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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:

Create Your Average Perfect Day Mar 07, 2024

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Create Your Average Perfect Day

How would you feel if every day, on average, was as you wanted?

It's time to make your dreams come true and create your "Average Perfect Day."

Here's how it works:

1) Find a quiet spot and write a detailed description of your perfect day. Let your fantasies flow onto paper until you've mapped out morning until night.

2) Focus on your daily experiences, not material goods. In other words, if you want a sports car, focus on how you feel in the driver's seat.

3) Fight the urge to judge. The goal is to slow down, tap into your core, and get excited about what's possible.

There is one last rule that you must follow.

There are no limitations and no consequences. Let yourself be free to dream. You are going to be surprised how many start coming true.

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10 Daily Rules for a Happier You Mar 06, 2024

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10 Daily Rules for a Happier You

Every day, we all jump into the craziness of life with little thought to the basic rules we use to run our day.

Here are a few of mine. You can borrow them if you would like:

1) Do what makes your heart sing. You'll always feel better when you are dancing down your path.

2) Believe anything is possible. As soon as you believe - everything IS possible.

3) Be nice to others. Expect them to do the same. No further explanation is required.

4) Believe in people and encourage their dreams. When you do, they'll return the favor.

5) Do the right thing. If you mess up, say you're sorry, try again.

6) Meet people where they are in their lives and walk with them to where you both want to go.

7) Do what you say you will do. It's always better to under-promise and over-deliver.

8) Make lemonade out of lemons. Everything is fixable if you have the right mindset.

9) Keep things simple. Yup.

10) Relax. Life is short. Double yup.

Focusing on life's big picture makes it easier to enjoy your daily experiences.

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Power of Stop, Think, Think Again Mar 05, 2024

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Power of Stop, Think, Think Again

With everything happening in the world, it isn’t easy to make good decisions. Being a former fat guy living in a relatively thin body, I learned a life lesson I still use daily that helps.

As a kid, going out to eat was a special occasion. One weekend my parents introduced me to the concept of an all-you-can-eat Steak House! From that day forward, I knew I would live in my Husky pants until I found a solution. Years later, I did.

In the beginning, I adopted a philosophy of choosing food that said, “Stop. Think. Order.” If that doesn’t work, I employ my advanced version, “Stop. Think. Think again. Order.”

Years later, I streamlined my thinking to “Stop. Think. Think again. Act.” I also began to apply it to everything I do.

One day I mentioned my new-found thinking to my Mom. She said, “That’s like listening before speaking and thinking before acting. Hmm… that sure sounds like something I may have said to you before.”

I’ll never admit it.

Stop. Think. Think Again. Act.

Today is going to be awesome.

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Change Everything With a Magic Wand Mar 04, 2024

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Change Everything With a Magic Wand

So you know you want something different than what you have. You can’t seem to put your finger on what you want. And, the big one, you don’t know where to begin.

In my years of helping others reach their dreams, I’ve learned a couple of things -

For most of us, our lives are pretty good. They could be more exciting, and you could make more money. Your relationships could sparkle a bit more.

Still, you may feel frozen from a fear of what you might lose. It may be from a fear that you won’t get what you want. Is it possible that you are living in a someday-maybe mindset?

In the business world, things are more apparent.

If you want to succeed, you only need to offer something your customer wants or needs and provide a solution. It’s simple math. The customer will take you up on your offer, and your business will thrive. Or, they won’t even notice your business and your competition will succeed.

Your personal life is the same way.

You recognize that your desire is a problem that needs a solution. Or, you stay forever and frustratingly in a someday-maybe mindset.

But what if there was a magical question you could ask yourself? A question that would transform your trajectory if you are willing to accept the answer?

I asked a confused client on a recent call,

“If I could wave a magic wand and transform your life into exactly what you wanted - what would that look like?”

The first few seconds were silent - until the floodgates of her imagination opened. The picture was painted, and she could see the future.

She let out a deep breath, relaxed, and said -

“Thanks for getting me to admit what I wanted, finally. I’ve been thinking about it for years. I was afraid to say it out loud. It feels good.”

It always feels good when you release the dream locked inside of you. Now, accept that you want it and get work making it real.

If in doubt, wave your magic wand!

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Mar 01, 2024

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Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Your best life is built sequentially, one level at a time. Forget the elevator. Climb all the stairs to the top, and you’ll 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 love and belonging.

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

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

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

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Never Miss a Good Opportunity Feb 29, 2024

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Never Miss a Good Opportunity

Getting what you want always comes down to knowing what it is, deciding to go after it, and not stopping until you get it.

But what happens when you need somebody's help to get it, and they won't step up?

