Daily Boost — Motivation and Personal Growth
Daily Boost — Motivation and Personal Growth
Scott Smith
Your New Amp Song
12 minutes Posted Jun 23, 2026 at 4:00 am.
Digging through the vault for forgotten gems
Why I dusted off and remade my old amp song
Do what makes your heart sing, then earn it
Get out of neutral by exploring what's next
Always be nice until it's time not to be nice
Stand up, take a step, and look for the click
Why you have to be your own best cheerleader
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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.
Important Points
Don't wait for what makes your heart sing to pay you. Do it, work your tail off, and make the money come to you.
If you're stuck in neutral, don't sit there trying to think your way out. Stand up and take one real step first.
When you're trying to figure something out, stop forcing it and just look for the click. You'll know it when it lands.
Memorable Quotes
I'm saying do what makes your heart sing, work your ass off, and make the money come. To me, there's no difference.
Stand up, take a step, repeat. When you move and lean forward, you get something. When you stop, you get nothing.
Nobody got out of bed today planning to motivate you. So you might as well get up and do it for yourself today.
Scott's Three-Step Approach
Start by naming the one thing that makes your heart sing today, even if it feels small. That's your direction.
Then stand up and take one real step toward it. Don't sit there overthinking it, just lean forward and move now.
Finally, keep moving forward until you feel the click. When it lands, pat yourself on the butt and say, I done good.
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