{"podcast":{"title":"Daily Boost — Motivation and Personal Growth","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":1323,"summary":"The Daily Boost is a weekday personal growth podcast for adults who live in the real world and want real results. About 10 minutes a day. No canned content, no recycled material — host Scott Smith and his practical way of understanding how life, business, and the world actually work. Some days he'll pump you up. Some days he'll make you think. Some days you'll love him. Some days you'll wonder why you listened. Every day, you'll know exactly what they call him: the nicest renegade you'll ever meet. Smile. Nod. Change everything. That's the code. If you played by the rules. If you built a good life — career, business, relationships. If you decided you want more. The Daily Boost is your show. Topics include personal growth, motivation, purpose, decisions, work, money, relationships, time, and keeping your head straight when things get complicated. 20 years. 5,000+ episodes. 130+ million downloads worldwide. Every episode stands on its own. It's always real, and occasionally pretty funny — because if you can't laugh, what's the point?","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T12:18:52.324689+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-boost-motivation-and-coaching-666647"},"episode":{"title":"Simple Stoic Thinking Modernized","slug":"simple-stoic-thinking-modernized","published_at":"2026-05-25T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-boost-motivation-and-coaching-666647/simple-stoic-thinking-modernized","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/MOTO7508443009.mp3?updated=1779463193","summary":"Memorial Day hits different when you slow down enough to feel it. We're honoring the men and women who paid the ultimate price, and the unofficial start of summer makes me a little contemplative. So today's a different show. I'm walking you through the three things I've been working on for years with every coaching client. Awareness. A peaceful base. And what I call the anticipation engine. Old Stoic ideas, dressed up new for the life you actually live. Pour the coffee. Sit with this one a minute. Then press play. Featured Story A client said to me the other day, \"Scott, why don't you charge more?\" Because I like you, I told him. You should charge more, he said. I don't really need to, I said. The way I work, my retention is something most coaches never see. My longest client is nine years old. I average about six years for personal clients. I average about six years for personal clients. That's why I rarely have openings. The reason it works is what I'm walking through today. We're always dialed in. It never gets old. We're always reaching for balance — and that balance has roots in something the Stoics figured out a long time ago. Important Points Awareness isn't the destination. It's the line that quietly shows you what's yours to carry and what never was. Put your worry on the calendar. Pick the day you'll actually deal with it, and stop renting suffering until then. Set goals from a solid base, not from grasping. Aim well, let the arrow go, and stop riding your peace on the outcome. Memorable Quotes Most of the wrecks you think will happen are just renting suffering in your brain because they aren't even real yet. Peace isn't something you generate. It's what's quietly left when you stop fighting for what was never in your hands. The archer's goal isn't to hit the…","meta_description":"Memorial Day hits different when you slow down enough to feel it. We're honoring the men and women who paid the ultimate price, and the unofficial start o…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1024,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/daily-boost-motivation-and-coaching-666647/episodes/simple-stoic-thinking-modernized/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/simple-stoic-thinking-modernized.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}