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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:

Stand Up, Take a Step, Repeat Recipe May 30, 2024

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Stand Up, Take a Step, Repeat Recipe

It's the world's most straightforward recipe for success: Stand up, take a step, REPEAT!

A member wrote asking how to use such simple advice best:

1) Stop whatever you are doing. Find a place where nobody will interrupt you for at least 5 minutes.

2) Focus on YOU.

3) Ask, "How is my life going?" Open your mind and let your thoughts flow to the different roles of your life. Bring them into focus.

4) For areas going well, continue your momentum. For areas of concern, ask," What CAN I do to make it better?"

5) Immediately take action based on your answers. Never stop.

5-minutes a day is all it takes to stay on track. Check in with yourself. Adjust. Keep moving.

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How To Create More Time May 29, 2024

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How To Create More Time

Wouldn’t it be great if you could create more time in your day without giving anything up?

The secret is how you prioritize the projects that are already on your plate. That requires a simple understanding:

1) Working on multiple products simultaneously only delays completing all the projects.

2) When you complete a product, not only is it off your plate, but it begins producing the expected results. This frees up time to move on to your next project.

The next time that you are trying to find more time, ask -

“What can I finish right now that will give me more time tomorrow - and every day after that?”

You will love how much more time you have in your day.

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Happier No Matter What May 28, 2024

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Happier No Matter What

Would you like to be happy every day of the week? Maybe it's time to start thinking like a happy person.

There's no magic to being happier.

Rose-colored glasses are not required.

Just start looking at your day-to-day life the way a happy person does.

Give this a try:

1) Accept that merely being alive means encountering occasional challenges.

2) Realize that dealing with challenges is a privilege that comes with being alive.

3) Welcome frustration. That means that you are not satisfied and are beginning to make adjustments.

4) Accept responsibility for solving your challenges. Run forward and fix them as soon as possible.

5) Deal with everything that life throws at you. Get a great night's sleep. Have another great day tomorrow.

It's amazing how that kind of mindset makes most challenges never show up in the first place.

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Characteristics of Success May 27, 2024

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Characteristics of Success

Could you find a mentor to help you along the way?

Every mentor I’ve ever had has validated that I possessed three characteristics for success.

Would you pass their test?

1) Do you have a burning desire to achieve your goal?

2) Are you open to learning and ready to embrace the wisdom and guidance from a diverse range of voices?

3) Are you willing to undertake all actions to achieve your success?

Wouldn’t you want this in someone that was asking for your help?

Walk your talk. Talk your walk. That’s a great life.

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What's Your Life Vision? May 24, 2024

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What's Your Life Vision?

Do you have an image of what you would like your life to be - except when life gets in the way?

There's no doubt that daily life events have a funny way of distracting us from reaching goals. It's just too easy to put them on the back burner. That's why you need to become the keeper of your vision.

Every day thousands of opportunities will arrive on your path and detour you from what you want. That's why it's up to you to guard your vision by asking a simple question -

Will this opportunity move me closer to the lifestyle I desire or further away?

Simple.

Know YOUR vision. Defend YOUR vision. Live YOUR Vision.

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Stoic Philosophy Rules That Apply Today May 23, 2024

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Stoic Philosophy Rules That Apply Today

In 300 BC, political life was driving people crazy. To calm the masses, several schools of philosophy popped up. Stoicism was one of them. Many of its teachings resonate today.

1) The mind is your power. It is not an outside event.

2) Time is your most precious resource. There is no time for regrets.

3) Be present. Stop and spend time with yourself.

4) Be grateful for what you have by imagining how much you would miss what you have.

5) Don’t look for happiness in the material. Wealth is in having few wants.

6) See that everything you experience originates from within. Your perception is all that matters.

7) Have a role model to measure your character. Once you find them, you’ll have a benchmark to gauge your progress.

8) Change your perspective on failure. Failure itself is no misfortune; to endure it and prevail is great good fortune.

9) Apply what you learn. Learning is like training weights for your mind. Be sure to use your new strength.

Why reinvent the wheel when some old-school wisdom already has it figured out?

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Every Day is a Do-Over Day May 22, 2024

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Every Day is a Do-Over Day

Is it me, or does living life these days make you feel like Bill Murray in the movie, Groundhog Day?

When it comes to working toward goals, that can be a tremendous asset. It's also something that will break you free when things don't feel like they are going your way.

Everybody has ups and downs. Up days are lots of fun. Down days make you want to crawl under a rock. But like the movie, with the right mindset, you always get another chance to try again.

How would you feel if every day was a chance to tweak, adjust, flex, or reinvent your approach to living?

What if everything got more comfortable as you built your knowledge of what works best for you?

How empowered would you feel if you knew that every day was a do-over day?

As long as the sun rises and the sun sets, it doesn't matter if you succeed or fail the previous day. Today is always a new day for making your dreams come true.

That'll make you get out of bed.

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Transformational Stages May 21, 2024

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Transformational Stages

Is there something you would like to transform about your life? These days you are not alone.

Stop smoking, lose weight, get a better job - or another job?

Transformation always follows the same predictable stages:

Stage 1: Pre-contemplation. This stage appears when an idea pops into your head for the first time.

Stage 2: Contemplation. This middle ground is where most folks get stuck. It can go on for a lifetime.

Stage 3: Determination. Moving past contemplation, you make up your mind, dig in your heels, and make your plan.

Stage 4: Action. There is no turning back until you get what you want.

Stage 5: Maintenance. This stage is all about keeping what you have acquired - no matter what. This stage may also last your entire life.

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Three Step Productivity May 20, 2024

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Three Step Productivity

Not a day goes by when somebody doesn't ask me how to manage their time and be more productive. I wanted to share my simple, non-AI approach to getting things done.

It's crucial to understand that productivity systems are not one-size-fits-all. They should be tailored to your unique needs and goals, which can evolve with your changing roles and responsibilities in life.

I'm now living in the wisdom role and not the get a thousand things done a day role. Still, no matter what role you play, productivity comes down to three elements:

1) Holding space on your calendar. If you need help deciding when to do your whats, you must spend more time learning that skill.

2) Task Management contains all the little things you must do during the time set on your calendar. And no, they never go on your calendar.

3) All projects and their millions of details live in a separate project management document, file, or software. You reference it when you need it. Any task that needs to be done finds its way to your Task Manager.

That's it.

Only three tools are needed for productivity: a calendar, a Task Management System, and a place for project details. Never the three shall mix.

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Reinvent Yourself With No Plan May 17, 2024

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Reinvent Yourself With No Plan

In the last couple of years, I made a decision that changed everything about my life.

And no, when I began personal Operation Reinvention, I didn't have much of a plan. I wouldn't say I was winging it, but sometimes you have no idea what kind of plan you need. What I did have was a mindset.

I wondered -

"What single change can I make - a change that would automatically and positivity disrupt everything in my life and put me in a better place?"

I followed that with…

"I don't know WHAT it's going to be, but it's not going to be THAT!"

While I didn't know exactly how to get there - or even what 'there' was, I knew I would recognize it when I saw it.

Goals are cool. You should use them. Sometimes, you must follow your gut, go with the flow, and figure things out along the way.

By the way, the single change turned out to be a massive rethinking of how I use my time. I create time freedom - and everything else begins to arrive.

What change can YOU make that would automatically and positively disrupt everything in your life and leave you in a better place?

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