Episode Description

Scott gives you ultimate freedom today.

Permission to build your dream in private. Without telling anyone. Without asking for permission. Without performing for an audience.

This week, you discovered your internal mission, identified the 80% stealing your vision, learned the one question that filters everything, and took control of your agenda. Today brings the final piece—protecting your vision by practicing privately until you're ready to share publicly.

Two clients got more done in three days than they had in three months. Their secret? Nobody knew what they were working on. They just worked.

Scott reveals why every successful person he knows does the same thing—and why the holiday season is the perfect time to go dark and get busy.

Featured Story

Scott got two messages from clients after the holiday weekend.

First message: "I decided to spend the weekend practicing what I do in private so I'll be praised in public. I didn't tell anyone what I was working on. I just worked on it. I got more done in three days than in the last three months."

Second message: "I completed a new project over the weekend and I'm heading in a completely new direction."

Scott was stunned. "I didn't even know you were working on a project. Why didn't you mention it?"

She said, "I know. I'm learning. Nobody needs to know what I'm doing. I just did it."

Scott does a ton of coaching. Dozens of people every single week. One thing has become crystal clear—people need permission.

He gives them permission to go do something. Pull out their laptop this weekend and write their book. Work on that project. Build that thing.

And they do it. Every time.

Here's what Scott learned: Close the door. Do what Scott would do. Get it done. Then show up and say, "Hey, look what I did."

That's the secret of every successful person he knows.

Important Points

There's a massive difference between secrecy and privacy—secrecy is hiding because you're ashamed, privacy is protecting because you're wise.

Share your vision with everyone before it's fully formed, and people start redefining it in real time, turning your dream into their vision.

The holiday season is when high performers get busy because everyone else is distracted—you'll close the door and work while they shop for deals.

Memorable Quotes

"Nobody needs to know what I'm doing. I just did it."

"Secrecy is hiding because you're ashamed. Privacy is protecting because you're wise."

"When everybody else is busy and looking the other direction and isn't poking their nose in your business—that's when you get things done."

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Practice privately until you're ready to share with the world—nobody needs to know what you're doing until you're ready.

Do not tell people what you're doing this weekend—just do it while everyone else is busy looking the other direction.

Use the holiday season to go dark and get busy while others are distracted—come back in January and blow their minds.

Chapter Notes

0:15 - Ultimate freedom: permission to build privately

1:43 - Two clients completed months of work quietly

2:55 - Close the door and just make it happen

3:32 - Successful people never announce their plans

5:57 - Secrecy versus privacy: know the difference

7:34 - Three tools that will change your life

8:51 - YouTube launch Monday with new theme song

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Episode Description

Right now, someone across town is thinking about you.

You're on their to-do list. It could be your boss. Maybe your spouse. A client with an emergency that becomes your priority.

They're going to walk through the door, send a text, make a call. And suddenly you're doing something you never planned on doing.

Scott reveals the daily battle everyone faces—and why most people spend their entire morning before lunch working on somebody else's dreams. Your vision stays on the back burner. Your internal mission gets delayed till tomorrow. Your agenda? Completely hijacked.

The solution isn't ignoring everyone. It's defining three non-negotiable things before anyone gets access to your time.

Featured Story

A client asked Scott what she should pay attention to most with all the craziness and everyone needing something from her.

Scott told her the truth.

He pays attention to his agenda first. When he crosses paths with other people's agendas, it doesn't have to be his way or the highway. But he must continue living his life to get the results he wants—without delay or distraction.

She asked if that meant ignoring everybody else.

No. Just acknowledging that every person is on their own path. And since everyone's on their path, you'll always have the opportunity—willingly or unwillingly—to be pulled into their agenda.

If you let that happen, you detour from your dreams.

She got it pretty fast. "You're saying I need to take control of my agenda."

Exactly. Because if you don't take care of your agenda, somebody else will control it for you.

Important Points

Every person you meet is on their own path and will try to pull you into their agenda, whether they mean to or not.

