{"podcast":{"title":"Daily Boost — Motivation and Coaching","slug":"daily-boost-motivation-and-coaching-666647","podcast_index_feed_id":666647,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/dailyboost","website_url":"https://motivationtomove.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/3bcc3a34-470e-11ec-b372-f36bd6f72b21/image/72d3b71d3bad4e3b55d78ad87b562aa8.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Scott Smith","episode_count":1287,"summary":"The Daily Boost is a weekday podcast for people who've built a good life and started wondering if it's the one they actually want. Ten to fifteen minutes. Every weekday. Since 2006. No scripts. No canned content. No recycled material. Whatever's real, that day, in front of the microphone. Topics include personal growth, motivation, purpose, decisions, work, money, relationships, time, and how to keep your head straight when things get complicated. Every episode stands on its own. It's occasionally pretty funny — because if you can't laugh, what's the point. 5,000+ episodes. 130+ million downloads worldwide. Free, wherever you listen. Ten minutes a day to think clearly about your life.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-04T14:18:53.545907+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-boost-motivation-and-coaching-666647"},"episode":{"title":"Ask This Magic Question Today","slug":"ask-this-magic-question-today","published_at":"2026-05-01T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-boost-motivation-and-coaching-666647/ask-this-magic-question-today","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-boost-motivation-and-coaching-666647","url":"https://motivationtomove.com","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/verifi.podscribe.com/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/MOTO9101901534.mp3?updated=1777584195","summary":"Happy Friday, my friend. I want to share a question with you that I haven’t pulled out in seven or eight years. It’s a little neuro-linguistic programming trick I learned from a textbook decades ago, and it works almost every time you use it. This week, it cracked open a member of my inner circle who couldn’t put one sentence together. Once you hear how I asked it and what happened on the call, you’ll want to try it on someone in your life. Pay attention this weekend. Somebody is going to walk right into the setup. Featured Story A gentleman in my coaching group has been with me for over two years. He’s thoughtful. He puts a lot of weight behind every word. This week, he showed up to our call, and as we talked through what he wanted next, he said something that stopped me in my tracks. He told me he couldn’t even give one sentence. After two years of working together, he didn’t know how to start. So I deadpanned a question I learned a long time ago. The other people on the Zoom were biting their lips, trying not to laugh, because they knew exactly what was coming. Then he opened his mouth. Important Points Treat personal change like food. Audit your awareness for ten days, and what you can’t see today comes into focus. Build a peaceful base first. When money, health, spirit, and relationships are at peace, nothing can knock you off. When someone tells you they don’t know, ask the question, then shut up and let them speak through to the end. Memorable Quotes Awareness is a big key these days. I’ve been all over this for years because most people are stumbling through life. It’s a breakthrough moment where you realize you’re not stuck. It’s in there. It’s stuck. You can’t verbalize it. Once you’ve got a good, solid base, you want to have more impact on the world. You wan…","meta_description":"Happy Friday, my friend. I want to share a question with you that I haven’t pulled out in seven or eight years. It’s a little neuro-linguistic programming…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":819,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/daily-boost-motivation-and-coaching-666647/episodes/ask-this-magic-question-today/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-boost-motivation-and-coaching-666647/ask-this-magic-question-today.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}