My mom broke her hip at almost 94.

You know what she said from the hospital bed? "I guess I needed a new adventure. I just wish I had finished cleaning my house." Then she asked if the cute physical therapist gives baths.

Today I'm sharing what my mom's chili dog obsession taught me about what really drives us. Plus, the one question I asked my coaching group that left everyone speechless. It's about mastery, facing your passion, and paying attention to what naturally pulls you forward.

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My sister texted me: "It's about mom, call me."

My heart dropped. When your mom's almost 94, those texts hit different. Turns out she'd fallen taking her cat to the vet—something she wasn't supposed to do alone. Broke her hip. Needed it replaced.

But my mom? She saw it as an adventure. Said she liked hospital food and was glad someone else did the dishes. Put in a request for the cute physical therapist to come to her house.

Then she told me what really threw off her plans—she was on her way to Hardee's for a chili dog when she fell. First thing she wanted when released? That chili dog. My sister picked her up from the hospital and stopped at Hardee's before taking her home.

The girl had her priorities.

Important Points

Mastery comes from clinical hours—I've logged 1,232 hours of individual coaching in 22 months, 220 hours of group calls.

The question that stumped my group: What's the one thing you'd do next year that would change everything about who you are?

What naturally drives you is probably giving you the most joy—pay attention to your version of the chili dog.

Memorable Quotes

"I guess I needed a new adventure. I just wish I had finished cleaning my house."

"Pay attention to what you're naturally driving yourself to do. It's probably what's giving you the most joy."

"If you want to live long and prosper, eat more chili dogs, or your version of it."

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Track your clinical hours in whatever you want to master—stop waiting and just start doing it.

Ask yourself what would change everything if you faced it—not fancy stuff, just the thing lingering inside you've been avoiding.

Notice what you naturally drive yourself toward—that's probably where your real joy lives, not where you think it should be.

Chapter Notes

0:50 - Mastery through 1,232 hours of coaching calls

2:07 - The question that stumped everyone on the call

3:08 - What would change your character completely?

4:39 - Mom's almost 94 and doesn't care who knows it

6:27 - Hospital adventures and cute physical therapists

7:41 - The chili dog that changed everything

8:41 - What your natural drives reveal about joy

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The holidays slow everything down, don't they?

But next year's coming fast. I'm sharing the simple rule I use every single day with my clients. It's the one that cuts through the chaos and gets you focused on what actually moves your life forward.

You've got goals and dreams. The world's going to try sucking the motivation right out of you. Time to figure out what works for you, what doesn't, and just do that. Simple as that.

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My daughter called me out last night. Said my voice sounded raspy from too many holiday parties.

Then she offered to teach me to sing. Me. The guy who won't even touch karaoke.

Next thing I know, she's buying me a vocal training program and planning to come over. I've always had this weird goal to learn, but I've never been willing. Now I'm probably doing it because sometimes the craziest goals are the ones worth going after.

This whole thing sparked a question on my coaching call today that blew everyone's mind. Nobody had an answer. That question tomorrow might do the same for you.

Important Points

Motivation feels like injecting dopamine, but it doesn't last when chaos rules your life.

Transformation only comes after stability—your nervous system can't handle change when you're scattered.

Your regrets reveal your real values—track what you wish you hadn't done to find what matters most.

Memorable Quotes

"You can't have transformation without stability."

"This works, that doesn't, do this."

"What you really want to do in your life usually shows up in your regrets, in the things you wish you hadn't done."

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Notice what actually works for you and take responsibility for doing more of it.

Write down your biggest distractions and build discipline to eliminate them completely.

Use your regrets as a map—inverse them to discover your real values and priorities.

Chapter Notes

0:28 - Holiday motivation and the year ahead

1:09 - Raspy voice reveals holiday parties and singing dreams

2:30 - Fisher Passion Inner Circle coaching insights

3:59 - Figure-it-out-itis and the motivation trap

6:18 - The "This works, that doesn't" system explained

7:20 - Phone discipline and deep work transformation

8:44 - How regrets reveal what you really want

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Are you hanging on so tight to what you have that you can't grab what's waiting for you?

I've watched this play out with dozens of clients. They work hard, build something solid, then white-knuckle it into the ground. The irony? That death grip creates the exact scarcity they're trying to avoid.

Twenty years into this podcast, I've learned something counterintuitive. The path to more often requires letting go of what you've got. Not destroying it. Not abandoning years of work. Just completing it and moving forward.

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I started the Daily Boost five days a week on January 1st, 2006.

People ask if that was some master plan. Big goal. Fresh start. New year energy.

Nope.

