10 Simple Rules That'll Make Your Life Way Better

Daily Boost - Motivation and Coaching

Scott Smith

Health & Fitness, Business, Education, Self-improvement

3.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Daily Boost Podcast Show Notes 10 Simple Rules That'll Make Your Life Way Better September 3, 2025 | Episode 5173 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Sometimes the best advice comes from the heart, and Scott's fired up to share his 10 life-changing rules that actually work. Forget chasing happiness—it's fleeting and unpredictable. Instead, Scott dives into practical wisdom that'll help you find contentment and joy in the everyday chaos. From doing what makes your heart sing to keeping things beautifully simple, these aren't just feel-good concepts. They're battle-tested strategies that'll shift how you approach relationships, challenges, and your own expectations. Ready to stop complicating life and start living it better? Featured Story Scott gets real about his creative process, sharing how he threw away six perfectly good podcast recordings because something just wasn't right. Even though his voice was already shot and it meant starting over completely, he knew he had to deliver his authentic self to listeners. That moment of inspiration—choosing to do it right over doing it easy—perfectly captures what it means to follow your heart even when logic says otherwise. It's a powerful reminder that sometimes the best decisions feel crazy in the moment but create magic in the long run. Important Points Happiness is fleeting, but contentment and joy can be cultivated through intentional choices and authentic living. Meeting people where they are in life requires getting out of your own head and letting relationships develop naturally over time. Everything truly is fixable when you approach challenges with the right mindset and willingness to adapt. Memorable Quotes "Do what makes your heart sing. Don't hurt anybody. Just do what makes your heart sing." "Everything's fixable if you have the right mindset." "Figure stuff out. Don't freak out." Scott's Three-Step Approach Choose one thing that makes your heart sing and commit to doing it this week, even if it seems impractical. Identify the most complicated area of your life and write three ways to simplify it immediately. Practice meeting one person exactly where they are today without trying to change or fix them. Connect With Me Search for The Daily Boost on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Email: [email protected] Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast 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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1:10.6	All right, as soon as I said, why not jump in here? Come on in. What else you're going to do? You're here. I don't know how long today's show is going to be. No, I'm sorry. I can't answer that question. It's supposed to be nine minutes. I don't know why. Along the years, I said, let's do a nine-minute podcast. It just worked. Some days are longer. They're usually not shorter, but we'll do the best we can. Today, we're going to talk about being happy. Is that okay? Because I think happiness is what most people say they go for. I got over that game a long time ago. Happiness is so fleeting. I don't even try for it. It happens when it happens. It's amazing. You go out sometimes, you didn't expect that you're happy. Other times you go seeking happen. He's like, what happened? That'd make me a happy.
1:47.9	I like being content. I like being joyful. But there are some rules that you can follow that overall will make your life better, and I'll give you 10 of them today. It is a daily boost.
1:54.6	I'm Scott Smith. Good to have it. By the way, yesterday, I recorded all of these shows. I recorded
1:59.3	six shows in a row. I'm going to be down at Disney World at a conference down at, they call it the experience conference. The church I go to invited me along to, hey, come on down. Let's learn a little bit about how we do the church thing. I said, well, okay. They said, it's paid. It's free. I'll go. So I had to record an advance to go down there. And I think it's going to be a lot of fun for me.
2:19.2	I can't wait to see what I learn. I'll talk more about that. But I did record all the podcasts.
2:24.8	I got them all ready to go. And I couldn't sleep. I didn't post them. I couldn't sleep. I got up
2:30.4	the next day and spent another two hours re-recording everything I did the day before.
2:34.7	I threw all that stuff away. Why? Were they bad? No, not really. But I was missing the mark on my
2:42.4	voice and my feeling. I was missing the mark on bringing Scott to you. And ultimately, yes,
2:47.5	all the teaching I bring to you comes through me and I just feel like I have to deliver
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