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Episode Description This week, I'm handing you the first five steps I walk every new client through. I call it my peaceful base process, and it starts in an uncomfortable place. You think you know what's going on in your life. You don't. Whatever you believe you're doing, you're probably doing the opposite, and you feel a little guilty about it. Today I'll show you how to reveal the patterns hiding in plain sight, the same way you'd audit a diet. Once you see the truth, you can't unsee it. And that's where everything starts to change. Come find out. Featured Story Want to know what you're really eating? Don't guess. Spend seven to fourteen days tracking every calorie, every macro, every bite. At the end of two weeks, you'll have a brutally clear picture of what's actually going in your mouth. I tell my clients the same thing about their whole life. You say you drink one glass of wine. You're drinking two. You say you cut the processed food. You doubled it. It's not lying exactly. You just can't see it

Episode Description For years, you were told to pick a lane. Specialize. Get good at one thing and ride it for the rest of your career. That advice shaped many lives. It might also be quietly expiring. The tools have changed. The expert in a single subject is everywhere now, and basically free. Today, I'll make the case that the future belongs to a different kind of person, the one who goes broad and deep at the same time. I'll show you what that looks like, why it should feel freeing, and how to start becoming it. Come find out. Featured Story I was on a coaching call when somebody told me her biggest headache was her website. Every little change took two weeks and somebody else's hands. She just wished AI could do it for her. So I pulled up my own site, typed a few plain sentences asking it to build a brand new page for my friend Kroy, and we watched it happen in real time. A few tweaks and it was done. Jaws on the floor. Then I opened Claude, typed maybe fifty words, and five minutes later, we were

Episode Description You finally decide to chase the big thing, the one you've been circling for years. And the moment you say yes out loud, the whole world seems to line up behind you and block your path at the very same time. That's not a sign you picked the wrong one. That's just what happens when you finally mean it. Today I'll tell you about a friend of mine who decided to run 146 miles across Death Valley, alone, in the middle of summer, and what it actually took to get from "I want this" to "it's really happening." Come find out. Featured Story My friend Kroy decided to run 146 miles across Death Valley to take back a record he'd lost by a few hours. Unsupported. Towing his own water in a little wagon. Only about five people on earth have ever done it. The hard part wasn't the heat. It was getting from the dream to the money. He needed a title sponsor, and he didn't believe he could land one. So we pushed him. Call somebody. Return that email. Quit waiting. Then one day, he's on the phone, and th

Episode Description Somebody once told you that you can do anything. Maybe you tell yourself that every morning. And it's true, you can. But what if that exact belief is the very reason you're not getting what you want? When every option is open, you stop closing any of them. A little of this, a little of that, and nothing ever gets finished. That's not freedom. That's a treadmill with a very nice view. Today, I'll show you why anything is a door, everything is a trap, and how to finally pick one. Come find out. Featured Story MIT, a school full of smart people, once built a video game. People paid to play it, and the game paid them back. You earned real money by picking a room and staying in it. Simple. But there were doors on the screen. If you ignored a door, it would shrink and disappear. So instead of camping in the best room and racking up cash, players burned their clicks running door to door, keeping every one of them alive. Doors they didn't even want. They made less money. Not because they we

I've spent the last few days buried in my writing vault, and I came out with something special. Over 800,000 words, 141 ideas in one file, and a song I forgot I wrote. Today I'm pulling a handful of those gems off the shelf and dusting them off for you. These are the simple truths I keep coming back to after 20 years. Do what makes your heart sing. Explore. Stay nice. Keep it simple. None of it is complicated, but all of it works. Come find your click with me. Featured Story Years ago, I wanted our listeners to have an anthem. A song you could blast in the morning, stand up, and feel ready to take on your day. So I wrote one. We used it for a dozen years, and people would literally climb up on chairs at our events and shout the words back at me. Then it got old. Podcasting changed. The song sat on the shelf collecting dust. But while digging through the vault this week, I found those jingle lyrics again. And I made a decision. I pulled it down, walked it back into the studio, and rebuilt it for 2026. Imp

Ever notice how the stuff you want most is always the hardest to get? Push a little, and life pushes right back. I made peace with that a long time ago, and it quietly changed everything for me. Even a spontaneous guy like me needs a few guardrails. Put the right system in place, and you actually get to be free inside it, hitting what you want predictably instead of just hoping it shows up. Today I'll walk you through the simple daily system I've leaned on for years. Come on in and lean into me a little. Featured Story I was in a coffee shop the other day, going back and forth with a buddy of mine. He's all about discipline, all about process. This is the rule, he says. Do it my way, or you won't succeed. I told him I don't do it his way, and I've done just fine. He said I got lucky. So I started paying attention to his words and picking them apart. Now the kicker. This is the same guy who keeps telling me motivation doesn't work. Then he shows me the app he's building, and ninety percent of it exists t

