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Daily Boost  - Clarity for Life and Work

What Drives Any Goal

Daily Boost - Clarity for Life and Work

Scott Smith

Business, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

3.91.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

You've got clarity. You know what you want. But do you actually understand what's driving the whole thing? Most people focus on goal-setting and never dig into the psychology underneath. Today I'm breaking down five principles that drive every outcome you're chasing. This is mastermind level thinking that applies everywhere. Your business. Your employees. Your kids. Your personal goals. Once you understand these fundamentals, your goals stop being struggles and start becoming systems that actually work. Fair warning: you might need to listen to this one a few times. Featured Story I've got a friend who's about to run across Death Valley. We're talking 140 miles through Badwater in 130-degree heat with 25,000 feet of vertical climb. Yesterday I asked him what his outcome was. He said he needs to climb the mountain because that's part of the route. I stopped him right there. That's not your outcome. Your outcome is to break the world record. If you climb the mountain, great. But you might get tired on the other side and stop. The mountain is a step. Breaking the record is the outcome. That distinction changes everything about how you approach what you're doing. Important Points Most people confuse their actionable steps with their actual outcome, which guarantees confusion and missed goals. The true value isn't the goal itself but what achieving it creates in your life, business, or legacy right now. Everything you build should scale without breaking your peaceful base or creating more work than it's actually worth. Memorable Quotes "Life should not be as hard as it is. I've never believed it, never liked it, so I decided to hack my way better." "Know your outcome, not a vague promise to yourself. Vague outcomes guarantee you'll stop when things get tough." "Give it a clear name so you can live it, tell people about it, and magically transport yourself right into the game." Scott's Three-Step Approach Know your specific outcome and chunk your actionable steps into an operational system you can actually follow. Understand the true value beyond the surface goal because that's what keeps you moving forward when it gets hard. Make it scalable with a clear name so it builds on itself without breaking what's already working in your life. Chapters 0:11 - What actually drives your goals (mastermind thinking) 1:28 - The five principles behind every successful outcome 2:28 - Know your outcome (not vague promises to yourself) 3:23 - Operational systems beat scattered action every time 4:24 - Making it scalable without breaking your peaceful base 5:43 - Why a clear name changes everything about execution 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: 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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0:00.0

Why do growing businesses love working in Slack?

0:02.8

Let's ask Christia Ari Bikes.

0:04.6

Running things in Slack saves me so much time.

0:07.3

AI summaries save 97 minutes per week.

0:10.4

What say you?

0:11.4

Rocks from Gosney.

0:12.4

Slack helps us build community.

0:13.9

It helps us build connection.

0:15.2

Your partners, vendors and customers all in one place.

0:18.3

Take us on home, Ashley from Carraway.

0:20.2

If we did have Slack tomorrow, I would explode. Well, let's not let that happen. Visit Slack.com slash podcast to get 50% of Slack Business Plus. Well, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy Friday. Woohoo, in the studio. Let's do this thing. So today, I'm going to kind of explain what drives your goals, what drives your outcome. A lot of people don't think about that. A lot of people, you know, do the clarity thing and stuff we talked about yesterday. They have their goal or big ass goal. They're, you know, they're separating signal from noise, all that kind of stuff. But what's driving the whole darn thing, okay? So today I'll tell you what's driving it.

0:54.9

And you can use this in business, you can use it in your personal life, you can use it everywhere.

0:58.0

Once you understand this, fundamental understanding, this is kind of mastermind level stuff. So hang on for the ride, okay? You hear the theme music in the background, original theme music. I'm testing that out because we had the new theme, not sure if it's hitting where I wanted to hit.

1:11.8

So you're going to tell me.

1:13.2

Send an email to Scott at Daily Boozepodcast.com. testing that out because we had the new theme, not sure if it's hitting where I wanted to hit.

1:11.8

So you're going to tell me, send an email to Scott at Daily Boozepodcast.com. Say, Scott, I like the original like you got on right now, or I like the one you had, the shorter one, the singing one thing. Let me know. And I'll read it. I'll send you note. We'll have a conversation. I'd appreciate it. Instagram, hey, Scott Smith.

1:27.4

Same thing.

1:27.9

We'll have a little conversation.

1:28.8

I like the, it's so easy.

1:30.3

People hit me on Instagram.

1:31.2

I'm like, hey, Scott Smith. Same thing, and we'll have a little conversation.

1:28.8

I like the, it's so easy.

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