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Daily Boost — Motivation and Coaching

Trusting the Process

Daily Boost — Motivation and Coaching

Scott Smith

Education, Business, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

3.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Ever lie awake at three in the morning asking when it's all going to work out? When will life finally go your way? We all land there sometimes, even the most upbeat among us. Today I'm sharing raw notes from a deep call with my inner circle. No script, no polish — just the real stuff that came up when a room full of people trusted each other enough to get honest. We'll talk about slowing down, subtracting what drains you, and the one thing you can't rush, no matter how hard you try. Come on in. Featured Story When my first wife, Cheryl, passed away, I took my watch off the same day. I'd worn it constantly while she was sick, timing her medications down to the minute. The day she died, I dropped it in a drawer and didn't think about it. For the next year, I went through grieving, met my wife Joy, dated, and had a good time too. The whole year, no watch. Time didn't matter. It was going to be there no matter what I did. A year later, on the anniversary of Cheryl's death, I walked out wearing it again. Joy looked at me and said, I didn't know you wore a watch. Important Points You'll change when you wear yourself out. Feeling miserable about the future means you're living in that misery now. Work in a world of subtraction. When life feels too heavy, the fix is usually to take something away, not add more. Add only the people who fill you up. Anyone who drains your energy while you carry them has to end. Memorable Quotes Be kind until it's time not to be kind. You're always still kind, but sometimes you have to do what you have to do. Do what's important to you; nobody else cares. Step back, relax, and start doing the things that actually matter. You want to be running toward what you want, not from it. Don't stay in a holding pattern because you have to. Scott's Three-Step Approach Start by getting honest about where you actually are right now and what you're really feeling underneath the excuses. Next, build your peaceful base by subtracting what drains you and by surrounding yourself with people who give back energy. Then give it time and trust the process, because what you can't rush sorts itself out when you keep paying attention. Chapters 0:02 - The 3 a.m. question that wakes all of us up 1:50 - Why I choose to be joyful over just happy 3:26 - The busy member who finally just slowed down 5:32 - Why I live in a whole world of subtraction 8:42 - How are you really feeling about it right now 11:24 - Awareness, a peaceful base, and giving it time 13:05 - The watch I stopped wearing for a whole year Connect With Me Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify Email: support@motivationtomove.com Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/dailyboostpodcast Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith 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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Lending is subject to status, eligibility criteria, and teas and Cs apply. How are you? Well, come on in here. Let me ask you a question. Have you ever been up at 3 o'clock in the morning? Maybe you just wake up and you're thinking to myself and yourself, myself, Freudian slipped there, right? When's it all going to work out? When's it going to go my way? Why is stuff such a hassle? Why? Why? Why? I don't want it to be that way. I need a boost.

1:12.6

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1:23.6

where I hang out. My stuff is. It's all spelled out. Two big words, one little

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a big word. Motivation to Move.com. Go there and check it out. Hats me, Scott, good to have it. Yeah, it's kind of, what a way to start the show, right? But it's true. We all feel that way. Even though you're upbeat, you're motivational, you believe the world can be yours, you can make whatever you want could you know why not right but still sometimes life gets in the way talk about

1:45.2

that all the time how do you get through that? I just got off a phone call, well, a Zoom call with my inner circle group. What a great call. And these happen, you know, several times a year, more than I would expect them to, really deep calls. I'm going to share some the thoughts with you today in random order. These are just notes that I just took during

2:00.8

the call, which is kind of how I'm doing the podcast these days. I'm not so much sitting down and saying,

2:04.2

hey, let me go figure out what I'm going to teach you or anything like that. Instead, I'm taking what I just did working with people and sharing it with you. That's kind of where I'm heading these days. And it's a much more organic way of doing things and frankly a lot more fun. Yeah, life,

2:17.4

um, kind of figure out the ups and downs of life could be a challenge. I was talking to my daughter the other day and it's so funny. I'm still working on her on this too. Because I have this rolling feel that I want to have. I like to be a kind guy, but a practical guy. I'll be kind all the time to have people if I can. I'm never going be mean. It doesn't have to be. It's like the old movie Roadhouse with Patrick Swayze. Be nice.

2:37.8

Well, how do I know? guy. I'll be kind all the time to have people if I can. I'm never going to be mean. It doesn't have to be. It's like the old movie Roadhouse with Patrick Swayze. Be nice.

2:37.8

Well, how do I know what not to be nice? I'll tell you. It's kind of the same thing. I think be kind until it's time not to be kind. And there is a time. You're always still going to be but sometimes you're like, okay, why'd I have to do that? You have to, right? It happens.

2:48.9

Being real with you, okay? And the other thing is, I really choose to live a joyful life.

2:53.6

I really do. No matter... I have to do that. You have to, right? It happens. Being real with you, okay? And the other thing is,

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