Daily Boost — Motivation and Coaching

Permission is Not Required For Happiness

10 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Permission is Not Required For Happiness You do not need permission to live life according to your terms. Researching your direction and path is smart...

Setting Boundaries and Expectations

09 Mar 2023

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Setting Boundaries and Expectations Imagine how your life would improve if everybody understood what to expect. Expectations are powerful. You get to ...

Unavoidable Stages of Competence

08 Mar 2023

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Unavoidable Stages of Competence When I was young, stupid, and wondering when I would understand life, I often turned to Zig Ziglar for a road map.  ...

Purpose Based Goals

07 Mar 2023

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Purpose Based Goals Are you a goal-setter?  Goals are the heartbeat of your life. Without Goals, life tends a meander with no real direction.  Goals...

Life Changing Questions

06 Mar 2023

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Life Changing Questions I'll keep it quick today. Besides, you'll be busy thinking after you read these questions. (Now would be a good time to pull o...

How To Create More Time in Your Day

03 Mar 2023

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How To Create More Time in Your Day How would you like more time in your day - or at least to feel that way? I hope to enjoy a fantastic weekend that ...

Behavior Hacks That Change Everything

02 Mar 2023

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Behavior Hacks That Change Everything Your mind is the most powerful super-computer ever created. Here are a few ways to hack it and transform your li...

Mindset Shifts for a Better Life

01 Mar 2023

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Mindset Shifts for a Better Life "On your last day on earth, the person you became will meet the person you could have become." — Anonymous You're s...

You Don't Need Failure For Success

28 Feb 2023

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You Don't Need Failure For Success Have you ever wondered how to succeed in a long-term Goal?  Without endless nights of crying yourself to sleep? It...

How Big Do You Dream?

27 Feb 2023

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How Big Do You Dream? How big do you dream? I hope it's not tiny. That would be a bummer. Dreaming big is not really what you think. Please don't feel...

Get What You Want… FAST!

24 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Get What You Want… FAST! Would you like a shortcut to getting anything you want in life? Would you like to get there quicker, faster, and easier? Si...

Why Others See Your Greatness

23 Feb 2023

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Why Others See Your Greatness  Whether in business, having a job, going to school, or living your life, your ability to present well will supercharge...

Why Do You Procrastinate?

22 Feb 2023

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Why Do You Procrastinate? Are you a member of the Procrastination Club? If so, you participate in one of the most popular groups ever devised. Everybo...

Stop Letting Others Control You

21 Feb 2023

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Stop Letting Others Control You This morning I received an email from a member I haven't heard from in years. Many years. He wanted to update me on hi...

Primary Morning Focus

20 Feb 2023

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Primary Morning Focus I love the quiet, peaceful mornings, but I'm not too fond of mornings happening so early. Still, the focus, creativity, and feel...

Get Yourself to Take Action

17 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Get Yourself to Take Action People often ask what steps are needed to increase productivity and get more done. That’s easy. It always comes down to ...

Diagnosing How To Help Others

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Diagnosing How To Help Others Have you ever felt the desire to help others? Do you want to help them figure things out? Make more money? Recover from ...

Happiness Walks

15 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Happiness Walks For years, I've built a reputation for being a guy that never misses a chance for a good conversation. Sometimes I head out the door f...

What's Your Life Vision?

14 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

What's Your Life Vision? Do you have an image of what you would like your life to be - except when life gets in the way? There's no doubt that daily l...

Living a Curated Life

13 Feb 2023

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Living a Curated Life Sometimes I wonder if it’s possible to live an authentic life that looks the same from the inside and outside. In other words,...

So, What Do You Do?

10 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

So, What Do You Do? Two people came into a restaurant and walked up to the bar. While it sounds like the setup for a joke, what's about to happen is m...

Practice Makes Greatness

09 Feb 2023

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Practice Makes Greatness It’s been said that Practice makes perfect.  That might be true if you were able to practice perfectly. If that were the c...

Your Happiness Equation

08 Feb 2023

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Your Happiness Equation Is there a magic formula for happiness? Yes. It comes down to how you look at the world. Most folks do one of two things: 1) T...

Raising Your Self-Confidence

07 Feb 2023

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Raising Your Self-Confidence I got off the phone with a client who told me I insulted her with a comment on a recent call. I said, “Your self-confid...

No More Fear of Change

06 Feb 2023

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What if everything you did today came with no limitations and good consequences?   What could you do with your life? Limitations can be helpful. Stay...