My first wife died on December 6th after a terminal cancer diagnosis. I took a couple weeks to grieve, lifted my head up, and thought, "Well, what am I going to do now?"

May as well go back to the podcast thing. May as well start January 1st.

That's it. That's the origin story.

Sometimes the biggest moves forward come right after the hardest moments of letting go.

Important Points

Holding onto what you have often keeps you from getting more. Your fear of ending up with less becomes the very thing holding you back from the abundance you want.

Most people describe scarcity as not having enough of what they want. But I'd challenge you to consider whether your death grip on what you already have is the real scarcity problem.

Time is your friend in this kind of transformation. People expect instant results, but real change takes time to marinate. Every day you move a little closer, but only when you let go of the scarcity mindset.

Memorable Quotes

"I'm like a pitbull with a ribeye. I hold on. The favorite iteration, but it gets in the way of bigger change."

"What if the only requirement for getting what you want is to let go of what you have now? What if your path to success opens up the minute you release?"

"You don't lose all the work you've done. You don't lose the knowledge. You don't lose the IP. It's just not active in your life anymore."

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Ask yourself honestly: Am I hanging on so tight I can't get what's really out there waiting for me? Identify what you're white-knuckling that might be holding you back from bigger change.

Complete something instead of iterating it forever. You don't have to destroy years of work. Just seal it, put it over there, and let it become something else while you move forward.

Give yourself time to marinate. This isn't an instantaneous transformation. Move a little closer each day toward the abundance you want, but understand that real change takes longer than you think.

Chapter Notes

[00:00] - Twenty years of the Daily Boost and the unexpected origin story

[03:45] - What abundance and scarcity really mean beyond the surface

[06:20] - The pitbull problem: when holding on becomes the issue

[09:15] - The coaching question that makes everyone start taking notes

[12:40] - Why letting go is the path to getting more

[15:30] - Time is your friend (even when you hate this answer)

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I'm about to make life coaches mad at me.

Smart goals? I think they're stupid. And I've tried them. Specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-bound. Sounds great on paper. But two of those letters are killing your dreams before you even start.

If you know you can achieve it, your goal is too small. If it feels realistic, you're not thinking big enough. I break down why big ass goals beat smart goals every time and why science backs up going bigger than you think possible.

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I used to be just like everyone else.

Read all the books. Watched all the videos. Tried every framework and acronym some guy like me made up. Smart goals included.

I dove right in because I'm that person. You tell me to do it, I'll go do it.

But something didn't add up. When I weighed myself every morning (before the BCI—body crap index), I could measure progress. But the goals that actually changed my life? They were never realistic or achievable when I started. This podcast wasn't realistic 20 years ago. I couldn't even see what it would become.

The goals that fire you up make everyone around you wonder what you're thinking.

Plot twist: You're wondering the same thing.

Important Points

You're hardwired for goal setting—your eyes triangulate targets with every step you take, making you a natural goal-setting machine.

If you know you can achieve a goal, it's not really a goal—it's a to-do item, and your dreams deserve bigger than that.

Your mind achieves goals the moment you set them, which is why they get hard to finish—you've already arrived in your head.

Memorable Quotes

"If you know you can do it, that's not really a goal. That's a to-do thing, right?"

"The best goals in the world, the ones that really fire you up, everybody around you is like, what are you thinking, right?"

"Big ass goals need to be a little bigger than you."

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Make it specific and measurable—if you can't see it clearly and track progress, you're setting yourself up to drift.

Ditch achievable and realistic—the person you need to be to reach your goal doesn't exist yet, so stop playing small.

Go big enough that you can't not do it—when a goal excites you so much you'll figure it out no matter what, you've found the sweet spot.

Chapter Notes

0:03 - Why smart goals make life coaches unhappy

2:10 - Big ass goals beat smart goals every time

4:31 - Breaking down the SMART framework honestly

6:14 - If you know you'll achieve it, it's too small

7:25 - Realistic goals won't transform your life

8:08 - Your mind already sees the destination

8:59 - Go bigger than you think possible

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December brings those annual bad habits back for about six weeks. You know the ones.

I sat on the couch all day after a neighbor's wine party and had one word: incompatible. Not sustainable. Compatible. That's the question that changes everything about your habits.

You already know what you should be doing. I walk you through my Good Habit Generator process that makes it actually happen. Short list. Pick one. Do it today. Layer in the rest.

Simple stuff that works when life gets complicated.

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My neighbor threw a wine party on Saturday night. I like good wine. And I almost never drink during the year.

