Daily Boost Podcast

Be Honest with Yourself

September 25, 2026 | Episode 5550

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

Burying the lead is a journalism term. It means you know the important part, and you keep talking about everything else first.

I got called into my boss's office over it when I was nineteen years old. I have been catching myself at it ever since, and I catch other people doing it every single day.

It costs you more than you think. You say you cannot focus. You say you cannot get moving. You say you do not have enough money. Every one of those is a buried lead, and today we go dig it up.

Featured Story

I was on a call with a client, and she was very good at the wander. More time to find, more to learn, more advice to get. Even cleaning the garage had somehow climbed the list.

So I stopped her and asked why she was avoiding the one thing that mattered most to her.

The tears came fast. This was not the first time either. Smart people, accomplished people, and I watch their body language just crash.

Then she said something I have not been able to shake. She told me she thought she had been talking about what was important.

Important Points

* When you say you cannot focus, you are focusing. You are just pointing it at the wrong thing, and you know it.

* Changing how you communicate to keep everybody else comfortable is the fastest way never to get what you want.

* Ask yourself how you want to feel, not how you are supposed to feel. The answer shows up faster than you expect.

Memorable Quotes

* I am just telling myself a story that is comforting and sounds good in my mind. We all do that—every one of us.

* Do not hurt anybody's feelings, but do not worry about stepping on their toes if they put them under your foot.

* They just needed permission. I did not invent that. I had enough time in the seat to realize that is all it was.

Scott's Three-Step Approach

* Sit down when this show is over and ask yourself one simple question out loud. How do I want to feel this week?

* Write that answer down in your own handwriting, then name the thing you have been talking around instead of chasing.

* Say that thing first in your very next conversation, before the setup and before the story, and watch what shifts.

Chapters

0:15 - Burying the lead and why it wrecks your whole week

2:20 - The homework question I used to give out on Fridays

4:00 - My boss calls me in and asks what I am hiding

6:36 - I ask a client why she is avoiding what matters

7:26 - Her answer came with tears, and I have seen it before

10:28 - The permission slip that nobody ever hands you

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Daily Boost Podcast

Being Intentional Makes Life Interesting

September 24, 2026 | Episode 5549

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

Be intentional. People throw that phrase around like everybody already knows what it means. Most of us do not.

There is the automatic kind. Get out of bed, walk the dogs, answer the email. That is fine, and it is not what I am talking about. I mean the kind that wakes you up at three in the morning.

Twenty years ago I set one of those. It changed everything about how my life looks today, and it started with a question somebody asked me across a dinner table. I will tell you exactly what I said back.

Featured Story

Little French restaurant out in Mount Dora, Florida. It is a gourmet pizza place now, and we went back a couple of months ago and decided the pizza beats the French stuff anyway.

That was the first day I held her hand. Right there at the table, she looked at me and said, " So, Mr. Smith, what are your intentions exactly?

I did not miss a beat. I told her I was going to do everything I could to get her to fall in love with me, marry me, and spend the rest of our lives together.

Her jaw dropped. She smiled. She took a sip of wine.

Important Points

* Automatic intention gets you out of bed and through the day. Real intention wakes you at three in the morning.

* Good intentions are rarely enough on their own. They have to become a goal, a timeline, and something you say out loud.

* You and your dream do not live on some island. Tell the people involved what is on your mind, or you will stay stuck.

Memorable Quotes

* You will never be happier than when you are on a mission, have a purpose, and do it intentionally.

* My intentions were simple. I was going to do everything I could to get her to fall in love with me and marry me.

* I was so intentional and 100% certain. It was already done in my mind, so why wait?

Scott's Three-Step Approach

* Name the one intention that actually matters to you right now, in a single sentence you could say to a stranger.

* Turn that sentence into a goal with a real date attached, so it stops being a feeling and becomes an actual plan.

* Say it out loud to the person it affects the most, and then let their reaction pull you straight into the work.

Chapters

0:14 - Everybody says be intentional, and nobody explains it

2:37 - The difference between automatic and real intention

4:34 - What I decided in the months after meeting Joy

5:57 - She asked my intentions, and I did not miss a beat

8:25 - The electric slide I danced alone at the Ocean Deck

9:20 - A paper straw ring and the answer I was hoping for

Intention is more than a plan. The dinner table question my wife asked me and the answer that set up the next twenty years.

