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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:

How to Accept Your True Purpose Oct 05, 2023

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How to Accept Your True Purpose

Today, I predict that there is a question floating deep within your mind that’s going to pop up and demand your attention very soon.

What’s the question?

Is this all there is?

Isn’t my life supposed to be more?

Am I destined for something bigger than myself?

Okay. That’s three questions… and you may be hearing all of them.

Always remember -

Discovering YOU is not so much a search. It's more of an acceptance.

It's about accepting WHO you are by being honest about your past actions.

It's accepting WHAT you do when you're doing you. It's not a thing; it's a feeling.

It's accepting WHEN you want to be true to yourself.

Discovering your true self doesn't require a life-long search. It's a matter of accepting your daily actions as your choice. If you don't like them - change them.

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Are You Causing Your Own Challenges? Oct 04, 2023

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Are You Causing Your Own Challenges?

Are you the kind of person who is always running around putting out fires - fires you set?

I think it is time that we take away your matches and lighter fluid.

Keep these tips in mind:

1) If your life is non-stop drama, stress, and craziness, there is a good chance that YOU are the cause. There is also a good chance you won’t see it that way.

2) Living with your hair on fire will keep you so busy and you will spend years wondering why you can’t get what you want.

3) When you STOP doing anything that results in more craziness knocking at your door, you will find that life is pretty quiet - and quiet is where all good stuff happens.

It’s a Universal truth. You are 100% in charge of any action you choose. Choose good ones. It makes life more fun.

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Why Learning is Holding You Back Oct 03, 2023

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Why Learning is Holding You Back

Have you ever felt as if something is holding you back?

Maybe you are spending too much time learning.

The challenge begins when your mind gets confused and you start searching for answers.

The problem is that learning feels like doing. Your mind can't distinguish between perception and reality. Yes, you may be getting more intelligent, but you're not moving forward.

Here are some simple truths:

1) Learning new skills is fun and required for a better life.

2) Learning alone will not produce results the results you desire.

3) You don't have to learn everything. You already know enough to get started.

You will make massive progress when you transform your knowledge into physical action and fast and consistently as possible.

It’s time to take massive imperfect action!

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How To Help Others Oct 02, 2023

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How To Help Others

Have you ever felt the desire to help others?

Do you want to help them figure things out? Make more money? Recover from a bad experience?

Maybe you want to make a difference in the world yourself.

I’ve always believed that our power to help others is a side benefit of being ourselves - and having a structure to follow -

1) A person in need desires an outcome. It makes no sense to offer advice until we know what they seek. That puts us on the same page.

2) Next, find out their problems, actions, and results. Then, relate them to what you have found works.

3) Now that you’ve heard their struggle, you can make specific recommendations to move their life positively.

Helping others is a lot like being a Doctor. Listen. Examine. Prescribe. Take action. Follow up.

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Why You Should REST More Sep 29, 2023

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Why You Should REST More

Steven Covey called it sharpening the saw. If you take a break to sharpen the blade, you will always cut more wood. The same applies to life.

My formula is Ritual, Rest, Rejuvenate, Reactivate. Repeat:

1) Success comes when you perform ritual actions every day. Figure out what works and do it.

2) Running full-out all the time is not sustainable. You must stop and rest.

3) Resting allows your body and mind to rejuvenate and become healthy again.

4) When you are ready, it's time to reactivate into action mode.

5) Repeat until you get what you want.

It's easier to cut more wood when you take a break to sharpen your saw. A walk in the park on a busy day counts too.

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Jerry Seinfeld’s Success Secret Sep 28, 2023

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Jerry Seinfeld’s Success Secret

I’ll never forget the day a friend called and made me an offer I couldn’t refuse - and I didn’t.

Rob was an event promotor who had snagged the chance to book an up-and-coming comedian named Jerry Seinfeld into a local venue. He needed somebody to warm up the audience and introduce Jerry. I was all in when he agreed to cover my drink tab and let me hang out with Jerry before the show.