Formula For Taking Action

03 Feb 2023

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There is a simple formula that you can apply to get what you want, enjoy the process, and ensure that it will last for a lifetime. 1) Get clarity. You...

Focusing on Important

02 Feb 2023

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As a child, I remember heading out the door for a day in an endless adventure. It usually concluded with a game of Hide-And-Seek.   Those days seemed...

Replace Your To-Do List

01 Feb 2023

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I'm sure you have a lot to do. If you use a To-Do list, I'd like to pass on advice to make your days much more fun. LOSE your "To-Do List." Replace it...

Be Your Own Cheerleader

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Do you remember what it was like to be in 1st grade? It was when everybody lavished you with encouragement for being YOU - and because you finished yo...

Mapping Your Success

30 Jan 2023

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Mapping Your Success Wouldn’t it be great if you had a plan to help you get what you want?  What you need is M.A.P.S. - a system that gets thinking...

Planner Your Next Perfect Week

27 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

I have a saying - “Next year begins THIS year. Next month begins THIS month. Next week begins THIS week.” If you want to stay on track, accomplish...

Turn Obstacles Into Opportunity

26 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Turn Obstacles Into Opportunity Have you ever wondered how much easier things would be if you didn’t have to think so much? What if the future or yo...

Listening to Yourself First

25 Jan 2023

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Listening to Yourself First Growing up, I was an energetic, enthusiastic, and excitable child. I never let a day go by without challenging something -...

Hungry Pilots, Hot Donuts, And Your Goals

24 Jan 2023

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Hungry Pilots, Hot Donuts, And Your Goals Have you noticed that airplanes fly crooked? It makes you wonder how the Pilot ever gets where they want to ...

Multi-tasking is Stupid

23 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How To Create More Time Wouldn’t it be great if you could create more time in your day without giving anything up?  The secret is how you prioritiz...

Face Your Passion: Building Your Bridge

20 Jan 2023

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Face Your Passion: Building Your Bridge Changing something about your life is pretty straightforward.  Figure out what you want and change it. Are yo...

Winston Churchill’s Steps For Change

19 Jan 2023

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Winston Churchill’s Steps For Change As we get into the New Year, I've noticed that people are getting back to their old ways. That's okay. It's a j...

Wisdom Starter Thoughts

18 Jan 2023

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Wisdom Starter Thoughts Everything you do is guided by what you think is logical in your mind. Just like everything I do is directed by my Scott LOGIC...

Life in Default Mode

17 Jan 2023

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Life in Default Mode There is a myth floating around that life is more fun when you are spontaneous. That’s true, but not all the time. Happiness a...

How to Get Lazy Success

16 Jan 2023

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How to Get Lazy Success I have an admission to make.  I'm a bit lazy. Yes, I also like to work harder than most people. Still, I'm lazy when doing th...

Ritualistic Success

13 Jan 2023

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Ritualistic Success Steven Covey called it sharpening the saw. If you take a break to sharpen the blade, you will always cut more wood. The same appli...

You Deserve to Say YES to Yourself

12 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

You Deserve to Say YES to Yourself Do you ever wish you had a less complicated life?  Even if your job and life are overcomplicated out of necessity,...

4 Steps to Change Your Life

11 Jan 2023

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4 Steps to Change Your Life Creating a difference in your life is a non-stop process that requires simple actions to help you get what you want. And i...

Questions To Ask Before You Begin

10 Jan 2023

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Questions To Ask Before You Begin Everybody has dreams. Daydreams, dreams while you sleep, and dreams of what you wish for the future. I’ve always b...

Morning Routines That Work For You

09 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Morning Routines That Work For You You hear a lot about using morning rituals to get more done. But what if you could use your mornings to get more do...

Don’t Break Your Success Chain

06 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Don’t Break Your Success Chain I’ll never forget the day a friend called and made me an offer I couldn’t refuse - and I didn’t. Rob was an eve...

Are Smart Goals The Secret?

05 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are Smart Goals The Secret? I'm a big fan of setting big-ass goals. Dreaming BIG is my natural state - which is why S.M.A.R.T. goals are not all that ...

Your Rules of Success

04 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Your Rules of Success If you study people who have had success in any area of their life, you will find they have much in common.  Not only do they f...

Are You Choosing a Word For The Year?

03 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Are You Choosing a Word For The Year? Around this time every year, people begin to declare to me the WORD they have chosen to guide their life for the...