Most people, before lunch, have spent their entire morning working on somebody else's dreams.

Taking control of your agenda isn't selfish—it's being your own person and protecting your vision.

Memorable Quotes

"If you don't take care of your life, your agenda, somebody else will control it for you."

"The world is going to do what the world is going to do. It always has, it always will."

"You're the only person living between your ears. Every single thing in this world is just about you. Get right with yourself and go out and change the world."

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Before anyone gets access to your time today, define your agenda for the day and this week.

Write down three non-negotiable things that must happen today—not 30, just three.

Remember, everything else is negotiable, but those three things get done no matter what happens.

Chapter Notes

0:26 - Someone has you on their list right now

2:29 - Pay attention to your agenda first, always

3:54 - Everyone's path will pull you off track

4:09 - They'll control your agenda if you don't

5:12 - The world does what the world does period

6:37 - Before lunch you've worked their dreams

8:25 - Define agenda before anyone gets access

9:15 - Three non-negotiable daily things assignment

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Episode Description

On Monday, you wrote your internal mission. Tuesday, you discovered 80% of your daily actions are completely

Irrelevant to your vision.

Today, Scott gives you the one question that filters everything.

No complicated system. No elaborate planning. No superhuman willpower. One question asked every single day that protects your vision from the thousands of opportunities trying to derail you.

A client used this filter for just one week and avoided seven or eight things that would have derailed her for a month. The question forces you to be honest about whose agenda you're serving—yours or everyone else's.

Fair warning: This might make you ruthless. That's the point.

Featured Story

She had a clear vision. She'd written out her internal and external missions just like Scott asked.

But life kept getting in the way. Her phone wouldn't stop ringing. Opportunities showed up constantly. People needed things all the time.

She was working incredibly hard but felt like she was moving backward.

When Scott asked what she did when opportunities arrived, she admitted the truth: "I listen. I think about it. I consider if I have time. And then I usually say yes because I don't want to disappoint anyone. I figure it out

later."

She was making dozens of decisions every day without a filter. No wonder she was exhausted.

Scott taught her one question. She didn't believe it could be that simple. But after one week, she'd avoided seven or eight derailments that would have cost her a month of progress.

The question changed everything.

Important Points

Every single day, thousands of opportunities will cross your path trying to detour you from what you want.

Most opportunities that show up in life are other people's dreams disguised as your opportunities.

There is no neutral—you are either moving closer to what you want or moving away from it.

Memorable Quotes

"Will this opportunity move me closer to the lifestyle I desire, or further away?"

"Most emails are usually somebody else's to-do list being sent to you."

"Every yes to something that doesn't deserve your attention is a no to something that does."

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Before you say yes to anything, ask yourself if this opportunity moves you closer to your desired lifestyle or further away.

Remember, there is no neutral—time, energy, and attention are finite resources.

Be ruthless with your filter but not mean—protect your vision without explaining or justifying yourself to anyone.

Chapter Notes

0:40 - One question that filters everything daily

1:41 - Client overwhelmed by life getting in the way

3:12 - The powerful question that changes decisions

4:48 - Thousands of opportunities derail you daily

6:18 - Most opportunities are someone else's dreams

7:16 - You don't have to justify your no to anyone

8:06 - There is no neutral—closer or further away

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You wrote that internal mission yesterday. You know what drives you.

Then Tuesday arrives, and you spend the entire day defending things that have nothing to do with your vision.

Emails that don't matter. Meetings that go nowhere. Drama that isn't yours.

Scott reveals the harsh truth nobody wants to hear—80% of what you focus on daily has zero connection to what you ultimately want. But here's the twist: You're not just distracted. You're actively protecting the things stealing your vision.

Discover the one word that changed everything for Scott and why relevancy might be the filter you've been missing.

Featured Story

Scott used to arrive home with a bottle of wine picked up on the way and a bit of an attitude.

