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Daily Boost — Motivation and Coaching

10 Things I Would Tell My Younger Self

Daily Boost — Motivation and Coaching

Scott Smith

Education, Self-improvement, Business, Health & Fitness

3.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

What would you tell your younger self if you knew they wouldn't actually listen? I sat down last night and wrote out my list — and the answers surprised even me. These aren't the lessons you'd expect. They're the ones I learned the hard way over decades of building a life I actually wanted. From identity over motivation to money, time, energy, and the people you let close to you, I'm laying out ten ideas that work at any age. Grab your coffee and pen—get ready to take notes. Featured Story I walked into the gym at 6:45 the other morning and tried something new. Instead of running my same old workout, I scanned the floor for the first buddy actually lifting. I asked what he was training that day. He said back. I said, " Cool, I'll do that. Then the magic started. He walked across the room to grab dumbbells. He brought them back. He told me to go first. I laughed all the way home. Free workout. Free trainer. Free motivation. There's a lesson hiding in that. It's not really about the gym. It's about who you're willing to get curious enough to learn from. Important Points Key Lessons Learned 1. Don't trust motivation alone—build your identity daily so that the right actions follow automatically. 2. Time is more expensive than money as you grow older; pay for help with tasks that don't help you grow or nourish you. 3. Build a second income stream now; relying on only one income limits your freedom and options. Time is more expensive than money once you grow up. Pay someone to do the stuff that doesn't grow you or feed you. Build a second income stream now, before you need one. One income is a leash. Two is the start of a real life. Memorable Quotes Everything you're proud of, you started before you were ready. Everything you regret, you waited too long to begin. Your body is an asset. Everything else sits on top of it. It's not vanity. It's a foundation for everything else. The thing you're avoiding has the answer, every single time. Avoidance is scary. Go there first. Information is power. Scott's Three-Step Approach Pick the one piece of advice from this episode that hit you hardest. Don't try to fix everything at once. Take one small action on it today, even if you don't feel ready. Remember, ready is a feeling that shows up after you start. Show up tomorrow and repeat. Build the identity one rep at a time, and the motivation you need will follow. Chapters 0:02 - A letter to my younger self that he'd ignore 0:30 - Deep talks and a free personal trainer trick 2:25 - Build your identity instead of trusting motivation 3:20 - Charge double and learn to keep a straight face 5:09 - Time, energy, money, and the day before today 10:19 - Your body is the foundation for everything else Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Sign up for Notes From Scott at https://notesfromscott.com for more ideas from me a few mornings each week. 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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0:55.7

Last night a friend of mine, we were sitting down talking.

0:58.1

And writing one of those letters, we thought about this,

0:59.9

if we were to write a letter to herself when we were younger,

1:02.8

what would we say in hopes that we may listen to it?

1:06.0

I need a boost.

1:08.0

I need a daily boost.

1:10.4

I need a boost. I need a daily boost. I think you're not listening to it. There's no doubt about that. How are you? It's a daily boost. My name is Scott Smith. I'm glad to have you here today. Common name. Uncommon sense. I'm going to lay it on you today. I think you're going to like some of the stuff we come up with today. I mean, it was kind of interesting last night as a, one of the cool things about my job is I get to do these conversations like all the time. It's like my normal life, not only in my clients and me and my wife, but all my friends and wherever I go, this kind of conversation, the kind of deep kind of

1:44.9

really thinking conversations trying to figure stuff out, it's just where we are. And for a lot of people in the world, they don't even spend any time there. But I just do 24-7 there. It's so cool to do. But anyway, I'll get to that here in a second. But I was laughing this morning because evidently, I have discovered a new way to motivate myself on a workout and to get a free personal trainer at the same time.

2:04.9

I was chuckling because people are calling me out on it. I'm going to share you my technique right now.

2:08.6

I want to give you an idea how to get free personal training. It's so easy to do. So here's what I do now because I'm kind of looking for a new workout anyway.

2:16.4

I've been doing the same one for a while now. Makes me kind of bored. So I get up and I go to the gym. I walk in like 6.45 in the morning. And I got some buddies there I train with. You know, we basically talk and while we train. And I walk in the door and here's the plan. And you can do this exactly the way I do. I walk in and the first one I run into that is working out and not all them are, I find the one who's actually working out. I say, hey, what are you doing today? And they'll say like, oh, legs or back or arms and buys and tries. I say, cool, I'll do that. And they look at you and they go, well, okay. And I just start working out with them. I just work in, right? Not working in. I just literally get into their workout. And we talk. We have a good time. Now here's the cool part. Here's the trainer part that happens. They have a plan. They might need a dumbbell or they might need a piece of equipment to go on a piece of equipment like, you know, something pull the bar down or something. Well, they just go get it. And it could be across the room.

3:10.3

And they just go get it and it could be across the room and they just go get it

3:11.2

and they bring it back and they go you go first i go okay so not only are they giving me their

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