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Daily Boost — Motivation and Personal Growth

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: © Copyright 2024 • Motivation To Move, LLC • All Rights Reserved Worldwide.

Latest Episodes:

Friends Holding You Back? May 06, 2022

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The success and happiness that you have in your life is a direct result of something your Mom was always asking -

Who are your friends?

If they are positive, you will be positive. Are they negative? You will be negative. If they have money, you will have money. Are they broke?

You get my point.

Your life will become exactly like the people that are closest to you. Choose wisely.

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Don’t Be The Monkey in The Middle May 05, 2022

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Have you ever found yourself stuck in the middle?

I was speaking with a client who was trying to be everything to everybody. His business was not growing. His life was not happy. He couldn’t seem to find a way to make progress.

That’s when I said…

“My friend, you are stuck in the middle. Nothing good happens when you are in the middle.”

In business and life, it’s okay to have low expectations and surround by like-minded folks.

It’s also okay to reach for your dreams, have high expectations, and expect that of others.

What happens if you’re in the middle?

When low and high expectations combine, confusion is the result. Mediocrity overtakes quality. Frustration will be your daily friend.

The choice is yours. If I were you, I would make the decision never to get stuck in the middle.

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How To Succeed With Any Goal May 04, 2022

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Setting Goals is the most powerful method of getting what you want. It is the power of mind activation.

Here’s how:

1) Decide what you want and when you want to get it.

2) Decide when you will start and when you will finish.

3) Decide how you will begin and maintain your momentum.

Then you must get to work.

Limit anything and anybody that has a distracting influence on you. You must get to work.

Commit to overcoming any obstacle that gets in your way. You must get to work.

The path is long. Start like a sprinter and end like a marathon runner. You must get to work.

The only thing stopping you from getting what you want is not you. It is everything that you allow to get in your way.

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Today Not Possible. Tomorrow Possible. May 03, 2022

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Today Not Possible. Tomorrow Possible.

American Taekwondo Grand Master H.U. Lee gave volumes of advice during his life of service. In my view, his best was also his shortest:

“Today Not Possible. Tomorrow Possible.”

Today is a new day. Yesterday prepared you for today. If today doesn’t go as planned - you always have tomorrow.

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4 Questions For Better Decision Making May 02, 2022

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Do you ever have difficulty making decisions?

In the next 60 seconds, you can harness the most potent and easy-to-use decision-making tool I have ever found.

Forget the old "Pro and Con" list your Mom and Dad taught you. It's time for a new approach.

The next time you find yourself challenged, use Quantum Linguistics. Ask yourself these 4 simple questions to solve your problem:

What would happen if I DID?

What would happen if I DIDN'T?

What wouldn't happen if I DID?

What wouldn't happen if I DIDN'T?

Unusual clarity is around the corner.

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Your Hierarchy of Needs Apr 29, 2022

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Your best life is built sequentially, one level at a time. Forget the elevator; climb all the stairs to the top, and have lasting success.

In 1954, Abraham Maslow released Motivation and Personality. His Hierarchy of needs theory is all about climbing to the top.

Maslow suggested that to reach your full potential:

1) You must provide for your physiological needs. Food, clothing, shelter, money, and more.

2) You must feel safe. Personally, emotionally, financially, health and well-being, and against accidents and illness.

3) Socially, you need to feel loving and belonging.

4) Esteem and the desire for acceptance, respect, and value by others is your next step. Maslow said, “What a man can be, he must be.” Self-actualization requires mastery of your previous needs.

5) Self-transcendence removes you from ego and begins your focus on the greater good.

Your best life is built sequentially, one level at a time.

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Positively Controlling Your Life Apr 28, 2022

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Wouldn’t it be great to start your week with a positive attitude and be in total control?

I’m a guy who likes little airplanes. I’ll never forget the first time my instructor commanded me to blow off a great landing. He wanted me to GO AROUND and try again.

Over the years, I’ve learned that the same thing happens in life. In day-to-day life, you can bet that somebody or something will mess up with your plans.

Pilots handle it this way:

1) Hit the gas and apply full power to the engine.

2) Pull the nose of the aircraft up and climb.

3) Adjust settings until you have positive control and try again.

When something gets in your way today, MOVE into action. Pull your chin up and establish a positive attitude. Try again until you get what you want.

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How To Explode Your Momentum Apr 27, 2022

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There's a truth in life; nothing happens until something happens.

Life happens when you take massive imperfect action and move closer to your goal.

But how do you begin when your to-do list is a mile long?

There's a simple equation: Start + Next = Results.

Once you get moving, the trick is to focus on the to-do item that is the best use of your time. The one that will move you closer to your goal right now.

After completing that task, move to the next and now the most critical item on your list.

Make sure the activity moves you closer to your goal. Otherwise, you are burning daylight and missing out on the life of your dreams.

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Why You Should Limit Your Choices Apr 26, 2022

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Do you have too many choices in your life?

In 2005, Barry Schwartz wrote The Paradox of Choice. It challenged the traditional thinking that the way to maximum freedom is to maximize choice.

Too many choices are not necessarily a good thing. They can create paralysis. No matter what you choose, you'll always wonder if you could have done better.

Here's my advice to you:

1) Limit choices. Narrow your list to items you have already experienced. Having every option won't serve you.

2) Be sure to permit yourself to try other possibilities IF needed - but only after you've vetted your first.

3) Stay in your lane and keep things simple.

Too many choices are part of modern life. If you can't decide, shorten your list of what is essential.

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What Do You Do For Fun? Apr 25, 2022

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It's such a simple question that it causes people to get a blank look in their eyes.

A few years ago, I visited friends who lived and worked on the Grand Canyon's South Rim. Yes, people live there - thousands of them. The drive into town is too far to commute - but that was okay with my friends. They had recently switched careers, packed up, and moved to become Park Rangers. They were right where they wanted to be.

It was late in the day when we settled into the guest room of their home and headed to the dinner table. I had been driving all day and was feeling a little fidgety.

"So, what do you guys do for fun around here?"

He looked at me like the fast-paced city slicker I was and said,

"I've been having fun all day - even at work."

I didn't get it - yet.

It turns out that his life change taught him that having fun is a sneaky little thing. Fun likes to show up when you are not paying attention and in the moment, whether wasting time or working.

In my career, I've asked people what they do for fun many times -

They are either in a materialistic chase for something our society has told us is fun.

Or...

They have forgotten that what they do naturally when they are not paying attention, can be more satisfying than they think.

And, there it is.

When you stop looking down the road for fun that you think will be more fun, you'll realize that you are already having a good time.

No chasing required.

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