If You Stay You Can’t Go

Daily Boost — Motivation and Coaching

Scott Smith

Education, Self-improvement, Business, Health & Fitness

3.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2021

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

I’ve noticed in my life that humans are hoarders when it comes to keeping stuff in their life that works and doesn’t work. They keep hanging life their life depends on it. Now, before I go on, I think there are two situations at play here: 1) Hanging on to what has worked well but needs to go so you can do more of what you want to do. 2) Hanging on what doesn’t work in hopes that it will work well someday. Both can go on for years and lead to nothing but frustration as you continue to long for something else. I was on the phone with a client this morning, and we ran into that situation. We began dealing with it a few months ago, and it’s still rearing its ugly head in her life. After exploring it from every angle— Should I keep it? Should I put it to the side and come back to it? Should I toss it and start over? Should I… should I… should I. I finally said the only thing that came to mind - “The mere fact that you keep questioning it tells me that you want to drop it. You’re just worried about what comes next, which is strange because what’s next is what you want. Let me ask you a question— How would you feel if you just dropped everything that is holding you back and woke up in the morning with a clean slate and ready to move?” She smiled. You know, with that almost embarrassed look that people get when they can’t pretend anymore. She was busted, and she knew it. That’s when she said— “I’m not going to lie. That would feel great!” We had a “moment,” and everything changed. I suggested a 30 cooling-off period, but with the understanding that she is moving forward and not backward. A few hours later, she sent me a note. It said, “I don’t need 30 days. Thanks.” It’s simple. When you are making a life decision, if you stay, you can’t go, and if you go, you can’t stay. Make your choice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	How are ya? Happy Thursday. Yay!
0:18.0	Weekends almost here. Have you got your Christmas tree yet? If you buy Christmas tree, not everybody does.
0:22.0	But if you do, I did. It was so much fun to spend all that money.
0:26.0	He was like, wow! Hope we got to buy it now or there won't be any. Welcome to 2021.
0:31.0	So here's some common sense logic for you. Ready for this? Write this one down and you could leave if you want to.
0:36.0	But you shouldn't because good stuff is coming. If you stay, you can't go. And if you go, you can't stay.
0:44.0	Yeah. That's the topic today and we'll dig in a little bit. I'll convince you of it too. Hang in for the ride.
0:51.0	It is a daily boost from motivation to move.com, the positive boost to meet every single day and the practical boost because everything has to be practical.
0:57.0	I miss Scott Smith. I am a very common name, very uncommon sense. I just stepped up early. I cut the line when I was being born. I said, give me some common sense here.
1:05.0	And by the way, can you link it up to my mouth and say, yeah, what about your ears?
1:09.0	Well, okay. I listen really well too, but the mouth definitely overcomes the ears. So what you're about to listen to today and every single day is if you haven't been around a lot of people coming in these days, it's awesome.
1:19.0	Um, is what I call observational motivation.
1:24.0	Yeah, I go out in the world. I listen, I look, I watch what happens. I see what's working. I see what's not working. I think about it a lot.
1:32.0	I sit down. I write stuff. I make it funny. I make it me. I get dramatic. I do the stuff that I do in the way I see the world and you get out to you and you go, hey, well, that was different, but that makes a little sense there.
1:43.0	That's the goal every single day, every single show. I make a little bit of sense, at least someplace during the show. So listen for it. It's coming today. I promise.
1:52.0	If you stay, you can't go.
1:57.0	My bone.
2:01.0	So I know some life that humans and to the best of my knowledge.
2:08.0	Most of my audience is human to the best of my knowledge. I'm not exactly sure. I just want to be kind of okay with that. I think they're, they're human and they're hoarders.
2:17.0	They are. And it's okay. It's okay. You can be a hoarder. You've seen the show on A&E. That's where all those shows are right.
2:24.0	All hoarder shows is like, wow, how do you even do that? I don't know. It's a thing they have.
2:30.0	Not a good thing, but your hoarder as well. You keep stuff in your life.
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