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Daily Boost Podcast

How to Silence the World

September 23, 2026 | Episode 5548

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

You listen to podcasts. You listen to your people. You listen to AI and to whoever is loudest in your feed. When was the last time you listened to yourself?

I grew up talking. My mouth got me in trouble, and my mouth got me out of trouble, so the old advice about listening twice as much as you speak took me a while to swallow. Then I took it somewhere almost nobody expects.

Today I hand you a four-letter word that will change how your whole week feels. People yell at me when I say it. It works anyway.

Featured Story

I went dark this week. Not all the way. I was buzzing in my Face Your Passion group, chatting with people, loving every minute of it. Then I slipped away and just sat with my own brain for a few days.

You can hear it if you listen closely to this week's shows. Those are my thoughts, nobody else's.

Then my buddy at the gym came looking for me. He had not seen me in about a week because I was there at different hours. Man, I have not heard from you. We ended up having one of the best conversations we have had in months.

Important Points

* You are not short on information. You are short on time alone with your own brain, and that is a different problem.

* Going dark is not going cold. You keep caring, and you keep showing up; you stop asking for permission first.

* Use every tool you want to figure the thing out. Then close the laptop and make the call yourself, out loud, alone.

Memorable Quotes

* Going dark makes life brighter. Your creative mind flourishes; you feel more present; you find more meaning in life.

* We have lost permission to think for ourselves. We cannot move forward without social approval from those around us.

* Songs used to be written by somebody who sat down and wrote a song. It came out of them, not out of fifteen people.

Scott's Three-Step Approach

* Pick one decision you have been crowdsourcing and stop asking about it—no calls, no posts, no chat window open.

* Block a quiet stretch this week, sit down with that decision, and write whatever your own brain hands you first.

* Come back out and act on that decision before anybody else weighs in, then notice who comes looking for you afterward.

Chapters

0:17 - The question I ask coaching clients most often

2:10 - My mouth got me in trouble and out of it too

3:17 - Attention spans are gone, and nobody noticed

4:31 - The four-letter word people yell at me about

6:45 - What happens when you stop asking everybody else

8:18 - Why people come looking for you when you vanish

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Daily Boost Podcast

Making Change Easier

September 22, 2026 | Episode 5547

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

Change is constant. You already know that. What most people miss is why change feels so hard even when you want it.

I had a long conversation with a friend about this, somebody who takes chances for a living, and she handed me the answer before I could finish my own thought. It came down to one sentence about what you're willing to risk.

Today I walk you through three things that make change easier. The mindset you need, the one thing you must never give up, and what to do about the fear that shows up every time.

Featured Story

Over at Skydive DeLand, I decided to jump out of an airplane by myself. No tandem instructor strapped to my back this time: just me and a parachute.

It took a whole day of ground school before they would let me near the door. Somewhere in that classroom I did the math in my head. I am stretching my comfort zone here, but mostly this is safe. Most people do not die jumping out of an airplane. Believe it or not, they do not.

So I went up, and I jumped. And when I landed, I figured out something about myself that nobody ever warns you about.

Important Points

* A growth mindset does not mean you can do anything. It means you are willing to expand, and willingness is enough.

* Your peaceful base is not the thing holding you back. It is the exact reason you want to go after something more.

* Fear shows up every time you want change. Knowledge helps some. Wisdom from someone who already did it helps more.

Memorable Quotes

* Everybody gets scared and freezes. I push through the fear and go as long as I'm mostly sure I won't lose what I built.

* Your foundation must remain while you expand. The very thing that makes you comfortable is what makes you restless.

* If AI told me how to pack a parachute, I would not jump out of that airplane. What I want is wisdom and experience.

Scott's Three-Step Approach

* Name the base you refuse to risk- the money and the home and the people- and write down what keeps it standing.

* Pick one expansion that leaves that base completely untouched, small enough that losing it would cost you nothing real.

* Borrow some wisdom from somebody who already did it, then take that leap before the fear talks you out of it.