I'll never forget that warm September day I made up my mind to get a membership at a new gym. They had been in pre-sale for months, and I had finally decided to drag myself off the sofa and grab a pre-opening special before it was gone.

When I walked through the door, it was a beehive of activity. People everywhere packing up equipment. They were moving to the new location across the street. At that moment, I thought I missed my chance, but I stepped up to the counter anyway,

"Can I get signed up?"

The young girl behind the counter said something that blew my mind.

"I can't help you. The computer is unplugged. Besides, you've had a couple of months. You're kind of late."

Let me get this straight.

This business, whose only reason for existence is to get members, can't because their computer is unplugged, and it's my fault?

I was picking my jaw up off the floor when the owner saw what was happening. He stopped what he was doing, grabbed a contract, and said,

"Of course we can. We'll do it the old-fashion way and enter it into the computer tomorrow. You can pay when you come to work out."

With that, I walked out with my new membership. I started working out the next day, and the actions of that day changed my life.

How?

I had been working out for a few months, and the owner noticed my results. Knowing I had a martial arts background, he asked if I would teach a few kickboxing classes. I agreed, and Motivation To Move was born a few months later. Nothing has ever been the same.

I learned a valuable lesson about business and life that day.

Once you decide what you want, whether running a business or on a treadmill, never miss out on an opportunity to get what you want. Even if the computer is unplugged.

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Are You Stuck in The Middle? Feb 28, 2024

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Are You Stuck in The Middle?

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.”

Having low expectations and being surrounded by like-minded folks is okay in business and life.

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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Six Mindset Shifts For Better Results Feb 27, 2024

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Six Mindset Shifts For Better Results

On your last day on earth, the person you became will meet the person you could have become." — Anonymous

You're smart. You're not going to let that happen to you - right?

Here are six mindset shifts to make sure you are living on purpose right now -

1) Live a good lifestyle. Eat good stuff and exercise.

2) Think long-term. Find your groove and stick with it.

3) Play BIG. Small thinking is not why you were born.

4) Be responsible. No more excuses. That’s the only way to be happy.

5) Learn to be more flexible. Stop being hard-headed. Go with the flow to get what you want.

6) Embrace hard work. There is no Magic Bullet.

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Behavior Hacks For a Better Day Feb 26, 2024

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Behavior Hacks For a Better Day

Your mind is the most potent super-computer ever created. Here are a few ways to hack it and transform your life.

1) Start using a "Good Enough" approach. Perfectionism is doing nothing to move you forward.

2) Use your ONE mind to do ONE thing. Multitasking is splitting your focus and energy. It's also delaying your success.

3) Let go of control. Some things are up to someone else. Figure out what they are and move on.

4) Say NO to anything that does not directly support your Goals. Do what you KNOW will get you what you want. Don't do something in hopes of getting what you want.

5) Hang out with supportive, positive, and nurturing people. Let toxic people create their group.

6) Be willing not to be liked. If you avoid making folks unhappy, you're not moving toward your dreams.

7) Focus on the story of YOU. Minimize social media and television. When you do, you also minimize the influence others have on you.

Notice how most h acks are simply relying on yourself first.

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Clear Your Clutter, Clear Your Mind Feb 23, 2024

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Clear Your Clutter, Clear Your Mind

I’ve noticed in my life that humans are hoarders when it comes to keeping stuff that works and doesn’t.

They keep hanging on; their life depends on it.

Now, before I go on, I think there are two situations at play here:

1) Hanging on to what has worked well but needs to go so you can do more of what you want to do.

2) Hanging on what doesn’t work in hopes that it will work well someday.

Both can go on for years, leading to frustration as you long for something else.

I was on the phone with a client this morning, and we ran into that situation. We began dealing with it a few months ago, and it’s still rearing its ugly head in her life.

After exploring it from every angle—

Should I keep it?

Should I put it to the side and come back to it?

Should I toss it and start over?

Should I… should I… should I.

I finally said the only thing that came to mind -

“The mere fact that you keep questioning it tells me you want to drop it. You’re just worried about what comes next, which is strange because what’s next is what you want.

Let me ask a question—

How would you feel if you dropped everything holding you back and woke up in the morning with a clean slate and ready to move?”

She smiled. You know, with that almost embarrassed look that people get when they can’t pretend anymore. She was busted, and she knew it. That’s when she said—

“I’m not going to lie. That would feel great!”

We had a “moment,” and everything changed. I suggested a 30-day cooling-off period, but with the understanding that she is moving forward and not backward.

A few hours later, she sent me a note. It said, “I don’t need 30 days. Thanks.”

It’s simple. When making a life decision, if you stay, you can’t go; if you go, you can’t stay.

Make your choice.

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