Don’t Just Improve - Create Something New

Daily Boost Motivation and Coaching

Scott Smith

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

3.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Daily Boost Podcast Show Notes Don’t Just Improve - Create Something New May 6, 2025 | Episode 5087 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Feeling stuck with incremental improvements in your life? In today’s episode, Scott challenges the entire concept of personal improvement. With his signature straight-talking style, he reveals why your minor tweaks aren’t what you want. Discover why creating something new might be the answer you’ve been searching for. Featured Story Scott takes you inside the coaching world to reveal a powerful truth: you don’t want “personal improvement” - you want transformation. Using wisdom from Stoic philosophy, he explains how flipping obstacles upside down creates new opportunities. “The impediment to action advances action. What stands in your way becomes the way.” Learn how this mindset shift can change your approach to challenges. Key Takeaways Understanding what makes you tick is the first step before pursuing any goal or dream. The desire for “improvement” often masks what you want - something new and transformational. Like Stoic philosophers teach, every obstacle can become a new source of good when viewed differently. Memorable Quotes “If you don’t know what makes you tick, you won’t get there.” “You don’t want to tweak things to make them a little bit better - you want something brand new.” “For a Stoic, every bad thing becomes an additional source of good.” Scott’s Three-Step Approach Start with a daily awareness diary to understand your current patterns and desires. Look at challenges differently - don’t improve them, but consider how to create something new from them. Flip obstacles upside down to see how what stands in your way can become the way forward. 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 #DailyBoost #PersonalGrowth #CreateSomethingNew #StopImproving #StartTransforming #StoicWisdom #MarcusAurelius #Motivation #MindsetShift #ObstaclesAsOpportunities #TransformYourLife #MotivationToMove #ScottSmith #PersonalDevelopment #TurnObstaclesIntoOpportunities Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Amazon offers employees up to £8,000 for education and training, like Juliet.
0:07.0	She's now a trained technician.
0:10.0	And to her, the sound of machinery in need of repair, reminds her of how far she's come.
0:18.0	In two years, she's landed her dream job, providing her with valuable skills.
0:23.6	That's up to £8,000 for education and training at Amazon. Eligibility conditions apply.
0:29.6	The autopilot order. Now, informal. The strong urge felt at the ordering kiosk or drive-through
0:35.6	that takes over the entire body and mind and results
0:38.4	in a person ordering a Big Mac without even having to think. Related phrases, looks like I've ordered
0:43.3	a Big Mac again. The autopilot order at McDonald's. Serves from 11am, subject to availability.
0:52.7	Oh my gosh. I'm just thinking yesterday I talked about being a good quitter. Somebody sat down at the dinner
0:58.7	table last night and you're all on your phones. Somebody said, can I get your attention please?
1:04.8	I heard on Scott's podcast this morning. He was telling me to be a good quitter. So I quit. And people said,
1:10.5	what? I hope I didn't do any bad stuff by telling me to be a good quitter, so I quit. And people said, what? I hope I didn't do any bad stuff
1:13.3	by telling me to be a good quitter. If you miss a show, make sure you listen to yesterday, because
1:15.9	it's a good one. It's a tool that you should have in your toolbox, okay? It is a daily boost from
1:20.7	Motivation to Move.com, the positive boost you need every single day. It's a simple mission. Stand up, take a step, repeat. Keep going until you get what
1:28.8	you want. And if you want to do the advanced version, then you would use my question on the
1:32.5	back end of that, which is why would you stop before you got what you wanted anyway? Because
1:37.2	it was difficult because somebody said, you can't do it, because you said you can't do it,
1:42.0	because you drank too much last night, You can't get out of bed today.
1:44.6	I don't know what it is.
1:46.1	I heard that one a lot, by the way.
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