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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?

Latest Episodes:

Ambition vs Peace of Mind Aug 31, 2026

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Ambition vs Peace of Mind

August 31, 2026 | Episode 5531

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

You set the goal. You hit the goal. And then you stand there, wondering why it doesn't feel the way you thought it would.

I've watched that happen hundreds of times, and I finally figured out what's missing. It isn't ambition. It's the ground you're standing on when you launch.

Today I'm walking you through what I call a peaceful base — the six areas that have to be solid before anything big you build will hold. Time. Body. Mind. Money. Relationships. Meaning.

Go big. Just don't launch off a hot mess. Let's get your foundation right.

Featured Story

I brought this whole idea up with my wife over breakfast, and she asked me to explain it in a way she could actually feel.

So I pointed at her laptop.

Every single morning, before she eats, she flips it open and balances our books. House and business, both. She looks at the numbers, sees that we're fine, closes the laptop, and her whole day settles.

I would never do that. It would drive me crazy. I don't touch it.

But watching her that morning, something clicked for me. That laptop isn't bookkeeping. That's her ground. That's the thing she stands on before she does anything else.

And most people don't have one.

Important Points

Your schedule serves you, or it serves everyone else. Control your time first, because it controls everything after.
A peaceful base isn't a retirement plan. It's the active ground you build on so your big goals actually hold up.
Six areas hold you up: time, body, mind, money, relationships, and meaning. Weak in one and the whole thing wobbles.

Memorable Quotes

We set the goal, we reach the goal, we accomplish the goal, and yet we don't get what we really, really wanted.
You can't have a cool life on a hot mess. If you want to launch something big, you better have a solid foundation.
If you don't control your time, you control nothing. And you can control your time. I know it's hard.

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Pick the one area of your base that feels shakiest right now — time, body, mind, money, relationships, or meaning.
Fix that one with a small daily habit you'll actually stick to, like my wife balancing the books every single morning.
Only then launch your big goal from that solid ground, and keep the base strong while you chase whatever you want.

Chapters

0:14 - Why reaching the goal still leaves you empty

2:23 - The day I realized I only wanted peace of mind

2:46 - What a peaceful base is and why it holds you up

4:23 - Rocket launch pads and the size of your dreams

5:22 - My wife's ritual and taking back your time

9:35 - Money, relationships, and what anchors it all

11:53 - Start small today and let it compound for decades

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Communication Kung Fu Aug 28, 2026

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Communication Kung Fu

August 28, 2026 | Episode 5530

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

Somebody drops a request on your plate, and you hear yourself saying yes before your brain catches up. Now you're doing work that was never yours, and the thing you actually needed to finish sits there.

Years ago, an improv class handed me two small moves that fixed this. They keep you agreeable, keep people liking you, and keep your calendar your own.

I use them on clients, on my kids, on anybody walking down the hall looking for a favor. Nobody has ever caught on.

Try them this weekend and watch what stops landing on your desk.

Featured Story

Years ago I was chasing voiceover and spokesperson work, and I knew I didn't sound natural. I've got this radio voice built into me. Great for reading copy. Terrible for sounding like a regular guy standing in a kitchen.

So I took classes: acting classes, commercial classes, drama classes. I scared a few people with my acting chops. I was that good.

The one that changed everything was improv. You watch improv and wonder how those people keep pulling ideas out of thin air. It looks like magic. It isn't. There's one simple rule beneath it all, and I've been using it in real conversations ever since.

Important Points

When somebody asks for your help, agree first. Nobody gets defensive when they hear yes, and nobody walks away mad.

Then you defer. Let's talk about it later when I finish what I'm doing, the work that a flat no never could.
Drop the word yet into your answers. Not yet keeps you positive, keeps your momentum, and buys you some real room.

Memorable Quotes

I lost the weight 20 years ago and never gained it back, but the habit of "I'll start on Monday" has evidently stuck.
It's magical. It takes the stress away, and you can use it all day long — on your kids, on your boss, on anybody.
Nine times out of ten, they find somebody else, they do it themselves, or the thing never even had to get done.

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Start with yes right when the ask lands, because nobody gets defensive and nobody argues with an agreeable person.
Then defer instead of refusing: let's talk about it later when I finish what I'm doing, and hand the moment back.
Then drop the "and," answer "not yet" when they circle back, and let the request quietly solve itself somewhere else.

