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  • Why Getting Blindsided Doesn't Have to Ruin Your Day

    Why Getting Blindsided Doesn't Have to Ruin Your Day
    Nov 13 2026
    Daily Boost Podcast Why Getting Blindsided Doesn't Have to Ruin Your Day November 13, 2026 | Episode 5590 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com. Episode Description Most of what gets you in trouble all day long is emotional. A meeting goes sideways. Somebody says the wrong thing. You get blindsided, the adrenaline surges, and the whole day's shot. You're an emotional creature. You always have been. So let's stop fighting it and use it. Today I'm teaching the How Do I Feel strategy session, which I teach every private coaching client. It takes about 30 seconds. It calms your nervous system and gives you emotional control without making you cold. Try it before your next meeting and see what happens. Featured Story After 20 years, I'm used to doing this show a certain way. So I did something that scared me a little. I closed the door. I said it out loud. After 20 years, the Daily Boost is going to change. That's it. No going back. In January, it won't be what it is today. I don't know exactly what it'll be yet. But closing the door shut down all the other noise in my head. Now the only question left is how to make it better. Then I met somebody last night who inspired me, and I went, " Oh, that's a clue. Change is coming. Important Points * Ask how you want to feel before every meeting. Then ask the advanced question: how do you want them to feel too? * Run every angle in 30 seconds. How you'll feel if it goes well, goes badly, gets canceled, or catches you off guard. * Plan for being blindsided. Decide now how you'll respond, so the triggers don't fire and the adrenaline stays put. Memorable Quotes * We're just going to acknowledge it, because most of the things that get you in trouble all day long are emotional. * Sometimes you've got to close the door first. Don't dangle everything forever, because you'll never get what you want. * It gives you some emotional control without being cold. It lets you connect with your emotions. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Look at your day ahead and list every meeting or interaction coming your way, from work calls to the gym to church. * For each one, ask how you want to feel and how you want them to feel, then run through every angle it could take. * Build a pre-planned response for each, including getting blindsided, so you stay calm when the surprise shows up. Chapters 0:15 - The strategy session that calms your nervous system 1:36 - Why I closed the door on the Daily Boost after 20 years 3:22 - You're an emotional creature, so stop fighting it 4:06 - The advanced version: how do I want them to feel 5:42 - Walking into a tense meeting with your boss 7:01 - The pre-planned response my clients swear by 8:21 - Didn't see that coming: staying calm when blindsided 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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    12 mins
  • Stop Fixing to Get Ready and Do It

    Stop Fixing to Get Ready and Do It
    Nov 12 2026
    Daily Boost Podcast Stop Fixing to Get Ready and Do It November 12, 2026 | Episode 5589 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com. Episode Description You're thinking about doing something. But first you need to think about it some more. Then you need to get ready to get ready. I call that fixing to get ready, and I'd bet half of you are stuck there right now. Today I'm going old school with a handful of rules for life I know work. Stop fixing to get ready. Ask for help. Slow down when the road gets bumpy. Fly it into the barn. And quit carrying other people's monkeys. When you feel more in control of your life, you're happier. Let's get you there. Featured Story Years ago, I was doing the Saturday night show on Mix 105.1 in Orlando. A lady called in, and I asked her what she was doing. She said, " Fixing to get ready. I said, " What's that? She said, well, we're going out tonight. So right now I'm getting ready to get ready. I laughed. Real conversation, man. It stuck with me for years. And over time I learned something. That phrase describes about half the people I talk to. They're thinking about doing something. They're planning to plan. They've got one more thing to figure out first. Meanwhile, nothing moves. Important Points * Stop fixing to get ready. You don't need another plan or another call. Do the thing and watch what happens next. * When the road gets bumpy, slow down until it smooths out. Then reevaluate the plan, the tires, or the whole road. * Don't give monkeys piggyback rides. Let other people own their own challenges, and practice saying no more often. Memorable Quotes * You don't have to plan it. You don't have to finish this call. Just do it. It's amazing what happens when you do. * If you're putting out all the fires that you started, you're the fireman and the arsonist all in the same breath. * Good pilots keep flying the airplane until they are safely tied down on the ground. You keep going until you get it. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Pick the one thing you keep fixing to get ready for, and take the first real action on it today without more planning. * When it gets hard, ask someone for help and slow down enough to reevaluate the plan instead of fighting every bump. * Keep flying it into the barn until it's done, then pat yourself on the back and tell yourself, man, I done good. Chapters 0:14 - Going old school with rules for life that really work 3:37 - Stop fixing to get ready and do the thing 6:09 - Slow down when the road gets bumpy, then reevaluate 7:19 - Fly it into the barn and stop quitting too soon 10:34 - The seminar where a thousand people patted their butts 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
  • How to Be Heard in a World That Stopped Listening

