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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
Episodes
  • You Can't Get What You Want Until You Decide What It Is

    You Can't Get What You Want Until You Decide What It Is
    Oct 20 2026
    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
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    13 mins
  • Self-Improvement Isn't the Problem: You Already Know What Works

    Self-Improvement Isn't the Problem: You Already Know What Works
    Oct 19 2026
    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
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    13 mins
  • What Was I Thinking? Why Smart People Say Yes to the Wrong Goals

    What Was I Thinking? Why Smart People Say Yes to the Wrong Goals
    Oct 16 2026
    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
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    13 mins
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