Episode 5535
• Scott Smith
More Gooder Than Badder
More Gooder Than Badder
Daily Boost Podcast
More Gooder Than Badder
September 4, 2026 | Episode 5535
Host: Scott Smith
Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at Face Your Passion
Episode Description
Years ago I made up a phrase to help somebody who was stuck. Be more gooder than badder. Terrible grammar, and it works better than almost anything else I teach.
I stopped saying it on this show about five years ago. People still email me and tell me they’re living it. So today I’m bringing it back with a pile of examples: sleep, money, water, marriage, your phone, your kids, your mood.
No framework. No methodology. Just one simple question you can ask yourself all day long. Where am I right now? Let’s go find out together.
Featured Story
I used to fall face first into a basket of French fries. Not a few. The whole basket. Then I’d think about ordering onion rings on top of it. That’s how I stayed fat for a very long time, and I told myself it was fine because tomorrow I’d start over. Tomorrow never showed up.
What finally changed wasn’t willpower. It was one small adjustment I made at the table, in the moment, with the fries sitting right in front of me. I still eat them. I still enjoy them. But the way I approach that basket is different now, and it changed a whole lot more than my weight.
Important Points
Going to bed a little earlier more nights than you stay up late fixes your tiredness without any fancy sleep system.
Saving a little more often than you splurge means you still get the splurge, and you stop being broke about it.
Doing the hard thing first more days than you don’t, and your afternoons quit feeling like a fight you can’t win.
Memorable Quotes
Moderation in almost everything, excess in a few things. Being more gooder than badder is exactly that one thing.
Drink water more often than the other stuff, and your body will figure out the rest by itself.
Nobody is happy all the time, but your mood is a volume game. Choose the better thoughts a lot more often than not.
Scott’s Three-Step Approach
Pick one thing today- sleep, water, or your phone- and take an honest inventory of where you really land most days.
Then tilt it one notch, doing the better thing one more time this week than you do the thing you always do anyway.
Then hold that tilt long enough to stack, and every few weeks, just fall face-first into the fun stuff on purpose.
Chapters
0:02 - the phrase I made up that people still email me about
1:20 - what our new community actually believes
3:35 - CEOs writing me about bad grammar and better lives
5:10 - sleep, money, water and my 80-20 rule for living
7:05 - why four days a week beats three every single time
9:00 - reading, parking spots and saying thanks more
10:40 - the basket of French fries that kept me fat
Connect With Me
Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify
Join my Face Your Passion Skool group: https://faceyourpassion.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
Daily Boost Podcast
More Gooder Than Badder
September 4, 2026 | Episode 5535
Host: Scott Smith
Go beyond the boost! Join my Skool group at Face Your Passion
Episode Description
Years ago I made up a phrase to help somebody who was stuck. Be more gooder than badder. Terrible grammar, and it works better than almost anything else I teach.
I stopped saying it on this show about five years ago. People still email me and tell me they’re living it. So today I’m bringing it back with a pile of examples: sleep, money, water, marriage, your phone, your kids, your mood.
No framework. No methodology. Just one simple question you can ask yourself all day long. Where am I right now? Let’s go find out together.
Featured Story
I used to fall face first into a basket of French fries. Not a few. The whole basket. Then I’d think about ordering onion rings on top of it. That’s how I stayed fat for a very long time, and I told myself it was fine because tomorrow I’d start over. Tomorrow never showed up.
What finally changed wasn’t willpower. It was one small adjustment I made at the table, in the moment, with the fries sitting right in front of me. I still eat them. I still enjoy them. But the way I approach that basket is different now, and it changed a whole lot more than my weight.
Important Points
Going to bed a little earlier more nights than you stay up late fixes your tiredness without any fancy sleep system.
Saving a little more often than you splurge means you still get the splurge, and you stop being broke about it.
Doing the hard thing first more days than you don’t, and your afternoons quit feeling like a fight you can’t win.
Memorable Quotes
Moderation in almost everything, excess in a few things. Being more gooder than badder is exactly that one thing.
Drink water more often than the other stuff, and your body will figure out the rest by itself.
Nobody is happy all the time, but your mood is a volume game. Choose the better thoughts a lot more often than not.
Scott’s Three-Step Approach
Pick one thing today- sleep, water, or your phone- and take an honest inventory of where you really land most days.
Then tilt it one notch, doing the better thing one more time this week than you do the thing you always do anyway.
Then hold that tilt long enough to stack, and every few weeks, just fall face-first into the fun stuff on purpose.
Chapters
0:02 - the phrase I made up that people still email me about
1:20 - what our new community actually believes
3:35 - CEOs writing me about bad grammar and better lives
5:10 - sleep, money, water and my 80-20 rule for living
7:05 - why four days a week beats three every single time
9:00 - reading, parking spots and saying thanks more
10:40 - the basket of French fries that kept me fat
Connect With Me
Search for the Daily Boost on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify
Join my Face Your Passion Skool group: https://faceyourpassion.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