Daily Boost Podcast
You Don't Have a Motivation Problem. You Haven't Decided Yet.
October 22, 2026 | Episode 5574
Host: Scott Smith
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Episode Description
You keep saying you need more motivation. You don't. You have a decision problem.
Most of what we call deciding is wishing. "I want to grow my business" is a wish. A real decision has an edge to it. It cuts off other options, and that's exactly why we avoid it. Staying vague feels safe.
Today I'm giving you a simple test to tell the difference, plus why wishing looks so much like work. I'll even tease where Dolly Parton fits in. Listen in, then pick your there before you go looking for another way to get there.
Featured Story
This show is 20 years old. We were one of the first podcasts ever, before Apple even had a podcast directory. Apple sent me a note asking if I wanted to be in their new podcast thing. I said yes. That's how long ago this was.
Now, at 20 years, I've made a decision. Things are going to change at the end of the year. I won't tell you what yet, because y'all hold me to things.
What I will tell you is I've decided not to keep doing it the way I've been doing it. That decision cut off other options. And once it did, a hundred smaller choices disappeared.
Important Points
"I want to grow my business" is a wish. "I'm going to grow my business" is a decision. Learn to hear the difference.
If you've truly decided, you can name your next step and when you'll take it. If you can't, you haven't decided yet.
Wishing looks like work. Planning, podcasts, and research feel productive while they let you skip out on commitment.
Memorable Quotes
A decision has an edge to it. It cuts away other options. If nothing got cut, you didn't decide. You only wished.
Dreaming don't pay the bills and dreaming don't get stuff done. Sometimes you have to decide to make it happen.
Once you have made a decision, a hundred smaller choices kind of disappear, so you don't need willpower anymore.
Scott's Three-Step Approach
Write down the thing you keep saying you want, then rewrite it from "I want to" into "I'm going to" and mean it.
Cross off at least one option that decision cuts away, because if nothing got cut, you only made another wish.
Name the very next step and the day you'll take it, then put it on your calendar before you finish this episode.
Chapters
0:15 - You don't have a motivation problem; you have a decision one
1:45 - Twenty years, one of the first podcasts, and a big change
3:00 - My simple goal is to wake up and have an awesome day
4:39 - Dreaming don't pay the bills, so decide to make it happen
5:32 - Decide means to cut off, and that's why we avoid it
7:45 - Wishing looks like work, plus a test for a real decision
8:41 - Dolly decided to own her songs long before Elvis called
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