Daily Boost — Motivation and Personal Growth - TopPodcast.com

View Top 200 Chart

Back to Rankings Page

Daily Boost — Motivation and Personal Growth — Education
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:

Are You Pushing Too Hard? Nov 02, 2023

Show notes

Are You Pushing Too Hard?

Have you ever found yourself in a motivated state of mind and pushing through the day?

Do you feel like everybody is hitting you with everything they have?

Blocked. Stalled. Frustrated. It is easy to want to push harder.

When I was a teenager, I liked to play football, not with the school team. Uniforms and protective equipment made that too easy. It was more fun to get together after school for a rough and tumble. A game of shirts and skins with the same guys who typically wear protective gear was much more fun.

One afternoon, in a particularly spirited game, though, I wasn't having as much fun as I usually did.

My attitude that day was one of total domination. I arrived at the field of battle with the absolute intent of pushing as hard as possible and winning the day. The only problem was another player had the same intention. And he was knocking the crap out of me with every hike of the ball.

Play after play, we would crash into each other as much force as we could muster. Neither would back off. We kept hitting as hard as we could and inflicting more pain in a so-called fun game. Finally, in tears from my last pummeling, I said,

"Why are you hitting me so hard? Stop hurting me. We're supposed to be having fun. Stop it!"

I'll let you fill in the more colorful words, emphasis, and emotional craziness.

I was in pain, frustrated, cold, and mad as hell. But that's when my opponent made me realize something I had been missing. He said,

"Me hitting you? You've been bashing me all day. What did I do to you? Why are you hitting me so hard?"

The emotions of that moment and the lessons learned are still with me all these years later.

Sometimes, when we get pumped and on a mission to achieve our goal, we get lost in our emotions. Not everybody is getting in your way. They are playing the same game, have the same plans, and are fighting to get what they want - like you.

After we realized what was going on, the game continued. This time, it wasn't about hurting each other. We stopped pushing too hard and played the best game we could to see who would come out on top.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Self-Inflicted Changes ROCK Nov 01, 2023

Show notes

Self-Inflicted Changes ROCK

A couple of years ago, the world changed when we were all introduced to Coronavirus. It was as if we were racing down the Interstate at 75 miles per hour, slammed on our breaks, and directed off the nearest exit on an undefined detour. It all seemed to happen in an instant.

The pandemic caused real pain and loss for some. Fear and stress for others. Still, as surreal as it was, it wasn't long before most people began to notice the craziness of our previous lives replaced with a 'new normal' - one that felt more like a 'new nothing.'

Much to our surprise, life slowed to a crawl, schedules changed, and we found contentment by not chasing every shiny object that life presented. The pandemic pause caused people to reevaluate life from the inside out. While it happens all the time, this time, we noticed it.

How many times have you found yourself in an impossible situation that ended with one action?

You paid off debt, quit a job, you said goodbye to a bad relationship?

How many times have you decided to try something new, and the past instantly disappeared?

Did you decide to move into a new home, start your own business, or return to school?

How many times have the worst pains and your biggest joys been the catalyst of an exciting new beginning?

A death, wedding, or the birth of a new child?

While some situations in life are unpredictable, the lessons learned and wisdom gleamed remind us that anything can and will change in an instant.

Knowing that grants you immense power over your destiny - especially if it's self-inflicted and you are in control.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Powerful and Purposeful Goal Setting Oct 31, 2023

Show notes

Powerful and Purposeful Goal Setting

I've always believed goal setting is the heartbeat of our lives.

Goal setting is one of the most powerful tools you have to create your best life. My question to you is… do you know what your best life is supposed to be?

I came upon my belief not from a book or a guru but from a realization I had many years ago. I found I was happy when I was chasing something bigger than myself that was also in alignment with how I felt on the inside. I was unhappy when I was checking items off my list and not honoring my true self.

After years of pondering, I concluded that a purposeful outcome would eliminate frustration and boredom and generate excitement and enthusiasm.

That leads me to the two definitions of goals:

1) The end toward which effort is directed.

2) An area or object toward which players in various games attempt to advance a ball or puck and usually through or into which it must go to score points.

