MAPSS Secret: Navigate Life Like a Pro

Daily Boost - Motivation and Coaching

Scott Smith

Health & Fitness, Business, Education, Self-improvement

3.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Scott Smith shares a powerful story about following GPS navigation in Colorado that led him down a dangerous road, using this as a metaphor for life's navigation systems. He introduces his proven MAPSS framework - Motivation, Accountability, Planning, Systemization, and Sustainability - offering practical insights for creating reliable personal guidance systems. Featured Story: A harrowing detour in Colorado teaches Scott the dangers of blindly following GPS navigation, despite a warning sign. This experience becomes a metaphor for the importance of developing trustworthy personal navigation systems in life. Key Takeaways: Motivation must precede understanding your "why" External guidance systems aren't always reliable Success requires both personal accountability and systematic planning Sustainable results take longer than expected Systems should become biological, not just technological Memorable Quotes: "Sometimes you can't trust your GPS, but you can trust yourself." "If you don't have the motivation to get what you want and sustain it, you won't get it." "The ride is fun, but sustainability is key." Scott's Three-Step Approach: Find your motivation before starting any project Create accountability measures to track progress Develop biological systems before technological ones Connect With Scott: Search for The Daily Boost on Apple Podcasts and Spotify Email: [email protected] Visit: https://www.faceyourpassion.com/ Learn More: https://www.9minuteclaritycode.com/ Visit: https://www.perfectweekplanner.com/ Learn More: https://www.dailyawarenessdiary.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.1	So about a year ago, I was out in Colorado.
0:33.6	I was up in Reckinridge in the Frisco area and headed down on a Friday afternoon, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, back to Denver, and the road was blocked.
0:42.2	They were doing some road work, and I detoured to a little city, a little town called Georgetown, and I followed everybody else, including my GPS, and took a scary road to get home.
0:50.0	It was not a smart decision, but anyway, it happened.
0:52.8	I followed my GPS.
0:54.3	But you know what the last sign was that I saw before I hit that scary road?
0:58.7	Don't follow your GPS.
1:04.3	That's true.
1:05.1	In this day and age, a lot of us like to follow the GPS, the shortcut, if you will, sometimes
1:09.2	it fails us.
1:09.9	And as a guy who not only drives cars, but I fly airplanes, I understand navigation, instrument-rated,
1:14.5	I understand how to navigate the old way and the GPS way.
1:17.0	And trust me, you can't always trust it.
1:19.2	But you need some kind of assistance and follow for yourself, and that's what we do today.
1:24.3	It is the Daily Boost from Motivation to Move.com. It's me, Scott Smith. Good to have you today doing the show very, very long time starting out in 2006 and 5,000 plus episodes. I almost retired from the show. I did a year ago, actually. I said I was going to retire from doing the show. And I just didn't think I could do it anymore. I'd done it a long time. And the more I started to think about
1:44.2	I said, no, no, you know what? I can. I need to make some changes to it. And you'd have a little
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