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Daily Boost  - Clarity for Life and Work

Escape Your Past, Accelerate Your Future

Daily Boost - Clarity for Life and Work

Scott Smith

Business, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

3.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

I used to be that guy wandering Walmart on Christmas Eve at midnight looking for a toaster. One year I stopped and looked around. There were a bunch of us. All guys. All looking lost in the kitchen section. The employees were looking at us with pity. That's when I decided never again. Decision-making is one of your most powerful personal growth tools. As we head into 2026, you're going to need it. The problem? We're human. We're emotional. And logic doesn't always win the battle when feelings show up. Time to figure out how to make that work for you. Featured Story I bought a motorcycle once without planning to. Stopped in for coffee. Left two and a half hours later with a brand new Harley. The salesman got me excited. I hadn't seen the new models up close. My wife was looking at me like I'd lost my mind. Then he said those magic words: "Want to talk numbers?" Emotions went away instantly. We spent the next hour going back and forth on logic and math. Some anger showed up too because that's how negotiations work. But I wanted that bike. Eventually we hit the right number. That's when emotions came rushing back. At least until we looked at the checking account. Important Points Decision-making is one of your most powerful tools in your personal growth toolbox, but most of us struggle with it because we're caught between logic and emotion. Almost everything in life should be easy because it's already been done, but being human means emotions mess with the logical equation every single time. Like a movie hero, you'll stay stuck until the situation forces action, then suddenly logic kicks in and you know exactly what to do. Memorable Quotes "Decision-making is one of your most powerful tools in your personal growth toolbox." "As much as we all can agree it should be easy, using logic to get what we want doesn't have a whole bunch to do with being a human." "I was one of several guys, all guys wandering around the store, aimlessly looking for something in the kitchen section because you forgot to get the good stuff." Scott's Three-Step Approach Recognize you're in the middle of an epic battle between logic and emotion, and stop pretending one will magically win over the other. Let yourself feel the emotions but commit to making decisions based on what actually works, not just what feels good in the moment. Take action like a movie hero who finally figures it out in the third act, because sitting around waiting for clarity just wastes time. Chapter Notes 0:29 - Christmas Eve shopping confession and life lessons 1:43 - Your past baggage and escaping into 2026 2:38 - Why decision-making should be easy but isn't 3:42 - The epic battle: logical versus emotional 5:10 - What movie heroes teach us about taking action 7:43 - The motorcycle story: emotions versus numbers Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Email: [email protected] Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast Instagram: @heyscottsmith Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Is it Christmas Eve?

0:05.1

I think it is.

0:06.8

I'm not working on Christmas Eve.

0:08.2

I just did this before.

0:09.3

In fact, I used to be a Christmas Eve shopper, so I had been time for that as well.

0:12.4

Oh, man.

0:13.4

I was a Christmas Eve shopper until one day I became that guy and I said no more.

0:17.7

I need a boost.

0:19.9

I need a daily boost. I need a boost. I need a daily boost.

0:22.3

I need a daily boost.

0:23.6

I need a daily boost.

0:27.7

Everybody needs a daily boost.

0:29.5

How you doing?

0:31.3

My name is Scott Smith.

0:32.2

Welcome.

0:32.7

Merry Christmas to you.

0:33.6

We're just a day out of Christmas at this point.

0:35.2

Holiday season here in full swing.

0:55.1

Yeah, I used to be a Christmas Eve shopper. You know what happened to me? Pretty simple stuff. I mean, one day, I'd take the whole day. I'd leave at 8 o'clock in the morning and just be gone all day. That was my thing. And one day, I was that guy at about 5 or 6 or 6 or, it felt like midnight, but it's probably late in the afternoon. I was at a store. Maybe Walmart I was that guy at about five or six or six. It felt like midnight, but it's probably late in the afternoon.

1:05.3

I was at a store. Maybe Walmart. I was there. And I just noticed something. I was, I wasn't the one guy. I was one of several guys. All guys.

1:11.2

Wandering around the store, aimlessly looking for something in the kitchen section because you forgot to get the good stuff. Should I get her a toaster this year? There were so many of us. And there were all these

1:16.6

employees that were looking at us like poor people. I felt really bad. I felt like it wasn't good.

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