Episode 5539
• Scott Smith
Everything Is Possible
Everything Is Possible
Daily Boost Podcast
Everything Is Possible
September 10, 2026 | Episode 5539
Host: Scott Smith
Episode Description
Have you ever had one of those days where you're trying everything and nothing moves? You push, you plan, you show up, and the door still won't open.
I've had plenty of them. Today I'm sharing a story about a man I met near the end of his life, a small pin he put on my shirt, and six words he said that I've carried for over 20 years.
Those six words changed what I believed was possible. They built everything I have now, one day at a time.
Listen. You might need them today.
Featured Story
The cameras were set. The crew was ready. Grandmaster Lee was late.
He'd had a rough night; the cancer was winning, and he'd spent part of it in the hospital. Then the door opened, and he strode in as if nothing had happened and Sat down. Ready.
He talked for two hours, and when he was done, he was done. Then something crossed his face. He got up, climbed over cables and light stands to a desk in the back, dug through a drawer, and came back with a little American flag pin that said Instructor.
He pinned it to my shirt. I told him I wasn't an instructor.
He smiled.
Important Points
You're not behind because you're incapable of it; you're behind because you simply haven't started the thing yet.
Every library, business, or body of work you admire got built the same slow, boring way, one single day at a time.
Impossible today and impossible forever are two very different things, and only one of them is ever actually true.
Memorable Quotes
Today, not possible. Tomorrow possible. I'll let you add a little Korean accent if you want to hear it.
When I began, only in my heart, like yours, you're just doing it. I'm counting on you to help people your own way.
My entire life, my entire legacy, everything would boil down to 5,500 podcasts, and I ain't anywhere near done yet.
Scott's Three-Step Approach
Name the one thing you keep saying you'll start someday, and admit that today's version of it feels impossible.
Do the smallest piece of it today anyway, one call, one page, one recording, and then stop and walk away for now.
Come back and do the same small thing tomorrow, because tomorrow is where impossible quietly turns into possible.
Chapters
0:15 - When the day refuses to go the way you planned
1:30 - Why I'm opening the Face Your Passion community
3:00 - Flying to Little Rock to film a legend's last story
4:49 - Ten thousand people and a curtain that opens
6:17 - He crossed a room full of cables to find a pin
7:50 - The mountain you see when you haven't started
8:11 - Six words that built the next twenty years
Connect With Me
Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify
If you enjoy the Daily Boost, you might like Notes From Scott. A few mornings each week, I send a short note with something I've been thinking about or noticing lately. Sometimes those ideas turn into podcast episodes later. You can sign up at https://notesfromscott.com.
Email: support@motivationtomove.com
Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith
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Daily Boost Podcast
Everything Is Possible
September 10, 2026 | Episode 5539
Host: Scott Smith
Episode Description
Have you ever had one of those days where you're trying everything and nothing moves? You push, you plan, you show up, and the door still won't open.
I've had plenty of them. Today I'm sharing a story about a man I met near the end of his life, a small pin he put on my shirt, and six words he said that I've carried for over 20 years.
Those six words changed what I believed was possible. They built everything I have now, one day at a time.
Listen. You might need them today.
Featured Story
The cameras were set. The crew was ready. Grandmaster Lee was late.
He'd had a rough night; the cancer was winning, and he'd spent part of it in the hospital. Then the door opened, and he strode in as if nothing had happened and Sat down. Ready.
He talked for two hours, and when he was done, he was done. Then something crossed his face. He got up, climbed over cables and light stands to a desk in the back, dug through a drawer, and came back with a little American flag pin that said Instructor.
He pinned it to my shirt. I told him I wasn't an instructor.
He smiled.
Important Points
You're not behind because you're incapable of it; you're behind because you simply haven't started the thing yet.
Every library, business, or body of work you admire got built the same slow, boring way, one single day at a time.
Impossible today and impossible forever are two very different things, and only one of them is ever actually true.
Memorable Quotes
Today, not possible. Tomorrow possible. I'll let you add a little Korean accent if you want to hear it.
When I began, only in my heart, like yours, you're just doing it. I'm counting on you to help people your own way.
My entire life, my entire legacy, everything would boil down to 5,500 podcasts, and I ain't anywhere near done yet.
Scott's Three-Step Approach
Name the one thing you keep saying you'll start someday, and admit that today's version of it feels impossible.
Do the smallest piece of it today anyway, one call, one page, one recording, and then stop and walk away for now.
Come back and do the same small thing tomorrow, because tomorrow is where impossible quietly turns into possible.
Chapters
0:15 - When the day refuses to go the way you planned
1:30 - Why I'm opening the Face Your Passion community
3:00 - Flying to Little Rock to film a legend's last story
4:49 - Ten thousand people and a curtain that opens
6:17 - He crossed a room full of cables to find a pin
7:50 - The mountain you see when you haven't started
8:11 - Six words that built the next twenty years
Connect With Me
Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify
If you enjoy the Daily Boost, you might like Notes From Scott. A few mornings each week, I send a short note with something I've been thinking about or noticing lately. Sometimes those ideas turn into podcast episodes later. You can sign up at https://notesfromscott.com.
Email: support@motivationtomove.com
Main Website: https://motivationtomove.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/heyscottsmith
Facebook Page: https://facebook.com/motivationtomove
Facebook Group: https://dailyboostpodcast.com/facebook