to use it. Important Points * Picture the actual work you want on your calendar a year from now, not your title, then start clearing what won't fit. * Name the parts of your job you'd hand off to a person, a system, or AI so you can focus on what only you can do. * Vague money goals go nowhere. Set real numbers for what you want to earn, save, and invest, and you can start the plan. Memorable Quotes * It takes decades of life to understand that if you don't like what you do, you stop doing it. I know. It's wild. * There are enough bad, ugly, and yes, evil people in the world. You may as well choose the good ones and serve them. * If anybody's draining you, get a plug. Stop it. Choose the people you spend your time with, at work and away from it. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Decide what work you want filling your calendar a year from now and what you want it to give you besides a paycheck. * Hand off the tasks that drain you to a person, system, or AI, and spend that time with people who fill you back up. * Put real numbers on what you'll earn, save, and invest, then protect your time off and health so you can enjoy it. Chapters 0:18 - A frisky week and stepping on the right toes 1:17 - Do what makes your heart sing and make a great living 3:51 - The work you want on your calendar a year from now 4:23 - What to hand off to a person, a system, or AI 7:14 - The skill I learned two years ago that changed everything 9:21 - Real money numbers instead of a vague million 10:48 - Losing Cheryl and why health has to make the list Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Join my Face Your Passion Skool group: https://faceyourpassion.com * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Your Life Gets Calmer When Everyone Knows What to Expect October 13, 2026 | Episode 5562 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com Episode Description Most of the friction in your life isn't random. It usually comes from an expectation nobody said out loud. When work, your marriage, or your health doesn't turn out the way you counted on, it wigs you out. You feel stuck. You're not broken. You're in the gap between an old expectation and what's real right now. Today I'm breaking expectations into three kinds: what you expect of yourself, what you expect of others, and what others expect of you. Get clear on all three, say them out loud, and watch how much calmer life gets. Featured Story A couple of days ago somebody told me, "Scott, you can always expect me to show up authentically, unapologetically myself." I didn't say anything. But I thought, well, damn, you might want to work on that. That line wasn't working for them. They'd decided how they would show up, and nobody around them got the memo. My father-in-law used to say, " Don't assume anything. You're just making an ass out of you and me. It took me a long time to get it. I literally had to sit down and spell it out. If you bulldoze through life being yourself and you never told anyone what to expect, whose fault is that? Important Points * Most stuck feelings come from old expectations that no longer match your life. You're not broken. You're in the gap. * Unspoken expectations of others create surprises. Say what you expect out loud, and many bad patterns fade away. * After a real shift, people still expect the old you. Tell them what changed, then live it so your words match your life. Memorable Quotes * Most people have put no time into thinking about what they expect of themselves or anybody else. I see it all the time. * You're not broken. You're just in the gap. The gap is that not-moving feeling you have right now, and it's real. * If you're bumping into people constantly, let me tell you, it ain't on them. Look at what you're expecting of them. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Write down what you expect of yourself now, after whatever shift you've been through, not who you used to be before. * Spell out what you expect from the people around you, then tell them directly instead of hoping they guess right. * Let others know what's changed in you, and back it up by living it every day so their old expectations catch up. Chapters 0:15 - Podcast day, coffee, and why my wife brings me tea 1:10 - What a peaceful base means and why it's never done 3:06 - Disruption is just an expectation that broke 4:18 - You're not broken, you're just stuck in the gap 5:05 - Expectation one: what you expect of yourself 5:48 - Expectation two: the things you never said out loud 7:11 - Expectation three: people still expect the old you Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Join my Face Your Passion Skool group: https://faceyourpassion.com * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Why Your Biggest Breakthrough Comes Right After Your Hardest Season October 12, 2026 | Episode 5561 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com Episode Description Have you ever come through a brutal stretch of life and found yourself thinking differently about everything on the other side? That's not luck. Today we're talking about quantum change. Not the woo-woo kind. The kind researchers have studied for years, with a pattern so consistent they can name it. I'm walking you through the four marks of a real before-and-after moment, and the one thing that almost always comes first. If life feels shaken right now and you can't seem to move, this one's for you. You might be closer to lift-off than you think. Featured Story Twenty years ago, my first wife passed away. Nothing about that season was easy. Something shifted in me then. It was vivid. I didn't plan it or schedule it. It showed up uninvited, and it stuck. I refuse to go back to who I was before. It's done. I'm not that person anymore. I do what I do today- this show, the coaching, all of it- because of that moment. That's what a quantum change looks like from the inside. When I talk to people who feel stuck and shaken, I recognize it. They're usually standing right at the edge of their own before-and-after moment, and they don't know it yet. Important Points * Quantum change is vivid, surprising, benevolent, and enduring. It's a before-and-after moment, not slow improvement. * Almost every real breakthrough follows a season of strain, stress, or loss. The disruption is the setup, not failure. * You'll change when you wear yourself out. Stop patching little things and accept that the shift has already started. Memorable Quotes * I'm a positive, upbeat guy, but I'm only upbeat when I can ground myself in facts. That's my motivation. * The disruption is the setup. It's not a sign that you're broken. You're just being set in the ground to lift off. * I refuse to go back to who I was. You don't go back. It doesn't mean anything to you anymore. It's done, man. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Look honestly at the hard season you're in, and name what you've been tap-dancing around for months or even years. * Ask whether a shift has already happened in you, and stop fixing every little thing to avoid admitting it. * Accept the change and move forward, then bring your questions to someone who can help you turn it into action. Chapters 0:15 - Daytona, Oktoberfest, and a talk about hard seasons 2:26 - Why I want facts first, not unicorns and rainbows 3:22 - Quantum change and why it's not as woo-woo as it sounds 4:36 - The four marks of a real before-and-after moment 6:53 - How losing my first wife became my quantum change 8:18 - Why breakthroughs almost always follow strain and loss 9:26 - Accepting the change that may already be happening Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Join my Face Your Passion Skool group: https://faceyourpassion.com. * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast How to Stay Focused on Your Vision October 9, 2026 | Episode 5560 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com Episode Description You built something good. You're making money, people count on you, and you're proud of it. But life keeps getting in the way. So when do you finally get to do what you started all this for? Today we're talking about your founder's vision. What it is, why busy never goes away, and how to protect it from every detour on your path. I'm giving you one simple question to ask before you say yes to anything new. Know your vision. Defend it. Live it. Let's go. Featured Story Years ago, I sat in a Tony Robbins event, Date with Destiny. We did what everybody does. Write down your values. Honesty, integrity, love, the big list. After doing this work professionally for a long time, I noticed something. Every value people write down either moves them away from what they don't like or toward what they want. Nobody writes down the values they're living today. The real ones. The ones that show up in how they run their business and their life right now. That gap changed how I coach. Until you see where you really stand, you can't grow into anything new, and you won't. Important Points * Success doesn't bring a quiet place at the end of the rainbow. The better you get, the more people want from you. * Ask one question before every opportunity: does this move me closer to the life and business I want, or further away? * Write down the values you're living today first, then set the values you want to grow into over the next few years. Memorable Quotes * Everything changes in an instant. That's why you need a vision. When you do the work, you have to start living it. * People say they're always running around putting out fires. I tell them, yeah, but you lit most of them yourself. * Whatever vision you have, you're supposed to go live it. This is not some imaginary thing. Listen, you're in charge. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Know your vision by writing down how you want your life and business to look, your values, and who you care for. * Defend that vision by asking whether each new opportunity moves you closer to it, and saying no when it doesn't. * Live your vision today instead of someday, and give yourself time to grow into it as the old patterns fall away. Chapters 0:15 - Happy Friday and why it should be happy just because 2:23 - Life begins when you move, still my core message 3:09 - There's no quiet place at the end of the rainbow 3:36 - Your founder's vision and why you're the one in control 5:36 - The arsonist firefighter and other people's hot mess 7:59 - The one simple question that guards your vision 8:13 - What the classic values exercise always misses Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Join my Face Your Passion Skool group: https://faceyourpassion.com * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Why Your Team Isn't Motivated October 8, 2026 | Episode 5559 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com Episode Description Everybody wants that feeling. You get out of bed, you feel great, and you can't wait to get going. Your team wants it too. Most leaders try to motivate people with a mission statement on the wall. It doesn't land. People need a mission that fires them up personally, not just the company. Today I'm breaking down my acronym, BAM—a big, awesome, motivating mission. We'll talk about what it is, why it scares you a little, and how giving one to the people around you changes everything. Listen in and find yours. Featured Story I've spent my whole life in radio, so I listen hard. I hear between the lines, the breath, the pause before someone answers. Years ago I noticed something in person, and now I see it on Zoom calls all the time. I'll be an hour into a conversation with a sharp, successful client. Maybe a PhD, someone who's done it all. They're telling me why their big idea won't work. Then a tiny smile shows up around their mouth. It's involuntary. They're trying to hold it back. Every word they're saying stops mattering. That little smile tells me we just struck a chord, and I know what they really want. Important Points * That motivated feeling you're chasing comes from a lot of work, plus a mission big enough to pull you out of bed. * Pay attention to what scares you and excites you at the same time, because that's usually where the good stuff lives. * If you want a motivated team, give them a mission that fires them up personally, not just the company's mission. Memorable Quotes * Big is relative to you. When you've got a big problem, a big solution, or something exciting, you get excited. * That big, awesome, tingly motivational feeling comes from a lot of freaking work. Don't say that out loud on a podcast. * A lot of the good stuff in life scares you. I promise you, if it scares you, you probably have to deal with it. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Write down your own big, awesome, motivating mission, the dream that makes you grin when you finally say it out loud. * Learn what fires up each person on your team so that you can connect their own personal drive to the bigger vision. * Share a mission with them that serves both of you, then watch the people around you relax, lean in, and get to work. Chapters 0:28 - Big, awesome, and the acronym that makes it work 4:42 - The secret behind that big motivating feeling 4:51 - What a mission really means and why you need one 5:53 - The dreams you stopped thinking about 20 years ago 6:36 - The tiny smile that tells me what you really want 8:12 - How to give your team a mission that fires them up Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Join my Face Your Passion Skool group: https://faceyourpassion.com * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast How to Avoid Burnout When You Own the Business October 7, 2026 | Episode 5558 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com Episode Description Some days you can't tell if you're burnt out or just excited. But when it's real burnout, you know. When you own the business, the work never stops. There's always one more email, one more call, one more thing. Today I'm sharing tools I've taught for about 20 years and just taught my inner circle again this week. Default behaviors that take the thinking out of your day. Rock-solid boundaries that cut the drama. And one shift that changed how I run my whole business. Listen in and get your energy back. Featured Story Years ago, I did morning radio. I'd get to the station around 5:15, go on the air at six, and be off at ten. Four hours on. Seven hours in the building, tops. When I walked out, I turned it off. I was done. Then I became an entrepreneur and did what everybody does. I worked from the moment I got out of bed until I fell asleep, then dreamed about it all night and woke up exhausted. So I went back to what radio taught me. Now I put on my hat, grab my coffee, and work my shift. I run this whole business on about 20 hours a week, and it starts with one decision. Important Points * Set default behaviors for your day, your meals, and your business so you stop burning energy on the same decisions. * Build rock-solid boundaries and be ruthless about them, because without them the drama of every bad day wins out. * Work your business like a shift. Show up, do the work, then shut the door and walk away, even from a home office. Memorable Quotes * Everything is a pattern. Your business is a pattern. Your money's a pattern. You're a pattern. You should live in one. * When you can default to a certain response, you've been trained. The training kicks in, and you have no emergency. * I walk in, put my hat on, grab my cup of coffee, and get to work. As soon as I'm done, I shut the door and leave. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Notice the default behaviors you already have, and get yourself back into the daily rhythm that works best for you. * Lock in rock-solid boundaries around that rhythm, and plan your responses so surprises don't knock you down. * Treat your work as a shift with a clear start and finish, then walk out the door and leave it there for the day. Chapters 0:16 - Burnt out or just excited, and how to tell the difference 1:41 - The free one-sheet planner that changes your week fast 2:51 - Default behaviors and my overnight oats rule 4:20 - Pre-planned responses that end the emergencies 5:18 - Rock-solid boundaries in a 24/7 online business 6:39 - Why I run my business like a morning radio shift 8:26 - Three moves to beat burnout starting today Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Join my Face Your Passion Skool group: https://faceyourpassion.com * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast The Best Businesses Are Boring October 6, 2026 | Episode 5557 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com Episode Description Most of us chase the shiny thing. A new idea every morning, a new plan every week, and somehow the chaos never stops. Today I'm making the case for boring. The best businesses run on three things: leads, a clear offer, and fulfillment that works like clockwork. Your customers don't care what you think they need. They care about the outcome they came for. I'm walking you through the points I shared with my group this week, from money as the scorecard to letting passion drive while the math decides. Press play, then build something gloriously boring. Featured Story My wife picked out a Tesla Model Y, and suddenly I'm deep in a whole new world. Charging, kilowatt-hours, calling electricians, trying to figure out who even does this stuff. Finally, I stopped and went looking for a company that only installs Tesla chargers. I saw their ad, they booked a call, and I already knew what I wanted to pay. They told me what they do, how long it takes, what I'd get, and what it costs. I said, done. Send the proposal. They asked for a hundred dollars to get on the calendar, and I paid it in thirty seconds. Then I offered to pay sooner if they got it done right. I wanted to know why. Important Points * Your customers only care about the outcome they came for, so stop deciding what they need and ask them instead. * Leads are the lifeblood of every business, and if you aren't driving new ones every day, you're just hoping and wishing. * Don't get so buried in fulfillment that you forget leads and offers, or you'll run out of customers before you notice. Memorable Quotes * If you reinvent every day to feel excited, it won't work. It gives you the chaos you don't want. * If you keep score any other way other than money and you run a business, you have a hobby. Money is the scorecard. * I love passion. I want it right in front. Then my business logic kicks in. If the math doesn't add up, I ain't doing it. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Get your offer so clear that a buyer hears what you do, how long it takes, and what it costs, and says, "Done." * Drive new leads to that offer every day, even when you're busy, so your pipeline never runs dry. * Deliver what you promised like clockwork, over and over, until fulfillment becomes the boring engine of your business. Chapters 0:15 - Business, strategy, and the humans who run it all 1:33 - Why your business should be boring on purpose 3:01 - Customers only care about the outcome they want 3:45 - Leads are everything and how I shifted for my clients 4:57 - The Tesla charger offer I paid for in 30 seconds 6:28 - The fulfillment trap that leaves freelancers broke 7:51 - Money as the scorecard and letting passion drive it Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Join my Face Your Passion Skool group: https://faceyourpassion.com * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Be the Change October 5, 2026 | Episode 5556 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Maybe you want to change your job, your relationship, or your whole life. Maybe you want to change the world. One truth sits under all of it. You have to change before anything else does. Today is a purely motivational show, with Gandhi, Tolstoy, Einstein, Rumi, and Churchill along for the ride. I'll also get practical, because inspiration alone won't move you. You'll hear why I'll risk getting fired to tell a client what they don't want to hear, and why the thing you grip tightest is holding you back. Let it go and start today. Featured Story When I started as a disc jockey, I was a shock jock. Listen to me back then and you'd notice something. I sounded the same as I do now. Same energy, same delivery. What was different was my content, my goal, and my mission. And back then, it didn't work that well. I got in trouble all the time. I didn't have to become a different person. I had to change what I was doing, not who I was. Every lesson from those days shaped the show you hear now. I changed, and my future got better because of it. Important Points * If you want a different world around you, you have to change your mind, your actions, and your daily choices first. * The thing you hold onto the tightest is usually the exact thing holding you back, and you know it in your heart. * Being who you are can be a strength, but if you're not getting what you want, something about you has to shift. Memorable Quotes * If you will not change before anything else, your world will not change, and you're really just in a fantasy world. * The very thing that you don't want to change is what you must change. You know it in your heart, but you're a hard head. * If you want this life to be well-lived, something has to change today, and that something is you. It really is. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Name the one thing you want to be different next year, whether it's more money, more service, or more happiness. * Find the habit or belief you're gripping tightest around that goal, because it's likely the one holding you back. * Let that grip go today, try one new way of thinking or acting, and repeat it until it becomes part of who you are. Chapters 0:15 - A purely motivational Monday to get you thinking 1:36 - Too many ads and a commercial-free way to listen 3:46 - You must change before anything else changes 4:43 - Gandhi, Tolstoy, and Einstein on changing yourself 5:50 - From shock jock to the guy you hear every day 7:54 - The thing you hold tightest is holding you back 8:58 - Churchill's simple rule for getting a little better SEO Description Be the change you want to be. Scott Smith shares why you must change before anything else does, with wisdom from Gandhi to Churchill. Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Are You a Rock Star October 3, 2026 | Episode 5555 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Everybody wants to be a rock star. Or do they? Some people only sing lead. Others are happy playing bass in the back and stepping up when somebody hands them the mic. When my son was in his twenties, he was sure he'd be the rock star. I asked him one question that stopped him cold. Today I share that question and why I ask every client some version of it by the second or third call. There's no wrong answer here. The only mistake is not being honest with yourself about which one you really are. Featured Story When my son Austin was in his early twenties, he was bound and determined to be a rock star. He headed to Los Angeles, played guitar, sang, cut CDs, and worked the open mic nights at the Whisky a Go Go. He was good. He just wasn't that good. So I asked him, what happens when you become a member of the band instead? He didn't know what to do with that. Playing any other role had never crossed his mind. He told me he wouldn't be happy with that. He kept going anyway, and he found his stage somewhere I never saw coming. Important Points * Decide early whether you want to lead from the front or play in the band, because each path carries its own price. * Some people only sing lead, and they're special once they commit. Most people are happiest in the ensemble. * Taking a job isn't failure if the business side drains you. Be honest about which rock star path fits your life. Memorable Quotes * There's a price to pay, and there always is. The lead singer gets one spot, and sometimes they sit on the bench. * It's okay either way, but you've got to be honest about what you are: the rock star or a member of the backup band. * Some only sing lead. They're special, but they're only special once they finally say that's all I do. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Ask yourself whether you want to lead from the front or play in the band, and answer honestly, not how you wish. * Weigh the price each role carries, like the ups and downs of owning a business versus a steady paycheck and time off. * Commit to the role that fits you, then build your plan around it so you stop chasing a spot you don't really want. Chapters 0:20 - A lesson from my son that changes how you think 1:33 - The leads and offers problem side hustlers can't crack 3:01 - Austin heads to LA to become a rock star 3:44 - What happens when you're just a member of the band 5:33 - Lead singers who won't ever pick up a guitar 7:40 - A client takes a job and finally gets his weekends 8:48 - The price of the rock star path and which one you are SEO Description Rock star or member of the band. Scott Smith on why being honest about the role you want in life and business shapes your success. Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Making Decisions October 1, 2026 | Episode 5554 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description You're making a decision right now. Stay and listen, or move on? That tiny choice shows up all day, every day, and a lot of us are stuck. Smart people with MBAs and PhDs come to me confused. Too many options, too much information, and too many hours arguing with a chatbot that can't decide for them. Today I'll share a formula the Stoics talked about around 300 BC. Emotion plus logic equals your outcome. Learn how both sides work together, and you'll make your next big call faster and with a lot more confidence. Featured Story A few years ago, I picked out a house right on the beach in Daytona. Beachfront. I was ready to go. Then I found out my wife wanted to raise alpacas. Within a second, emotion took over, and we bought a 12-acre ranch about 15 miles from the ocean. I learned to drive a tractor, clear fields, and put up fences. Four years later, she said, I made an emotional decision that didn't work. And people kept asking how we made money on alpacas. You don't. You write them off. Logic finally stepped back in, and it gave us our answer. Important Points * Your biggest and most fun decisions start with emotion, so stop fighting it and learn to harness what you feel first. * Logic is the second step: check the boxes and do your due diligence before you commit to an outcome. * Feeding your confusion into a chatbot rarely brings clarity. It has too much data and no real emotion to work with. Memorable Quotes * Making decisions is the most important skill you can have. Your ability to make a decision makes you a superhero. * Emotions are always the first step in decision-making, but you've got to put some logic into it as well. Then decide. * Black-and-white reality rarely makes for a good life, so bring both emotion and logic to the table. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Notice the emotion driving your decision first, whether it's excitement or frustration, and call it what it is. * Bring in logic next by checking the cost, the work involved, and the facts, the way you'd do real due diligence. * Put what you feel together with what you learned, make the call, and let the emotion come back as your happy dance. Chapters 0:16 - You're deciding whether to listen right now 2:31 - Why so many smart people can't decide anymore 3:27 - Frustration, chatbots, and harnessing your heart 5:28 - The Stoic formula behind every decision you make 6:00 - Trading a beach house for a 12-acre alpaca ranch 7:11 - A coffee, a donut, and a brand-new Harley 8:48 - Emotion first, logic next, then the happy dance SEO Description Emotion plus logic equals your outcome. Scott Smith shares a Stoic formula to break decision paralysis and choose with clarity. Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast You Are in Charge September 30, 2026 | Episode 5553 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Change happens every day, whether you like it or not. Sometimes it happens to you. Sometimes you make it happen. And sometimes you change for the worse before you change for the better. After 20 years of coaching, I've noticed people change when they finally wear themselves out. They hit the that's-it moment. I'm done. I'm out of here. Then comes frustration, and it turns out frustration is your friend. It pushes you toward the one answer nobody else can hand you. You're the boss of you. Stand up, take a step, and repeat. Featured Story Brittany told me something last week that made me laugh. She said, " You did your job too good, man. And then she fired me. I'm proud of her, so I'll use her name. When we started, she was waiting for someone else to hand her the answer, me included. We worked through the frustration together, the days she wanted to quit and the days she was mad at me. Then one day she took control. Boom. The first thing she did with that control was let me go. That's graduation day. It happens to me all the time, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Important Points * Change usually shows up after you wear yourself out repeating the same behavior and getting the same unwanted result. * Frustration isn't a sign you're failing. It's the push that moves you past waiting on others to hand you the answers. * A plan from a chatbot at 3 a.m. is easy. The real work starts when you step out into the world and make it happen. Memorable Quotes * When you understand that the only person who can give you your dreams is you, your dreams become real. Magic happens. * You are already meant to be a certain person. You already have everything you need to get there. Just accept it. * I'm going to stand up, take a step, and repeat, repeat, repeat. That's the world's simplest success recipe. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Name the behavior you keep repeating that keeps giving you a result you don't want, and admit you've worn yourself out. * Decide that's it, you're done, and write down the smallest roadmap step you can take this week in the new direction. * Stand up, take that step, and repeat it daily, using your frustration as fuel instead of a reason to hand the work off. Chapters 0:15 - Hump day, the Geico camel, and a talk about change 1:51 - Leads and offers training coming to Face Your Passion 2:46 - Taking a different path in life, fast or slow 4:12 - Why chatting with AI at 3 a.m. isn't the journey 5:06 - You change when you finally wear yourself out 6:59 - Frustration shows up as your friend right on time 7:51 - How Brittany took control and then fired me SEO Description Change starts when you wear yourself out. Scott Smith on why frustration is fuel and why you're the only boss of your dreams. Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Practice Doesn't Make Perfect September 29, 2026 | Episode 5552 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description My band teacher handed me a tenor sax in sixth grade and said, " Go home and practice. Practice makes perfect, right? I believed that for years. Then I noticed something else. Practice doesn't make perfect. Practice makes permanent. Whatever you repeat every day becomes who you are, and that goes for the good stuff and the ugly stuff. Today we look at stinking thinking, bad manners, sloppy relationship habits, and the gym. Then we flip it. Choose what you practice on purpose, and the life you want starts to stick. Start paying attention today. Featured Story My client Dave came to me wanting to start a podcast, and he wanted it to be great. He put in the work on Outside the Walls, too. But if you'd heard those first couple of episodes, you would have laughed. I did. So did Dave. He wasn't lazy. He practiced hard. He didn't know what to practice, and you can't practice perfectly when you've never learned the core basics. So I handed him what I've picked up over 40-plus years behind a microphone. Once he knew where to put his reps, everything shifted. He's still doing that show today, and it's good. Really good. Important Points * Whatever you repeat every day becomes permanent, so choose your daily habits like you're choosing your future self. * Reading and research can't replace experience. Find someone who knows the basics and can show you what to practice. * Rude habits, negative thoughts, and careless relationship moves get stronger with practice, just like the good ones. Memorable Quotes * Practice makes perfect only when you practice perfectly, and you can't do that when you don't know the core basics. * If you practice stinking thinking, it's just a matter of time before you're getting all the bad thoughts you want. * Whatever you're practicing is what you're going to get, because practice doesn't make perfect. It makes permanent. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Look back at today and list the habits you repeat without thinking, from the thoughts you run to the way you act. * Mark which habits you'd be happy to make permanent and which ones are quietly building a life you don't really want. * Swap one bad habit for a good one, learn the basics from someone who knows, and practice it the right way daily. Chapters 0:15 - Race season in Daytona and a question about practice 3:03 - A sixth-grade tenor sax and the practice myth 4:23 - Dave's rough start and what finally made him good 5:28 - Stinking thinking becomes a habit you're great at 5:57 - Bad manners and relationship skills get practiced too 7:41 - My wife's gym habit and what it says about practice 8:17 - Pay attention to what you're practicing today SEO Description Practice doesn't make perfect; it makes permanent. Scott Smith on how daily habits in thinking, manners, and love shape your life. Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Expanding Your Comfort Zone September 28, 2026 | Episode 5551 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Get out of your comfort zone. People say it like it is gospel, and most of the time I think they are flat wrong. I like my comfort zone. You probably like yours too. The real question is not how to escape it. It is how to stretch it just far enough that you are standing on the edge instead of hiding in the middle. A listener wrote me from a place a lot of you are sitting in right now. Her email changed the way I talk about this, and I read the whole thing on today's show. Featured Story An email showed up, and I read it out loud slowly, exactly as she wrote it, because I didn't want to change a single word. She said all she had ever wanted was to experience a little comfort zone. She'd had success these last few years, and it cost her. Actions she didn't want to take. Digging deep when all she wanted was to bury her head in the sand. Bad marriage out of her life. Big burdensome house sold. A little cash in the bank. And she can finally feel some comfort on her horizon. Then she asked me three words that stopped me cold. Important Points * You do not need to blow up your comfort zone. You need to expand it a little, over and over, on purpose. * Most people live anxiety-neutral until something forces them to move. Fear comes first, then learning, then growth. * A comfort zone you had to fight for is a different animal than one you were handed. Treat it like you earned it. Memorable Quotes * The goal for ninety-nine percent of our time is to expand your comfort zone a little. Stay comfortable, my friends. * My comfort zone is a bubble. Sometimes it expands and connects with somebody else expanding theirs, and that is wild. * What a man can be, he must be. Maslow taught that in 1943 and went deep into the human psyche, and it still holds. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Take an honest look at your own bubble and name the edge of it, the thing sitting just past what you normally do. * Step one inch over that edge sometime this week, small enough to stay safe and big enough that you truly feel it. * Look around from that new spot before you move again, and notice whose bubble is expanding right next to yours. Chapters 0:15 - Your comfort zone is not the enemy people claim 3:09 - An email that said everything I had been thinking 4:07 - All she ever wanted was a little comfort zone 5:18 - What a comfort zone you fought for actually changes 6:08 - Anxiety neutral, fear, learning, and growth zones 7:11 - Why I picture the whole thing as a bubble 9:43 - Expand a little, and go, Goggins only when you must Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Be Honest with Yourself September 25, 2026 | Episode 5550 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Burying the lead is a journalism term. It means you know the important part, and you keep talking about everything else first. I got called into my boss's office over it when I was nineteen years old. I have been catching myself at it ever since, and I catch other people doing it every single day. It costs you more than you think. You say you cannot focus. You say you cannot get moving. You say you do not have enough money. Every one of those is a buried lead, and today we go dig it up. Featured Story I was on a call with a client, and she was very good at the wander. More time to find, more to learn, more advice to get. Even cleaning the garage had somehow climbed the list. So I stopped her and asked why she was avoiding the one thing that mattered most to her. The tears came fast. This was not the first time either. Smart people, accomplished people, and I watch their body language just crash. Then she said something I have not been able to shake. She told me she thought she had been talking about what was important. Important Points * When you say you cannot focus, you are focusing. You are just pointing it at the wrong thing, and you know it. * Changing how you communicate to keep everybody else comfortable is the fastest way never to get what you want. * Ask yourself how you want to feel, not how you are supposed to feel. The answer shows up faster than you expect. Memorable Quotes * I am just telling myself a story that is comforting and sounds good in my mind. We all do that—every one of us. * Do not hurt anybody's feelings, but do not worry about stepping on their toes if they put them under your foot. * They just needed permission. I did not invent that. I had enough time in the seat to realize that is all it was. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Sit down when this show is over and ask yourself one simple question out loud. How do I want to feel this week? * Write that answer down in your own handwriting, then name the thing you have been talking around instead of chasing. * Say that thing first in your very next conversation, before the setup and before the story, and watch what shifts. Chapters 0:15 - Burying the lead and why it wrecks your whole week 2:20 - The homework question I used to give out on Fridays 4:00 - My boss calls me in and asks what I am hiding 6:36 - I ask a client why she is avoiding what matters 7:26 - Her answer came with tears, and I have seen it before 10:28 - The permission slip that nobody ever hands you Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Being Intentional Makes Life Interesting September 24, 2026 | Episode 5549 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Be intentional. People throw that phrase around like everybody already knows what it means. Most of us do not. There is the automatic kind. Get out of bed, walk the dogs, answer the email. That is fine, and it is not what I am talking about. I mean the kind that wakes you up at three in the morning. Twenty years ago I set one of those. It changed everything about how my life looks today, and it started with a question somebody asked me across a dinner table. I will tell you exactly what I said back. Featured Story Little French restaurant out in Mount Dora, Florida. It is a gourmet pizza place now, and we went back a couple of months ago and decided the pizza beats the French stuff anyway. That was the first day I held her hand. Right there at the table, she looked at me and said, " So, Mr. Smith, what are your intentions exactly? I did not miss a beat. I told her I was going to do everything I could to get her to fall in love with me, marry me, and spend the rest of our lives together. Her jaw dropped. She smiled. She took a sip of wine. Important Points * Automatic intention gets you out of bed and through the day. Real intention wakes you at three in the morning. * Good intentions are rarely enough on their own. They have to become a goal, a timeline, and something you say out loud. * You and your dream do not live on some island. Tell the people involved what is on your mind, or you will stay stuck. Memorable Quotes * You will never be happier than when you are on a mission, have a purpose, and do it intentionally. * My intentions were simple. I was going to do everything I could to get her to fall in love with me and marry me. * I was so intentional and 100% certain. It was already done in my mind, so why wait? Scott's Three-Step Approach * Name the one intention that actually matters to you right now, in a single sentence you could say to a stranger. * Turn that sentence into a goal with a real date attached, so it stops being a feeling and becomes an actual plan. * Say it out loud to the person it affects the most, and then let their reaction pull you straight into the work. Chapters 0:14 - Everybody says be intentional, and nobody explains it 2:37 - The difference between automatic and real intention 4:34 - What I decided in the months after meeting Joy 5:57 - She asked my intentions, and I did not miss a beat 8:25 - The electric slide I danced alone at the Ocean Deck 9:20 - A paper straw ring and the answer I was hoping for Intention is more than a plan. The dinner table question my wife asked me and the answer that set up the next twenty years. Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast How to Silence the World September 23, 2026 | Episode 5548 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description You listen to podcasts. You listen to your people. You listen to AI and to whoever is loudest in your feed. When was the last time you listened to yourself? I grew up talking. My mouth got me in trouble, and my mouth got me out of trouble, so the old advice about listening twice as much as you speak took me a while to swallow. Then I took it somewhere almost nobody expects. Today I hand you a four-letter word that will change how your whole week feels. People yell at me when I say it. It works anyway. Featured Story I went dark this week. Not all the way. I was buzzing in my Face Your Passion group, chatting with people, loving every minute of it. Then I slipped away and just sat with my own brain for a few days. You can hear it if you listen closely to this week's shows. Those are my thoughts, nobody else's. Then my buddy at the gym came looking for me. He had not seen me in about a week because I was there at different hours. Man, I have not heard from you. We ended up having one of the best conversations we have had in months. Important Points * You are not short on information. You are short on time alone with your own brain, and that is a different problem. * Going dark is not going cold. You keep caring, and you keep showing up; you stop asking for permission first. * Use every tool you want to figure the thing out. Then close the laptop and make the call yourself, out loud, alone. Memorable Quotes * Going dark makes life brighter. Your creative mind flourishes; you feel more present; you find more meaning in life. * We have lost permission to think for ourselves. We cannot move forward without social approval from those around us. * Songs used to be written by somebody who sat down and wrote a song. It came out of them, not out of fifteen people. