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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:

You Will Change When You Wear Yourself Out Oct 19, 2023

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You Will Change When You Wear Yourself Out

Many have said, "Life is a marathon, not a sprint."

But what happens when you find yourself doing both at the same time?

If you've been living on this planet for any time, you've figured out life is a long game made of day-to-day sprints.

You make small deposits over time if you want a big bank balance.

If you want to lose weight, you make small reductions over time.

If you want to get a promotion at your job, you do well every day.

The challenge happens when you have not defined the marathon you are running. A lack of a specific goal can only lead to daily activity that may or may not get you to your destination. If that happens to you, you may feel worn out, frustrated, and wondering when things will turn around.

There's good news. That kind of thinking means you are on the right track to success.

Certain stamina is required to reach any goal. And society today celebrates your ability to put in the hard work no matter what.

There's only one problem.

If it's not working for you, it's not sustainable behavior. Sooner or later, you will decide to make a change - usually abruptly.

Here's the truth: you will change when you wear yourself out.

Reluctant, fearful, or hard-headed, you will only put up with a less-than-satisfying path in life for so long. Eventually, you will wear yourself out.

When you've had enough, even if the timing is not perfect, you will change when you wear yourself out.

Everybody knows it.

The marathon we call life will continue until it doesn’t.

Why wear yourself out?

You may as well skip the bad stuff and get to the good stuff right now.

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Why You Should Set Impossible Goals Oct 18, 2023

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Why You Should Set Impossible Goals

I recently attended a conference where I enjoyed a presentation by Psychologist Dr. Benjamin Hardy. Honestly, I’ve been a fan of his work for a couple of years and am familiar with most of his working concepts.

This time… one stood out.

In my day-to-day work, it’s not uncommon for clients to struggle with narrowing a goal to one with enough meaning to propel them into action.

In most cases, it’s a struggle between the important and the impossible.

A goal must be important enough to excite you, but that can also make it seem impossible and scare you. But that’s what you want and need.

According to Dr. Hardy, when you limit your goals to only the most important and almost impossible from where you are today, you are forced to use a very tight filter to figure out how to make it happen.

In other words, taking random action will not help you reach an impossible goal.

Only a highly filtered, very disciplined, and nearly surgical approach will make it happen. If you are doing anything else, your goal isn’t big enough.

Instead of go big or go home, go big and figure it out is the way to success.

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How Purpose and Passion Make a Better Life Oct 17, 2023

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How Purpose and Passion Make a Better Life

From the time I was very young, I've been drawn to living a passionate life - no matter what gets in the way.

I've also had a solid purpose to impact people's lives while living a passionate life positively. Something can be challenging to archive 100% of the time. But isn't that the point of Passion and Purpose? Isn't it something that you just DO?

Amazingly, for all the focus on living a purposeful and passion-filled life, there has been very little research. A solid definition has only been agreed upon in the last few years - and it says a lot. I'll let it speak for itself.

Passion is defined as a strong inclination toward an activity that people like, find important, and in which they invest time and energy.

Purpose is defined as a stable and generalized intention to accomplish something personally meaningful and, at the same time, leads to productive engagement with some aspect of the world beyond the self.

As I've always said, "If you don't know your purpose, your purpose is to find your purpose."

And the best way to do that is to follow your passion. (Read the above description again for more impact)

Purpose and Passion. It's like Chocolate and Peanut Butter.

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Start With Definiteness of Purpose Oct 16, 2023

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Start With Definiteness of Purpose

The more days that I leave footsteps on this planet, the more I realize that everything we need to know to become a better version of ourselves has already been invented.

Not only that, but everything that you could use to improve yourself has been tested by millions over thousands of years. It has either proven to be effective… or not.

Napoleon Hill’s The Law of Success is one of those that works. While it is filled with action steps to achieve whatever success you desire, my personal experience, and that from working with others, has convinced me that if you get the first one right, everything else falls into place.

Definiteness of Purpose.

Specify EXACTLY what you want.

Specify EXACTLY when you want it.

Specify EXACTLY what you are willing to do.

Specify EXACTLY why you want it.

Yes. It can be confusing and frustrating to figure out your Definiteness of Purpose. But when you do, your life changes.