    How to Be Heard in a World That Stopped Listening
    Nov 11 2026
    Daily Boost Podcast How to Be Heard in a World That Stopped Listening November 11, 2026 | Episode 5588 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com. Episode Description It's a noisy world. Ads, algorithms, loudmouth politicians, everybody screaming for attention. So people put their walls up, and the louder we yell, the more they ignore us. I've been in communication since I was 16, and I don't see a villain here. Just billions of people trying to live their lives. So how do you break through when nobody's listening? Today I'm sharing what actually opens the door right now, whether you're looking for a job, building a business, or just trying to connect. And I'll show you how to quiet the noise in your own head too. Featured Story I'm a creative guy. For a while, I got upset watching AI take away the very thing people do so well. I thought, man, this is wild. Then I looked at the bigger picture. Facebook ads. Google ads. Anybody running ads on Meta will tell you the same thing. Be creative, and not with AI. AI creative looks cool. You think it's going to work. But people smell it. They don't like it. Meta wants 20 different creative ads from you. Isn't that weird? It's so old school. And in all that noise, what cuts through is one real person with a real message. Important Points * People aren't ignoring you because they don't trust you. They don't know you yet, so show them that they can. * Creativity cuts through the noise. People can smell AI content, so sit down and make something real and human. * Slow your inner cadence. Ten minutes of scrolling crams ten lifetimes of information into a brain not built for it. Memorable Quotes * There's no villain here. It's just millions or billions of people trying to do what it takes to live their lives. * It's not that people don't trust you. They don't know you. They don't know whether you're a threat. * The noise won't stop. You don't want it to stop, because that's censorship. So you have to censor it yourself. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Keep your phone away for the first 30 minutes of the day and out of the bedroom at night to slow your inner pace. * With a clearer head, make something creative and real in your own voice, without leaning on AI to do it for you. * Share it with the people you want to reach, and let that real creativity show them they can trust you before you ask. Chapters 0:15 - Quieting a noisy world without burying your head 1:40 - Why I coach like a baseball coach, not a life coach 2:21 - The louder people scream, the more we all ignore it 3:13 - There's no villain, just billions of people living 6:17 - Trust is the real issue when they don't know you 7:34 - Why AI creative flops and real creativity breaks through 10:07 - Slow your cadence with two simple phone rules 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
  • Why Your Life Is Stuck in a Personal Recession