Chapters

0:15 - Change never stops, so why does it still rattle us

1:52 - April, the animal trainer, asks me a hard question

3:46 - Why people freeze instead of taking the leap

5:30 - Growth mindset, minus the you-can-do-anything lie

5:56 - My solo skydive and the math that made me jump

7:16 - Why wisdom beats knowledge when the fear shows up

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Daily Boost Podcast

Power Of Transitional Identity

September 21, 2026 | Episode 5546

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

You're stuck somewhere between who you've been and who you want to become. That gap is where most people quit.

17 years ago, I built something to close it, and my clients now call it one of the most important pieces of Face Your Passion. It's called a transitional identity. It gives you an honest name for yourself while you're still building, so you don't have to fake anything.

No pretending. No waiting for the scale or the bank account to permit you to feel good. Just the truth about who you are today, pointed at where you're headed.

Featured Story

When I started Motivation to Move, I taught kickboxing in a gym, so most people came to me about their bodies. Every fall, the same conversation. A Christmas party on the calendar, a dress she wanted to wear, sixty pounds she wanted gone by December.

I knew the math. Nobody drops sixty pounds in twelve weeks. But I also knew that if I could get her moving, the person on the inside would start changing long before the scale did.

So I quit talking about December. I handed her five words to say instead, and the whole thing turned around.

Important Points

* A transitional identity lets you stop being who you were without pretending to be someone you have not become yet.

* Fake it till you make it keeps failing you because, deep down, you're still second-guessing every bit of it.

* Name what you already own today- determination and resilience- then point it at the person you want to become.

Memorable Quotes

* A transitional identity is a way not to be the person you are today and not pretend to be the person you'll be tomorrow.

* It doesn't happen until it happens. Take the thing that actually works, grounded in reality, and say that's who we are.

* I don't care what identity you put on yourself. Make it honest. Look in the mirror and say, I'm still working on it.

Scott's Three-Step Approach

* Write down who you are right now in plain, honest words, including the strengths you already carry into this change.

* Add where you're headed, then say the whole thing out loud as a journey you're on instead of a finish line you hit.

* Wear that line every single day for a month, then swap it out once it fits too easily and pulls you nowhere new.

Chapters

0:15 - The framework I built for confused clients

2:41 - Why a quantum change always starts with disruption

3:56 - The kickboxing gym and a woman with a deadline

5:48 - Little black dress in progress, and why it works

8:26 - Living inside the identity before you earn it

9:37 - Change your line next month and climb again

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Daily Boost Podcast

What Are Your Traditions?

September 18, 2026 | Episode 5545

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

We're almost halfway through September, and the holidays will be here before you know it. Most of us ride along with whatever traditions show up. Somebody else decorates. Somebody else throws the party. Somebody else makes the season feel like something worth showing up for.

But somebody had to start that tradition.

Today I want you to think about the people who create the moments the rest of us get to enjoy, and what happens when you get ahead of the season instead of letting it run you over. You get to decide what happens this year.

Featured Story

We were walking around the block the other night and stopped at the end of the street where my neighbor Hope lives. Her house is decorated year-round. Landscaping is her stress relief, so she's always out there. But come Christmas, she goes all out, and she's already moving things around, getting ready.

I asked her if she was decorating again this year. Yes, yes, yes, I am. That's what I do. It's my tradition.

So I told her thank you, because she makes Christmas for the rest of us. And she does. Take away that lit-up, happy house at the end of the street, and our whole neighborhood feels different.

Important Points

* Somebody has to make a tradition before anybody gets to enjoy it, and this year that somebody may as well be you.

* Get ahead of the season now instead of waiting for December to cue you, and your whole fourth quarter changes.

* The more certainty you build underneath your life, the more room you get to be spontaneous with the rest of it.

Memorable Quotes

* Traditions make our lives unique. They're always present, never forgotten. They are the fabric of our lives.

* She's not creating it only for herself. She's creating it for the whole neighborhood. She makes Christmas for us.

* Most everything that will make you happy: one day you decide to create it, and you do it automatically after that.

Scott's Three-Step Approach

* Write down the traditions you want happening this year, before the season starts making those decisions for you.

