What’s a Scanner?

Is this you?

  • Are you fascinated by something different every week?
  • Does the thought of concentrating on one topic, skill or job for the rest of your life horrify you?
  • Do you start lots of projects but rarely finish any of them?
  • Does trying to choose between all your interests stress you out?
  • Are you currently reading 5, 10 or even more books?

Then you are a “scanner”.

The term was chosen by US life and careers coach Barbara Sher and written about in her recent book “What Do I Do When I Want to Do Everything? - A revolutionary program for doing everything that you love”.

Scanners Night

Scanners Night happens every month in Central London (bar August and December which we sometimes skip).

Our meetings are pretty informal. We kick off with a talk or mini workshop and we then have a chance to have a drink and mingle with the other Scanners.

What makes Scanners Night unique is what happens next - you get a chance to get advice on the spot on your particular situation. Depending on the topic, you might get an expert advising you what to name your book, how to make your business more lucrative, or how to make money out of your latest idea on the Internet.

Not sure you’re a Scanner?

Don’t worry about it. If the topic interests you or you just like the sound of the evening, come along. The crowd is a mix of Scanners, entrepreneurs, creative types and regular human beings. Sometimes we do a bit of speedy networking but even when we don’t somehow people always manage to meet each other anyway.

To read about the next Scanners Night and register to come along go to this bit of the Home page.

Here are some unsolicited comments from attendees of recent Scanners Nights:

“an insightful and enjoyable night full of excellent tips and some brilliant people!!”

“great to meet so many dynamic people all doing their own thing and get some good networking in too”

“fantastic event”

“really inspiring, we got a lot out of being there”

Scanners Night is run by me, John Williams, with help from expert speakers and other generous people. See the about page for more.

Book for the next Scanners Night HERE

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