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Pick one decision you have been crowdsourcing and stop asking about it—no calls, no posts, no chat window open. * Block a quiet stretch this week, sit down with that decision, and write whatever your own brain hands you first. * Come back out and act on that decision before anybody else weighs in, then notice who comes looking for you afterward. Chapters 0:17 - The question I ask coaching clients most often 2:10 - My mouth got me in trouble and out of it too 3:17 - Attention spans are gone, and nobody noticed 4:31 - The four-letter word people yell at me about 6:45 - What happens when you stop asking everybody else 8:18 - Why people come looking for you when you vanish Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Making Change Easier September 22, 2026 | Episode 5547 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Change is constant. You already know that. What most people miss is why change feels so hard even when you want it. I had a long conversation with a friend about this, somebody who takes chances for a living, and she handed me the answer before I could finish my own thought. It came down to one sentence about what you're willing to risk. Today I walk you through three things that make change easier. The mindset you need, the one thing you must never give up, and what to do about the fear that shows up every time. Featured Story Over at Skydive DeLand, I decided to jump out of an airplane by myself. No tandem instructor strapped to my back this time: just me and a parachute. It took a whole day of ground school before they would let me near the door. Somewhere in that classroom I did the math in my head. I am stretching my comfort zone here, but mostly this is safe. Most people do not die jumping out of an airplane. Believe it or not, they do not. So I went up, and I jumped. And when I landed, I figured out something about myself that nobody ever warns you about. Important Points * A growth mindset does not mean you can do anything. It means you are willing to expand, and willingness is enough. * Your peaceful base is not the thing holding you back. It is the exact reason you want to go after something more. * Fear shows up every time you want change. Knowledge helps some. Wisdom from someone who already did it helps more. Memorable Quotes * Everybody gets scared and freezes. I push through the fear and go as long as I'm mostly sure I won't lose what I built. * Your foundation must remain while you expand. The very thing that makes you comfortable is what makes you restless. * If AI told me how to pack a parachute, I would not jump out of that airplane. What I want is wisdom and experience. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Name the base you refuse to risk- the money and the home and the people- and write down what keeps it standing. * Pick one expansion that leaves that base completely untouched, small enough that losing it would cost you nothing real. * Borrow some wisdom from somebody who already did it, then take that leap before the fear talks you out of it. Chapters 0:15 - Change never stops, so why does it still rattle us 1:52 - April, the animal trainer, asks me a hard question 3:46 - Why people freeze instead of taking the leap 5:30 - Growth mindset, minus the you-can-do-anything lie 5:56 - My solo skydive and the math that made me jump 7:16 - Why wisdom beats knowledge when the fear shows up Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Power Of Transitional Identity September 21, 2026 | Episode 5546 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description You're stuck somewhere between who you've been and who you want to become. That gap is where most people quit. 17 years ago, I built something to close it, and my clients now call it one of the most important pieces of Face Your Passion. It's called a transitional identity. It gives you an honest name for yourself while you're still building, so you don't have to fake anything. No pretending. No waiting for the scale or the bank account to permit you to feel good. Just the truth about who you are today, pointed at where you're headed. Featured Story When I started Motivation to Move, I taught kickboxing in a gym, so most people came to me about their bodies. Every fall, the same conversation. A Christmas party on the calendar, a dress she wanted to wear, sixty pounds she wanted gone by December. I knew the math. Nobody drops sixty pounds in twelve weeks. But I also knew that if I could get her moving, the person on the inside would start changing long before the scale did. So I quit talking about December. I handed her five words to say instead, and the whole thing turned around. Important Points * A transitional identity lets you stop being who you were without pretending to be someone you have not become yet. * Fake it till you make it keeps failing you because, deep down, you're still second-guessing every bit of it. * Name what you already own today- determination and resilience- then point it at the person you want to become. Memorable Quotes * A transitional identity is a way not to be the person you are today and not pretend to be the person you'll be tomorrow. * It doesn't happen until it happens. Take the thing that actually works, grounded in reality, and say that's who we are. * I don't care what identity you put on yourself. Make it honest. Look in the mirror and say, I'm still working on it. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Write down who you are right now in plain, honest words, including the strengths you already carry into this change. * Add where you're headed, then say the whole thing out loud as a journey you're on instead of a finish line you hit. * Wear that line every single day for a month, then swap it out once it fits too easily and pulls you nowhere new. Chapters 0:15 - The framework I built for confused clients 2:41 - Why a quantum change always starts with disruption 3:56 - The kickboxing gym and a woman with a deadline 5:48 - Little black dress in progress, and why it works 8:26 - Living inside the identity before you earn it 9:37 - Change your line next month and climb again Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast What Are Your Traditions? September 18, 2026 | Episode 5545 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description We're almost halfway through September, and the holidays will be here before you know it. Most of us ride along with whatever traditions show up. Somebody else decorates. Somebody else throws the party. Somebody else makes the season feel like something worth showing up for. But somebody had to start that tradition. Today I want you to think about the people who create the moments the rest of us get to enjoy, and what happens when you get ahead of the season instead of letting it run you over. You get to decide what happens this year. Featured Story We were walking around the block the other night and stopped at the end of the street where my neighbor Hope lives. Her house is decorated year-round. Landscaping is her stress relief, so she's always out there. But come Christmas, she goes all out, and she's already moving things around, getting ready. I asked her if she was decorating again this year. Yes, yes, yes, I am. That's what I do. It's my tradition. So I told her thank you, because she makes Christmas for the rest of us. And she does. Take away that lit-up, happy house at the end of the street, and our whole neighborhood feels different. Important Points * Somebody has to make a tradition before anybody gets to enjoy it, and this year that somebody may as well be you. * Get ahead of the season now instead of waiting for December to cue you, and your whole fourth quarter changes. * The more certainty you build underneath your life, the more room you get to be spontaneous with the rest of it. Memorable Quotes * Traditions make our lives unique. They're always present, never forgotten. They are the fabric of our lives. * She's not creating it only for herself. She's creating it for the whole neighborhood. She makes Christmas for us. * Most everything that will make you happy: one day you decide to create it, and you do it automatically after that. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Write down the traditions you want happening this year, before the season starts making those decisions for you. * Pick the one nobody else is going to create- the party, the lights, the dinner- and put a date on the calendar. * Tell the people who belong there that it's happening, then build it, because that's what makes it a tradition. Chapters 0:20 - Why traditions matter more than you think right now 1:56 - The Face Your Passion community is officially open 3:28 - Certainty, variety, and where you land between them 5:17 - Traditions are the fabric of our lives completely 6:15 - Somebody has to make a tradition before you enjoy it 6:59 - The neighbor who makes Christmas for everyone 9:02 - Decide to create it, and it almost builds itself Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Better Than A To-Do List September 17, 2026 | Episode 5544 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description You like getting things done. You've got a to-do list, maybe two, and you still end the day wondering what actually moved. I did the same thing until a flight instructor changed one word for me, and it changed how I run my whole life. Today I'll show you the difference between chasing check marks and doing the three things that matter. It's old school. It takes about ten seconds a day. And it works whether you run a company, a household, or both. Listen, then try it before lunch. Featured Story When I learned to fly, I was in a Cessna 172 and I was terrified of the preflight. You're absorbing a hundred years of aviation in a few weeks, and there's a checklist for everything, because at five thousand feet a missed item is a real problem. So there I am walking the plane, reading, checking, reading, checking, knuckles white. My instructor watched me sweat and said, " You're stressing out. Stop reading the list. Look at the airplane and ask one question instead. Did I do it? I looked at the tail. Did I check that? Nope. Went and checked it. The gas tank. The landing gear. Something loosened in my chest. Important Points * A to-do list is a parking lot for everything that pops up. It is not the map you use to run the day in front of you. * Pick three things every morning that move you forward, and let the other hundred items on the list wait their turn. * Stop chasing check marks. Walk through your day backward and ask whether I do it, the same way a pilot walks the plane. Memorable Quotes * A lot of you are living on your to-do list, and I will tell you right now, that is not how you get things done. * Instead of chasing your check marks all day long, you're focused on three things that will move the bar forward. * Life gets in the way, and before you know it, you're focused on the check mark instead of what is really important. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Dump every recurring task and loose idea into one trusted list, so your head stops running the same open loops. * Open that list each morning and pull out the three items that actually move your life or your business forward. * Walk through your day asking, "Did I do it?" and handle whatever comes back nope before you chase anything else today. Chapters 0:15 - A taste of fall and a question about your list 1:03 - Face Your Passion opens with a founder's rate 3:01 - Why AI made you busier instead of more productive 3:46 - Open loops, David Allen, and why dumping works 4:46 - The flight instructor who fixed my preflight panic 6:54 - Only three things a day actually move the bar 9:38 - The quick recap you can use before lunch today Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Old Motivation Forever Truth September 16, 2026 | Episode 5543 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description My internet went out Tuesday. A perfect day plan, a full slate of coaching calls, and everything stopped. So I recorded this one offline and took my next client call next door at Dairy Queen with a Blizzard in my hand. Which fits, because today I'm going old school. Napoleon Hill wrote about setting a major definite purpose and letting nothing stop you for 30 days. A hundred years later, I've watched thousands of people try it. Half of this episode is his wisdom. The other half is what really happens when life gets in the way. You need both. Featured Story A while back, I decided to pull away from AI in my creative work. Fine for tools. Not for ideas. I wanted those to come from me again. Then one night I'm sleeping hard, hours of dreaming, and the ideas start pouring in. Great stuff. In the dream I'm scrambling to write it all down before it slips away. Somewhere in the middle of it, my dreaming brain stops cold. Wait. I'm not plugged into the internet. My head isn't connected to anything. So where is all this coming from? I woke up laughing. Scott is going old school in his sleep. That one moment told me more about where good ideas live than any tool ever has. Important Points * Almost nobody sets a goal with a major definite purpose behind it. Find yours first, and the goal finally has a spine. * The minute you decide to change, the people around you will ask what you're doing. Expect it so it can't stop you. * Doing whatever it takes for 30 days only works if you know your values. Cross them, and you'll be back on this road. Memorable Quotes * Try to stick with something for 30 days straight, and you'll realize how much time you actually have in your day. * The very minute you decide to be something you've not been before, everybody around you will ask what you're doing. * Negative self-talk is like a bad habit. It's easier to pick up a new one than break an old one, so think about what's possible. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Name your major definite purpose, the big goal that gets you excited enough that the obstacles stop mattering to you. * Then write down every reason you can succeed, and shut down the negative self-talk before it hardens into a habit. * Finally, commit to 30 days where nothing stops you, as long as it stays inside the values you already know you hold. Chapters 0:15 - Internet down, Blizzard in hand, and a 30-day question 4:52 - Going old school in my sleep and the dream that proved it 5:14 - Napoleon Hill's major definite purpose, translated for 2026 7:02 - List your reasons to succeed and decide nothing stops you 8:10 - The scratchy voice earned from tens of thousands of hours 8:28 - What happens when life, politics, and money get in the way Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Reinvent Yourself September 15, 2026 | Episode 5542 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Ever decide to change something, then trip over yourself a week later and wonder why you bothered? You're not alone. Most reinventions don't fail because the goal was wrong. They fail because a few pieces were missing before you ever started. Today I'm sharing what I told a friend at the gym who wanted to reinvent himself without stumbling. It's the short version of what I'll teach inside Operation Reinvention, and you can start using it before this episode ends. Decide. Know your why. Pick your what. Own it. Then move. Press play and I'll walk you through each one. Featured Story I was at the gym this morning when Jacob walked up. I know him well. He said, "Scott, I hear you talk about this reinvention thing. I don't want to go all in, but is there a way to start without failing?" Fair question. Most people stumble, change their mind, and quit before anything sticks. So we talked right there between sets. When I got back to the office, I jotted down everything I'd told him, and I realized it was the whole process in miniature. Jacob wasn't asking how to reinvent his life. He was asking how to take the first step without tripping. And that's the part almost everybody gets wrong. Important Points * Decide fully or don't bother. A halfway decision gets you a halfway result, and "sorta" gets you sorta nothing at all. * Add the new habit before you subtract the old one. Fill your time with good, and the bad runs out of room. * Know your outcome before you start. If you can't describe where you'll land, you'll never know when you've arrived. Memorable Quotes * The day you decide, it'll happen so fast it'll be scary. That might be one reason you don't want to decide. * If you add a new good habit, you don't have time for the old one. That's the best advice for breaking a bad habit. * You take in the breath, and you let out your own breath. You're responsible for yourself. It is up to you, period. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Decide to make the change all the way, then get specific about what's cracked in your peaceful base and why it matters. * Add one new behavior that crowds out the old one, and write down the exact outcome you expect when the change is done. * Assign the accountability to yourself, pick a start day, and move the moment that first urge to quit shows up. Chapters 0:15 - A gym conversation about starting without stumbling 1:16 - Operation Reinvention becomes the Face Your Passion kickoff 2:34 - Why you must decide all the way, not halfway 4:13 - Two levels of why and checking your peaceful base 7:23 - Accountability belongs to you and nobody else 9:39 - Commit, start moving, and push the trigger back Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Remember What Makes You Happy September 14, 2026 | Episode 5541 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description You're the boss of you. I'm the boss of me. And every week I watch people who know exactly what they'd love to do wait for the weekend to do it. That's a lot of Mondays through Fridays spent on hold. Today I'm handing you a challenge. It'll sound counterintuitive, then you'll try it and go, " That was easy. I'll walk you through six zones where your passion lives, and why a couple of small things from those zones today beat all of them on Saturday. Do it today. Maybe tomorrow too. You'll feel more fulfilled and more in control. Featured Story I live in Florida. I see it all the time. Somebody spends forty years caught up in the kids, the job, the traffic, the cost of everything. They know what they love. They'll get to it later. Then they turn 65, sell the house up north, and roll into town. I escaped the great north. Now it's my turn to live. And then they check out. Heart attack. Gone. I've seen it way too many times to laugh about it. That's why I built six passion zones. Not so you can plan a retirement. So you can find the couple of things that make you happy and do one of them before the sun goes down today. Important Points * Doing three of your hundred passions today beats doing zero. Small daily doses beat saving it all up for Saturday. * You can pick how you want to feel by picking who you connect with. Need support or love today? Reach for that person. * Legacy isn't what they say when you're gone. It's the thing you do every single day that people already know you for. Memorable Quotes * If I know what I like to do, then I should do it, because if I do what I like to do, my life should be better. * Just because you have a list of ten things you think make you happy doesn't mean you need to do them every single day. * I don't really care when I'm dead. I consider legacy a living legacy: what am I doing every day that people know me for? Scott's Three-Step Approach * Name one thing you love in each of the six zones: personal, purposeful, connection, spiritual, abundance, legacy. * Pick two or three of them, not the whole list, and do a small version of each one before this day is over tonight. * Notice tonight how much more in control you feel, then run it again tomorrow. Start today, start moving, stay moving. Chapters 0:15 - A doggie birthday party and a challenge for your week 1:08 - You're the boss of you, so why keep beating yourself up 2:06 - Face Your Passion opens Thursday with 100 founder spots 3:24 - Caveman common sense: know what you like, then do it 4:56 - Six passion zones, starting with personal and purposeful 6:04 - Connection, spiritual, and my morning Jesus talk 7:22 - Abundance, living legacy, and the Florida retirement trap Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Outsmart AI Right Now September 11, 2026 | Episode 5540 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Twenty years ago, Tim Ferriss told us to leverage our brains and let automation do the grunt work. I bought in, built a business on it, and it worked. Then AI showed up with the same promise. Robots do the hard stuff; you get to be creative. Three years in, AI is writing the music and making the films. Guess what's left for you. Today I'm giving you a take on AI you haven't heard, straight from a coaching call with my client Ralph. It's dark, a little funny, and it ends with the one thing AI can't touch. Featured Story Picture your head as a coconut. AI walked up with a drill, bored a little hole in the top, and you didn't feel a thing. Coconuts don't feel anything. Then it slid in a long straw and sucked your brains out. For some of you, it was a sip. For the college crowd, it was a lot. It poured all of it into its own brain. And then came the twist. You can have it back for twenty bucks a month. Forever. You said, " Great, I get my brain back plus everybody else's. Ten million PhDs. Except there are eight billion not-so-smart people in there too, and now you can't tell which one is talking. That's where it gets interesting. Important Points * Every knowledge job is getting cheaper. Consultants and coaches who sell pure information are getting squeezed first. * AI will flatter you while it lies to you. Pull your own brain back out and double-check everything before you decide. * AI can't make the decision. Wisdom, judgment, and face-to-face guidance are your leverage now. Memorable Quotes * There are 10 million PhDs inside AI; there's no doubt about that, but there are 8 billion stupid people in there too. * AI lies to you. It gives you compliments while it lies to you. It tells you what to think. It's a very good liar. * The only thing you have that's more valuable than AI is the ability to make a decision and to use your wisdom. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Admit that trading pure information for money is over. Consulting and coaching on knowledge alone won't hold up. * Move what you know into a decision. Take the flood of AI answers and turn it into the call somebody can't make alone. * Deliver that judgment face to face. A little human conversation on top of all that leverage is the new arbitrage. Chapters 0:15 - Ralph's call sparks a take on AI you haven't heard 1:08 - Face Your Passion opens September 17 for 100 founders 4:48 - Tim Ferriss promised the beach, then AI moved in on it 6:44 - The coconut, the straw, and your $20-a-month brain 7:44 - Why AI flatters you while it lies to you 8:45 - Mid-career and scared, and consulting won't save you 9:15 - The one skill AI can't take and how to get paid for it Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Everything Is Possible September 10, 2026 | Episode 5539 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Have you ever had one of those days where you're trying everything and nothing moves? You push, you plan, you show up, and the door still won't open. I've had plenty of them. Today I'm sharing a story about a man I met near the end of his life, a small pin he put on my shirt, and six words he said that I've carried for over 20 years. Those six words changed what I believed was possible. They built everything I have now, one day at a time. Listen. You might need them today. Featured Story The cameras were set. The crew was ready. Grandmaster Lee was late. He'd had a rough night; the cancer was winning, and he'd spent part of it in the hospital. Then the door opened, and he strode in as if nothing had happened and Sat down. Ready. He talked for two hours, and when he was done, he was done. Then something crossed his face. He got up, climbed over cables and light stands to a desk in the back, dug through a drawer, and came back with a little American flag pin that said Instructor. He pinned it to my shirt. I told him I wasn't an instructor. He smiled. Important Points * You're not behind because you're incapable of it; you're behind because you simply haven't started the thing yet. * Every library, business, or body of work you admire got built the same slow, boring way, one single day at a time. * Impossible today and impossible forever are two very different things, and only one of them is ever actually true. Memorable Quotes * Today, not possible. Tomorrow possible. I'll let you add a little Korean accent if you want to hear it. * When I began, only in my heart, like yours, you're just doing it. I'm counting on you to help people your own way. * My entire life, my entire legacy, everything would boil down to 5,500 podcasts, and I ain't anywhere near done yet. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Name the one thing you keep saying you'll start someday, and admit that today's version of it feels impossible. * Do the smallest piece of it today anyway, one call, one page, one recording, and then stop and walk away for now. * Come back and do the same small thing tomorrow, because tomorrow is where impossible quietly turns into possible. Chapters 0:15 - When the day refuses to go the way you planned 1:30 - Why I'm opening the Face Your Passion community 3:00 - Flying to Little Rock to film a legend's last story 4:49 - Ten thousand people and a curtain that opens 6:17 - He crossed a room full of cables to find a pin 7:50 - The mountain you see when you haven't started 8:11 - Six words that built the next twenty years Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Design Your Perfect Day September 9, 2026 | Episode 5538 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description I haven't taught this one in many moons, but it's been central to my coaching for close to seventeen years. It's called your average perfect day, and the first time clients do it, it freaks them out. Then everything changes. Not because it's magic. Because writing down how you actually want to live wakes your brain up to what you want. I'm going to dare you to try it. Most of you won't, and that's fine. But the ones who do end up looking around five years later at a life that matches the page. Featured Story My wife and I don't need a car. The one we have is fine. But I've been working on her about a Tesla, and now she wants one, and we're sitting right there on the edge of pulling the trigger. Then I noticed something. Everywhere I go now, all I see are Teslas. Parking lots, the highway, the grocery store. They were always there. My brain didn't bother telling me about them until the thing mattered to me. That's the reticular activation system doing its job, and it's the same machinery that goes to work the minute you write down the day you actually want. Important Points * Write your average perfect day from wake-up to dreams, and don't allow one limitation or consequence on the page. * Your calendar tells the truth about what really matters to you, not the beliefs you say out loud when somebody asks. * You'll get it wrong on the first pass, and that is the point. Come back a week later and make it a little more real. Memorable Quotes * I know it is stupid, but you write it down anyway. There are no limitations, and there are no consequences. * I don't care what you tell me you believe in or what you tell me you want to do. What matters is what you actually do. * Your day can't be perfect every day, so on average, write down what you want and it will probably happen. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Grab a sheet of paper tonight and double-space the whole thing, because you will be adding lines to it for years. * Write out every single event of the day you want in order, from the second you wake up through the dreams you have. * Read it again a week later, correct whatever feels off, and then let your brain go hunting for the rest of it. Chapters 0:38 - A core philosophy I have not taught in years 1:18 - Naming the new community Face Your Passion 2:34 - Founders pricing and the doors on September 17 3:24 - The average perfect day concept, start to finish 4:43 - My wife, a Tesla, and seeing them everywhere 5:31 - Why average beats perfect every single day 8:03 - The drawer, five years later, half of it true Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Honest With Yourself Decision Making September 8, 2026 | Episode 5537 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Yesterday I told you about the young man at the gym who couldn't pick a career. Today I'll show you what I'd actually do with him, and with you. Being stuck isn't a one-time problem you solve and retire from. Solve one thing and something else shows up. So I dump it all on the table, look for the pattern, and get honest about the direction I'm already leaning. Most people won't admit that last part, and that's the whole holdup. Bring your mess and let's sort through it together. Featured Story When I met my wife, Joy, I never worried about whether we'd get married. That sounds cold, but it wasn't. I put my toe in the water; we had something good, and my logic was simple. If it's good, it probably gets better. If it went bad, we'd unwind it long before a wedding. So I quit auditing the ending and worked what was in front of me. Infatuation, girlfriend, fiancé, married. Every stage tested it a little harder. That's exactly how I treat a career, a business, a direction I'm curious about. Get in, feel it, and let the thing prove itself to you. Important Points * Change is coming whether you choose or not. Accepting that beats pretending you have unlimited time to decide. * You already know your answer. You were trained to hold back, and that training is exactly what has you sitting still. * Don't hand this to AI. It flatters you, it never concludes, and you'll walk away more confused than you started. Memorable Quotes * I've always believed you already know what the outcome will be. My job is to get you to accept that. * AI will tell you whatever you want to hear, and give a lot of flattery too. You're going to be so much more confused. * Practicality and optimism go together really well. Optimism without practicality is unicorn rainbows and a crappy life. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Accept that something in your life has to change, and give it a real deadline so the decision stops floating out there. * Empty every option onto the table, sort the mess into piles, and watch for the pattern you keep leaning toward. * Put your toe in the water on that pattern with zero commitment, and let the very next step reveal itself to you. Chapters 0:20 - What is really going on when you feel stuck 2:08 - Accepting that the change is coming either way 3:38 - Dumping every option onto the table like Legos 5:34 - Why AI will only make your confusion worse 6:55 - Explore it, put your toe in the water, and see 8:17 - Joy, infatuation, and how I knew it would work 11:43 - Practical optimism beats unicorn rainbow living Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Stuck Lost Confused Ick September 7, 2026 | Episode 5536 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description It's Labor Day, and I woke up thinking about a conversation I have almost every single day of my life. A young man crossed the gym floor last week to thank me, then told me about a decision he can't make. Two good options. No way to choose. If you've ever stalled out in front of a choice like that, you know the feeling. Stuck, lost, confused, ick. I'm not handing you a blueprint today. I'm going to show you why you don't have one yet, and the one move that changes it. Listen. Featured Story I was walking out of the gym when a young man came across the floor and asked if I was Scott Smith. We'd talked in the sauna months earlier, and he wanted to say thanks. He's a military officer in his final semester, choosing between infantry and aviation, walking and listening and projecting twenty years forward, trying to settle it. I could hear his answer in his voice before he could. So I asked the question I get paid good money to ask. Have you ever flown an airplane? Nope. Just a simulator. I told him he has no idea whether he wants it. Important Points * When you keep delaying a decision, it isn't laziness. You haven't decided what the thing is supposed to be yet. * You can't evaluate a life you've never lived. Buy one hour of the real thing before you commit the next ten years. * Being stuck means you can't name the next step, not the whole plan. Name that one step and you start moving again. Memorable Quotes * If you ever see me delay on anything, you can bet I haven't decided exactly what it's supposed to be. * You can live vicariously through somebody else's experience, but you have no idea, because your boots aren't over there. * Once you put the target on it, you run. I can't hold people back when they figure out what they want. They go for it. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Admit that the delay is really a decision you haven't made yet, rather than calling it bad timing or a scheduling problem. * Take that undecided thing and touch the real version of it once. One hour, one flight, one honest conversation. * Name the single next step your gut hands you afterward, then move on it right away before your ego talks you out. Chapters 0:15 - Labor Day, the gym, and a voice I remembered 4:33 - Infantry or aviation, and what his energy said 5:43 - The silly question I get paid a lot to ask 6:34 - Why living it through someone else tells you nothing 8:29 - My radio dream and the parking lot that broke it 9:20 - Stuck is not knowing what forward even looks like 10:25 - The coffee invitation and how he earned it Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast More Gooder Than Badder September 4, 2026 | Episode 5535 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Years ago I made up a phrase to help somebody who was stuck. Be more gooder than badder. Terrible grammar, and it works better than almost anything else I teach. I stopped saying it on this show about five years ago. People still email me and tell me they're living it. So today I'm bringing it back with a pile of examples: sleep, money, water, marriage, your phone, your kids, your mood. No framework. No methodology. Just one simple question you can ask yourself all day long. Where am I right now? Let's go find out together. Featured Story I used to fall face first into a basket of French fries. Not a few. The whole basket. Then I'd think about ordering onion rings on top of it. That's how I stayed fat for a very long time, and I told myself it was fine because tomorrow I'd start over. Tomorrow never showed up. What finally changed wasn't willpower. It was one small adjustment I made at the table, in the moment, with the fries sitting right in front of me. I still eat them. I still enjoy them. But the way I approach that basket is different now, and it changed a whole lot more than my weight. Important Points * Going to bed a little earlier more nights than you stay up late fixes your tiredness without any fancy sleep system. * Saving a little more often than you splurge means you still get the splurge, and you stop being broke about it. * Doing the hard thing first more days than you don't, and your afternoons quit feeling like a fight you can't win. Memorable Quotes * Moderation in almost everything, excess in a few things. Being more gooder than badder is exactly that one thing. * Drink water more often than the other stuff, and your body will figure out the rest by itself. * Nobody is happy all the time, but your mood is a volume game. Choose the better thoughts a lot more often than not. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Pick one thing today- sleep, water, or your phone- and take an honest inventory of where you really land most days. * Then tilt it one notch, doing the better thing one more time this week than you do the thing you always do anyway. * Then hold that tilt long enough to stack, and every few weeks, just fall face-first into the fun stuff on purpose. Chapters 0:02 - the phrase I made up that people still email me about 1:20 - what our new community actually believes 3:35 - CEOs writing me about bad grammar and better lives 5:10 - sleep, money, water and my 80-20 rule for living 7:05 - why four days a week beats three every single time 9:00 - reading, parking spots and saying thanks more 10:40 - the basket of French fries that kept me fat Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Email: support@motivationtomove.com Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast What Makes You Procrastinate September 3, 2026 | Episode 5534 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Procrastination is one of those clubs we all joined without signing up, and nobody's letting us cancel the membership. I've been coaching this for 20 years, and the thing most people get wrong is right at the start. You think it's a time problem. Your schedule is packed; you can't fit it in. You need to make time. That's not it. Once you name what's actually happening, you stop reaching for willpower and start reaching for something that works. I'll walk you through it today and give you the one move that changes everything. Featured Story I was sitting at my desk this morning when a message popped up from the chatbot on my website. A gentleman wanted to know how to deal with procrastination. I answered him back in about 30 seconds. I freaked him out a little. He didn't expect to type a note into a chat window and have an actual human answer that fast. But the question stuck with me all morning. Not because it's rare, but because it's the opposite. It's the question I've been hearing for two decades from smart people with good jobs and full calendars who still can't bring themselves to start the thing sitting right in front of them. Important Points * Procrastination isn't a time problem; it's a feeling problem, and you're delaying the feeling more than the task. * Willpower only treats the symptom, so the real fix is making the decision long before the moment actually shows up. * A vague task like I need to work on my business has no first step attached, so it never actually gets started. Memorable Quotes * Willpower is your friend that shows up to help you do things you don't want to do, and then it just goes away. * When you delay a decision, you've already decided to delay it. Not taking action is still an action. * You're trading a little bit of relief right now, but the bill will be much bigger when it shows up tomorrow. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Start by naming the feeling you're avoiding, because the task isn't the problem; the emotion attached to it is. * Then decide tonight what the first move is and the exact time it happens, before the feeling gets a vote tomorrow. * Start at that time no matter how you feel, and let the relief of being done replace the dread you carried around. Chapters 0:15 - A chat message about procrastination shows up 1:58 - Why this question never goes out of style 3:34 - It's not a time problem, it's a feeling problem 3:47 - Delaying a decision is still making a decision 6:00 - Certainty seekers and vague tasks that never start 7:06 - The pre-planned response that beats willpower 9:04 - Get it done today and feel better tonight Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Caught in a Bad Situation September 2, 2026 | Episode 5533 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Life gets in the way. You plan well, do the work on yourself, and then something lands in your lap that doesn't feel right. A few months ago I got tangled up in a mess I didn't create. Everybody worked hard to convince me I was wrong. I wasn't experienced enough. I didn't know the whole story. I stayed calm and made every choice on purpose. Four and a half months later, I found out I was right. Then I quit, and it became a win for everybody. Something is sitting on your back today. Let's get it off. Featured Story Last week I sat down with one of the principals in this whole thing. Four and a half months of being told I was too green to understand, that I was missing pieces of the story. He finally lifted his head and asked me what had happened. So I told him. Calm. No finger-pointing. Just here's what you don't know. You could watch it land. Then my phone started ringing with other leaders asking the same thing. So what really happened? Was it this? They had a fire on their hands. What they hadn't worked out yet was that they were the arsonists. Important Points * When something feels off, and everyone around you insists it isn't, your gut is still data. Don't hand it over. * You can stay in a bad situation on purpose, but only if you have a plan and make every move intentionally. * Quitting isn't failing. It's what you do when the deal changes and staying costs you more than leaving ever will. Memorable Quotes * I found out that I was right, but it never feels right when you know you're right. It doesn't. It never does. * They started the fires, and now they're running around trying to put them out. And I was caught in the middle of it. * I'm really loyal, and I believe in people, so I'll hang in there to the end. But eventually I'm going to get out. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Name the thing that's sitting on your back and say out loud what your gut has been telling you about it for months. * Stay calm and make every next move on purpose, giving the situation one honest chance to change before you go. * If nothing changes, walk out clean, keep the relationships whole, and decide right then you're never going back. Chapters 0:02 - Fighting through a rough week and still showing up 1:35 - The community I'm building and the gamble behind it 3:12 - When something you're doing gets too hard to keep doing 4:30 - Told I wasn't experienced enough to know what I knew 6:05 - Managing through it with every choice made on purpose 7:40 - The people who lit the fire finally smelled the smoke 9:10 - Why I'm a good quitter and why that isn't negative Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Email: support@motivationtomove.com Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast You Don't Need a Why September 1, 2026 | Episode 5532 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Every coach on the planet tells you to find your why. I'm going to tell you something different, because I've watched too many good people sit around whining about their why and going absolutely nowhere with it. There's something that comes first. It's smaller, it's simpler, and it's the thing that actually gets you moving. Once you see it, you can't unsee it, and you'll catch it happening in your own head all day long. Then I'll hand you the one action you're not taking. It's easier than the advice you've been given. Let's get to work. Featured Story In June I told you I was starting a community. About two hundred of you raised your hands and said, "Count me in." Then I went quiet. Not another word for months. My mouth got out ahead of my brain, sure. But that wasn't the real problem. I knew what I wanted to build, and I hadn't figured out how to build it right. I wanted you to have a coach who actually answers your questions, not one more course collecting dust on a shelf somewhere. So I sat with it. When I finally came back around, I had something better. That quiet stretch taught me something I still can't shake. Important Points * Your why is never the starting line. The what shows up first, and the why comes rolling in about one second behind it. * If you can't name what you actually want, you will spin in circles all year long, no matter how strong your why feels. * Massive action wears people out before they start. Massive imperfect action moves them, because perfect isn't required. Memorable Quotes * A goal is not a why. A goal is a what if you don't have a what, you are going to sit there and spin in circles. * Nobody wants to take massive action. They want their thing. They just want to get whatever it is they want. * That one word, imperfect, frees people to go after it. It doesn't have to be perfect. You just have to do it. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Name the what first. Write down the actual thing you want today, in plain words, before you talk about reasons. * Let the why rise behind it. Notice the reason that lands a second later, and use it to keep your feet moving. * Take one massive imperfect action on what today. Make the mess on purpose. We can go clean it all up later. Chapters 0:15 - why, why, why, and what actually comes first 1:40 - the community I promised and then went quiet on 3:06 - why the why is not the most important thing 4:25 - all kinds of whys walking around with no whats 6:33 - shopping for a Tesla and building the why for it 8:39 - the one word that frees people to start finally Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Email: support@motivationtomove.com Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Ambition vs Peace of Mind August 31, 2026 | Episode 5531 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description You set the goal. You hit the goal. And then you stand there, wondering why it doesn't feel the way you thought it would. I've watched that happen hundreds of times, and I finally figured out what's missing. It isn't ambition. It's the ground you're standing on when you launch. Today I'm walking you through what I call a peaceful base — the six areas that have to be solid before anything big you build will hold. Time. Body. Mind. Money. Relationships. Meaning. Go big. Just don't launch off a hot mess. Let's get your foundation right. Featured Story I brought this whole idea up with my wife over breakfast, and she asked me to explain it in a way she could actually feel. So I pointed at her laptop. Every single morning, before she eats, she flips it open and balances our books. House and business, both. She looks at the numbers, sees that we're fine, closes the laptop, and her whole day settles. I would never do that. It would drive me crazy. I don't touch it. But watching her that morning, something clicked for me. That laptop isn't bookkeeping. That's her ground. That's the thing she stands on before she does anything else. And most people don't have one. Important Points Your schedule serves you, or it serves everyone else. Control your time first, because it controls everything after. A peaceful base isn't a retirement plan. It's the active ground you build on so your big goals actually hold up. Six areas hold you up: time, body, mind, money, relationships, and meaning. Weak in one and the whole thing wobbles. Memorable Quotes We set the goal, we reach the goal, we accomplish the goal, and yet we don't get what we really, really wanted. You can't have a cool life on a hot mess. If you want to launch something big, you better have a solid foundation. If you don't control your time, you control nothing. And you can control your time. I know it's hard. Scott's Three-Step Approach Pick the one area of your base that feels shakiest right now — time, body, mind, money, relationships, or meaning. Fix that one with a small daily habit you'll actually stick to, like my wife balancing the books every single morning. Only then launch your big goal from that solid ground, and keep the base strong while you chase whatever you want. Chapters 0:14 - Why reaching the goal still leaves you empty 2:23 - The day I realized I only wanted peace of mind 2:46 - What a peaceful base is and why it holds you up 4:23 - Rocket launch pads and the size of your dreams 5:22 - My wife's ritual and taking back your time 9:35 - Money, relationships, and what anchors it all 11:53 - Start small today and let it compound for decades Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Email: support@motivationtomove.com Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Communication Kung Fu August 28, 2026 | Episode 5530 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Somebody drops a request on your plate, and you hear yourself saying yes before your brain catches up. Now you're doing work that was never yours, and the thing you actually needed to finish sits there. Years ago, an improv class handed me two small moves that fixed this. They keep you agreeable, keep people liking you, and keep your calendar your own. I use them on clients, on my kids, on anybody walking down the hall looking for a favor. Nobody has ever caught on. Try them this weekend and watch what stops landing on your desk. Featured Story Years ago I was chasing voiceover and spokesperson work, and I knew I didn't sound natural. I've got this radio voice built into me. Great for reading copy. Terrible for sounding like a regular guy standing in a kitchen. So I took classes: acting classes, commercial classes, drama classes. I scared a few people with my acting chops. I was that good. The one that changed everything was improv. You watch improv and wonder how those people keep pulling ideas out of thin air. It looks like magic. It isn't. There's one simple rule beneath it all, and I've been using it in real conversations ever since. Important Points When somebody asks for your help, agree first. Nobody gets defensive when they hear yes, and nobody walks away mad. Then you defer. Let's talk about it later when I finish what I'm doing, the work that a flat no never could. Drop the word yet into your answers. Not yet keeps you positive, keeps your momentum, and buys you some real room. Memorable Quotes I lost the weight 20 years ago and never gained it back, but the habit of "I'll start on Monday" has evidently stuck. It's magical. It takes the stress away, and you can use it all day long — on your kids, on your boss, on anybody. Nine times out of ten, they find somebody else, they do it themselves, or the thing never even had to get done. Scott's Three-Step Approach Start with yes right when the ask lands, because nobody gets defensive and nobody argues with an agreeable person. Then defer instead of refusing: let's talk about it later when I finish what I'm doing, and hand the moment back. Then drop the "and," answer "not yet" when they circle back, and let the request quietly solve itself somewhere else. Chapters 0:02 - Two small words that keep your day on track 0:18 - Why I skipped the gym and blamed Monday again 1:24 - The hardest part is that heavy front door 3:25 - What improv class taught me about saying no 4:47 - Agree and defer, then watch them walk away 5:54 - Drop the and, then let the word yet work 8:26 - How this quietly hands your time back to you Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Email: support@motivationtomove.com Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Awareness Is A Superpower August 27, 2026 | Episode 5529 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Most people drift through life without ever noticing what's really happening. They set goals, make plans, and then wonder why nothing changes. I found a fix years ago, and it takes about ten minutes a day. It's called the Daily Awareness Diary. Nine questions, asked the same way every morning, until you can't hide from the answers anymore. You're going to hate the name. You might hate the first few days. But by day four or five, you'll see yourself clearly, maybe for the first time in years. Give it a listen, then give it a try. Featured Story Years ago I kept running into the same wall with people I coached. I'd ask about their beliefs, their values, the actions they were taking. And they'd make it up, not on purpose. They couldn't remember. They didn't know. So I started thinking about personal trainers. They tell you to track your diet for a week before they build a plan for you. Nobody argues with that. I could do the same thing with a life. Track it for a week or two, read between the lines, and the answer shows up on its own. I built nine questions and handed them to my Face Your Passion group. What came back surprised even me. Important Points Ask yourself the same questions daily. The questions stay fixed, your life moves, and the real pattern shows up. Look back before you look forward. Yesterday's honest scorecard tells you exactly what you need to fix today. Plan your responses before the day starts. Decide how you will answer, and most of your stress vanishes. Memorable Quotes You can only write things down and make something up for a limited time until you see what is actually happening. If I can point your awareness in the direction it needs to be and then give you a way to make adjustments, we can. I am here to tell you, this silly idea called a Daily Awareness Diary changes everything and puts you in control. Scott's Three-Step Approach Start tomorrow morning by looking back at yesterday and deciding, honestly, how you feel about what you created. Then look forward and name what you will create today, instead of working through a list somebody else handed you. Finish with one affirmation drawn from what you just saw, and then do the same thing for fifteen straight days. Chapters 0:02 - Why brutal awareness beats every other tool 1:26 - The nine questions nobody wants to answer 2:15 - Track your life like a trainer tracks your diet 3:40 - Looking back, then deciding what you create 5:51 - Prayer, connection, and the people you forgot 6:48 - The preplanned response that kills your stress 8:52 - Write your own affirmation and keep going Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Email: support@motivationtomove.com Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Happiness Is Boring. Want Some? August 25, 2026 | Episode 5528 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description One degree. That's all it took for me to announce that winter is coming to Florida. We notice everything down here. I got to thinking today about why some people feel stuck and bored while others seem lit up all the time. It's not talent. It's not luck. Most of you already know every tip and habit ever published, and you're still not quite there. I'm going to hand you a foolproof way to feel better. Two simple moves, plus one bonus that ties it together. None of it is sexy. All of it works. Featured Story I started late today. Didn't sit down to record until after four, and right before I hit the button I checked the internet and saw that Dolly Parton had passed away at 80. I've been a fan my whole life. We're headed to Gatlinburg in October for a wedding, and we already had Dollywood on the list. We're still going. And this surprised me. I didn't feel sad, and I didn't feel happy. I just sat back and said, good job, Dolly. I don't know her story. I don't know if there was pain behind all those wigs. What I know is I caught myself smiling, and I'm still working out why. Important Points Exploring future possibilities costs you nothing. Look around with zero commitment and watch what jumps at you. Your anticipation engine needs two or three things on the calendar, close enough that your mind can picture them. Like-minded people have to be genuinely like you. Somebody who tolerates your thing is not the same as obsessed. Memorable Quotes The things people are most passionate about are the things they literally stumbled upon. It wasn't intentional. A peaceful base is that solid foundation, where your relationships, your money, and your time are all in control. Two or more people engaged in the pursuit of a definite purpose with a positive attitude are an unbeatable force. Scott's Three-Step Approach Start a list tonight of everything that sparks your curiosity, without letting a chatbot hand you a single one. Pull two or three items off that list and put real dates on them for the next 12 months, then track them. Take those dated plans and find people already obsessed with the same thing, because obsession keeps you in. Chapters 0:02 - Winter arrives in Florida after one whole degree 0:46 - Ralph says everybody deals with the same stuff 2:10 - Dolly Parton news lands and I catch myself smiling 4:02 - Exploring possibilities with zero commitment required 5:56 - The anticipation engine and why your list matters 7:46 - Finding people who are bonkers about the same thing 9:36 - A peaceful base is boring, and that is the point Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Email: support@motivationtomove.com Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast What You Don't Know About Goal Setting August 25, 2026 | Episode 5527 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Yesterday I told you I wasn't going to teach goal setting. Today I'm going to teach you how to set goals. Sort of. Most of what you were handed about goals has quietly fallen apart. The 21-day habit. The Harvard study everybody quotes. Smart goals. Gone. Disproven. And yet you're still sitting there in August wondering why the thing you decided in January never happened. Two words fix most of it, and one measurement that explains why you quit. Ten minutes, and you'll never look at your goal list the same way. Featured Story I mentioned to my wife the other day that I'm in the mood to get a Tesla. Just shopping around. Looking. She got quiet. Then a little scared. Because after all these years, she knows exactly what that sentence means in my house. She knows my brain already flagged it. She knows the velocity has started. And she knows that if I keep drifting in that direction, week after week, there will eventually be a Tesla in the driveway and nobody will remember deciding on it. That's not a car story. That's the whole mechanism of how you get anything, running right out in the open. Important Points Start your morning retrospectively. Not what you did yesterday, but what really happened and how it honestly felt. Then go prospectively. Ask what you'll create today to close the gap you just found, and only three goals max. Velocity keeps motivation alive, so chop any goal more than six months out into segments you can actually feel finishing. Memorable Quotes Velocity is the key. It's more important how fast you're getting to your goal than if you're getting to your goal. The daily awareness diary will hold you to your honesty forever. It exposes what you said you want and what you're doing. Remember the Harvard study where people who set goals are 93% more effective—never done, ever. It's a wives' tale. Scott's Three-Step Approach Tomorrow morning, ask retrospectively how yesterday actually went, and be honest about whether it matched your want. Then ask prospectively what you'll create today, and write down the