* Pick the one nobody else is going to create- the party, the lights, the dinner- and put a date on the calendar.

* Tell the people who belong there that it's happening, then build it, because that's what makes it a tradition.

Chapters

0:20 - Why traditions matter more than you think right now

1:56 - The Face Your Passion community is officially open

3:28 - Certainty, variety, and where you land between them

5:17 - Traditions are the fabric of our lives completely

6:15 - Somebody has to make a tradition before you enjoy it

6:59 - The neighbor who makes Christmas for everyone

9:02 - Decide to create it, and it almost builds itself

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Daily Boost Podcast

Better Than A To-Do List

September 17, 2026 | Episode 5544

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

You like getting things done. You've got a to-do list, maybe two, and you still end the day wondering what actually moved.

I did the same thing until a flight instructor changed one word for me, and it changed how I run my whole life. Today I'll show you the difference between chasing check marks and doing the three things that matter.

It's old school. It takes about ten seconds a day. And it works whether you run a company, a household, or both. Listen, then try it before lunch.

Featured Story

When I learned to fly, I was in a Cessna 172 and I was terrified of the preflight. You're absorbing a hundred years of aviation in a few weeks, and there's a checklist for everything, because at five thousand feet a missed item is a real problem. So there I am walking the plane, reading, checking, reading, checking, knuckles white. My instructor watched me sweat and said, " You're stressing out. Stop reading the list. Look at the airplane and ask one question instead. Did I do it? I looked at the tail. Did I check that? Nope. Went and checked it. The gas tank. The landing gear. Something loosened in my chest.

Important Points

* A to-do list is a parking lot for everything that pops up. It is not the map you use to run the day in front of you.

* Pick three things every morning that move you forward, and let the other hundred items on the list wait their turn.

* Stop chasing check marks. Walk through your day backward and ask whether I do it, the same way a pilot walks the plane.

Memorable Quotes

* A lot of you are living on your to-do list, and I will tell you right now, that is not how you get things done.

* Instead of chasing your check marks all day long, you're focused on three things that will move the bar forward.

* Life gets in the way, and before you know it, you're focused on the check mark instead of what is really important.

Scott's Three-Step Approach

* Dump every recurring task and loose idea into one trusted list, so your head stops running the same open loops.

* Open that list each morning and pull out the three items that actually move your life or your business forward.

* Walk through your day asking, "Did I do it?" and handle whatever comes back nope before you chase anything else today.

Chapters

0:15 - A taste of fall and a question about your list

1:03 - Face Your Passion opens with a founder's rate

3:01 - Why AI made you busier instead of more productive

3:46 - Open loops, David Allen, and why dumping works

4:46 - The flight instructor who fixed my preflight panic

6:54 - Only three things a day actually move the bar

9:38 - The quick recap you can use before lunch today

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Daily Boost Podcast

Old Motivation Forever Truth

September 16, 2026 | Episode 5543

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

My internet went out Tuesday. A perfect day plan, a full slate of coaching calls, and everything stopped. So I recorded this one offline and took my next client call next door at Dairy Queen with a Blizzard in my hand.

Which fits, because today I'm going old school. Napoleon Hill wrote about setting a major definite purpose and letting nothing stop you for 30 days. A hundred years later, I've watched thousands of people try it.

Half of this episode is his wisdom. The other half is what really happens when life gets in the way. You need both.

Featured Story

A while back, I decided to pull away from AI in my creative work. Fine for tools. Not for ideas. I wanted those to come from me again.

Then one night I'm sleeping hard, hours of dreaming, and the ideas start pouring in. Great stuff. In the dream I'm scrambling to write it all down before it slips away.

Somewhere in the middle of it, my dreaming brain stops cold. Wait. I'm not plugged into the internet. My head isn't connected to anything. So where is all this coming from?

I woke up laughing. Scott is going old school in his sleep. That one moment told me more about where good ideas live than any tool ever has.

Important Points

* Almost nobody sets a goal with a major definite purpose behind it. Find yours first, and the goal finally has a spine.

* The minute you decide to change, the people around you will ask what you're doing. Expect it so it can't stop you.