He'd been told for years to focus more. So he did. He focused harder. Pushed harder. Worked longer. Said yes to everything that seemed important.

Things got better in some ways. Awful in others.

The real problem? He was producing massive results that had absolutely no relation to what he actually wanted to build in his life. He got really good at getting results, but those results just kept him busy and drove him

crazy.

Then he stumbled on a straightforward word that changed everything: relevant.

Now he comes home and says, "Hey, honey, I'm home," and takes his wife out for spontaneous date nights.

Same focus. Different filter. Completely different life.

Important Points

If you're distracted, you're not unfocused—you're just focused on the wrong things.

Every time you say yes to something irrelevant, it creates three more irrelevant tasks to fill your day.

You're not being distracted from your vision—you're actively protecting things that are stealing it from you.

Memorable Quotes

"I began to put my energy and my focus into what is relevant to the result I want to achieve in my life."

"When nothing else matters, what's important matters more."

"You're not lazy. It's not that you lack discipline. You're defending the wrong things."

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Pull out that internal mission you wrote and look at your calendar, to-do list, and commitments.

Ask one question for each item: Is this relevant to the results I want to reach in my life?

Let go of anything not connected to your internal mission—delegate it, automate it, or say no to it.

Chapter Notes

0:26 - 80% of your actions aren't aligned today

1:22 - Why focusing harder makes things worse

2:41 - Massive results that drove Scott crazy

3:21 - One word that changes everything: Relevant

5:36 - The Pareto Principle twist nobody sees

6:35 - You're protecting what's stealing your vision

7:39 - Filter your calendar with this question

8:41 - 80% isn't distracting you—it's stealing

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Episode Description

You've got a mission statement. Great.

But here's the problem—you're probably confusing everyone, including yourself. Most people share one mission with the world and wonder why they're exhausted, distracted, and pulled off course constantly.

Scott reveals why you actually need two mission statements to stay on track. One protects your why from the inside out. The other communicates your purpose without giving away your power.

This week kicks off a focused series on clarity, vision, and understanding what truly drives you. No more running on someone else's agenda.

Featured Story

Years ago, a mentor called Scott out on something he already knew but wouldn't admit.

Scott was rambling on about his passion for the work he was doing. Building businesses. Creating content. Making things happen. He thought that was the key—the stuff you do is how you get success.

His mentor didn't buy it. "You're not excited about the stuff you do. You'd rather not do it. You're excited about the experience you create."

Plot twist: He was right.

Scott wasn't driven by tasks and tactics. He was driven by transformation. By creating experiences that change people. That realization changed everything—and it's the same wake-up call most successful people need today.

Important Points

Most people can't verbalize what truly drives them from the inside out, even when they know it deep down.

If you don't define yourself clearly, the world will decide who you are and tell you who to be.

You need two missions—one internal that keeps you on track, one external that helps others understand you.

Memorable Quotes

"You're not excited about the stuff you do. You'd rather not do it. You're excited about the experience you create."

"Nobody needs to know what I'm doing. I'll do it, and they can catch up."

"Internal is your protection. It's your sovereignty. It's your power. Your external is your communication. It's your connection. It's your impact."

Scott's Three-Step Approach

Ask yourself what actually drives you when nobody's watching—not what sounds good or looks impressive on LinkedIn.

Write down your internal mission and keep it private, sharing only with people who truly support your vision.

Create your external mission by asking how you explain what you do without requiring you to explain everything.

Chapter Notes

0:32 - What truly drives you from the inside out?

2:08 - Mentor exposes the real reason behind passion

3:29 - Why you need two mission statements now

4:08 - Internal vs external: Know the difference

5:40 - Become the keeper of your own vision

6:20 - Client's breakthrough: Stop explaining everything

7:14 - Take five minutes and write this down today

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Bridge Method: Build Your Dream Life Without Burning Everything Down October 31, 2025 | Episode 5215

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

Ever feel stuck where you are but terrified to make a move because you might lose everything?