Most people treat goals like the number two, a To-Do list, with a short-term outlook. People who focus on the first definition are long-term thinkers.

But what's the real difference?

What "end" do you place your focus on?

Heartbeat goal-setters know there are many "ends" before the ultimate termination point we call goal achievement. That's what excites and drives them. They purposely focus on that 'end.' Everything else is a step in the journey that is only needed to get to their pre-determined outcome.

Heartbeat goal setting. It's purposeful goal setting that ignites a fire in your belly, gives you a mission, and makes you happy. Everything else is an item on your To-Do list.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What? The Best Death Ever? Oct 30, 2023

Show notes

What? The Best Death Ever?

You are a goal-setting machine.

That’s not to say you are setting, working toward, and accomplishing more goals than anybody else. It’s the way your brain is wired. If that’s the case, why is it that reaching your goal can leave you feeling lost?

In 2006, I had a life-changing moment that happened in the middle of the night. My wife, Sheryl, was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and my world crashed. Even worse, they told me there wasn’t anything I could do about it.

In my world, those are fighting words.

The following six weeks were a whirlwind of miracle-searching activity, including a trip to Costa Rica for alternative treatment. As the weeks passed, the reality of what was coming became real. Sheryl would not survive. We called Hospice.

In the coming days, we settled into a routine that no family ever wants to go through, and that gave me the idea to call a meeting.

I proposed a new goal with my kids around my wife’s bed.

“If this is going to happen, why don’t we make it the best death ever?”

The initial response was silence - until my wife said,

“Well, if I’m going through this, we should enjoy the experience - right?”

From that point forward, even in the most challenging moments, we all lived life to the fullest. Family, friends, and everybody in our circle knew the goal and did their part to help us reach it.

Exactly 100 days after diagnosis, Sheryl passed away.

It hurt like nothing any of us had ever experienced. Still, we found ourselves with a warm feeling about how we had handled things. In time, our conversations turned to our goal of making it the best death ever. We realized we had achieved it.

That's the thing about goals…

All the excitement of setting a goal happens while you’re in the middle of your journey - and you are always in the middle.

Easy or difficult. When you choose to pursue a plan, the destination doesn’t matter except that it serves as a starting point for your next journey.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Knowing Your Why AND Why Not Oct 27, 2023

Show notes

Knowing Your Why AND Why Not

Getting what you want in life will be two things…

It will be easier than you can imagine or harder than you ever thought possible.

The journey will be exciting and scary.

Looking back, you will be glad you did it, yet wonder if you will ever do it again.

That's why WHY is so important.

You must know WHY you are doing anything to sustain your efforts.

And it must be YOUR why, not somebody else's.

You must own your WHY, understand your WHY, and live your WHY.

Many folks are not clear on WHY, or they do it for others or other reasons.

Sometimes, you might put up with one thing, hoping you'll get something else. I’m sure that you’ve found that's not the way it works.

Remember, what you focus on expands. That means you’ll get more of putting up with stuff if that's what you focus on.

It's true. Knowing WHY you don't want to do something is as essential as knowing WHY you want something.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Leveraging Life Cycles Oct 26, 2023

Show notes

Leveraging Life Cycles

My friend Louis Gates introduced me to his Life Cycle theory years ago. I’m in an inspiring year.

Where are you?

Cycles begin at birth and advances every nine years like this:

Year 1: You decide what you want and start asking for it.

Year 2: As the pieces come together, you narrow your focus.

Year 3: The resources you need begin to arrive.

Year 4: You find yourself moving toward your purpose in life.

Year 5: Re-evaluation begins. Toss out what you don’t need and keep what works.

Year 6: Your focus intensifies, and you work with the resources you’ve decided will benefit you.

Year 7: You take stock of things that no longer serve you.

Year 8: Clearing the clutter begins. It’s almost time to start the next cycle.

Year 9: You explore and decide what you want to do in the next cycle.

Look back on your life and notice how your Life Lifecycle is always in play.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Life-Changing Success Habits Oct 25, 2023

Show notes

Life-Changing Success Habits

Whatever results you want in your life will be produced by your thoughts, actions, and daily habits.