Chapters

0:02 - Two small words that keep your day on track

0:18 - Why I skipped the gym and blamed Monday again

1:24 - The hardest part is that heavy front door

3:25 - What improv class taught me about saying no

4:47 - Agree and defer, then watch them walk away

5:54 - Drop the and, then let the word yet work

8:26 - How this quietly hands your time back to you

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Awareness Is A Superpower Aug 27, 2026

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Awareness Is A Superpower

August 27, 2026 | Episode 5529

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

Most people drift through life without ever noticing what's really happening. They set goals, make plans, and then wonder why nothing changes.

I found a fix years ago, and it takes about ten minutes a day. It's called the Daily Awareness Diary. Nine questions, asked the same way every morning, until you can't hide from the answers anymore.

You're going to hate the name. You might hate the first few days. But by day four or five, you'll see yourself clearly, maybe for the first time in years.

Give it a listen, then give it a try.

Featured Story

Years ago I kept running into the same wall with people I coached. I'd ask about their beliefs, their values, the actions they were taking. And they'd make it up, not on purpose. They couldn't remember. They didn't know.

So I started thinking about personal trainers. They tell you to track your diet for a week before they build a plan for you. Nobody argues with that.

I could do the same thing with a life. Track it for a week or two, read between the lines, and the answer shows up on its own.

I built nine questions and handed them to my Face Your Passion group. What came back surprised even me.

Important Points

Ask yourself the same questions daily. The questions stay fixed, your life moves, and the real pattern shows up.
Look back before you look forward. Yesterday's honest scorecard tells you exactly what you need to fix today.
Plan your responses before the day starts. Decide how you will answer, and most of your stress vanishes.

Memorable Quotes

You can only write things down and make something up for a limited time until you see what is actually happening.
If I can point your awareness in the direction it needs to be and then give you a way to make adjustments, we can.
I am here to tell you, this silly idea called a Daily Awareness Diary changes everything and puts you in control.

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Start tomorrow morning by looking back at yesterday and deciding, honestly, how you feel about what you created.
Then look forward and name what you will create today, instead of working through a list somebody else handed you.
Finish with one affirmation drawn from what you just saw, and then do the same thing for fifteen straight days.

Chapters

0:02 - Why brutal awareness beats every other tool

1:26 - The nine questions nobody wants to answer

2:15 - Track your life like a trainer tracks your diet

3:40 - Looking back, then deciding what you create

5:51 - Prayer, connection, and the people you forgot

6:48 - The preplanned response that kills your stress

8:52 - Write your own affirmation and keep going

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Happiness Is Boring. Want Some? Aug 26, 2026

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Happiness Is Boring. Want Some?

August 25, 2026 | Episode 5528

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

One degree. That's all it took for me to announce that winter is coming to Florida. We notice everything down here.

I got to thinking today about why some people feel stuck and bored while others seem lit up all the time. It's not talent. It's not luck. Most of you already know every tip and habit ever published, and you're still not quite there.

I'm going to hand you a foolproof way to feel better. Two simple moves, plus one bonus that ties it together. None of it is sexy. All of it works.

Featured Story

I started late today. Didn't sit down to record until after four, and right before I hit the button I checked the internet and saw that Dolly Parton had passed away at 80.

I've been a fan my whole life. We're headed to Gatlinburg in October for a wedding, and we already had Dollywood on the list. We're still going.

And this surprised me. I didn't feel sad, and I didn't feel happy. I just sat back and said, good job, Dolly.

I don't know her story. I don't know if there was pain behind all those wigs. What I know is I caught myself smiling, and I'm still working out why.

Important Points

Exploring future possibilities costs you nothing. Look around with zero commitment and watch what jumps at you.
Your anticipation engine needs two or three things on the calendar, close enough that your mind can picture them.
Like-minded people have to be genuinely like you. Somebody who tolerates your thing is not the same as obsessed.

Memorable Quotes

The things people are most passionate about are the things they literally stumbled upon. It wasn't intentional.
A peaceful base is that solid foundation, where your relationships, your money, and your time are all in control.
Two or more people engaged in the pursuit of a definite purpose with a positive attitude are an unbeatable force.

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Start a list tonight of everything that sparks your curiosity, without letting a chatbot hand you a single one.
Pull two or three items off that list and put real dates on them for the next 12 months, then track them.
Take those dated plans and find people already obsessed with the same thing, because obsession keeps you in.