So I went. Had a glass. Maybe more because people kept topping me off. Cookies, chicken wings, pigs in a blanket, Swedish meatballs. All of it.

Sunday morning I woke up with one word in my head: incompatible.

Fun? Absolutely. But completely incompatible with what I want. I know because I spent the entire day on the freaking couch doing nothing.

That one word has become huge in my coaching. Not is it sustainable, but is it compatible with your life?

Important Points

Every single action or inaction in your life creates a result, even doing nothing changes things.

You already know your bad habits and good habits, the problem is making them fit your actual life.

Compatible beats sustainable as the question to ask about your habits and choices.

Memorable Quotes

"Is it compatible or is it incompatible with your life?"

"Everything you do in your life is a result of an action or an inaction."

"If you do what you'd like to do and if you do it every single day, your life is going to be happier."

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Make a short list of one to three good habits you know will improve your life right now.

Choose one single habit from your list and do it today, then repeat it tomorrow no matter what.

Layer in the other habits from your list day by day without overwhelming yourself with too much too fast.

Chapter Notes

0:03 - Annual bad habits return every December for six weeks

0:59 - Three-year-old ballet recital: cutest thing I've ever seen

1:24 - Wine party hangover teaches me about compatibility

2:31 - Compatible vs sustainable: the word that changes habits

4:12 - Actions and inactions both create life-changing results

5:25 - Good Habit Generator: my simple three-step process

7:45 - Simple stuff works better than complicated systems

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You know what you want. You're clear on that now.

But you just don't know how to get there. You need the map, right?

Most people want me to tell them exactly how to get from here to there. And honestly? You need a bridge. Not a vision board. Not a prayer. A real foundation on both sides with a solid plan connecting them.

I share the Hoover Dam story that changed how I think about building anything in life — whether it's a new business, a relationship, or chasing a passion you can't shake. The secret isn't knowing exactly where you're going. It's building a peaceful base where you are right now, drafting where you want to go, and constructing the roadmap to get there.

If you've been freaking out because life is messy or you spent your last credit card dollar on a course promising billions in 30 days, this episode brings you back to earth.

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Years ago I was standing on top of the Hoover Dam. Pretty awe-inspiring. One of the biggest engineering marvels in history.

But something else caught my attention. The new bridge going up high above the canyon.

They were building a bypass, which made total sense to me. Why drive cars and semi-trucks over a dam holding billions of gallons of water? But I grew up in the seventies. Most of what we did then made no sense.

As I watched that bridge construction, I realized something. The process was identical to getting what I wanted in life.

Foundation on one side. Foundation on the other side. Build the span between them.

That's how you cross any canyon.

Important Points

Most people know what they want after gaining clarity, but they just don't know how to get there — you need a bridge with foundations on both sides.

Build a peaceful present base first before chasing the future, which means getting bills paid, relationships solid, and feeling strong where you are today.

You can't know exactly where you're going until you start because you've never been there before — anyone who claims otherwise is lying to you.

Memorable Quotes

"God's got a plan for you, but he gave you free will. He's like, okay, here's the big plan. Here's the secret. I'm not going to tell you what it is or when it's going to happen."

"I am not arrogant enough to think that I can head off in a direction of doing something I've never done before and know exactly how I'm going to get there."

"How many times have you spent your last money on a credit card and you got to make a billion dollars in 30 days or it's not going to work for you? It doesn't work."

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Build your peaceful present base. Get bills paid, relationships solid, and everything settled where you are right now before charging into the future.

Draft your peaceful future base. Take classes, get certifications, expand your network — start building the other side even though it's just a draft.

Construct the bridge between them. Create your roadmap, your steps, your framework that gets you from here to there without falling into the river.

Chapter Notes

00:00 - Why everyone just wants the damn map already

05:30 - The Hoover Dam bridge that changed everything

09:45 - How we stumble into our passions without a plan

13:20 - Why most people are freaking out and messy

16:40 - Building the peaceful base you're standing on

19:15 - Drafting a future you've never seen before

21:50 - The credit card trap that destroys dreams

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You've heard it before: listen twice as much as you speak.

Two ears, one mouth. Makes sense, right?

But I'm taking that advice to a whole different level. Because most people are so busy listening to everyone else — to Google, to AI, to social media, to the noise — that they've stopped listening to themselves.

They can't move forward without social approval. They don't trust their own wisdom. They've lost permission to listen to what their heart is saying.

I introduce the concept of "going dark" — choosing to listen to others less and listen to yourself more. Not ignoring the world, but giving yourself space to think, to ponder, to ask "what would I do?" If you're feeling stuck or down, it's probably because you haven't stopped to listen to yourself. This episode changes that.