Rules For a Happy Life

02 Jan 2023

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Rules For a Happy Life 300 BC, political life was driving people crazy. To calm the masses, several schools of philosophy popped up. Stoicism still re...

The Strangest Secret

30 Dec 2022

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The Strangest Secret Earl Nightingale created one of the great motivational works of history. “The Strangest Secret” began as a tool to motivate h...

Giving Up What You Are Not

29 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Giving Up What You Are Not Are you striving for something different and confused about where to begin? I have a client who, after years of poor eating...

Accepting Your Passion

28 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Accepting Your Passion No matter what activities you do in life, the goal of every road you travel should lead to happiness. After all, we don’t pur...

Make The Year About Experience

27 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Make The Year About Experience Happy New Year… almost. As we begin a brand new year, I have a question for you - What experiences will you have this...

What's Your Big Ass Goal for 2023?

26 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What's Your Big Ass Goal for 2023? A new year is about to begin, and you may be setting goals. Is it time for a refresher? 1) Goals should be more sig...

Christmas Day, Every Day

23 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Christmas Day, Every Day The season is filled with excitement, wonder, and stress. Our tribe comes together and reminds each other it's time to celebr...

Secret to Doing What You Love

22 Dec 2022

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Secret to Doing What You Love Have you ever heard anyone say, “Do what you love, and you’ll never work another day in your life?” You’ll work ...

Setting The Stage For 2023

21 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Setting The Stage For 2023 With a new year almost upon us, it’s time to crank up those 2023 goals. One of the most natural methods of achieving succ...

Committed to Your Goals in 2023

20 Dec 2022

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Committed to Your Goals in 2023 Woody Allen said, "Half of success is showing up."  I've thought about that quote many times over the years. There wa...

Power of ONE Idea

19 Dec 2022

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Power of ONE Idea Are you the kind of person who is searching high and low for anything that will make you happy, get you married, bring in more money...

Gift of Making a Decision

16 Dec 2022

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Gift of Making a Decision As we approach the most spiritual time of year, I find more and more of my thoughts are focused on what my future will bring...

How to Be More Positive

15 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How to Be More Positive Have you ever logged into your Facebook account and said, “Huh?” To yourself? Last night, I checked in at our https://dail...

One Goal is All it Takes

14 Dec 2022

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One Goal is All it Takes Let me start by saying that goal setting is powerful, and you should be doing it - but there is a good chance that you are ov...

Slow is Fast. Fast is Slow.

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Slow is Fast. Fast is Slow. I was riding my Harley-Davidson Road King a few days ago when my mind suddenly thought - “The Chinese Philosophical conc...

Advice For Better Relationships

12 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Advice For Better Relationships When I first met my wife, Joi, I knew we would be married and live happily ever after. But there was a problem. Joi di...

The Trick is The Click

09 Dec 2022

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The Trick is The Click If there is anything we learn in life, there is always something to figure out. You would think after a lifetime of figuring th...

Exploring Your Possibilities

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Exploring Your Possibilities What do I want to be when I grow up?  The first time you ask yourself that question is when you are very young - if you ...

Is Your Life is Repeating Itself

07 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Is Your Life is Repeating Itself My friend Louis Gates introduced me to his 9-Year Life Cycle to understand how we progress through life.   Cycles be...

What’s Your Personal Ideology?

06 Dec 2022

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What’s Your Personal Ideology? There’s a lot of talk about “ideology” these days, and it’s usually not in a good way.  But what about YOUR ...

Do You Act Like a Happy Person?

05 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Do You Act Like a Happy Person? If you were to ask my wife if I was always a happy and positive person, she would likely say, "Hmm… it's complicated...

A Different Look at Time Management

02 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

A Different Look at Time Management  In my entire life, I've always found it interesting that there never seems to be enough time in the day. Still, ...

Being Positive, Practical, and Peaceful

01 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Being Positive, Practical, and Peaceful I must admit that I get in trouble because some of the Scott logic that comes out of my mouth doesn’t sit we...

Daring Yourself To Live Your Dreams

30 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daring Yourself To Live Your Dreams “Please! Can somebody stop the world? I want to get off!” Okay. Just for you, I pressed the magic button, and ...

Do Leftovers Make Happiness?

29 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Do Leftovers Make Happiness? When I began training and competing with my dog in agility, I made a rookie dog trainer mistake. I wasn't consistent, and...