The word motivation is back in style, and just as many people are busy tearing it down. Maybe you've felt that pull yourself, fired up one week and flat on the couch the next. Today I want to settle the argument. Motivation matters, but it's not the whole story. There's a tiny word hiding in plain sight that does the real work, and most people race right past it. It's only two letters. Once you see what it does, you can't unsee it. Come on in and let me show you. Featured Story Yesterday I went back and listened to the very first Motivation to Move show I ever did. It was on an AM radio station, years ago. I'd bought the time myself, seven o'clock on a Saturday morning, because that was all I could afford back then. Almost twenty years later, the only thing that's really changed is that my voice got a little raspier. The name stuck. Motivation to Move. I picked those words because I understood what they meant, even if I couldn't have explained it. What I didn't notice for the longest time was the little

Ever lie awake at three in the morning asking when it's all going to work out? When will life finally go your way? We all land there sometimes, even the most upbeat among us. Today I'm sharing raw notes from a deep call with my inner circle. No script, no polish — just the real stuff that came up when a room full of people trusted each other enough to get honest. We'll talk about slowing down, subtracting what drains you, and the one thing you can't rush, no matter how hard you try. Come on in. Featured Story When my first wife, Cheryl, passed away, I took my watch off the same day. I'd worn it constantly while she was sick, timing her medications down to the minute. The day she died, I dropped it in a drawer and didn't think about it. For the next year, I went through grieving, met my wife Joy, dated, and had a good time too. The whole year, no watch. Time didn't matter. It was going to be there no matter what I did. A year later, on the anniversary of Cheryl's death, I walked out wearing it again. Joy

You can do anything. That's not the problem. Once you realize it's true, the real question becomes what you'll actually do with your time. Most people never get there because their calendars run them, rather than the other way around. They're booked solid, late for everything, and one flat tire away from chaos. Today is about taking your time back. Not managing it — you can't manage time. Carving out space so you get to live your life your way. Come on in and let's talk about who really controls your schedule. Featured Story I was on a call with a client this morning, a sharp, organized guy who uses my planner. But things were running over him. Something small had blown up his whole week — a problem with his business and his kid. I asked him, didn't this kid's problem really start about 18 years ago? He cracked up. Kids grow up, go to college, and get married. You couldn't predict the day, but you could've predicted it was coming. The universe makes things pop up when you least expect it. He'd held just

Maybe you've made the money. Maybe you've built a career, traveled, and checked the boxes. And now you're standing in that strange place where you ask yourself, now what? I call it the other side of money. It's where a lot of good people get restless, especially right now with everything changing so fast. Once you've proven you can do anything, the hard part isn't figuring things out. It's choosing the one thing that's actually worth your time and energy. That's what today is about. Come on in and let's talk about what's worth building. Featured Story We were masterminding in the sauna, which sounds ridiculous, but that's exactly where it happened. My buddy Billy leaned over and asked me, when you work with your people, what do you focus on? The money? How do they get what they want? I told him my focus is on the other side of the money. He'd never heard the phrase. Neither had I, until it came out of my mouth. Then he asked the real one — so what do you actually tell people? And something I'd been circ

You already know money matters. What you might not realize is how three forces quietly work together to change everything — money, mindset, and machines. Money buys you freedom and mobility. Your mindset is what keeps you steady when life gets loud at three in the morning. And these new machines, this whole AI moment, make everything faster and easier than it's ever been. Most people only ever see one piece of this. Today, I want you to see all three and why they work best in a certain order. Press play and let's get into it. Featured Story A woman called me years ago wanting to hire me as her coach. She asked how much, how long. I told her a year ago, and she said, "Okay, that's reasonable." So I pushed. What if we did it in three months? A week? Then I stopped her cold. Forget the coaching. Forget paying me anything. What if I went to the bank right now and wired a million dollars into your account? Would that solve your problems? She gasped. Oh my God. Yes. The car for my son, turning sixteen, colleg

Today's show came straight out of a coaching call, and I want to let you in on something I've learned after twenty years of doing this. Everybody has the same problems. The same fears. The same anxiety. The same stuck feeling at two in the morning, staring in the mirror. If you've ever believed you're the only one struggling, you're not. You never were. I'm getting real today. No guru polish, no blueprints, no BS. Just the simple way to figure out where you are and what to actually do next. If you're tired of spinning your wheels, press play. Featured Story April was on the call today. She's a pilot, so we speak some of the same language. She brought up an inversion layer, that low fog where you can see the first fifty feet and then nothing. What she helped me show everybody was simple. Fifty feet above that fog, it's clear skies. But on the ground, you're stuck, bumping your head, wondering how to climb. That's where most people live. You have an idea you want to chase, but you don't have enough inform

Most of us never stop to ask who we really are. We just keep wearing whatever mask the day hands us — the work one, the friend one, the parent one. Do that long enough, and the mask becomes the face. You wake up living a borrowed identity and wonder why nothing lights you up anymore. Today I want to help you find the real one underneath. Once you know who you are, your vision stops being a slogan and starts pulling you out of bed. Press play and let's dig in. Featured Story My friend Croy ran across America — a hundred marathons in just over a hundred days, coast to coast. There was a TED Talk, a book, the whole thing. Then the running stopped, and so did he. For a couple of years, he drifted, trying to figure out who he was without the miles. Then, six months ago, he showed up on a call and surprised all of us. He said, "My identity is that of an adventurer." He's retaking his Badwater record across Death Valley this August. The moment he accepted who he'd always been, the drifting ended. Now he can't

