About Scott Smith
Now
I live in Daytona Beach with my wife, Joi. We've been married 18 years. She's been my rock for every one of them.
Between us, we have four kids, six grandkids, two dogs, and one cat. We go to church on weekends. We travel well, eat well, like nice things, and strive to live a joyful life - no matter how much life gets in the way.
Most days, I record the Daily Boost Podcast early, work with clients, walk the dogs, and end up at the gym before noon. The rest of the time — depending on the weather — I'm on the Harley, flying, paddleboarding, or running my dog through an agility course, or just being Husband, Father, and Grandfather.
I’m not chasing anything. I built the life I want, I'm in it, and I live it.
What I Believe
Most people who want to shake things up don't need more motivation. They need more honesty. Once they see what's actually going on in their lives — not the version they tell at parties, not the story they tell themselves — the next move tends to show up on its own.
While I believe that vision and hard work are the single most important factors in a fully empowered life, I don't believe work has to be hard to be meaningful. I don't believe you have to grind to deserve the life you want. I don't believe pain is a prerequisite for growth. Those are stories we tell ourselves to justify staying where we are.
I also don't believe you have to choose between depth and ambition, or between making money and making meaning. The integrated life isn't a downsized life — it's a richer one. You don't have to give up what you've built to find what you're missing.
Real progress is mostly the absence of friction. When you see yourself clearly and your life is built right, things start to move. Not because you forced them. Because nothing's in the way anymore.
What I've Been Through
The first half of my career was radio and voiceover — shock jock, then commercials for Universal, Disney, Hard Rock — followed by a production company that did a couple thousand on-camera interviews. I learned how to talk to people. I learned how to listen.
By 40 I'd hit the wall. 248 pounds, high blood pressure, burned out. My doctor said something I needed to hear, and I drove from his office to the gym. Six months later, I was 80 pounds lighter and teaching kickboxing. In fact, most of what I now teach started showing up in those classes before I had words for it.
In 2006, I launched my coaching business and recorded the first Daily Boost episode. The same day, my wife Sheryl was diagnosed with terminal cancer. The next 100 days were rough, but before she passed, she passed on some ‘Wisdom of the Wife.
First, she told me to explore the possibilities of life and always do what makes my heart sing.
She also told me — and our family — that I'd find someone after her, and I'd know her when I saw her. We'd been married 26 years.
When she died, I made a decision: I'd never work for anyone else again. I'd build my own thing. I would live life on my terms.
Seven weeks later, I met Joi. At first, everybody was mad at me. Then they remembered what Sheryl had told us about me knowing. At this point, Joi and I have been married for 18 years. Frankly, it’s hard to believe that my daughter has known her for two years less than she knew her own mother.
Since then, every weekday since 2006, I've shown up to the things that light me up. Through grief, joy, and everything in between. I didn't keep going because I'm tough. I kept going because moving is what I know how to do.
What I Do Now
I record the Daily Boost every weekday and work with a small number of private clients. I run Operation Reinvention and Face Your Passion. I write when I have something to say.
I'm not a life coach. I don't do personality tests or vision boards. I look at what's actually going on in your life, tell you what I see, and help you figure out what to do about it. Straight. No fluff. Occasionally, pretty funny.
Most of the people I work with are professionals, business owners, or people building toward becoming both. That's by design, and it follows a core belief of mine. They want the integrated life — the work, the money, the freedom, the meaning. They want to do what they love, and make the money to pay for it, too.
Everything I teach is something I try to live. I'm not interested in coaching anyone toward a life I'm not willing to build myself. The life I built — Joi, the kids, the dogs, the Harley, the trips, the podcast — is the one I want for you, too. Not the same shape. The same feeling.