Success With No Will Power Required

28 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Success With No Will Power Required When will you get yourself to do what you say you want to do?  More people than you know lose sleep over that que...

Somebody Need You Right Now

25 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Somebody Need You Right Now When I was a teenager, I was a weekend moviegoer, and it was the age of Rocky, Star Wars, and Jaws. Besides, with only thr...

Wisdom of Gratitude

24 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Wisdom of Gratitude I woke up this morning with an incredible zest to expand my feeling of gratefulness. Well, there is not so much to expand as to re...

Be The Change You Wish To See

23 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Be The Change You Wish To See People have always sought change for themselves, their life, or the world.  There is a constant truth if you want to ch...

The Freedom Formula - Choice and Means

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The Freedom Formula - Choice and Means Every time I walk into the gym, I pump myself up to exercise my body and have somebody else exercise my brain. ...

Why Instant Gratification is The Secret to Success

21 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Why Instant Gratification is The Secret to Success Russ, from North Carolina, is asking for help with an instant gratification issue. He wrote- So man...

Ugly Sweaters Make Good Conversation

18 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ugly Sweaters Make Good Conversation With the arrival of ugly sweaters and too much egg nog, the holiday season is upon us, which means that you may f...

Where Did Your Motivation Go?

17 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Where Did Your Motivation Go? Today is the day I use my Perfect Week Planner to figure out where I will spend my time next week. And, like every week,...

Why You Don’t Need a WHY

16 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Why You Don’t Need a WHY A while back and friend and I were chewing the fat about getting what we wanted out of life. It’s a common topic among my...

Scared, Excited, or Something Else

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Scared, Excited, or Something Else  A few days ago, I stumbled into a conversation with a young man working behind the counter at a store I visited. ...

Creating Your Wonderful Life

14 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Creating Your Wonderful Life With the holiday season on its way, wouldn't it be great if you received the gift of the wonderful life of your dreams? ...

Are You Stuck in The Middle?

11 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Are You Stuck in The Middle?  Have you ever found yourself stuck in the middle? I was speaking with a client trying to be everything to everybody. Hi...

Fake it Until You Make It (Really?)

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Fake it Until You Make It (Really?) Have you allowed yourself to become the person you are on the inside?   We all make decisions that change our lif...

Promote. Prevent. Protect.

09 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Promote. Prevent. Protect. Every day I hear from folks living in a state of suspended animation. The light at the end of the tunnel is unclear. Life h...

You Can Always Find a Way

08 Nov 2022

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You Can Always Find a Way When life gets in the way, do you get frustrated about being blocked?  I used to be that way. Something changed. I learned ...

Law of Large Numbers

07 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Law of Large Numbers Do you ever get out of bed and wonder when you will achieve your desired success? Better yet, what if it was predictable and up t...

Framework For More Energy

04 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Framework For More Energy Steven Covey called it sharpening the saw. If you take a break to sharpen the blade, you will always cut more wood. The same...

How to Achieve Your Most Ambitious Goals

03 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How to Achieve Your Most Ambitious Goals  Have you ever wondered how the most successful people in the world get that way? Could it be their timing i...

What You Need to Feel Safe and Happy

02 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

What You Need to Feel Safe and Happy Success in life happens on top of a solid foundation of basic needs.  In 1954, Abraham Maslow released Motivatio...

How to Better Connect With Others

01 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How to Better Connect With Others Every day I spend time on the phone with excited folks who know they are close to getting what they want. They can't...

Your Happiness Begins Today

31 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Your happiness begins today Do you ever wake up in the morning and jump straight into your To-Do list and forget about what you want? With so much on ...

Make Your Own Motivation

28 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Make Your Own Motivation As a child, I wondered why I couldn't always have my way. Mom and Dad were so mean! I couldn't wait to grow up, move out, and...

Helping Others in 3 Steps

27 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Helping Others in 3 Steps Have you ever felt the desire to help others? Do you want to help them figure things out? Make more money? Recover from a ba...

Must-Have Life Habits

26 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Must-Have Life Habits Motivating yourself to reach your goals is a never-ending process that kicks into high gear this time of year. Most folks have a...

#1 Thing You Must Do For Success

25 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

#1 Thing You Must Do For Success Steve Harvey is a funny guy. He's also a wise man.  You may have seen his video teaching the one thing you must do i...

How to Reach Goals - 3 Steps Goal Setting

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

How to Reach Goals - 3 Steps Goal Setting There are so many choices in front of us every day. Each has the power to determine when and whether you wil...