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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
  • Being Bored Is the Goal

    Being Bored Is the Goal
    Aug 17 2026
    Daily Boost Podcast Being Bored Is the Goal August 16, 2026 | Episode 5521 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description I got back from Las Vegas with a great time, a Penn & Teller show, and my usual parting gift — COVID. So today I'm bored. And I mean that in the best possible way. Boredom has a bad reputation. We treat it like a problem to fix, so we fill every gap with noise, scrolling, and one more task. But your best ideas don't show up when you're pushing. They show up when you finally stop. I'll show you why boredom is the goal, what your brain does when you leave it alone, and how to protect that space. Featured Story People ask how I come up with so many ideas. I've made 5,500 podcasts, thousands of radio shows, interviews, commercials, even a couple of films. The answer sounds ridiculous: I don't think about it. I get on my motorcycle. About ten minutes in, the wind starts doing its work and the ideas come so fast I need a recorder. The same thing happens in the shower, while driving, or while sitting at the beach doing nothing at all. Before I go, I'll hand my brain one thing to chew on. Then I walk away and let it run. A few hours later, I download. Important Points Every minute of your week already belongs to you. You can loan them out and pull every one of them back. Focus is powerful, but it uses only a small part of your brain. Step back and the whole thing goes to work for you. Hand your brain a question before you do nothing at all. Check back a few hours later and see what it built. Memorable Quotes Boredom isn't the opposite of productivity. It's the setup for it. When you slow down, things begin to change. 100% of your available minutes this week are yours. Nobody can really take them away from you. I want you to have freedom in every aspect of your life. I fight for it myself, and I'll fight for you until I die. Scott's Three-Step Approach Take massive control of your calendar first, and push back on every demand that isn't actually yours to carry. Then hold that open space empty, even when it feels wrong to leave a few good hours just sitting there unused. Now hand your brain one single question, walk away, and write down every idea that shows up a few hours later. Chapters 0:01 - Why I'm bored today and why you should be too 0:24 - Vegas, Penn & Teller, and my usual parting gift 1:32 - Holding space is not the same as time blocking 4:07 - The attention era and the shock button study 5:44 - How I've made ideas my entire working life 7:09 - Your default mode network finally gets credit 8:29 - The hardest part is not filling the space 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
  • Think Happy

    Think Happy
    Aug 14 2026
    Daily Boost Podcast Think Happy August 14, 2026 | Episode 5520 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description I'm still raspy, still sick, and still happy about it. Today we're talking about how happy people think — and the certain kind of happy person I love most. The ones carrying the biggest responsibilities, the biggest weights on their shoulders, who still smile through it all. They're regular people. They see the world a little differently—no rose-colored glasses. No pretending. I just came home from the hardest trip of my life, where everything went wrong, and I stayed happy the whole way. I'll show you the mindset that makes it possible. Featured Story The trip I just took was the most challenging of my life. Nothing came easy — late planes, bad luck, one problem after another from the minute I left to the minute I got back. Then the tire went flat on the SUV in the middle of Death Valley. The air was 124 degrees, and the asphalt was probably 200. Four very competent guys, each with their own job to do, and we were happy about it. Somebody directed traffic. Somebody else got to work. The 40-year-olds had no idea how to change a tire, so the 55-year-old handled it — and since I'm older than him, I supervised. Nobody ran from it. We just figured it out. Being alive means having problems — the air conditioner breaks, money runs out, somebody gives you a cold on a plane. Frustration means one of two things: you're doing nothing, or you shook your life up on purpose. Both are fixable. Solve the problem in front of you as fast as you can. Five more are already waiting in line, and that's a good thing. Memorable Quotes "The minute you say, I just wish I had no problems, you're just lying to yourself. You're always gonna have problems." "Happy people accept dealing with problems is a privilege of being alive. They don't run from them; they do it." "When you have the attitude, most of the problems never show up anyway. It's like worry. Most worry never shows up." Scott's Three-Step Approach Start by accepting that problems are the privilege of being alive. Stuff breaks, colds happen, and that's the deal. Then take responsibility and solve the one in front of you fast. Five more are already lined up waiting their turn. Finally, wind down early, sleep deep, wake up with cortisol low — and get up ready to deal with it all over again. Chapters 0:01 - Still raspy, still sick, and happy about it 0:42 - Croy's Death Valley gamble changed everything 2:45 - The nicest renegade club gets its first member 4:36 - The hardest trip of my life, and I stayed happy 5:19 - Problems are the privilege of being alive 6:58 - The only two reasons happy people get frustrated 8:05 - A flat tire in Death Valley at 124 degrees 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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    13 mins
  • One Question Reinvention

    One Question Reinvention
    Aug 13 2026
    Daily Boost Podcast One Question Reinvention August 13, 2026 | Episode 5519 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description There's nothing I talk about more than Operation Reinvention. Every client I work with is reinventing something — a job, a relationship, money, motivation. And almost every one of them tells me the same thing: I want to change my life, but I don't want to give up what I've got. Good news — you don't have to. Reinvention isn't about piling on more tips, tricks, and hacks. It's about subtracting. Simplifying. Today I'm handing you the one question I ask myself every time I want to change something. Write it down. It works. Featured Story I've spent a lot of years trying to keep people married, and I'm pretty good at it. But sometimes they come to me after the divorce is final, and there's not much I can do about that. So eventually I'll sit down with a divorced woman and ask what she wants in her new man. You know what she says every single time? I'll tell you what I don't want. And strangely, if she doesn't pay attention, she marries the same thing again. When I push a little, she'll finally answer. And basically every woman on the planet says the same thing: I want him to make me smile. That's it. Important Points Reinvention doesn't mean starting over. Protect the foundation you've already built and change everything around it. Stop collecting tips, tricks, and hacks. Subtract instead — ignore some of the old stuff and do something different. You don't need a plan until you have a strategy. Get clear on what you're working with, then take one simple step. Memorable Quotes "My goal is not to be additive; it's to be subtractive. Ignore some of the old stuff and do something different." "Goals are cool. You should use them. But sometimes you've got to follow your gut and figure things out along the way." "Very few people know what they want. All I need to do is get them down the road one step and reframe them just a bit." Scott's Three-Step Approach Write down the question — the single change that would automatically and positively disrupt everything in your life. Then take the pressure off. Agree you don't know what the answer will be yet — you only know it won't be what you have. Now trust the clue already sitting in your mind. Name the one change you've been holding down and make it today. Chapters 0:01 - Reinventing without giving up what you've got 1:07 - Why another tip or hack won't change your life 2:31 - The three weeks before you ever need a plan 4:08 - The one question I keep written down at my desk 5:43 - What every divorced woman tells me first 7:46 - The one change already sitting in your mind 9:15 - A challenge waiting for you at motivationtomove.com 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
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