You're not alone. Scott's seen it happen too many times. People so desperate to build their dream life that they torch their current one. Credit cards maxed out. Relationships destroyed. All because they didn't have a plan.

The Bridge Method changes that. It's about getting from here to there without burning down your house in the process. Scott breaks down the three foundations you need before you make any big move. And yeah, the first one isn't sexy at all. But it's the only way this works.

What happened when he stood at the Hoover Dam in 2008 changed how he coaches forever.

Featured Story

You ever been so ready to change something that you'd do anything to make it happen?

Scott's had clients lie straight to his face about it. They want the coaching. They want the change. So they say everything's fine financially. Then six months later? Thirty grand in credit card debt. All to pay for something that was supposed to make their life better.

That's when it hit him. Standing at the Hoover Dam years ago, watching them build a bridge across that massive gap. Two solid foundations on either side. And a carefully constructed span connecting them.

Your life works the same way. You can't just leap across the canyon and hope you make it. You need foundations. You need a plan. You need to build the bridge first.

Important Points

Why building a "peaceful base" where you are right now is the unsexy first step that prevents you from crashing everything later.

The nursing career story that shows how to map your future foundation before you quit your current job or go into debt for change.

Why most people spend all their time dreaming about the future or stressing about today but never build the actual bridge between them.

Memorable Quotes

"I have seen a lot of folks so anxious to go someplace else and do something else that they crash everything today to get there."

"We need to build a foundation for where you are today. Your foundation is a peaceful base."

"You're going to do this anyway. You're from here and you're going to go there. In between, you got to figure out how to get there.

Scott's Three-Step Approach

1. Fortify your current foundation first—take away the stress, make sure you can pay your bills, get your goals aligned, and create a peaceful base before you try to go anywhere.

2. Define your future foundation clearly—know exactly what it's going to take to get there (certifications, training, costs, timeline) so you're building toward something specific.

3. Build the bridge span with a realistic plan—map out how you'll pay for it, how long it will take, and the hundred little things you need to figure out without messing up your peaceful base.

Chapters

00:00 Why Scott's Wife Gets More Instagram Likes Than He Does

01:29 The Bridge Method Origin Story at Hoover Dam

04:32 Step One: Build Your Peaceful Base First

05:27 Step Two: Design Your Future Foundation

09:13 Step Three: Cross the Bridge Without Falling Off

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Take Control of Your Calendar This Week (Before It Controls You)

October 30, 2025 | Episode 5214

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

Your calendar running your life instead of you running it?

Look. I've seen those AI calendar apps you're using. Five-minute blocks. Color-coded chaos. That's manager thinking, not founder thinking.

Here's what nobody gets: High performers don't manage their day five minutes at a time. They hold space. They protect time. They say no without apologizing.

This week I'm breaking down exactly how I went from calendar chaos to actually controlling when I work.

Thursday planning. Standing appointments. Deep work days that people can't touch.

And yeah, my biggest problem now? Other people who learned this system trying to move MY calendar around.

Time is all you got. Somebody's trying to take it from you right now.

Featured Story

Ever look at your week and realize you don't even know what's happening today?

That was me. Getting pulled around by everyone else's agenda. No time to think. No time to create. Just reacting.

So I started doing something simple on Thursdays. I'd sit down mid-to-late day and plan the next week. Not hoping it would work out. Actually blocking it in place.

Monday and Tuesday became deep work days. Wednesday and Thursday morning for coaching. Friday? Motorcycle day or whatever I want.

Here's the weird part: When I started holding that space and saying no, people just... went along with it. Took a few weeks. But it worked.

Now my biggest challenge? The people I taught this to trying to reschedule me. "Scott, I'm doing my Perfect Week Planner, need to move you."

Nope. Not moving. Your time is all you got, man.

Important Points

Why managing your day in five-minute blocks is killing your ability to do creative work and make real money (and what founders do instead).

The Thursday planning ritual that locks in your next week before the Sunday scaries hit and everyone starts grabbing your time.