Chapters

0:02 - Winter arrives in Florida after one whole degree

0:46 - Ralph says everybody deals with the same stuff

2:10 - Dolly Parton news lands and I catch myself smiling

4:02 - Exploring possibilities with zero commitment required

5:56 - The anticipation engine and why your list matters

7:46 - Finding people who are bonkers about the same thing

9:36 - A peaceful base is boring, and that is the point

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What You Don't Know About Goal Setting Aug 25, 2026

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What You Don't Know About Goal Setting

August 25, 2026 | Episode 5527

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

Yesterday I told you I wasn't going to teach goal setting. Today I'm going to teach you how to set goals. Sort of.

Most of what you were handed about goals has quietly fallen apart. The 21-day habit. The Harvard study everybody quotes. Smart goals. Gone. Disproven. And yet you're still sitting there in August wondering why the thing you decided in January never happened.

Two words fix most of it, and one measurement that explains why you quit. Ten minutes, and you'll never look at your goal list the same way.

Featured Story

I mentioned to my wife the other day that I'm in the mood to get a Tesla. Just shopping around. Looking.

She got quiet. Then a little scared. Because after all these years, she knows exactly what that sentence means in my house.

She knows my brain already flagged it. She knows the velocity has started. And she knows that if I keep drifting in that direction, week after week, there will eventually be a Tesla in the driveway and nobody will remember deciding on it.

That's not a car story. That's the whole mechanism of how you get anything, running right out in the open.

Important Points

Start your morning retrospectively. Not what you did yesterday, but what really happened and how it honestly felt.
Then go prospectively. Ask what you'll create today to close the gap you just found, and only three goals max.
Velocity keeps motivation alive, so chop any goal more than six months out into segments you can actually feel finishing.

Memorable Quotes

Velocity is the key. It's more important how fast you're getting to your goal than if you're getting to your goal.
The daily awareness diary will hold you to your honesty forever. It exposes what you said you want and what you're doing.
Remember the Harvard study where people who set goals are 93% more effective—never done, ever. It's a wives' tale.

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Tomorrow morning, ask retrospectively how yesterday actually went, and be honest about whether it matched your want.
Then ask prospectively what you'll create today, and write down the single adjustment that closes that gap for you.
Now break your big goal into velocity segments close enough together that you feel you're finishing one each week.

Chapters

0:02 - A twist on the goal setting I said I'd skip

0:38 - The obsession behind everything I teach you

1:47 - Goal setting myths that got quietly disproven

3:22 - The retrospective question I ask every morning

4:48 - Prospection, the one thing only humans can do

6:09 - Why velocity beats the goal itself every time

8:36 - The Tesla my wife is hoping I forget about

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Being Human in an AI Era Aug 24, 2026

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Being Human in an AI Era

August 24, 2026 | Episode 5526

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

Something shifted in my calls this month. The people I work with are all over AI. Some are building with it. Some are making money with it. And they still can't sort out a decision without help.

I've been three years deep in this stuff. Agents, apps, automation, the whole office running while I'm out of the room. I love it. It still can't do the one thing you get paid for.

Today I'll show you exactly where the machine stops, and you start, and why that line is worth more this year than it was last year.

Featured Story

I'm mid-sentence on a client call last week, and I catch it. Eyes drop. Fingers moving. They're running my answer through ChatGPT while I'm still talking.

I love it. Check me. I'm not worried about a machine that reads everything and decides nothing.

What comes back is a beautiful, balanced, on-the-other-hand answer with six options. And they sit there. Still stuck. Then they look up and ask me what I'd do, and I tell them in about nine seconds, and off they go.

Same information. Totally different result. Once I understood why, I rebuilt my entire business around it.

Important Points

AI will hand you every option, and it will never pick one. The deciding is still your job, so quit waiting on it.
Use AI for your figure-it-out mode at two in the morning, then shut it off and ask what you would actually do.
Being curious about everything used to look scattered. In an AI world, it's the trait that lets you zero in fast.

Memorable Quotes

Humans are coming back in the mix, believe it or not. Human wisdom in an AI world is now very, very, very valuable.
You're busy. The trip from a data center to your iPhone is very long, so this will take longer than you think.
AI does it cheaper, easier, better, and faster, and I can't compete with that, so I'll just do what it can't do.

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Dump the whole mess into AI tonight and let it pull every angle, every option, and all of the data it can find.
Then shut the machine off, take a walk with your eyes open, and answer one single question: what would you do?
Write that answer down, act on it before today ends, and let your life experience be the tiebreaker from now on.

