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Daily Boost — Motivation and Personal Growth

Daily Boost — Motivation and Personal Growth

By: Scott Smith
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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
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  • Making Change Easier

    Making Change Easier
    Sep 22 2026
    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
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  • Power Of Transitional Identity

    Power Of Transitional Identity
    Sep 21 2026
    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
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    12 mins
  • What Are Your Traditions?

    What Are Your Traditions?
    Sep 18 2026
    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
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