Stop Lying to Yourself About Your Commitment

Daily Boost - Motivation and Coaching

Scott Smith

Health & Fitness, Business, Education, Self-improvement

3.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Daily Boost Podcast Show Notes Stop Lying to Yourself About Your Commitment October 6, 2025 | Episode 5196 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Ever caught yourself making a goal and then complaining it's too hard? Scott calls you out on the biggest lie we tell ourselves. The one where we say we're committed to something, then sabotage ourselves the moment it gets difficult. This episode shares Scott's raw 2 AM moment with a cheap bottle of wine that changed everything. It's about that instant when you look in the mirror and realize you're not who you thought you were. If you've ever questioned why you're grinding so hard, this one's for you. Featured Story Picture this: 2 AM in a small office bathroom. Scott's working in film and TV production, stressed beyond belief, missing workouts and family time. He's got a big cheap bottle of wine and he's gone through most of it. Then he stumbles to the bathroom and catches his reflection. The guy staring back looked normal, even happy. But inside? Man, it felt bad. The look in his eyes wasn't mad. It was sad. That's when Scott realized he was lying to himself about his commitment. He was questioning everything while claiming to be all in. It was the moment that eventually led him from film production to creating this podcast you're listening to right now. The relief that came from that realization? That's what this episode unpacks. Important Points Real commitment means you don't complain when it gets hard - you signed up for the challenge. You'll change when you wear yourself out, not a moment before, and everyone knows it. Everything in your life is self-inflicted, including deciding to get in the game in the first place. Memorable Quotes "You will change when you wear yourself out. There will come a day when you won't put up with whatever you don't like today." "Either you're committed or you're not. It's not a goal if you're stumbling and bumbling because it got hard." "Everything in your life is self-inflicted. You decided to get in the game, didn't you?" Scott's Three-Step Approach Look yourself in the mirror and ask if you're lying about your commitment right now. Stop blaming circumstances and own that you chose this challenge when you set the goal. Find that little sparkle, that excitement you had at the start, and finish what you started. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	How are you? Happy Monday. Come on in here, you liar. Uh-huh. I just called you a liar.
0:20.8	Anybody ever said you're lying to yourself? That's actually what what i'm talking about i'm not saying you're a liar to other people i'm saying you're lying to yourself and don't say you've never done it because you have and you might be doing it right now it started to me the first time i had a moment with that i mean we all do it in our life right'd had a moment like 24 years ago when I called myself on it.
0:38.1	I was lying to myself.
0:39.7	And since then, I've seen hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of clients come across my path doing the same thing.
0:45.8	It just happens.
0:46.7	And there's somebody right now, it's 2 o'clock in the morning somewhere, and you've decided to listen to this podcast, and you're lying to yourself.
0:51.6	And you're listening because you want to get out of it.
0:53.2	Great. Perfect. A podcast about lying. Thank you, Scott. It is a daily boost from Motivation to Move.com. My name is Scott Smith. We practice the world's most simple recipe for success. Stand up. Get yourself in action mode. Don't sit there and listen to a podcast thinking, this will do it.
1:11.1	I'll get motivated.
1:12.0	No, get off your ass and go, okay?
1:13.6	I'm just me.
1:14.0	I'm going to say it as it is.
1:25.6	I'm sorry. You stand up, then you take a step in the direction that you think you want to go. Figure it out on your way. I don't care if you don't know right now. and then repeat until you figured out and get what you want.
1:27.4	Why would you stop before you got there anyway, huh?
1:28.5	Because it's hard.
1:29.6	Yeah, because it's difficult.
1:30.7	Yeah, all good reasons.
1:31.9	But is it worth it?
1:40.8	Yeah. By the way, this podcast is back on YouTube, any day, I would say seven days max,
1:46.2	we don't try to do it. It's kind of hard to take an audio-centric podcast and make it work on YouTube.
1:50.2	And since the world is listening to podcasts on YouTube now, it's kind of like we've got to go videos. So we're going there. You can search YouTube for us or you can go to dailyboospodcast.com
1:55.5	slash YouTube and you'll find it. So 20 years ago, I was in the film and television radio business.
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