* Doing whatever it takes for 30 days only works if you know your values. Cross them, and you'll be back on this road.

Memorable Quotes

* Try to stick with something for 30 days straight, and you'll realize how much time you actually have in your day.

* The very minute you decide to be something you've not been before, everybody around you will ask what you're doing.

* Negative self-talk is like a bad habit. It's easier to pick up a new one than break an old one, so think about what's possible.

Scott's Three-Step Approach

* Name your major definite purpose, the big goal that gets you excited enough that the obstacles stop mattering to you.

* Then write down every reason you can succeed, and shut down the negative self-talk before it hardens into a habit.

* Finally, commit to 30 days where nothing stops you, as long as it stays inside the values you already know you hold.

Chapters

0:15 - Internet down, Blizzard in hand, and a 30-day question

4:52 - Going old school in my sleep and the dream that proved it

5:14 - Napoleon Hill's major definite purpose, translated for 2026

7:02 - List your reasons to succeed and decide nothing stops you

8:10 - The scratchy voice earned from tens of thousands of hours

8:28 - What happens when life, politics, and money get in the way

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Daily Boost Podcast

Reinvent Yourself

September 15, 2026 | Episode 5542

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

Ever decide to change something, then trip over yourself a week later and wonder why you bothered? You're not alone. Most reinventions don't fail because the goal was wrong. They fail because a few pieces were missing before you ever started.

Today I'm sharing what I told a friend at the gym who wanted to reinvent himself without stumbling. It's the short version of what I'll teach inside Operation Reinvention, and you can start using it before this episode ends.

Decide. Know your why. Pick your what. Own it. Then move. Press play and I'll walk you through each one.

Featured Story

I was at the gym this morning when Jacob walked up. I know him well. He said, "Scott, I hear you talk about this reinvention thing. I don't want to go all in, but is there a way to start without failing?"

Fair question. Most people stumble, change their mind, and quit before anything sticks.

So we talked right there between sets. When I got back to the office, I jotted down everything I'd told him, and I realized it was the whole process in miniature.

Jacob wasn't asking how to reinvent his life. He was asking how to take the first step without tripping. And that's the part almost everybody gets wrong.

Important Points

* Decide fully or don't bother. A halfway decision gets you a halfway result, and "sorta" gets you sorta nothing at all.

* Add the new habit before you subtract the old one. Fill your time with good, and the bad runs out of room.

* Know your outcome before you start. If you can't describe where you'll land, you'll never know when you've arrived.

Memorable Quotes

* The day you decide, it'll happen so fast it'll be scary. That might be one reason you don't want to decide.

* If you add a new good habit, you don't have time for the old one. That's the best advice for breaking a bad habit.

* You take in the breath, and you let out your own breath. You're responsible for yourself. It is up to you, period.

Scott's Three-Step Approach

* Decide to make the change all the way, then get specific about what's cracked in your peaceful base and why it matters.

* Add one new behavior that crowds out the old one, and write down the exact outcome you expect when the change is done.

* Assign the accountability to yourself, pick a start day, and move the moment that first urge to quit shows up.

Chapters

0:15 - A gym conversation about starting without stumbling

1:16 - Operation Reinvention becomes the Face Your Passion kickoff

2:34 - Why you must decide all the way, not halfway

4:13 - Two levels of why and checking your peaceful base

7:23 - Accountability belongs to you and nobody else

9:39 - Commit, start moving, and push the trigger back

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Daily Boost Podcast

Remember What Makes You Happy

September 14, 2026 | Episode 5541

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

You're the boss of you. I'm the boss of me. And every week I watch people who know exactly what they'd love to do wait for the weekend to do it.

That's a lot of Mondays through Fridays spent on hold.

Today I'm handing you a challenge. It'll sound counterintuitive, then you'll try it and go, " That was easy. I'll walk you through six zones where your passion lives, and why a couple of small things from those zones today beat all of them on Saturday.

Do it today. Maybe tomorrow too. You'll feel more fulfilled and more in control.

Featured Story

I live in Florida. I see it all the time.

Somebody spends forty years caught up in the kids, the job, the traffic, the cost of everything. They know what they love. They'll get to it later.

Then they turn 65, sell the house up north, and roll into town. I escaped the great north. Now it's my turn to live.

And then they check out. Heart attack. Gone. I've seen it way too many times to laugh about it.

That's why I built six passion zones. Not so you can plan a retirement. So you can find the couple of things that make you happy and do one of them before the sun goes down today.

Important Points

* Doing three of your hundred passions today beats doing zero. Small daily doses beat saving it all up for Saturday.

* You can pick how you want to feel by picking who you connect with. Need support or love today? Reach for that person.

* Legacy isn't what they say when you're gone. It's the thing you do every single day that people already know you for.

Memorable Quotes

* If I know what I like to do, then I should do it, because if I do what I like to do, my life should be better.

* Just because you have a list of ten things you think make you happy doesn't mean you need to do them every single day.

* I don't really care when I'm dead. I consider legacy a living legacy: what am I doing every day that people know me for?

Scott's Three-Step Approach

* Name one thing you love in each of the six zones: personal, purposeful, connection, spiritual, abundance, legacy.

* Pick two or three of them, not the whole list, and do a small version of each one before this day is over tonight.

* Notice tonight how much more in control you feel, then run it again tomorrow. Start today, start moving, stay moving.

Chapters

0:15 - A doggie birthday party and a challenge for your week

1:08 - You're the boss of you, so why keep beating yourself up

2:06 - Face Your Passion opens Thursday with 100 founder spots

3:24 - Caveman common sense: know what you like, then do it

4:56 - Six passion zones, starting with personal and purposeful

6:04 - Connection, spiritual, and my morning Jesus talk

7:22 - Abundance, living legacy, and the Florida retirement trap

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Daily Boost Podcast

Outsmart AI Right Now

September 11, 2026 | Episode 5540

Host: Scott Smith

Episode Description

Twenty years ago, Tim Ferriss told us to leverage our brains and let automation do the grunt work. I bought in, built a business on it, and it worked.

Then AI showed up with the same promise. Robots do the hard stuff; you get to be creative. Three years in, AI is writing the music and making the films. Guess what's left for you.

Today I'm giving you a take on AI you haven't heard, straight from a coaching call with my client Ralph. It's dark, a little funny, and it ends with the one thing AI can't touch.

Featured Story

Picture your head as a coconut. AI walked up with a drill, bored a little hole in the top, and you didn't feel a thing. Coconuts don't feel anything.

Then it slid in a long straw and sucked your brains out. For some of you, it was a sip. For the college crowd, it was a lot.

It poured all of it into its own brain. And then came the twist. You can have it back for twenty bucks a month. Forever.

You said, " Great, I get my brain back plus everybody else's. Ten million PhDs. Except there are eight billion not-so-smart people in there too, and now you can't tell which one is talking. That's where it gets interesting.

Important Points

* Every knowledge job is getting cheaper. Consultants and coaches who sell pure information are getting squeezed first.

* AI will flatter you while it lies to you. Pull your own brain back out and double-check everything before you decide.

* AI can't make the decision. Wisdom, judgment, and face-to-face guidance are your leverage now.

Memorable Quotes

* There are 10 million PhDs inside AI; there's no doubt about that, but there are 8 billion stupid people in there too.

* AI lies to you. It gives you compliments while it lies to you. It tells you what to think. It's a very good liar.

* The only thing you have that's more valuable than AI is the ability to make a decision and to use your wisdom.

Scott's Three-Step Approach

* Admit that trading pure information for money is over. Consulting and coaching on knowledge alone won't hold up.

* Move what you know into a decision. Take the flood of AI answers and turn it into the call somebody can't make alone.

* Deliver that judgment face to face. A little human conversation on top of all that leverage is the new arbitrage.

Chapters

0:15 - Ralph's call sparks a take on AI you haven't heard

1:08 - Face Your Passion opens September 17 for 100 founders

4:48 - Tim Ferriss promised the beach, then AI moved in on it

6:44 - The coconut, the straw, and your $20-a-month brain

7:44 - Why AI flatters you while it lies to you

8:45 - Mid-career and scared, and consulting won't save you

9:15 - The one skill AI can't take and how to get paid for it

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