The Motivated Mind

Latest Episodes:

I Was Wrong Oct 09, 2025

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Turns out, I’ve been wrong… a lot. And sometimes, admitting it is harder than it sounds. In this episode, I share what I learned from getting it wrong, and why those mistakes might be exactly what you need to rethink your own habits, routines, and choices.

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Past guests on The Motivated Mind include Chris Voss, Captain Sandy, Dr. Chris Palmer, Joey Thurman, Jason Harris, Koshin Paley Ellison, Rudy Mawer, Molly Fletcher, Kristen Butler, Hasard Lee, Natasha Graziano, ⁠David Hauser⁠, Cheryl Hunter, Michael Brandt, Heather Moyse, Tim Shriver, and Alan Stein, Jr.

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You’re Doing Productivity Wrong Oct 06, 2025

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We treat productivity like a competitive sport, measuring our worth in how many boxes we can tick before lunch. We pack our schedules, worship at the altar of busyness, and then wonder why we’re exhausted all the time. In this episode, I break down why our obsession with productivity might actually be making us worse at it.

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The Only Way To Actually Start Oct 02, 2025

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Starting something new sounds simple… until you realize you’ve spent three weeks researching which $2,000 camera is absolutely essential before you can upload your first YouTube video. Or whether your side hustle needs a logo that looks like Apple designed it. In this episode, I unpack how chasing the “perfect start” keeps us stuck, why getting burned is actually part of the process, and why the fastest way forward is usually the messiest.

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The Secret to Slowing Down Sep 29, 2025

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Remember when summer felt like it lasted forever and your biggest problem was deciding between riding your bike or eating a popsicle? Yeah… me neither. These days, time feels like it’s on fast-forward, and no matter how many productivity hacks or morning routines we try, the days keep flying by. In this episode, I dive into why our perception of time changes as we get older, and more importantly, what we can do to slow it down.

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Why You’re Running On Empty Sep 25, 2025

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Do you wake up feeling like you got hit by a bus, drag through the day in a low-energy fog, and wonder why coffee doesn’t seem to help anymore? I’ve been there. After months of overthinking, self-experimentation, and blaming everything from gluten to the alignment of the stars, I finally realized the truth: I was skipping the basics. In this episode, I share my own journey of figuring out why I was always tired and the surprising solution that had been right in front of me the whole time.

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Lowering The Bar Saved My Life Sep 22, 2025

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For years, I bought into the hustle culture lie: work harder, do more, and success will follow. But after cutting my schedule in half and focusing on fewer, higher-impact tasks, I discovered something surprising: slowing down actually amplified my creativity, focus, and results. In this episode, I unpack how lowering the bar, embracing slow productivity, and letting go of unnecessary expectations saved my sanity and helped me produce better work.

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You’ll Never “Figure It All Out” Sep 18, 2025

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Most of us live as if we just plan hard enough, we’ll finally “figure it all out.” The perfect calendar, the flawless morning routine, the 5-year plan, detailed down to what socks we’ll wear on Thursdays. But life doesn’t work that way. I learned this seven hours and forty minutes into the hardest Spartan race in the world, after thirty obstacles, thousands of feet of elevation, and more burpees than any human should endure. In this episode, I share why certainty is an illusion, how over-planning becomes procrastination, and why clarity doesn’t come from thinking.

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How I Prepared For The Hardest Spartan 21K Sep 15, 2025

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Most people ease into challenges. A 5K. Maybe a 10K. I skipped all that and went straight for the hardest Spartan race in the world: 21K, thirty obstacles, seven thousand feet of elevation, and a whole lot of burpees if I failed. In this episode, I break down six months of training, the gear I tested, and what this race taught me about discipline, minimalism, and saying “yes” before fear talks you out of it.

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Stop Setting Goals (Do This Instead) Sep 11, 2025

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We’ve all been told to set big goals. Run a marathon. Write a book. Launch a YouTube channel by June (still waiting on that one). The idea is simple: dream big, chase it, and life will magically fall into place. But here’s the problem: goals often do the exact opposite. They pile on guilt, create impossible deadlines, and leave you wondering if your treadmill is just a $1,200 clothing rack. In this episode, I break down why goals might be holding you back and what actually works better.

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Why I Stopped Trying to Be Happy All the Time Sep 08, 2025

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For years, I thought the goal in life was to be happy. All the time. If I wasn’t smiling, laughing, or journaling about gratitude while sipping my $7 oat latte, something was broken. So I stacked every hack I could find: affirmations, meditation, cold showers. Once, I even did them all before 9 am, like I was auditioning for a self-help infomercial. And guess what? I felt worse. In this episode, I break down why chasing happiness 24/7 is the fastest way to feel miserable, why “good vibes only” culture backfires, and what it really means to live a good life.

For more go to: www.scottmlynch.com

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