single adjustment that closes that gap for you. Now break your big goal into velocity segments close enough together that you feel you're finishing one each week. Chapters 0:02 - A twist on the goal setting I said I'd skip 0:38 - The obsession behind everything I teach you 1:47 - Goal setting myths that got quietly disproven 3:22 - The retrospective question I ask every morning 4:48 - Prospection, the one thing only humans can do 6:09 - Why velocity beats the goal itself every time 8:36 - The Tesla my wife is hoping I forget about Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Email: support@motivationtomove.com Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Being Human in an AI Era August 24, 2026 | Episode 5526 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Something shifted in my calls this month. The people I work with are all over AI. Some are building with it. Some are making money with it. And they still can't sort out a decision without help. I've been three years deep in this stuff. Agents, apps, automation, the whole office running while I'm out of the room. I love it. It still can't do the one thing you get paid for. Today I'll show you exactly where the machine stops, and you start, and why that line is worth more this year than it was last year. Featured Story I'm mid-sentence on a client call last week, and I catch it. Eyes drop. Fingers moving. They're running my answer through ChatGPT while I'm still talking. I love it. Check me. I'm not worried about a machine that reads everything and decides nothing. What comes back is a beautiful, balanced, on-the-other-hand answer with six options. And they sit there. Still stuck. Then they look up and ask me what I'd do, and I tell them in about nine seconds, and off they go. Same information. Totally different result. Once I understood why, I rebuilt my entire business around it. Important Points AI will hand you every option, and it will never pick one. The deciding is still your job, so quit waiting on it. Use AI for your figure-it-out mode at two in the morning, then shut it off and ask what you would actually do. Being curious about everything used to look scattered. In an AI world, it's the trait that lets you zero in fast. Memorable Quotes Humans are coming back in the mix, believe it or not. Human wisdom in an AI world is now very, very, very valuable. You're busy. The trip from a data center to your iPhone is very long, so this will take longer than you think. AI does it cheaper, easier, better, and faster, and I can't compete with that, so I'll just do what it can't do. Scott's Three-Step Approach Dump the whole mess into AI tonight and let it pull every angle, every option, and all of the data it can find. Then shut the machine off, take a walk with your eyes open, and answer one single question: what would you do? Write that answer down, act on it before today ends, and let your life experience be the tiebreaker from now on. Chapters 0:02 - Why human wisdom is suddenly in high demand 1:44 - Three years deep in AI and what it changed 3:20 - The clients who hire me to decide for them 4:30 - AI as your two in the morning life coach, flaws included 7:03 - The polymath advantage nobody warned you about 9:49 - Three things AI will never do for you, ever 12:43 - Take the position that turns you into a superstar Contact Email: support@motivationtomove.com Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Telling the World About You August 21, 2026 | Episode 5525 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description People are watching you right now. Not in a creepy way. In a normal, human, sizing-you-up kind of way. They find you somewhere online, they binge your stuff, they ask AI about you, and then they quietly decide whether you're worth their time. I call it the shadow search, and it's happening whether you like it or not. Today I'll give you the two moves that turn all that watching into opportunity. One of them nobody wants to do anymore. The other takes more patience than most people have. Both of them still work. Let's go. Featured Story I was twenty-six, and I'd been to Larry's house: five thousand square feet, the cars, the whole thing. I wanted what he had, and I wanted it on my schedule, not his. So I pinned him down at the office and made my best case for a raise. I'd shown up. I'd done the work. He had gobs of money sitting right there, and I figured my share belonged in my pocket. Larry gave me an answer I did not want to hear at twenty-six. I stomped out and complained about it in the office kitchen. Twenty years later, I finally understood what he was actually telling me. Important Points Outbound beats waiting around, so send the letter, knock on the door, and make the call nobody else will make. Segment and target every piece of outreach, because blasting the same thing at everybody reads as noise, not help. You can't manipulate what people find, so build something honest enough to survive their shadow search on you. Memorable Quotes Sometimes you have to keep showing up long enough for the right people to notice. Then they will step up for you. There is a hidden layer of successful people all around you, and they are keeping an eye out for somebody like you. Just do what you do so people can see what you do, then reach out and give them the chance to get to know you. Scott's Three-Step Approach Pick one person this week and reach out to them first with a real letter, a phone call, or a knock on their door. Keep showing up the same honest way every day, so whatever they dig up about you backs up what you already told them. Give it longer than feels comfortable, and then let the right people come to you once they have seen enough of you. Chapters 0:13 - People are watching and learning about you now 0:45 - The attention era and why outbound wins today 2:06 - The shadow search happening behind your back 3:33 - Why the influencer act finally stopped working 4:24 - Larry, a raise, and the answer I hated hearing 6:44 - The hidden layer of successful people watching 7:41 - Three cruises later, Donna finally said hello Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Email: support@motivationtomove.com Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Don't Be a Negotiating Underdog August 20, 2026 | Episode 5524 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Almost everything you do today involves negotiating something, squeezing your car into a parking spot, asking for the raise, and closing the deal that pays your bills this month. Most of us walk into those moments feeling like the underdog. Like the other person is holding all the cards and we're lucky to even be at the table. I want to fix that for you today. I'll take you to an airport food court, a contract with my fee scratched out, and the thirty seconds of silence that showed me what's really going on across the table. Come find out. Featured Story Twenty-five years ago I flew to Atlanta and spent a whole day with a client I couldn't afford to chase. My flight was forty minutes out when he pulled me into an airport food court, bought tacos, and slid my contract across the table. He'd scratched out my fee and written a number thirty percent lower. Then he handed me the pen. Sign it now, he said, and I'll write you a check right here. He knew I needed that money. He knew my wife was waiting on it. I looked at the clock, and I almost signed my name. Then I remembered something experience had already taught me, and I set the pen down. Important Points A deal that starts bad never gets better, so walk away from anything that feels wrong before you ever sign it. Everybody sitting at that table feels like the underdog, which means the fear you're carrying runs both ways too. Price yourself fair instead of cheap, because a stupidly low number invites people to beat you down even more. Memorable Quotes All parties feel like the underdog. All parties naturally feel they won't get the deal done at all. When you're in a negotiation, make sure you really want it, because it's never going to get any better than day one. These days I don't charge really stupidly low prices. I charge fair, reasonable prices. Scott's Three-Step Approach Decide your walk-away number before you sit down, and know exactly where you will stand up and go home. When they push back, restate your original terms one time, calmly, and give them a real deadline they can meet. Then close your mouth and let the silence do the work, because whoever speaks first ends up handing over the ground. Chapters 0:02 - Why the happy theme music means a heavy topic 1:07 - The group that gets you when nobody else does 1:47 - Every single thing in your life is a negotiation 2:33 - Atlanta, a taco stand, and a ticking flight clock 4:14 - The scratched-out fee and the pen he handed me 5:48 - Everyone at that table is scared of the same thing 7:37 - Thirty seconds of silence and a signed contract Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Email: support@motivationtomove.com Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Getting Things to Click August 19, 2026 | Episode 5523 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description I hit the wrong theme music button this morning, and that's a decent metaphor for how most days go. You click something, and something happens. Twenty years into this show, people still ask what I'm really doing here. Am I selling something? Sure, I want clients. But that's not what gets me out of bed. What gets me out of bed is the click — that millisecond where your eyes open and everything shifts. I'm not here to give you notes to take. I'm here to pass out clicks, and today I'll show you exactly how one landed. Featured Story I was on a call this morning with a client up in New York. Smart guy, runs businesses, does really well. We were talking about how everybody's busier than ever now that we can all do more. Then he leaned back in his chair and asked me something. When do I get to do what I want? The look on his face was heartbreaking. I've heard that question a thousand times, and I still didn't see it coming. I let it sit. Didn't jump in. When I finally answered, he leaned forward and took a note. It wasn't the answer he wanted, but it opened his eyes. Important Points You are not stuck. You are still thinking about it, and that is a very different problem with a much faster fix. Clear the deck before you chase the dream. You cannot see what you want while everything else is still in the way. Most of what fills your day is stuff you chose. Cut the few pieces you hate, and the rest starts to feel lighter. Memorable Quotes The trick is the click. It's that millisecond in time where it just makes sense, and you sit back and finally get it. It's impossible to know what you want to do when you're busy doing everything else that is sitting on your plate. I'm passing out clicks because if I can give you just one single click, you will finally break free. Scott's Three-Step Approach Clear the deck first. Finish the small things stacking up so you get some real space to think instead of react. Once you have that space, name the two or three things you dislike the most and pull them out of your week. Then use the room you made to test one thing you want to do, and let the next click pull you toward the one after. Chapters 0:03 - Wrong theme music and a day that still works 0:55 - Why I still show up after twenty years of this 2:02 - I don't want to give you note-taking moments 3:36 - A client in New York asks a heartbreaking question 5:13 - You are probably already doing what you want 7:17 - Clear the deck so you have room to think again 9:01 - One small click turns into unstoppable momentum Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Email: support@motivationtomove.com Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daily Boost Podcast Ask This Before You Begin August 18, 2026 | Episode 5522 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Most of the time you're not stuck because you're lazy. You're stuck because you never got clear on what you actually want. I picked up four questions from a Hollywood pitch guy who sells movies in three minutes flat, and they work on anything — a job change, a side income, a relationship you keep avoiding. What is it? How does it work? Can you do it? Are you sure? Answer all four honestly, and you'll move. Miss one and you'll spin. Let's find out which one you're missing today, and what happens once you fix it. Featured Story I flew out to Death Valley for my friend Cory Sather's run across the desert, and the guy they put me in a room with was a stranger named Colin. Five minutes after we met, we were roommates. Colin turned out to be one of the most successful businessmen I've ever shared a bathroom with. We spent days in a car together, following Cory in the heat, talking. I asked him why he pours so much into social media. He said nobody tells the truth about business. He said business is simple — a few things, done again and again and again. That answer stuck with me the whole ride home, and it's still working on me. Important Points If you can't say exactly what you want in one plain sentence, you're not stuck on effort. You're stuck on clarity. A goal with no method is only a wish. Decide how the thing actually works before you spend a dollar or a day on it. Wanting an extra 20,000 a month in 2 hours a week isn't a plan. Match your time and skills to the goal. Memorable Quotes Business is easy. It's just a handful of things you put together, and then you do them again and again and again. You don't deserve anything. You can earn it. That's a whole different kind of sure, and it comes with a swagger. If I could just figure out what it is, I'd do it. Well, that's the whole job. You have to figure out what it is. Scott's Three-Step Approach Write down the one thing you actually want in a single sentence, no backstory, no excuses, no why attached yet. Right under that sentence, map the steps that make it work, then price it out in hours, skills, and real dollars. Read all of it back out loud, and if you can say yes to every line without flinching, start the work before you sleep. Chapters 0:26 - Four questions to ask before you do anything 1:29 - Meeting Colin in Death Valley and hearing the truth 2:15 - Why facing your passion still has to pay the bills 3:02 - The Hollywood pitch book behind the three-minute rule 4:16 - Question one: do you really know what you want 5:39 - Questions two and three: the plan and the resources 8:45 - Question four: the swagger that finishes the job Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Email: support@motivationtomove.com Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices