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Daily Boost — Motivation and Personal Growth

Daily Boost — Motivation and Personal Growth

By: Scott Smith
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Summary
 The Daily Boost is a weekday personal growth podcast for adults who live in the real world and want real results. Welcome to the School of Scott! About 10 minutes a day. No canned content, no recycled material — host Scott Smith and his practical way of understanding how life, business, and the world actually work. Some days he'll pump you up. Some days he'll make you think. Some days you'll love him. Some days you'll wonder why you listened. Every day, you'll know exactly what they call him: the nicest renegade you'll ever meet. Smile. Nod. Change everything. That's the code. If you played by the rules. If you built a good life — career, business, relationships. If you decided you want more. The Daily Boost is your show. Topics include personal growth, motivation, purpose, decisions, work, money, relationships, time, and keeping your head straight when things get complicated. 20 years. 5,000+ episodes. 130+ million downloads worldwide. Every day, the School of Scott is in session with a new episode that stands on its own. It's always real, and occasionally pretty funny — because if you can't laugh, what's the point?Copyright 2026 • Motivation To Move, LLC • All Rights Reserved Worldwide. Daily Economics Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Development Personal Success
Episodes
  • 80/20 Rule: More Is on the Other Side of Less

    80/20 Rule: More Is on the Other Side of Less
    Nov 3 2026
    Daily Boost Podcast 80/20 Rule: More Is on the Other Side of Less November 3, 2026 | Episode 5582 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com. Episode Description Eighty percent of what you're doing today is messing with you. You're spending your day managing stuff that doesn't move you forward. We all do it. We add hacks, frameworks, apps, and blueprints because nobody likes having things taken away. Today I'm taking the 80/20 rule you've heard a hundred times and adding some special sprinkles on top. More is on the other side of less. The people who get what they want are subtractive. I'll show you why, and I'll throw in a Tesla story that proves the point. Find your 20 percent and start cutting. Featured Story Twenty-some years ago, I watched David Allen teach his Getting Things Done system. It's an awesome system. After the talk, I walked up on stage and asked him what most people won't. Let me know what you do. Not what you wrote. He smiled, reached into his pocket, and pulled out a folded yellow sheet from a legal pad. He told me he carries it around all week. I cracked up. That was his review. That was how he ran his life. I can't tell you how many executives I've met since then with one piece of paper in their pocket. I carry one too. It changed how I think about keeping up. Important Points * Only 20 percent of what you do gets you results. Find those few actions first, then question why you keep the rest. * Adding more means more to manage. The people who get what they want are subtractive. They take things off the plate. * You likely know enough to do what you want already. What's missing is discipline, desire, and the nerve to cut stuff. Memorable Quotes * More is on the other side of less. The people who actually get what they want in life are subtractive in nature. * Instead of keeping up, get rid of the stuff you're trying to keep up with. Then you won't have to keep up anymore. * If you're not making the money you want, I guarantee you're not focused on the right 20 percent of your day. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Write down everything you did this week, then circle the 20 percent that actually moved your results or your money. * Take a hard look at the other 80 percent and decide what you can drop, hand off, or stop managing starting today. * Cut those things and keep your day so simple you know what matters without checking a system or a review again. Chapters 0:20 - My wife's princess life gives me a prince's life 1:01 - Buying a Tesla got me thinking about efficiency 4:08 - The 80/20 rule with some special sprinkles on top 5:21 - Why we keep adding hacks when we need to subtract 7:20 - What David Allen pulled out of his pocket on stage 8:54 - The Tesla app versus the car dealer's back room 11:40 - My Australian shepherd and a NASCAR recliner 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
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    12 mins
  • Finish the Year Strong: No More, Many More, and Planning for 2027