    Why Your Life Is Stuck in a Personal Recession
    Nov 10 2026
    Daily Boost Podcast Why Your Life Is Stuck in a Personal Recession November 10, 2026 | Episode 5587 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com. Episode Description Every country tracks its GDP. I care about your PDP, your personal domestic product. How much money you make, how much freedom you have, how many great relationships fill your life. When you've got all that, you feel great. When you don't, you're in a recession. That doesn't feel good. Today I'm showing you how to run your life like your own little government. Set the demand, build the capacity, get efficient, and keep watching the numbers. It's not political. It's the simplest system I know for closing the gap between where you are and where you want to be. Featured Story I've done this show every single day for 20 years, over 5,600 episodes. People ask me how I keep it up. I built the capacity a long time ago. Then I got efficient with it, year after year, until doing a show felt like breathing. No drama. It just flows. But now everybody's doing video. And the minute I say, " Hey, let's do a video, the whole equation changes. I have to build new capacity without screwing up my life along the way. That's the trap most of us fall into. The life you have right now probably can't produce the life you want next. Something has to change first. Important Points * Knowing what you want is the demand in your life. Nobody else gets to set it for you, so set it yourself and own it. * In business, don't create demand. Find the demand that's already there, like standing in a trout stream full of fish. * Productivity is just efficiency. Build a system that takes out the drama, so the things you want flow without worry. Memorable Quotes * The life you have right now probably cannot produce the life you want next. Something has to change to close the gap. * It's your life. Nobody else gets to set the demand for you. You get to do it for yourself. If you're smart, you will. * If you've identified the demand in your life, you must create the capacity to meet it. If not, you'll never get it. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Write down exactly what you want for your life. That's your demand, and you're the only one who gets to set it. * Build the capacity to deliver it. Name the skill, money, or time you're missing and start closing that gap today. * Make it efficient, then track it daily. Check results against what you expected and adjust before you fall behind. Chapters 0:17 - Reality Tuesdays and the week that gets in the way 2:21 - Testing ideas like a comic at open mic night 3:42 - Forget GDP, I care about your personal domestic product 5:10 - Knowing what you want is the demand in your life 6:10 - Fish the trout stream: why business finds demand 6:56 - Build capacity early, like laying railroad tracks 9:28 - Monitor and adjust with the daily awareness diary 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
  • Why Most People Never Get What They Want

    Why Most People Never Get What They Want
    Nov 9 2026
    Daily Boost Podcast Why Most People Never Get What They Want November 9, 2026 | Episode 5586 Host: Scott Smith Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at https://faceyourpassion.com. Episode Description Most people never get what they want. Not because they're lazy. Not because they're unlucky. They don't know exactly what they want. And I don't mean the big stuff. I mean the little stuff. What time you want to get out of bed. How you want to manage your day. Today I'm walking you through the five rules I pull up on almost every coaching call I have. They're simple, and that's why they work. Know what you want, then build the skills, clear the road, and stay on the direct path. Write them down and keep them close. Featured Story Last Tuesday was election night. Half the country was thrilled. The other half thought the world was falling apart. I went to bed at four in the morning. My dog woke me up. Dad, gotta go out. So I got up, let him out, and stepped on a thorn in the backyard. Hurt my foot. I came back inside, and the cat pooped in the living room. Then I couldn't fall back asleep. And lying there, it hit me. I don't need to live my life according to a used car salesman who calls himself a politician. Doesn't matter who won. My dog still has to go potty. Life goes on. Important Points * You can't get what you want until you name it. Get specific about the little stuff, like when you want to wake up. * Wanting something badly isn't enough. If you don't own the skills to produce it, factor in the time to learn them. * Do the most direct thing today. In business, that's finding new prospects, every single day, until they become customers. Memorable Quotes * If you don't know what you want, you can't get anywhere. Until you do, you'll get whatever comes your way. * It's not hard once you own the skills to produce it. So you've got to know what you want and own the skills to produce it. * Sometimes you've got to bring up the dynamite and blow it up to get through it. And sometimes it's just a mindset. Scott's Three-Step Approach * Write down exactly what you want, including the little stuff, until you can name it without stopping to think. * List the skills you'll need to produce it, and give yourself a couple of months to learn the ones you're missing. * Clear out everything that doesn't lead there, do the one most direct action each day, then track it and adjust. Chapters 0:15 - Election week and a country split right down the middle 0:30 - A thorn, a dog, and a cat that pooped in the living room 1:12 - Why 99% of my coaching group keeps showing up 4:08 - Rule one: you have to know exactly what you want 4:22 - Skills, dynamite, and the direct path to your goal 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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    12 mins
  • 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