{"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":"Double-Dog Dare You to Chase Your Dreams","slug":"double-dog-dare-you-to-chase-your-dreams","published_at":"2026-05-20T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-boost-motivation-and-coaching-666647/double-dog-dare-you-to-chase-your-dreams","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/MOTO1441859582.mp3?updated=1779208795","summary":"Years ago, a mentor double-dog dared me. Said either chase my dreams all in, or sign a contract giving them up forever. I almost choked on my coffee. Sounds dramatic, right? But that one weird challenge cracked open something I never saw coming. Turns out the dream wasn't the problem. The runway was. If you keep saying \"someday\" and meaning it less every time, this episode is for you. Today we're talking about why your dream isn't buried where you think it is — and what to do about it. Press play. Let's clear the runway together. Featured Story I was in my 50s, sitting across the kitchen table from a mentor I respected — calm guy, large vocabulary, the kind whose words land hard. No warning. He looked at me and said, \"Scott, I double-dog dare you.\" I almost choked on my coffee. He laid out two options. Go after my dreams full speed, all in — or sign a contract right then that I'd give them up forever. Never speak about them again. Ever. I didn't say a word. Just sat there. Four or five seconds felt like forever. My brain ran the math. Option B would be quieter. No more glazed-over eyes at Thanksgiving when I mentioned the podcast. Important Points Your dream isn't buried under fear or doubt. It's buried under the laundry basket, the inbox, and your avoidance. You don't have a dream problem. You have a Wednesday problem — today's stuff is the thing standing in your way. Stop trying to chase the dream and start clearing the runway in front of it. That's the real move nobody mentions. Memorable Quotes \"The dream isn't buried under fear or doubt. The dream is buried under the laundry, the lunchbox, and the email.\" \"You don't have a dream problem. You have a problem with me. You've been using 'someday' as a parking spot for too long.\" \"You don't have to chase the dream. You…","meta_description":"Years ago, a mentor double-dog dared me. Said either chase my dreams all in, or sign a contract giving them up forever. I almost choked on my coffee. Soun…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":855,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/daily-boost-motivation-and-coaching-666647/episodes/double-dog-dare-you-to-chase-your-dreams/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/double-dog-dare-you-to-chase-your-dreams.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}