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I've got the gift of gab. Always have.

As a kid, I was energetic, enthusiastic, excitable. My mouth got me into lots of problems. Then I learned to use it to get myself out of those problems too.

But somewhere along the way, smart people taught me to listen twice as much as I speak.

When I got into coaching, I became a really good listener. Kept my mouth shut. Paid attention.

Then I learned something else. I needed to listen to myself too. To my own wisdom. To what my heart was telling me.

I started using what I call "Scott logic." Asking "what would Scott do?" Not in an arrogant way, but as an accumulation of all the wisdom I've gathered over the years.

That's when everything changed.

Important Points

You have two ears and one mouth for a reason, but most people listen to everyone else so much they've stopped listening to themselves.

Going dark means giving yourself space to listen to your own wisdom twice as much as you listen to others around you.

When you stop listening to what your heart is telling you, that's usually when you start feeling stuck or down in life.

Memorable Quotes

"Going dark means life is brighter. It means good stuff is about to happen."

"We've lost permission to listen to ourselves and to do for ourselves. It's like we can't move forward without social approval of those around us."

"If I didn't absolutely know where I stood, I didn't know what my values were and what was really important to me, I had no business talking to anybody else."

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Shut your mouth and pay attention to the world. Listen to others, be caring, interact — but don't just talk to fill the space.

Listen to yourself twice as much as anyone else. Take time to think, ponder, and ask yourself what you really believe about the situation.

Know where you stand before speaking. Get clear on your values and what's important to you, then operate from that place.

Chapter Notes

00:00 - Why your mouth might be your biggest problem

04:20 - The two ears, one mouth principle revealed

07:45 - What "going dark" really means for your life

11:15 - When social approval replaces self-trust

14:30 - Scott logic and knowing what you would do

17:20 - Why feeling down means you stopped listening

19:40 - Finding your values before talking to anyone

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You set a goal. You write it down. You're ready to go.

Then life blows you off course.

Your boss keeps you busy. Your spouse questions your plans. Your kids need you. And suddenly you're nowhere near where you wanted to be.

Sound familiar?

Pilots deal with this every single flight. The wind blows them off course, so they course correct. They crab into the wind. They adjust their heading. And they still arrive at their destination for that $375 hamburger.

I break down why you need to stop expecting a straight path, start planning for the winds of life, and master the art of course correction. Plus, why the Krispy Kreme hot donut sign is the perfect metaphor for goal achievement. If you've been frustrated that life keeps getting in your way, this changes how you think about reaching your goals.

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I live in Daytona Beach. We've got airplanes everywhere. Flight schools, banner towers, the whole deal.

And when you look up, those airplanes are flying crooked. The nose is pointed off to the side because the wind is blowing from the west.

Looks scary, right?

But the pilot knows exactly what they're doing. They've set their course for Georgia, and if they don't correct for that western wind, they'll end up in Bermuda instead of getting that hamburger.

So they crab into the wind. They course correct. They adjust their heading.

That's how you hit your goals too. Life's going to blow you off course. Plan for it.

Important Points

The winds of life will always blow you off course — your boss, your spouse, your kids, your responsibilities — so stop expecting a straight path to your goals.

Course correction is the skill you need, just like pilots do when wind pushes them sideways — adjust your heading and keep moving toward your destination.

If your goal isn't sufficiently motivating (like a hot Krispy Kreme sign), you won't bother to wind correct at all and you'll end up somewhere else entirely.

Memorable Quotes

"The winds are going to blow. Life is not going to get easier. It was never designed to be easy."

"You probably didn't think about it, but you thought that I set my goal, I'm going to go do it. But suddenly the winds blow you off course, and you can't figure out why you're not getting there."

"If that donut sign is not on, if the goal is not sufficiently motivating, I am not going to wind correct at all. I'm going to end up somewhere else."

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Set a goal that's big and exciting enough. Make it so compelling that you'll actually do the work to course correct when life gets messy.

Expect the winds to blow you off course. Your boss, spouse, kids, and responsibilities will push you sideways — that's just life, so plan for it.

Master the art of course correction. Like a pilot adjusting their heading into the wind, keep making small corrections that get you back on track.

Chapter Notes

00:00 - When life's winds blow you off your goals

04:30 - Why Daytona Beach airports teach goal setting

08:15 - The pilot's secret to reaching any destination

11:45 - Your spouse disagrees and now what happens

14:20 - Life was never designed to be easy anyway

16:40 - The Krispy Kreme hot donut sign principle

18:50 - Course correcting your way to what you want

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The Law of Attraction isn't some mystical secret.

