Daily Boost Podcast
You Can't Get What You Want Until You Decide What It Is
October 20, 2026 | Episode 5572
Host: Scott Smith
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Episode Description
Yesterday I gave you 12 levers. Today I'm boiling everything down to two. Some of you will be disappointed. Some of you will say, thank God somebody finally said it.
After 20 years of this show and tens of thousands of coaching conversations, I've noticed people don't need another system. They need a decision. And most of the time they already know what they want. They just haven't said it out loud.
Listen in, then sit down and answer one question for yourself today. Then get out of bed and go get it.
Featured Story
On an Inner Circle call this week, I dared to talk about values. One gentleman pushed back. He said you can't figure out your values in a 90-minute call. I told him I think you can do it in 30 seconds. We all have values. What you can't solve in 90 minutes is how we all get along with different ones.
So I poked the bear. On purpose. For about 70 minutes I facilitated and nudged, knowing people would eventually stop tolerating me and push back. When they did, that was my point. Then I taught them the one word I use when I know I can't change someone's mind.
Important Points
Don't start with the how or the why. Start with the what. Decide what you want, and the rest finally has a direction.
If you can't put what you want into words, you still know it. You've just never said it out loud before, so practice.
Keep asking yourself what your goal really means, again and again, until the decision is deep enough to act on.
Memorable Quotes
If you want to get anything in your life, you have to decide what you want. Until you decide, you don't get it.
It's a ridiculous miracle that we get along at all. Our ability to tolerate each other's differences makes it work.
There's going to be a lot of buts, a lot of overwhelm, a lot of confusion. It doesn't change that you must go get it.
Scott's Three-Step Approach
Sit down tomorrow morning and decide what you want from your day, your work, your money, and your relationship.
Say it out loud, then keep asking what it means until the decision is specific enough that you can act on it now.
Get out of bed and go get it, like a run to the store for milk, without waiting for anyone to hand you the steps.
Chapters
0:18 - Twenty years of showing up without a grand plan
1:14 - Poking the bear on a coaching call about values
4:00 - The one word I use when I can't change your mind
5:31 - Step one is so simple it might disappoint you
7:10 - Why you can't put into words what you already know
9:44 - Everything comes down to one sentence and one step
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