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Unleash Your Potential with Anticipation Oct 13, 2023

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Unleash Your Potential with Anticipation

I love how kids live in the moment while also getting excited about the next fun thing coming. Maybe it’s time we all begin acting like kids again.

Since you were young, special events excited you enough that sheer anticipation would drive you all day and keep you up at night. Would you like that back in your life?

The trick to harness the power of anticipation is to keep a steady stream of exciting moments in your future. I call this the Anticipation Engine. There are two things to keep in mind:

1) Your energy is dependent on getting excited about your future. Keep your list long.

2) Once an event passes, your excitement will disappear.

Enjoy the current moment. Don’t rush ahead, but always have something fun coming next.

Living a life of anticipation always gives a natural energy boost. If your life is bland - schedule something fun and get excited again.

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Embrace the Power of Goals and Live with Purpose Oct 12, 2023

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Embrace the Power of Goals and Live with Purpose

Are you feeling excited to be alive today? It might be an excellent opportunity to become an intentional goal-setter.

Goals are the heartbeat of your life.

They are tangible expressions of your Values. There's nothing more satisfying. You will always enjoy pursuing goals that align with the most significant Values.

Goals are also automatic. Others will set them for you if you don't set them for yourself.

You haven't set meaningful goals if you're not enjoying your life.

It's simple.

Decide what you want. Set a Goal. Create a plan. Set a deadline. Get to work.

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Invisibility to Prominence By Tooting Your Own Horn Oct 11, 2023

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Invisibility to Prominence By Tooting Your Own Horn

When I was a teenager, I was a weekend moviegoer. It was the age of Rocky and Star Wars, after all. While the experience was fun, something has stuck with me.

The movie theatre always ran a commercial during the previews before the film. They wanted local business owners to buy an ad before every show. It went -

"What happens when you don't advertise? NOTHING!"

Yes, that's a great lesson for business owners. But what about YOU?

If you want something more in your life, you need to toot your own horn so others can help you get it. That's how you manufacture endless opportunities in your life.

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You Should be Unapologetically Unreasonable Oct 10, 2023

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You Should be Unapologetically Unreasonable

Are you a reasonable person? Maybe it is time for you to change.

A reasonable person settles for the mundane and says, "It IS what it IS!"

An unreasonable person says, "That's fine, but I don't like it that way, and I don't accept it!" They change people's perception of what is. They create a different reality. They don't accept the norms.

Someone once told an off-color joke at a dinner party being held by Maya Angelou.

She stopped the party and said, "I don't have that in my house. You will have to leave. Even after an apology, she stood her ground.

"That's fine, that's for another time, but for today, you have to leave."

Some people are so afraid to offend that they are willing to be reasonable.

Be UNREASONABLE about your beliefs.

Take a stand and become known for it!

The world wants you to be reasonable and fit in. Don't do it. Be unreasonable!

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Proven Methods for Maximum Productivity Oct 09, 2023

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Proven Methods for Maximum Productivity

With only so many hours in the day, let’s start the week with a few ideas for being more productive.

1) Avoid meetings if possible. If you must, keep them short and sweet.

2) Incoming communication is nothing more than somebody else’s to-do list. Do your stuff first.

3) Organize your daily interruptions. They will never go away. You might as reasonably expect them.

4) Never schedule more than 50% of your day. That way, you can finish what you started.

5) No more multi-tasking. Finish one task before the next.

BAM! You just added 50% more productive time to your day.

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An Uncomplicated Life The Easy Way Oct 06, 2023

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An Uncomplicated Life The Easy Way

Do you ever wish you had a uncomplicated your life?

If you are a normal person and are NOT flying an airplane or performing brain surgery right now, there’s a good chance that you are are overcomplicating everything.

These rules will help:

Rule #1: Practice the rule of "Good Enough." Perfectionism is overrated.

Rule #2: Say No. Repeat it. Say NO a lot!

Rule #3 - When you find yourself so busy that you can't keep up, resolve to complete what you are doing, and NEVER do it again. Yes. It’s possible.

Leonardo da Vinci said, "Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

Why not show everybody how sophisticated you are today?

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