    Finish the Year Strong: No More, Many More, and Planning for 2027
    Nov 2 2026
    Daily Boost Podcast Finish the Year Strong: No More, Many More, and Planning for 2027 November 2, 2026 | Episode 5581 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com. Episode Description Most people wait until New Year's Eve, grab a glass of champagne, and try to plan a whole year in sixty seconds. That's not you. High achievers plan in November. They settle things before Thanksgiving, enjoy December, and hit the ground running in January. Today I'm walking you through the first steps I take my private clients through. No wheel of life. No stack of goals you'll never reach. Just a debrief brief, a look at what you'll create, and two simple lists I call the no mores and the many mores. Grab a pen and think. Featured Story The government keeps handing me titles. Two years ago they said I was a senior citizen. I told them to get out of my face. Now they say I hit full retirement age on November 21st. Evidently that means I get to stop—recliner and crosswords for me. It's not even possible. Last year's word of the year was six-seven. I'm turning sixty-seven. This year's word is maxing, so I'm thinking about some six-seven maxing. That takes planning too. Your mindset changes at this stage. I'm asking what more fun I can have and who else I can impact. That's why I'm changing the show. I'm not retiring. I'm rewiring. Important Points * Plan in November. Settle the big decisions before the holidays, rest in December, and start January already moving. * Start with a retrospective debrief. Write a page on how this year went and how you felt, not just which goals you hit. * Skip the values list up front. If you haven't done the awareness work, you'll make up your values and get them wrong. Memorable Quotes * You can't make a whole year plan in 60 seconds with a glass of champagne and a girl on your arm on New Year's Eve. * You filled out your wheel of life last year, and it ran you over this year. So I think differently about planning. * In year-end planning, we don't want to do anything about it. We want to create on top of it. That's the difference. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Look over your shoulder at this year and write a paragraph or a page about what happened, why, and how it felt to you. * Use that debrief to decide what you'll create in 2027. Don't rush into action yet. Build something new on top of it. * List your no mores, the things that are gone for good, then your many mores, the things you love and want more of. Chapters 0:13 - Fifteen takes later, this Monday show rolls finally 1:02 - Why high achievers do their planning in November 4:07 - The government says I'm retiring on November 21st 6:06 - The debrief brief: looking back over your shoulder 7:48 - Prospection: you can build the track for your horse 9:22 - No mores, many mores, and why values come later 11:02 - Not retiring, rewiring, and becoming Benjamin Button 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
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    13 mins
  • Motivation Isn't Dead. You're Just Using It for the Wrong Job.

    Motivation Isn't Dead. You're Just Using It for the Wrong Job.
    Oct 30 2026
    Daily Boost Podcast Motivation Isn't Dead. You're Just Using It for the Wrong Job. October 30, 2026 | Episode 5580 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com Episode Description The internet says motivation is dead. Jocko says count on discipline. My buddy Billy says all you need is execution. I get it. I don't buy it. I've worked with some of the most disciplined people in the world, and they still call me saying they need help getting moving. Today I'm throwing a few stones at the motivation-sucks crowd and showing you why motivation, discipline, and execution are three tools with three different jobs. Use the wrong one, and you'll blame yourself. Plus one question to ask before your weekend starts. Featured Story I have a lot of friends who do podcasts. Or want to. Some tell me they record one every couple of weeks, and that's okay. Others can't get themselves into the studio. Then some of them finally come in, record an episode, and never post it. I asked one of them why not. I can do five a day, and you can't post one every three or four weeks? They aren't short on motivation. They're fired up about it. Something else is in the way. This show is 5,600 episodes, every day for 20 years. Plenty of mornings I walked in here not feeling it at all. I showed up anyway. Important Points * Motivation is your why, discipline is showing up, and execution is knowing the next step. Each one has its own job. * If you're fired up and still not moving, you either don't know the next step or you're scared of it. Fix that first. * Shrink the job with an if-then plan. If this happens, then I'll do that. One small, clear step beats a wall of tasks. Memorable Quotes * People say motivation doesn't last. Neither does taking a bath. That's why we recommend it daily. It's maintenance. * Discipline can't march you down a road you can't see. That's not a character flaw. That's just being human, guys. * Motivation gets you to the start line, and it brings you back. Discipline keeps you showing up. Execution makes it real. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Let motivation do its job. Find what inspires you and use that spark to get yourself up to the starting line today. * Build the discipline to show up every day, even on the mornings you're not feeling it, so the work keeps moving. * When you stall, make an if-then plan for the next step, take it, and let motivation pull you home on the final lap. Chapters 0:12 - Happy Friday, and some TMI you didn't ask for 1:48 - The question to ask before your weekend even starts 2:31 - Jocko, my buddy Billy, and the motivation-is-dead crowd 4:35 - Three tools, three jobs, and why you blame yourself 5:44 - Why every coach is suddenly selling you a framework 7:20 - The if-then plan that shrinks a scary next step 8:56 - 5,600 episodes and all the days I wasn't feeling 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
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    13 mins
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