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Daily Boost Motivation and Coaching

Why Your Best Ideas Come When You Stop Trying So Hard

Daily Boost Motivation and Coaching

Scott Smith

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

3.9 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Daily Boost Podcast Show Notes Why Your Best Ideas Come When You Stop Trying So Hard July 31, 2025 | Episode 5149 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Scott takes you behind the scenes of his Face Your Passion Inner Circle call in this spontaneous, unscripted episode. Fresh off a powerful coaching session, he shares game-changing insights about treating exercise like your job, "pre-selling" your time for what matters, and why brainstorming isn't what you think it is. This isn't your typical structured podcast—it's raw coaching wisdom that'll shift how you think about productivity, focus, and getting what you want in life. Sometimes the best insights come when you least expect them. Featured Story Scott opens up about his "coaching call about nothing"—a weekly session where nobody knows what'll happen, but everyone gets exactly what they need. Inspired by Jerry Seinfeld's approach, this unstructured format creates space for breakthrough moments. The magic happens when you show up without a predetermined agenda and let authentic connection and spontaneous wisdom flow. It's proof that sometimes the most powerful results come from embracing the unexpected rather than forcing a plan. Important Points Exercise becomes non-negotiable when you treat it like your job—if you know you're getting paid, you'll show up and do the work. "Pre-selling your time" means buying back hours for yourself at your hourly rate, making you serious about protecting that space for what matters most. Brainstorming is unfocused time for capturing ideas throughout the day, while organization is focused energy work that requires your full attention and higher energy levels. Memorable Quotes "You don't even know what you're gonna get out of it today, but you know you want to show up because every time you do, you get exactly what you needed that day." "Point yourself in the right direction. Do the things you know you're supposed to be doing and let things happen." "The more you put the time in, the more you realize the stuff was going to happen anyway. Why didn't I do that sooner?" Scott's Three-Step Approach Schedule exercise like a job commitment—treat it as paid time that you must show up for, no matter what. Calculate your hourly rate and "buy back" time for yourself by blocking calendar space, then protect that investment like you would any business expense. Capture brainstorming ideas throughout your day during unfocused activities, then use high-energy focused time to organize and connect those ideas on paper. 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

So I was on a call this morning, my Fisher-Pession Inter Circle call, and they said, Scott, what do you call this call the run? And I said, well, this is the coaching call about nothing. Thanks, Jerry Seinfeld for that. And nobody would call their coaching call about nothing. I said, it's a coaching call about nothing. It's where you don't actually know what's going to happen. You don't even know what you're going to get out of it today,

0:38.4

but you know you want to show up because every time you do,

0:41.2

you get exactly what you needed that day. And they said, man, that's it. That's the call. So I'm going to bring some of that to you today. We just got off the call a little bit ago, and I'm going to bring no prepared presentation for you, just stuff we learned.

0:38.5

And I think you're going to like it today.

0:39.7

It is a daily boost.

0:40.4

It's me, Scott.

0:40.9

Good to have you. And the center circle is pretty special. Today I'm going to take you through some notes I have in front of me. And this is not free-determined. This is probably going to be a messy podcast because I haven't thought it through a whole lot. I'm kind of in coaching mode.

1:11.5

Just kind of came out of it.

1:12.5

I've got my messy notes on the screen because so far my thing on my computer that I write stuff on doesn't correct my misspellings automatically while I write yet. We're working on that process. But I can read them. Don't worry about that. Before I get started, let me take about a minute here and do something I'm very reluctant to do

1:28.3

most of the time, but I want to invite you to be part of my face your passion inner circle. This is

1:32.2

separate from the larger group and the larger coaching and the larger, you get all that, yes,

1:38.5

but it's separate from all of that. This is a 7 a.m. Wednesday call. Group is 48 to 58 years old. We have one person who's 73. We have one person who's 30. So we have a group that spans the decades, I guess. Professionals, what we have in common is we want to do what we love. We don't want to do what we don't love. We want to make money so we can do it and we will make enough money to do it forever. We're spiritual.

2:01.4

We'd like to exercise.

2:02.6

We're professional.

2:03.3

We care about each other.

2:04.3

Some people are religious.

1:57.4

Some people are to not. If we come together as a group of people who support each other and we really get a lot out of it. We are truly an inner circle both ways. I mean it. They're mine. I'm theirs. That's how it works.

2:00.1

I'm raising the group to 15 people.

2:01.4

I have seven currently right now.

2:03.3

This is invitation only.

2:04.5

If you're not a mastermind person,

2:50.8

if you're not a mastermind person. If you're not a course person, if you don't want to take private coaching at $2,000 a month that I charge and if you don't want to hang out with a bunch of people that are not, they're amateurs basically. If you're at a point in life when you want to hang out with people who are where you are who who are leaning in your direction, you want to get the most out of life now. This may be for you. So do me a favor. I hope I'm talking in enough whale whistles for you to be able to hear what I'm saying, but I'm talking to the pro who's got some experience who wants a kind of group that you can really, really count on. You can hit me up on Instagram. Just go to at Face Your Passion, DM me.

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