

The Motivated Mind
Scott Lynch
Hey, my name is Scott, host of The Motivated Mind, a Spotify Top 100 Health & Fitness podcast with over 7 million downloads. I walked away from $1.7M in equity to chase my entrepreneurial dreams. Bold or stupid? Still TBD. Each week, I share practical ways to master your mindset, build better habits, and actually enjoy the process. No fluff, no guru nonsense, just philosophy, psychology, and a few jokes about dodging existential dread.
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May 3, 2021 • 47min
Becoming Addicted to Living Your Best Life With Will Moore
Serial entrepreneur, speaker, life coach, and happiness expert, Will Moore joins today's episode. After exiting his delivery startup for $323 million in 2019, Will confirmed what he’d spent the past 25 years researching: True happiness isn’t about money, power, or fame. It’s about figuring out what makes you happy and taking consistent action on those things every single day. We dive into aligning yourself with happiness and finding true balance in your journey.
Start firing on all cylinders:
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Take your core life evaluator
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Apr 26, 2021 • 21min
Overcoming Fear of Rejection
How do you boost your self-confidence? The feeling of rejection can undermine our confidence and make us doubt our worth. It can make us freeze right in our path or sabotage our success. This thinking is the very thinking that limits our shots on goal. In this episode, I discuss four ways to overcome fear of rejection.
In episode #135 we cover:
Construct your own narrative
Understand the value in risk
Focus on the upside
Expose yourself
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Apr 19, 2021 • 23min
How To Break Free From Limitations
How do you free yourself from limitations? This idea of freedom sounds elusive to so many. Freedom is actually a state of mind rather than a specific spot within your existence. If you can break the shackles you've locked yourself in, you are truly capable of anything. In this episode, I discuss four ways to release those shackles and achieve your full potential.
In episode #134 we cover:
Defining freedom and why
Repeating “it’s possible”
Changing your language diet
Finding big dreamers
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Apr 12, 2021 • 46min
Designing Your Life With Chris Roberts
Our lives start as a blank canvas and that canvas can change color and pattern daily. Becoming the artist of your life means exploring different mediums and trying new techniques. Now the question becomes, does the artist keep painting everyday? Chris Roberts has created quite the life painting. Serial entrepreneur, Founder of Sterling Rhino Capital, and author of You've Earned It! joins the podcast. We discuss designing your life, what it means to put in the work, giving back, and leaving behind a legacy.
In episode #133 we cover:
What it means to put in the work
Designing your life
Giving back to the system
Leaving behind a legacy
Chris Roberts' book:
You've Earned It!
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Apr 5, 2021 • 20min
Setting Effective Self-Care Routines
When we don't prioritize mental health and self-care we compromise our happiness and health. This leads to jeopardizing our relationship with ourselves, our goals, and our relationships. You might have a good enough understanding that self-care is important, but the challenge is actually adopting a self-care practice that can improve your life. In this episode, I discuss four ways to set effective self-care routines.
In episode #132 we cover:
Identifying what makes you feel joy
Planning how to incorporate them
Setting goals and evaluating
Practice practice practice
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Mar 29, 2021 • 20min
The Secrets To Setting Intentions
Intention means putting purpose behind everything we do. And whatever those intentions are, they need to align with your values, the person you want to be, or the person you are. And if they don't, then they’re not worth your time, energy or attention. In this episode, I breakdown four key components to setting intentions and offer questions you can ask yourself as you build those intentions.
In episode #131 we cover:
Defining what your values are
Identifying the barriers
Letting go of the perfect outcome
Not being afraid to say no
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Mar 22, 2021 • 1h
Crisis Victory with Dr. Bradley
Overcoming any crisis will give you the power to transcend your difficult circumstances by accessing vital tools to bring you into full present awareness. And no one knows this better than Dr. Hal Bradley. Recruited by the Mexican drug cartel as a teenager, he rose up the ranks to become one of the top drug smugglers of narcotics in the United States. Despite multiple near-death experiences he survived to turn his life completely around and served as a contractor for the Department of Justice. Dr. Bradley and I discuss how to thrive under the most horrific experiences and how to emerge victoriously.
In episode #130 we cover:
Leading with kindness
Adversity
Crisis mode and control state
Dr. Bradley's book:
Crisis Victory
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Mar 15, 2021 • 21min
Why Mediocrity Is Riskier Than Taking A Leap
Why is mediocrity riskier than taking a leap? The only thing that is certain is that time can never be replaced. Everything is an experiment and experiments don't always turn out perfect, but they lead to breakthroughs. The individuals that made an impact on this planet are those that challenged the norm, they colored outside of the lines. In this episode, I discuss four reasons why doing nothing is riskier than doing something.
In this episode we cover:
Why doing nothing is riskier than doing something
Try naming someone that made a difference by playing it safe
Risk is everywhere
How risk makes us feel alive
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Mar 1, 2021 • 1h 6min
Adversity and Vulnerability with Talon Majors
In this episode, Talon Majors joins the podcast. Singer and songwriter, she has overcome adversity in her life to become the best version of herself. And she’s not done yet. Facing challenges such as growing up in a broken home with physical and mental abuse, falling into addiction to hide the pain, and then dealing with her own personal demons as well as MS, can either make or break a person. She chose to use it to build her dream life. A huge advocate for mental health, therapy and working on yourself, Talon shares her life experience in a vulnerable, relatable way.
In this episode we cover:
Vulnerability and adversity
Just asking
Being in a relationship with yourself
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Feb 22, 2021 • 21min
Unlocking Your Internal Motivation
How do you unlock your internal motivation? When you’re not motivated, you’re most likely neglecting your personal and professional goals. One of our greatest resources is our own motivation. In this episode, I share four factors that are limiting your motivation and how to overcome them.
In this episode we cover:
Understanding what makes you tick
Creating a plan
Surrendering to the moment
Tackling procrastination
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