It's actually dead simple: know what you want, believe you can get it, and get your ass to work. Three steps. That's it.

So why does it fail for most people? Because they're focusing on the wrong thing. They're thinking about what they don't want instead of what they do want. They're maintaining vision boards without taking action. They're journaling about dreams without making them real.

I break down why the Law of Attraction is really just the Law of What You Think About Most, share a story about divorced women who can't stop listing what they don't want, and reveal the Harley Davidson vision board disaster. If you've been wishing and hoping instead of believing and doing, this episode is your wake-up call.

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I work with a lot of divorced people. Men and women going through transitions, looking for what's next.

And every single time I ask a divorced woman what she wants in her next man, you know what she says?

"I'll tell you what I don't want."

Then she goes off for ten minutes. I could make coffee, pet my dog, throw the ball, come back — she's still listing what she doesn't want.

What's happening? She's focused on the past. The bad stuff. What didn't work.

So guess what she's attracting more of?

That's the Law of Attraction at work. You get what you focus on. Every single time.

Important Points

The Law of Attraction boils down to three things: know specifically what you want, believe you can make it happen, and take massive imperfect action.

Most people fail because they focus on what they don't want instead of what they do want, keeping themselves stuck in the past.

Vision boards and goal lists are useless if you never take action — stop wishing and hoping, start believing and doing.

Memorable Quotes

"Know specifically what you want, believe you can go get it, not you deserve it, believe you can make it happen and get to work."

"You get what you focus on. You ever wonder why somebody you know gets married, gets divorced, gets married, gets divorced to the same guy?"

"He was so busy on his vision board, he forgot to go live the vision."

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Get clear on what you want, not what you don't want. Stop focusing on the past failures and start describing your ideal future in specific terms.

Believe you can make it happen through action. Not because you deserve it, but because you're willing to do the work to get it.

Take action today, not tomorrow. Pick one thing from your vision board or goal list and go do it right now.

Chapter Notes

00:00 - Why the Law of Attraction fails for most people

04:20 - The divorced woman's attraction trap revealed

08:45 - Vision boards that never become reality

11:30 - The Harley Davidson dealership lesson

14:15 - Daily journaling versus daily awareness practice

16:40 - Making your future real today, not tomorrow

18:25 - Three steps to attraction that actually works

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Ever ask someone to hold you accountable, only to get annoyed when they actually do it?

Yeah, I've seen that pattern destroy more goals than I can count. And that whole "announce your goals publicly" advice? That might be setting you up for failure. Because accountability isn't about crowdsourcing support from people who barely know you.

It's about something way more powerful.

I share why the best accountability partner you'll ever have is staring back at you in the mirror, plus the one type of accountability relationship that actually works. If you've been spinning your wheels with accountability buddies who let you off the hook, this episode changes everything.

Featured Story

I was talking to these ladies about their walking buddy system. Six o'clock every morning, they'd get each other out of bed.

Great plan, right?

I asked them what happens when the walking buddy doesn't show up. Maybe overslept. Maybe their kid's sick. Doesn't matter why.

Most people? They'll sit down with coffee and a donut instead of walking solo.

But the ones who say "I'm doing this whether you show up or not" — they'll be miles ahead. They become the boss of themselves. They stop depending on someone else to make them move.

That's when accountability actually works.

Important Points

Crowdsourcing accountability on Facebook or to casual acquaintances puts pressure on everyone and rarely works for long-term goals.

The most powerful accountability skill you have is taking responsibility for yourself and showing up whether your accountability partner does or not.

Real accountability partnerships work when they're based on respect and sincere connection, and you empower that person to actually do their job.

Memorable Quotes

"You're the boss of you. You can tell yourself what to do. You can tell yourself not to do it."

"Nobody trusts you and respects you more than you do. Nobody will be willing to call you out more than you will."

"Life is difficult. Life gets in the way. Life is not easy. And if it is easy today, it won't be easy tomorrow or maybe next month or maybe next year."

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Accept you're the boss of yourself. Stop waiting for someone else to make you do what you already know needs doing.

Choose accountability partners wisely. Find people who know you well, respect you, and will call you out when you're making excuses.

Empower them to do their job. Give them permission to hold you accountable without beating them up when they do.

Chapter Notes

00:00 - Why public goal announcements backfire on you

03:15 - The Facebook accountability trap that sabotages progress

06:30 - My client's brilliant insight about firing coaches

09:45 - The walking buddy test that reveals everything

12:20 - Why you're the only accountability partner you need

15:10 - How to build accountability relationships that work

17:30 - Being the boss of you in the messy middle

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