Chapters

0:02 - Why human wisdom is suddenly in high demand

1:44 - Three years deep in AI and what it changed

3:20 - The clients who hire me to decide for them

4:30 - AI as your two in the morning life coach, flaws included

7:03 - The polymath advantage nobody warned you about

9:49 - Three things AI will never do for you, ever

12:43 - Take the position that turns you into a superstar

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Telling the World About You Aug 21, 2026

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Telling the World About You

August 21, 2026 | Episode 5525

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

People are watching you right now. Not in a creepy way. In a normal, human, sizing-you-up kind of way.

They find you somewhere online, they binge your stuff, they ask AI about you, and then they quietly decide whether you're worth their time. I call it the shadow search, and it's happening whether you like it or not.

Today I'll give you the two moves that turn all that watching into opportunity. One of them nobody wants to do anymore. The other takes more patience than most people have. Both of them still work. Let's go.

Featured Story

I was twenty-six, and I'd been to Larry's house: five thousand square feet, the cars, the whole thing. I wanted what he had, and I wanted it on my schedule, not his.

So I pinned him down at the office and made my best case for a raise. I'd shown up. I'd done the work. He had gobs of money sitting right there, and I figured my share belonged in my pocket.

Larry gave me an answer I did not want to hear at twenty-six. I stomped out and complained about it in the office kitchen. Twenty years later, I finally understood what he was actually telling me.

Important Points

Outbound beats waiting around, so send the letter, knock on the door, and make the call nobody else will make.
Segment and target every piece of outreach, because blasting the same thing at everybody reads as noise, not help.
You can't manipulate what people find, so build something honest enough to survive their shadow search on you.

Memorable Quotes

Sometimes you have to keep showing up long enough for the right people to notice. Then they will step up for you.
There is a hidden layer of successful people all around you, and they are keeping an eye out for somebody like you.
Just do what you do so people can see what you do, then reach out and give them the chance to get to know you.

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Pick one person this week and reach out to them first with a real letter, a phone call, or a knock on their door.
Keep showing up the same honest way every day, so whatever they dig up about you backs up what you already told them.
Give it longer than feels comfortable, and then let the right people come to you once they have seen enough of you.

Chapters

0:13 - People are watching and learning about you now

0:45 - The attention era and why outbound wins today

2:06 - The shadow search happening behind your back

3:33 - Why the influencer act finally stopped working

4:24 - Larry, a raise, and the answer I hated hearing

6:44 - The hidden layer of successful people watching

7:41 - Three cruises later, Donna finally said hello

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Don't Be a Negotiating Underdog Aug 20, 2026

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Don't Be a Negotiating Underdog

August 20, 2026 | Episode 5524

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

Almost everything you do today involves negotiating something, squeezing your car into a parking spot, asking for the raise, and closing the deal that pays your bills this month.

Most of us walk into those moments feeling like the underdog. Like the other person is holding all the cards and we're lucky to even be at the table.

I want to fix that for you today. I'll take you to an airport food court, a contract with my fee scratched out, and the thirty seconds of silence that showed me what's really going on across the table. Come find out.

Featured Story

Twenty-five years ago I flew to Atlanta and spent a whole day with a client I couldn't afford to chase. My flight was forty minutes out when he pulled me into an airport food court, bought tacos, and slid my contract across the table.

He'd scratched out my fee and written a number thirty percent lower. Then he handed me the pen. Sign it now, he said, and I'll write you a check right here.

He knew I needed that money. He knew my wife was waiting on it. I looked at the clock, and I almost signed my name.

Then I remembered something experience had already taught me, and I set the pen down.

Important Points

A deal that starts bad never gets better, so walk away from anything that feels wrong before you ever sign it.
Everybody sitting at that table feels like the underdog, which means the fear you're carrying runs both ways too.
Price yourself fair instead of cheap, because a stupidly low number invites people to beat you down even more.

Memorable Quotes

All parties feel like the underdog. All parties naturally feel they won't get the deal done at all.
When you're in a negotiation, make sure you really want it, because it's never going to get any better than day one.
These days I don't charge really stupidly low prices. I charge fair, reasonable prices.

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Decide your walk-away number before you sit down, and know exactly where you will stand up and go home.
When they push back, restate your original terms one time, calmly, and give them a real deadline they can meet.
Then close your mouth and let the silence do the work, because whoever speaks first ends up handing over the ground.

Chapters

0:02 - Why the happy theme music means a heavy topic

1:07 - The group that gets you when nobody else does

1:47 - Every single thing in your life is a negotiation

2:33 - Atlanta, a taco stand, and a ticking flight clock

4:14 - The scratched-out fee and the pen he handed me

5:48 - Everyone at that table is scared of the same thing

7:37 - Thirty seconds of silence and a signed contract

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Getting Things to Click Aug 19, 2026

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Getting Things to Click

August 19, 2026 | Episode 5523

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

I hit the wrong theme music button this morning, and that's a decent metaphor for how most days go. You click something, and something happens.

