Daily Boost Podcast Show Notes

Don’t Let Bill-Paying Kill Your Dreams

June 10, 2025 | Episode -5112

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

Summer’s here, and while everyone’s thinking about vacations and fun, Scott wants you to think about something more important: your focus. Your attention determines your destination, and most people don’t realize others have already set their focus.

In this episode, Scott shares a conversation he had with a young man who just finished school and was pursuing his “dream career.” But there was a problem - his focus was in the wrong place, and Scott could hear it immediately.

Featured Story

Scott met a young man at church who had just finished school and was working toward his dream career. The young man also got job certification to pay his bills while pursuing his passion. During their conversation, the young man said something that made Scott’s ears perk up: “I’m hoping I can get a good job supporting my dream.”

To Scott’s trained ear, this wasn’t hope - it was dream-erasing, defocused thinking that would lead the young man away from what he wanted.

Important Points

What you focus on is what you get - if you focus on paying bills instead of pursuing dreams, you’ll stay focused on paying bills for 20, 30, or 40 years.

Golden handcuffs are real - the certainty of earning income becomes your focus, and dreams disappear while you’re busy doing stuff.

The solution is separation - get a job separate from your dreams that pays the bills, then focus every available second on your dreams until you don’t need that job anymore.

Memorable Quotes

“What you focus on is what you get. You’ve heard that a thousand times. Do you believe it?”

“Most folks don’t notice their dreams are gone for like 20, 30, 40 years because they’re so busy doing stuff.”

“When you focus on your dreams, you get so good at what you do. It’s just a matter of time before you percolate to the top and start getting paid to do what you love to do.”

Scott’s Three-Step Approach

Get a job that’s separate from any dream you’ve ever had that makes the money you need to pay your bills.

Focus every single second of time after work on your dreams and getting better at what you want to do.

Define your money-making job by saying “I do this to make money so I can do that,” knowing you’ll shift gears as soon as you’re good enough at your dream pursuit.

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