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The Savvy Scot

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Being picky with your learning

By Pauline

Being picky with your learning

I talked recently about how you should be time conscious when trying to save money, and not get into a two hours project that would only save you pennies. One of my examples was fixing stuff, and doing your own things in general instead of delegating. I argued that if you are going to learn… Read more

Filed Under: Self Development Tagged With: abilities, learning, skills, work

A Secret World – Diving Angelita and Calavera (Temple of Doom) Cenotes

By savvyscot

Temple of Doom) After diving the murky waters of Angelita, Calvera was a return to the crystal clear water of Grand Cenote and Casa Cenote. Temple of

Hola Amigos! A couple of days back I took you on a diving adventure into the Mayan underworld. Together we explored the caverns of Casa and Grand Cenote and the hidden wonders within. To avoid repeating myself, I am going to assume that you all know what a cenote is and understand that Mexico has… Read more

Filed Under: Adrenaline Junkie, Entertainment, Fitness, Self Development, Travel Tagged With: Angelita hydrogen cloud, angelita hydrogen sulphide, Calavera, Cenote Angelita, Cenote Diving, Cenote Temple of Doom, Diving, The temple of doom, Why is Calavera called the temple of doom

Change Your Life – The Final Step, Realise Your Goals and Achieve Them!

By savvyscot

Change Your Life - The Final Step, Realise Your Goals and Achieve Them!

First time visiting the Change Your Life Series? No problem – catch up on the previous nine articles below:   Part 1 – Exercise Part 2 – Eating Healthily Part 3 – Get Knowledge Part 4 – Your Appearance Part 5 – Learn New Skills Part 6 – Fix Your Wardrobe Part 7 – Improve… Read more

Filed Under: Self Development Tagged With: 2013 goal planning, 2013 resolutions, change life, Change Your Life, goal setting, improve life, resolutions, Setting goals, spotlight

The Sky Is The Limit In 2013

By savvyscot

  I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and took the opportunity to spend some quality time with your friends and family. I certainly ate far too much and overindulged plenty! I’m not feeling too bad about it though, because I managed to fit in a trip to the gym on Christmas Eve and… Read more

Filed Under: Reflection, Self Development Tagged With: 2013 goal planning, 2013 resolutions, goal setting, resolutions, Setting goals, spotlight

Change Your Life – Step 9 Find Yourself

By savvyscot

Step 9 Find Yourself

As we approach the end of this 10 part series, hopefully you have picked up at least a couple of pointers and made a change or two. Small steps make a big change.. ever heard of the butterfly effect? Like the saying goes ‘A small mistake you commit can create blunders later’ – small improvements… Read more

Filed Under: Change, Reflection, Self Development Tagged With: Change Your Life, find out who you are, find out who you are inside, find your soul, find yourself, Finding yourself, gandhi quote, how to find yourself. steps to find yourself, soul searching, spotlight

2012 – What a Freaking Year!

By savvyscot

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards” – Soren Kierkegaard Reflection is a powerful process. Among other things, looking back at past experiences and memories helps us to remember the good that others have done for us and as a reminder to be grateful and say thank you. Reflection helps us… Read more

Filed Under: Reflection, Self Development Tagged With: 2012 in review, 2012 Reflection, Ali quotes, importance of looking back, improve your year, make 2013 a better year, power of reflection, Reflection power, setting goals for 2012, spotlight, year in review

Change Your Life – Step 8 Become Better with Money

By savvyscot

Step 8 Become Better with Money

Ok, first of all it’s time to play catchup: Part 1 – Exercise Part 2 – Eating Healthily Part 3 – Get Knowledge Part 4 – Your Appearance Part 5 – Learn New Skills Part 6 – Fix Your Wardrobe Part 7 – Improve Your Social Life   You guys effectively get a free pass… Read more

Filed Under: Saving Money, Self Development Tagged With: energy infographic, energy savings, how much money could I save on energy, Save money on energy, turn lights off

Change Your Life – Step 7 Improve Your Social Life

By savvyscot

Step 7 Improve Your Social Life

Need to play catchup? Part 1 – Exercise Part 2 – Eating Healthily Part 3 – Get Knowledge Part 4 – Your Appearance Part 5 – Learn New Skills Part 6 – Fix Your Wardrobe So you have followed steps 1 through 6 and you are well on your way to making a significant change… Read more

Filed Under: Change, Personal Finance, Reflection, Self Development Tagged With: change life, change social life, how to change my life, how to make friends, ideas to make friends, importance of being social, improve on social skills, improve social skills, make a change to my life, make friends, reasons to have friends, social change, social life

5 Things I am Truly Grateful For

By savvyscot

Hello everyone. It’s been a while since I had a general update post. I have missed two Sunday Reviews now and I apologise to my blogger friends for the lack of link love. I am also very thankful that lots of fantastic people still mentioned The Savvy Scot when I wasn’t able to return the… Read more

Filed Under: Competitions, Self Development Tagged With: $100, $100 giveaway, 5 things I am grateful for, 5 things to be thankful for, being thankful, Thanksgiving

Felix Baumgartner – Crazy Risk Taker or Calculated Genius?

By savvyscot

Risk Taker

For those of you who have been following this blog for a while, you will know that I like to think of myself as a little bit of an adrenaline junkie. From fast motorbikes to free climbing and diving with sharks to diving out of planes – I love it all. When I told my… Read more

Filed Under: Adrenaline Junkie, Entertainment, Self Development Tagged With: Adrenaline Junkie, attitudes to risk, Finance risks, Mitigating Risks, Personal Finance Risks, Risk Taking, risks with money, tackling risks, Taking Risks

Change Your Life – Step 6 Fix Your Wardrobe

By savvyscot

Fix Your Wardrobe

Past posts from the Change Your Life Series are as follows: Part 1 – Exercise Part 2 – Eating Healthily Part 3 – Get Knowledge Part 4 – Your Appearance Part 5 – Learn New Skills Be Smart and Get Smart A lot of people have a problem when it comes to their wardrobe. It… Read more

Filed Under: Change, Self Development Tagged With: change life, change your dress, Change Your Life, Dress to impress, how to impress with wardrobe, importance of fashion, why to dress well

Change Your Life – Step 5 Learn New Skills

By savvyscot

Step 5 Learn New Skills

If you are new to the Change Your Life series then you can catch up with the following articles from the series: Part 1 – Exercise Part 2 – Eating Healthily Part 3 – Get Knowledge Part 4 – Your Appearance This week’s addition to the change your life series involves learning new skills. This… Read more

Filed Under: Adrenaline Junkie, Change, Self Development Tagged With: Change appearance, Change Your Life, Get Smart, how to improve appearance, how to improve my appearance, improve hygiene, learn new skills, learn skills, power of knowledge, should i change my appearance, teach skills, teach yourself skills

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