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Daily Boost — Motivation and Personal Growth

Daily Boost — Motivation and Personal Growth

By: Scott Smith
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Summary
 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 2026 • Motivation To Move, LLC • All Rights Reserved Worldwide. Daily Economics Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Development Personal Success
Episodes
  • So Good They Can't Ignore You: How to Sell Without Selling

    So Good They Can't Ignore You: How to Sell Without Selling
    Nov 6 2026
    Daily Boost Podcast So Good They Can't Ignore You: How to Sell Without Selling November 6, 2026 | Episode 5585 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com. Episode Description You're selling all day, every day. Your ideas, yourself, your next move. Don't run and hide. A lot of people figure out what they want to do with their lives and then stall because they can't sell it. They decide they need a business, then freeze at the word sales. Today I'm flipping that. Steve Martin told performers to be so good they can't ignore you. I'll show you why that's the first step in sales, what a lifetime in radio taught me about marketing, and how Tesla sold me a car without selling. Build something people love. Featured Story I asked for a demo ride in a Tesla. The guy said he'd check if they had one. Then we walked out front, he tapped his phone, and the car drove itself up to us. We drove about three miles. He showed me full self-driving and took me back to the store. Then he got out and said, " See you in an hour. Have some fun. So I did. I pushed the button and let it drive. When I came back, I said We're buying this car. I'd never owned an EV. It broke every rule I'd ever known about buying a car. He barely sold me anything. Important Points * Everything is sales. You're persuading someone every day, so accept it and get good at selling yourself and your ideas. * Be so good they can't ignore you. When you stop doing what you do best, people stop listening, and the money slows down. * Great marketing makes selling almost unneeded. A dynamic demonstration lets people fall in love before you ever ask. Memorable Quotes * Everything in life is sales. It doesn't have to be money, but every day you're selling or buying something. * I get in trouble when I try not to do what I do best. That's when people stop listening to the whole thing. * I know what I do. I do it as well as I can. If I keep doing that, it keeps working. Be so good they can't ignore you. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Pick the one thing you do better than almost anyone and decide that's what your business or your work is built on. * Make it so good your customer falls in love with it. Not everybody will. Build it for the people who get it right away. * Then show it instead of pitching it. Give people a demo, a taste, or a test drive, and let the work close the sale. Chapters 0:15 - Why I dumped Facebook and made Skool my social home 4:06 - Everything in life is sales, even when it's not money 5:56 - Steve Martin's advice: be so good they can't ignore you 7:12 - A young DJ, a peddler, and a $20 live endorsement 8:56 - Elon Musk on great products and the companies behind them 10:14 - The Tesla test drive where the salesman just walked off 12:30 - Funding your passion by doing what you love really well Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Join my Face Your Passion Skool group: https://faceyourpassion.com. * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    13 mins
  • I Know I Should Be Grateful, But… How to Practice Gratitude as a Man