Have you ever felt like nobody really needs you anymore? It creeps up on the best of us, usually right when life has been beating us up a little — even when things look good on paper. We all walk out the door wearing some kind of armor, and the world takes its swings. Somewhere in there, it gets easy to wonder who you matter to. I want to settle that for you today. Somebody out there needs exactly what you have to offer. Press play and let's go find them. Featured Story When I was nineteen, I was hitting closed doors after closed doors trying to start a radio career. I figured I was already better than half the guys on the air, so why didn't I have their jobs? My mother-in-law, Ina — we called her Nina — watched me stew about it at the house. She was a strong woman, and one day she just looked at me and said, "Scott, somebody needs what you have to offer. But you're sitting here, and they don't even know you exist. Get out there and let them know you're there." That advice rewired me. I've leaned on it

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Finish Your Day Before It Starts June 4, 2026 | Episode 5471 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description Most mornings start with you reacting. Email pulls you one way, somebody's crisis pulls you another, and by noon the day is running you instead of the other way around. Years ago a wealthy boss handed me a set of Zig Ziglar cassettes that changed how I work. One idea stuck harder than the rest, and I've lived by it every single day since. It's not about cramming more into your schedule. It's about knowing where you're headed before your feet hit the floor. Press play and I'll show you exactly how. Featured Story I was about 24, working for a wealthy boss who saw something in me he couldn't quite tame. Instead of fighting it, he got smart. He handed me a Nightingale-Conant album — twelve Zig Ziglar cassettes called See You at the Top. Back then you couldn't just download this stuff. A set like that ran a couple hundred bucks, and I couldn't have afforded it. He gave it to me anyway. That weekend I binge

Why Do I Have to Do Everything? June 4, 2026 | Episode 5470 Host: Scott Smith Episode Description You said yes a long time ago. You'd take care of mom, handle the project, carry the load. Back then, it felt manageable. Now it's flaring up, and you're wondering why you're stuck doing all the work while everyone else pops in once a year. This week I had the same conversation with two clients, and I'm living it myself with my own family. The answer surprised them. If you've ever asked why you have to do everything, this one's going to land. Press play and let's sort it out together. Featured Story About 22 years ago, my sister offered to take care of our mom as she got older. They built a little mother-in-law apartment, and the deal was simple — care for her until the end, and the apartment was theirs. Mom got to live with her daughter. It was good. But I knew something back then. Mom wouldn't always be that age. Eventually, the price would come due. Well, mom's 94 now. Healthy, but 94. And the bill is

Something has been sitting in the back of your mind. You already know what you should do about it. You just haven't said it out loud yet. Smart, successful people are the toughest to coach because we keep our walls up. We educate ourselves into corners. The answer is right there in plain view, but admitting it feels too big. Today, I want to give you permission to stop dancing around what you already know. I'll share a story about a client who blurted out his answer within seconds, only to almost miss it. Press play and listen for yours. Featured Story I was on a call with a client named Richard the other day. Sharp guy, big professional, real list of things to figure out. We're working back and forth, getting good stuff done, and the clock is running out on me. Right at the end, I asked him one question. Of everything we just covered, what's the thing you already know you need to do? He answered in a single breath. The answer was so clear and so close to him, he didn't even know he'd been carrying it.

Most people will tell you they know their values. Ask them to list them out loud, and they get three deep before they go quiet. The ones they do name? Usually, who they want to be, not who they actually are. I see this every day with the clients I work with. People who say they're honest, then justify the shortcut. People who claim consistency, then quit when no one's watching. The gap between rules and actions is where unhappiness lives. Today I'll show you how to spot your real values and prove who you are. Featured Story There's a four-way stop in my neighborhood. The major road. I stop every single time. Maybe it's a rolling stop on most days, but I stop. What gets me is watching neighbors blow right through it at seven in the morning or eight at night just because nobody's around. A friend once told me, "I don't need to stop; nobody's around." That hit something in me. Because the sign doesn't say stop only if somebody's watching. It says stop. And the moment I decide nobody's watching means I can

This morning I went to the gym, hit the sauna with my buddies, and got pulled into a mastermind I didn't see coming. Five hours of human conversation later, I came home buzzing. Not because anyone paid me. Because I remembered something we're all forgetting. We're getting siloed off. AI is making it worse. The most valuable thing you'll own in the next few years isn't a skill or a tool. It's knowing exactly who you are and connecting with other humans from that place. I'll show you the simple practice that gets you there. Press play. Featured Story I rolled out of bed this morning thinking I'd hit the gym, get my workout in, and head home. Then my buddies suggested the sauna. We sat in there for over an hour, sweating, talking, building ideas off each other. A full-on mastermind nobody planned. I came home and watched the stucco guys working on my house. Asked them questions I'll never need answered, because I love watching humans do what they're good at. By noon, I caught myself saying out loud — I just