The news makes me sad today. People have lost their lives and the east coast of North America is in chaos. In reality, this actually happens all the time around the world – often to a much worse degree – but the media don’t report it in the same way. The positive is that it… Read more
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5 Things Hurricane Sandy Can Teach Us
As I am sure the whole world knows, 50 million people on east coast of North America are embracing themselves for the arrival of Hurricane Sandy. Public transport is grounded and over 7000 flights have been postponed. The storm has already taken 60 lives, has disrupted the presidential campaign and shut down Wall Street for… Read more
Change Your Life – Step 4 Your Appearance
To recap, the last 3 weeks we have been making small steps for a big change. If you are new to the Change Your Life series then I recommend you read these articles first: Part 1 – Exercise Part 2 – Eating Healthily Part 3 – Get Knowledge Improve Your Appearance and Hygiene Take a… Read more
Change Your Life Series – Step 3 Knowledge
For those of you who are new to the ‘Change Your Life Series’ then fear not – there is still time to make a huge difference. Here’s what you have missed out on: Part 1 – Exercise Part 2 – Eating Healthily Part 3 – Get Smart & Learn You will be pleased to hear… Read more
Change Your Life Series – Step 2 Eat Healthily
Have you joined the cool kids as a subscriber of SavvyScot.com yet? ——–> Last week we started the Change Your Life Series; a series of ten blog posts that (if followed) will change your life – guaranteed! The first post was centered around Exercise. For the last seven days you have been slowly increasing… Read more
Change Your Life Series – Step 1 Exercise
Back in February when I founded SavvyScot.com I wanted to help people make a change in their lives. That change could be a financial change, or it could be something else. While I don’t claim to know everything about money (in fact most of my knowledge comes from my interest in personal finance and what… Read more
Defining Purpose and the Importance of Moderation
Purpose – what does this word mean to you? The dictionary defines purpose as ‘The reason for which something is done or created or for which something exists’ To me the meaning of purpose is what drives me, it is the ‘why’ and the reason. I think purpose is something we all need to find;… Read more
Why You Should Become a Toastmaster
Toastmasters is probably not the best choice of word for a speakers club in this day and age. When you say Toastmaster you see an image of very posh man in a red coat with a big sneering grin. A bit like this: The truth of the matter is that Toastmasters is a fantastic… Read more
Lessons in Negotiation
As I mentioned on my last post, Mrs Scot and I decided to take out a contract at our local gym. With some successful experience in sales (through a part time job), I consider myself to be quite a good negotiator and my secret is to use a diverse range of tactics. I’ll start with an example. When holidaying… Read more
4 Things They Didn’t Tell You About Life
It’s been a while since I have written a self development / deeper thinking post. I spend a lot of my ‘thinking time’ contemplating about why things are the way they are and today I want to talk about life. It is a fact that people are constantly trying to change things about themselves…. Read more
The Benefits of Being a Dilettante
I want to start of by saying that today’s post is inspired by J.D. Roth’s latest post ‘A Magician of Time’. The post discusses the ways in which J.D. Roth can maximise his available time by knowing when to say yes and when to say no in given situations. He also mentions that he… Read more
The 14-Week Fitness Challenge – Are You In?
Without inspiration the best powers of the mind remain dormant. There is a fuel in us which needs to be ignited with sparks. – Johann Gottfried Von Herder The 14 Week Get-Fit Challenge: The purpose of the challenge is twofold: In 14 weeks time (June 2nd, 2012), Mrs Scot and I are going on… Read more