How holding space for deep work days forces people to work around you instead of you constantly moving around them—even if you don't think you have that control yet.

Memorable Quotes

"Time is all you got, man. That's all you got. And somebody on this planet, every single day for the rest of your life is going to try to take your damn time from you."

"If you want more money, you got to get this under control. I'm sorry."

"Why do I do it on Thursday? Common sense. I just noticed that a lot of y'all were trying to figure it on Friday. You're all stressed out."

"This is a kind of meandering episode today, which is kind of what I do best. My whole thing is to meander all over the place."

Scott's Three-Step Approach

1. Plan your next week every Thursday (mid-to-late day works best)—lock in your schedule before Friday stress hits and before the Sunday scaries make you reactive instead of intentional about your time.

2. Block your deep work days first—protect Monday/Tuesday for creative work, hold specific days for focused tasks, and make standing appointments for everything else so people move around you instead of you constantly rearranging your life.

3. Start saying no and holding your ground—people will test you at first, but within 2-3 weeks they'll just go along with your schedule because time is all you got and you need to protect it like your life depends on it.

Chapters

00:00 Your Calendar Is Out of Control (And You Know It)

03:39 The Perfect Week Planner That Changed Everything

05:40 How Standing Appointments Make Your Life Easier

07:01 Why Saying No Gets Easier Every Single Time

09:07 The Thursday Planning Ritual That Actually Works

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The Hidden Cost of Being Fake and How to Stop

October 29, 2025 | Episode 5213

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

Ever feel like you're not being yourself?

Like you're putting on a show for everyone around you?

Scott gets it. He gets in trouble for being himself all the time. But here's the thing—being fake costs you way

more than being real ever will.

In this episode, Scott breaks down the hidden price you pay when you're not authentic. He introduces

motivational awareness—understanding what actually fires you up instead of forcing yourself to do things that

drain you. You'll discover why everything in your life comes down to just two things: people and money. And

Scott shares his daily awareness filter that helps you catch yourself before you veer off course.

Stop pretending. Start paying attention. Here's how.

Featured Story

You know when you say you're going to do something and then... you don't?

Scott does this all the time. He'll get an idea, tell everyone about it, then just sits on his butt. Doesn't start. Doesn't move forward.

For years, he thought something was wrong with him.

Then he figured it out. He won't start anything unless he's actually motivated to do it. If he's not moving toward what he said he wanted, that tells him something. Either he doesn't really want to do it, or something about the process feels wrong.

Now it's a rule. If the idea doesn't fire him up enough to get him moving, he scratches it.

Simple as that.

The problem? He sometimes opens his mouth and tells people first. Then they ask, "Why didn't you do it?"

Because I didn't want to. Motivational awareness.

Important Points

Why forcing yourself to do things you're not motivated to do keeps you stuck in a cycle of starting and stopping.

The reality that everything in your life—good and bad—comes from just two sources: people and money. Including you.

How building a daily awareness filter catches those moments when you're being fake before they derail your entire week.

Why saying yes to things you're not fired up about is the fastest way to lose touch with who you actually are.

Memorable Quotes

"I get in so much trouble for being myself. I really freaking do."

"If I can't get myself moving, it's just not firing me up."

"Everything, good, everything bad, everything comes from people and money."

"Nobody else is responsible for your health. You are."

Scott's Three-Step Approach

1. Build motivational awareness by noticing what drives you. Pay attention to what fires you up naturally.

If you're not moving toward something you said you wanted, that's data. You either don't really want it or something about the process is wrong. Stop forcing it.

2. Accept that people and money control everything in your life. Every opportunity, every obstacle, every win, every loss—it all comes from people (including you) and money (including yours). When you're stuck or unhappy, look at these two things first.

3. Activate your daily awareness filter to catch yourself being fake. Ask yourself the same questions every day. Track what you're actually doing versus what you said you'd do. Notice the gaps. That's where the truth lives about who you really are.