Most people work hard every day to make their world better. But, no matter how hard you work, life will get in the way. That’s life. That’s life’s job. That will always be life’s job.

No matter how much you try, life will get in the way - and you may have noticed - you can’t think your way out of it.

But what if you didn’t have to?

What if you could stop life from getting in the way of what you want?

In a survey of 233 self-made millionaires, there was a huge difference in what they do daily vs lower-income earners - and they do it automatically.

They use the power of habit—figure out what they want and how to get it, and keep repeating until they get what you want. Set it and forget it.

Right now, you might be sleeping in, reading occasionally, and going with the flow instead of focusing on your flow.

Successful folks get up early, read a lot, and spend 15-30 minutes daily on focused thinking.

Today, you may let yourself get out of shape, spend too much time in your head, and never seem to reach your goals.

Successful people prioritize exercise, spend time with people who inspire them, and pursue their goals.

Do you struggle to get enough sleep, don’t have enough money, and hang out with folks who are doing the same?

Successful people get enough sleep, have multiple incomes, and avoid time-wasters.

The success you want is is hiding in the distractions of your life. To get it, you only need to create your thoughts, design your actions, and establish a habit.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Focusing ON Focus Oct 24, 2023

Show notes

Focusing ON Focus

Here we are, entering the most distraction-filled time of the year.

How can you keep moving toward your goals when everything else is in the way?

With Singular Focus.

Singular means extraordinary, remarkable, and exceptional.

Focus is a central point of attraction, attention, or activity.

It’s time to focus on one activity that will move you forward. You simply won’t have time for everything else.

How do you get Singular Focus?

1) Reduce your things-to-do Universe. Choose an essential item and get it done during the upcoming busy season.

2) Remember. You can have everything, but not at the same time.

3) Reduce as much interference as possible. With all the buzz coming, plan small amounts of time to work on your goal.

It’s a simple truth -

When you are busy with life, too many extras will bog you down. Apply Singular Focus to your most important goal. Save the others until next year.

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

9 Success Principles You Need Oct 23, 2023

Show notes

9 Success Principles You Need

You may have heard that you will elevate your station in life to the degree that you elevate yourself.

Since you are reading this today, consider yourself elevated.

Even more so if you do these:

1) Acknowledge that all emotions come from within you.

2) Seek out someone you respect. Let them keep you honest.

3) Recognize there is life after failure.

4) Read purposefully. Apply your knowledge.

5) Challenge yourself to be brutally honest in everything you do.

6) Reflect on what you spend the most time on.

7) Remind yourself that you weren’t meant to procrastinate.

8) Put the phone away. Be present.

9) Time is your most precious resource. Fact.

Can you imagine how much you can change in your life when you live by those principles?

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Waking Up With Gratitude Oct 20, 2023

Show notes

Waking Up With Gratitude

I woke up this morning with an incredible zest to expand my feeling of gratefulness. Well, there is not so much to expand as to recognize all the things I am grateful for but haven’t thought about lately.

That’s the thing about living in a fast-paced world where our daily activities, big and small, fly by and are quickly forgotten. It’s always been that way. There is nothing new in the world. That got me thinking about one of my favorite quotes —

“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” —Robert Brault

As a no-regrets guy, I admit to sometimes not living in gratitude. Thankfully, the wisdom of others is always making sure I remember what is important—

Here are a few of my favorites.

“If a fellow isn’t thankful for what he’s got, he isn’t likely to be thankful for what he’s going to get.”—Frank A. Clark

“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.” —Eckhart Tolle

“Who does not thank for little will not thank for much.” —Estonian Proverb

“Gratitude is a quality similar to electricity: It must be produced and discharged and used up in order to exist at all.”—William Faulkner

“Enough is a feast.”—Buddhist Proverb

“When you are grateful, fear disappears, and abundance appears.”—Anthony Robbins

“When eating fruit, remember the one who planted the tree.”—Vietnamese Proverb

“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.”—William Arthur Ward

“A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.”—Cicero

“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.”—Robert Brault

I’m grateful for YOU!

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Related Podcasts