Twenty years into this show, people still ask what I'm really doing here. Am I selling something? Sure, I want clients. But that's not what gets me out of bed.

What gets me out of bed is the click — that millisecond where your eyes open and everything shifts. I'm not here to give you notes to take. I'm here to pass out clicks, and today I'll show you exactly how one landed.

Featured Story

I was on a call this morning with a client up in New York. Smart guy, runs businesses, does really well. We were talking about how everybody's busier than ever now that we can all do more.

Then he leaned back in his chair and asked me something. When do I get to do what I want?

The look on his face was heartbreaking. I've heard that question a thousand times, and I still didn't see it coming.

I let it sit. Didn't jump in. When I finally answered, he leaned forward and took a note. It wasn't the answer he wanted, but it opened his eyes.

Important Points

You are not stuck. You are still thinking about it, and that is a very different problem with a much faster fix.
Clear the deck before you chase the dream. You cannot see what you want while everything else is still in the way.
Most of what fills your day is stuff you chose. Cut the few pieces you hate, and the rest starts to feel lighter.

Memorable Quotes

The trick is the click. It's that millisecond in time where it just makes sense, and you sit back and finally get it.
It's impossible to know what you want to do when you're busy doing everything else that is sitting on your plate.
I'm passing out clicks because if I can give you just one single click, you will finally break free.

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Clear the deck first. Finish the small things stacking up so you get some real space to think instead of react.
Once you have that space, name the two or three things you dislike the most and pull them out of your week.
Then use the room you made to test one thing you want to do, and let the next click pull you toward the one after.

Chapters

0:03 - Wrong theme music and a day that still works

0:55 - Why I still show up after twenty years of this

2:02 - I don't want to give you note-taking moments

3:36 - A client in New York asks a heartbreaking question

5:13 - You are probably already doing what you want

7:17 - Clear the deck so you have room to think again

9:01 - One small click turns into unstoppable momentum

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Ask This Before You Begin Aug 18, 2026

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Ask This Before You Begin

August 18, 2026 | Episode 5522

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

Most of the time you're not stuck because you're lazy. You're stuck because you never got clear on what you actually want.

I picked up four questions from a Hollywood pitch guy who sells movies in three minutes flat, and they work on anything — a job change, a side income, a relationship you keep avoiding. What is it? How does it work? Can you do it? Are you sure?

Answer all four honestly, and you'll move. Miss one and you'll spin. Let's find out which one you're missing today, and what happens once you fix it.

Featured Story

I flew out to Death Valley for my friend Cory Sather's run across the desert, and the guy they put me in a room with was a stranger named Colin. Five minutes after we met, we were roommates.

Colin turned out to be one of the most successful businessmen I've ever shared a bathroom with. We spent days in a car together, following Cory in the heat, talking.

I asked him why he pours so much into social media. He said nobody tells the truth about business. He said business is simple — a few things, done again and again and again.

That answer stuck with me the whole ride home, and it's still working on me.

Important Points

If you can't say exactly what you want in one plain sentence, you're not stuck on effort. You're stuck on clarity.
A goal with no method is only a wish. Decide how the thing actually works before you spend a dollar or a day on it.
Wanting an extra 20,000 a month in 2 hours a week isn't a plan. Match your time and skills to the goal.

Memorable Quotes

Business is easy. It's just a handful of things you put together, and then you do them again and again and again.
You don't deserve anything. You can earn it. That's a whole different kind of sure, and it comes with a swagger.
If I could just figure out what it is, I'd do it. Well, that's the whole job. You have to figure out what it is.

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Write down the one thing you actually want in a single sentence, no backstory, no excuses, no why attached yet.
Right under that sentence, map the steps that make it work, then price it out in hours, skills, and real dollars.
Read all of it back out loud, and if you can say yes to every line without flinching, start the work before you sleep.

Chapters

0:26 - Four questions to ask before you do anything

1:29 - Meeting Colin in Death Valley and hearing the truth

2:15 - Why facing your passion still has to pay the bills

3:02 - The Hollywood pitch book behind the three-minute rule

4:16 - Question one: do you really know what you want

5:39 - Questions two and three: the plan and the resources

8:45 - Question four: the swagger that finishes the job

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