Chapters

00:15 The Hidden Cost of Being Fake

03:45 What Motivational Awareness Actually Means

06:27 Why Everything Comes Down to People and Money

08:53 The Daily Awareness Filter That Changes Everything

10:50 What's Next and Tomorrow's Show

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One Project Rule: Why You Never Have Enough Time

October 28, 2025 | Episode 5212

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

Ever wonder why you've got ten things going and none of them are getting done?

Yeah, me too. This week I'm sitting here with about 10 browser tabs open working on the YouTube channel. My wife walks

in and goes, "Are you making it simple?" I just 10x'd my work, man.

But here's the thing about the one project rule. Your brain can only focus on one thing at a time. Not four. Not seven. One.

And when you're bouncing between multiple projects, you're delaying the completion of ALL of them. What if you could

finish one thing today and actually have more time tomorrow? What if getting more done meant doing less at once?

That's what I figured out this week. And it changed everything.

Featured Story

You know when you look at everything on your plate and think, "How am I ever going to get this done?"

That was me. Ten browser tabs. New YouTube channel. Big workflow changes. A ton of moving parts. My Australian

shepherd is literally trying to break into the room because he can open doors now. Life's happening.

And I'm sitting there thinking I need to make this simpler. But I just made it ten times more complicated.

Then it hit me.

I'm still working on one thing. Just one. The YouTube channel. All those tabs? They're part of one project. And while it

seems like it's never going to get done, there's actually peace in that focus.

Because I'm not also trying to finish nine other things at the same time. And that's when the whole thing clicked for me

about why we never have enough time.

Important Points

When you work on multiple projects at once, you're delaying completion of every single one because your brain keeps bouncing back and forth.

If you have 10 items that could make you money and you're working on all of them, none of them are making money yet—finish one and tomorrow it starts working while you tackle the rest.

Your brain fundamentally can only focus on one thing at a time, and that's not a weakness—it's how you get actual results when you stop fighting it.

Memorable Quotes

"When you work on multiple projects at a time, you are delaying the completion to all the projects because your brain is bouncing back and forth."

"If you could create more time in your day and you didn't have to give anything up, wouldn't that be a cool thing to do?"

"I operate on the one project rule so that I can get more time. But one thing I've learned is a phrase I coined a long time ago called holding space."

Scott's Three-Step Approach

1. Pick one project that needs to get done and commit to finishing it today—not making progress on ten things, finishing one thing completely so tomorrow you're free to move on.

2. Recognize the difference between absolute focus tasks and long-term memory habits—you can't multitask focused work, but you can run through your daily repeating patterns without thinking about them.

3. Hold the space once you clear it—fight to keep that free time open for yourself instead of immediately filling it with more stuff, so you actually create breathing room in your life.

Chapters

00:00 Why You Never Have Enough Time

00:50 The One Project Rule Explained

02:39 How Multitasking Kills Your Progress

03:22 What Your Brain Can Actually Handle

05:58 Why Multiple Projects Delay Everything

07:37 Getting More Done By Doing Less

08:14 Holding Space For Yourself

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The Daily Boost is where WANT meets WAY—every day. I'm Scott Smith, and for 20 years, I've helped people like you turn what you want into what you do, even when life gets messy.

Every Monday through Friday (under 10 minutes), you get actionable frameworks, real stories from two decades of navigating life's complications, and Stoic philosophy that actually works in the real world.

This isn't another podcast telling you to dream bigger or hustle harder. It's practical coaching for people who know what they want but need the how—the daily direction that turns wanting into momentum, obstacles into strategies, and confusion into clarity.

Whether you're rebuilding after a setback, leveling up your career, or just trying to keep what matters while reaching for what's next—this is your starting line.

Short. Real. Daily.

Get your Daily Boost on ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Apple Podcast⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠ every weekday. When you're ready to go beyond the boost and build your personalized roadmap, visit ⁠⁠MotivationToMove.com⁠⁠.

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