It was 1986, and Jerry’s television series about nothing was still in development. I know that because it’s what we talked about before the show. As he munched on veggies and sipped sparkling water, I’ll never forget how focused he was on getting what he wanted. Tired and worn out from living on the road, I asked how he managed to keep going. He said —

“I know exactly what I want. I’m a comedian, so I have to be funny. The only way to be funny is to write funny jokes. The only way to write funny jokes is to write every day. So, I write every day and put a big red “X” on the calendar. Eventually, there is a chain of X’s on the calendar. My goal is not to break the chain.”

Then, in a very Seinfeld way, he screamed, “Don’t break the chain! That’s how you get what.”

Over the years, I’ve read that others have had the same conversation with Jerry. I’m guessing it was a rule of success that he practiced and shared often. I’m happy he shared it with me.

As we begin 2024, pick an action and do it every day until you get so good people notice. And, whatever you do, “Don’t break the chain!”

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Are S.M.A.R.T. Goals Really SMART? Sep 27, 2023

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Are S.M.A.R.T. Goals Really SMART?

I’m a big fan of setting big-ass goals. Dreaming BIG is my natural state - which is why S.M.A.R.T. goals are not all that smart.

S.M.A.R.T. stands for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-Bound.

While it may seem like a good plan, I can't wrap my head around not setting goals because they don't seem achievable or realistic.

Excuse me?

Since when did big - goals seem achievable and realistic?

If that were true, you would already be doing them. Anytime you are moving from dreaming into doing, you will be living in the land of crazy and scary.

If you hold yourself to what is achievable and realistic, you might as well keep doing what you're doing.

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Your Rules of Success Sep 26, 2023

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Your Rules of Success

If you study people who have had success in any area of their life, you will find they have much in common.

Not only do they follow a set of rules, they follow those rules no matter how much life gets in the way.

What are those rules?

The person who has the strongest "Why" wins.

The person who shows up wins.

The person who shows up on time wins.

The person who is most persistent wins.

The person show never assumes wins.

The person who is the best at what they do wins.

The person who plans and documents their journey and interactions wins.

The person who never gives up total control to others wins.

The person who acceptances responsibility for themselves wins.

The person who serves the most wins.

The person who is grateful for everything wins.

The actions you take automatically become the life you experience. It's essential to be mindful of where you are heading.

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What’s Your Word? Sep 25, 2023

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What’s Your Word?

Around this time every year, successful people are planning next year and many, declare to me the WORD they have chosen to guide their life.

I like words - especially when combined with wisdom and a few wisecracks - but that might be just me.

Still, I'm always amazed at how excited people get and how much they believe their WORD will guide them into the next year.

I'm jealous. I need a WORD, too - and that's where the trouble begins.

I can't imagine choosing a single word to represent 365 days of getting after it. However, having a WORD is an emotional trigger and fires neurons in your brain to keep you moving, so why can't my WORD be several WORDS?

Just like magic - they arrived…

Simple. Sophisticated. Focused. Automated. Delegated. Deleted. Ritualistic.

It's a little Stoic, and a lot of Scott LOGIC - it works for me.

Still… I missed one. And it turned out to be the GLUE that held all those other words together.

Resilient. That’s the key to success.

If you could use an emotional supercharger, choose a WORD… or WORDS for next year… and see how everything goes your way.

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Run Your Life Like a Business Sep 22, 2023

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Run Your Life Like a Business

Not a day goes by without someone asking how to get what they want. I almost always say, "It's all about return on investment."

After all, it would be a shame to work hard toward your goals and end up with less than you started - right?

That's why you should run your life like a business:

1) Decide what you do when you are living a happy life. Be very specific.

2) Be flexible in your approach. When you find what works, lock it in, refine your method, and keep doing it.

3) Set benchmarks and measure your progress. You can only get where you are going when you know where you are.

4) If you don't achieve your milestones, immediately adjust and get back on track.

Life is better when you get a positive return on your efforts.

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