    I Know I Should Be Grateful, But… How to Practice Gratitude as a Man
    Nov 5 2026
    Daily Boost Podcast I Know I Should Be Grateful, But… How to Practice Gratitude as a Man November 5, 2026 | Episode 5584 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com. Episode Description Guys, you know you should be grateful. You've got the family, the work, the life. But you work so hard. Sound familiar? I hear that line from men all the time. Women seem to do gratitude more naturally. Most of us men were wired from day one to fight in the jungle. Today, I'm letting you stop waiting for permission. Then I'm sharing a silly ten-minute dog walk that turned into a flood of gratitude. Counting your blessings helps you sleep better, move more, and feel better about your life. Grab the leash. Featured Story Every morning I walk my two dogs, the sniffer and the dragger. Same block, same posts. They've got to check their messages. The other day I started counting how many cars I've bought since I was 18. I couldn't, somewhere between 25 and 30. Then motorcycles. Six, instantly. Two boats. Three campers, from a pop-up to a 40-foot diesel pusher. Seven houses, plus a 12-acre alpaca farm. I wasn't bragging. It hit me fast. I've been blessed enough to work, earn, and choose. Then I remembered my pastor. Twenty years and 180 million downloads, Scott. Do you have any idea what platform you have? Important Points * Count your blessings a little every day. People who notice what's good in their lives sleep better and move more. * Stop waiting for permission. Decide what you want to do, do it, and change your mind later if you need to, guys. * Start with the stuff that's easy to count, like cars, homes, and toys. It's silly, but it gets gratitude flowing fast. Memorable Quotes * Most of you are waiting for permission to do something. You've got it right now. Whatever you want to do, do it. * One day you'll be dead, and it won't matter anymore. For today, it's your life, and it matters. Decide and do it. * Exercise is one of those things that solves every problem. Lift weights, do some cardio, and see for yourself. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Take a ten-minute walk with no phone, and let your mind wander to what you've been given over the years. * Pick one simple category, like cars or homes, and count every one you've had, then let the gratitude for it land. * Move from the stuff to the people, your health, your kids, your work, and thank someone for one of them today. Chapters 0:15 - Ten minutes walking the dogs sparked today's idea 1:21 - Busy until mid-December, then I disappear too 2:11 - Your permission slip just to do what you want 5:47 - Why men say they know they should be grateful, but 6:58 - Grateful people move more, sleep better, feel better 7:43 - Counting cars, Harleys, boats, and an alpaca farm 11:40 - My pastor asks if I know what platform I have Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Join my Face Your Passion Skool group: https://faceyourpassion.com. * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    14 mins
  • 9-Year Life Cycle: How to Plan Your Life Around Where You Are

    9-Year Life Cycle: How to Plan Your Life Around Where You Are
    Nov 4 2026
    Daily Boost Podcast 9-Year Life Cycle: How to Plan Your Life Around Where You Are November 4, 2026 | Episode 5583 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com. Episode Description Life runs in patterns. If you've been around long enough, you've seen them repeat again and again. Today I'm sharing something my friend and spiritual advisor Lewis Gates taught me 25 years ago. It's called the nine-year life cycle, and it fits this time of year for planning perfectly. It's a little woo-woo. I know. But I've watched it play out in my own life and with client after client. You'll learn the nine stages, from asking for something new to clearing the clutter, and figure out which year you're in right now. Then plan around it. Featured Story I can tell how old my notes on this are. My first notes on the nine-year life cycle stop at age 54. I guess I never figured I'd get past that cycle. Now I'm turning 67. So I did the math live on the show, which isn't easy at my age. I'm in year five, the year of evaluation. That stopped me. I'm looking at everything I've built, where I'm going, and what I want. I didn't even know I was doing it. I just started. It's why I'm changing this show after 20 years. I've also said for years I'll make another shift around 71. The cycle ends at 72. Important Points * Your life runs in nine-year cycles from birth. Count from 0, 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, or 72 to find where you are. * Year five is evaluation. If you've spent the last year searching for a different path, you might be right on schedule. * Whatever you do every day is your purpose right now, whether you like it or not. Pay attention to where your time goes. Memorable Quotes * Life is nothing more than patterns. If you've been alive long enough, you start to recognize the ones that repeat. * Whatever you do every single day, 24 hours a day, that is your purpose. Whether you like it or not, that's your purpose. * You can't keep building on top of things forever. You've got to make some space for what is coming next in your life. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Count from your last cycle start: 0, 9, 18, 27, 36, 45, 54, 63, or 72, to figure out which of the nine years you're in. * Read what that year usually brings- asking, focusing, gathering, evaluating, or clearing- and look for it in your life. * Build your 2027 plan around that stage, so you're working with the season you're in instead of fighting against it. Chapters 0:18 - Why planning matters more the older you get 1:37 - The show is changing, but it isn't coming to an end 3:46 - Lewis Gates and the nine-year life cycle he taught me 5:37 - Every nine years a new cycle starts, from birth on 6:23 - Years one to four: asking, focus, goodies, purpose 8:35 - Year five is evaluation, and that's where I am now 9:58 - Years seven to nine: clear the clutter, decide next Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Join my Face Your Passion Skool group: https://faceyourpassion.com. * Email: support@motivationtomove.com * Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com * YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast * Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith * Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove * Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    14 mins
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