46 ratings | 3 reviews | avg rating:4.63

David Scott’s Followers (25)

David’s Bookshelves

to-read (31)
currently-reading (4)
read (46)

David’s Friends (67)

Ally

472 books | 88 friends

Stephanie Gillespie

1,666 books | 1,814 friends

K.A. Linde

1,146 books | 2,981 friends

Angela McPherson

601 books | 461 friends

Alexandra

8,562 books | 1,030 friends

Sarah

1,033 books | 110 friends

Joyce Chua

1,348 books | 782 friends

Tasha Williams

888 books | 137 friends

More friends…

David Scott

Goodreads Author

Website

http://www.authordavidscott.com

Twitter

DScottwrites

Genre

Spirituality, Fiction

Member Since

July 2014

edit data

David Scott was born in the United States, and raised in the world. He currently resides in Singapore, but remains deeply connected to the passion that is Paris, the power shift that finds its new home in Asia, and the movement to co-create and cooperate that had its genesis for him in America; its inspiration both within and throughout.

David has spent his career in the field of education, his life in the field of service. He is perhaps best known for his contributions as an accomplished entrepreneur, investor and leader in education, establishing and stewarding innovative school systems of size and scope in North America, the Middle East and Pacific Asia. He has played both visionary leader and humble student, with each measure of the worl David Scott was born in the United States, and raised in the world. He currently resides in Singapore, but remains deeply connected to the passion that is Paris, the power shift that finds its new home in Asia, and the movement to co-create and cooperate that had its genesis for him in America; its inspiration both within and throughout.

David has spent his career in the field of education, his life in the field of service. He is perhaps best known for his contributions as an accomplished entrepreneur, investor and leader in education, establishing and stewarding innovative school systems of size and scope in North America, the Middle East and Pacific Asia. He has played both visionary leader and humble student, with each measure of the world his teacher. David’s work in education and support of the life sciences has provided hope for a more advanced, equitable and sustainable means to greater health and life for those he has been privileged in knowing.

The central theme of both his scholarship as an educationist and his work as an author is the delicate but essential role of relationships. David’s travels have provided a cross-cultural perspective on relationships of a human nature. His discovery of the inner worlds through meditation and study of various teachings has offered a glimpse into the power of the possible that resides within. It is this he seeks to help unveil in all through education and transformative writing.

With a poetic note and romantic view to the worlds available to us all, David Scott’s writing explores relationships of a higher nature, with a particular emphasis on the Masters and their timely messages. His novel The Longest Distance has been called a meditation from the head to the heart, and an awakening to what lies within. It serves as a pathway to the eternal that is ours to claim.

David may be recognized in the world for his contributions to education. Yet, he remains humbled by the many lessons—the gifts—the world has bestowed upon him as his teacher.

He now remains at your service as an author. ...more

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask David Scott questions, please sign up.

Popular Answered Questions

How do you deal with writer’s block?

David Scott By overcoming the restriction we place on ourselves that something must occur on our timetable. If it’s not there--the flow, the inspiration, the word…moreBy overcoming the restriction we place on ourselves that something must occur on our timetable. If it’s not there--the flow, the inspiration, the words--then get up and go do something else. And just allow yourself whatever time it takes for that inspiration to come pouring through. Sometimes I write in the mornings, sometimes in the evenings during that quiet period when the rest of the world around me is at rest. Sometimes I require earplugs; sometimes it’s merely a matter of unplugging in the many ways that we have to unplug, and thus ‘plug in’. And I believe this applies to any form of writing because even a great mystery novel or love story or even if one were writing something nonfictional, there is still more in there than there is purely in the mind. One just needs to find the pathway to greater possibility and then find the time to walk it. What they will discover, on the other side, is just that… another side of themselves that waits patiently for an invitation to enter through the written channels. This way, we use our writing blocks as stepping stones.(less)

flag

2 likes · like
Comment

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

David Scott In this, I can only speak for myself because I think every author would give you a slightly different answer. My answer would be a sense of freedom th…moreIn this, I can only speak for myself because I think every author would give you a slightly different answer. My answer would be a sense of freedom that I experience when I write, and the connectedness that occurs with that deeper part of me through the unveiling of the next word, the next sentence; the next chapter. It’s a liberation from a quite pragmatic, somewhat limiting world—which has in it’s own right been a blessing for me in many ways—and an ascension into a world that is also available with each new breath. Again, if one can muster the courage to do so.(less)

flag

2 likes · like
Comment

See all 6 answers from David Scott…

Combine Editions
David Scott’s books

Average rating: 4.33 · 30 ratings · 17 reviews · 1 distinct work

The Longest Distance

4.33 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.

0 posts
David Scott's Blog

David Scott hasn't written any blog posts yet.

David is Currently Reading

David Scott is currently reading

On the Road

by Jack Kerouac

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Jul 21, 2015 01:57AM

David Scott is currently reading

Xamnesia: Everything I Forgot in My Search for an Unreal Life

by Lizzie Harwood (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Jul 21, 2015 01:54AM

David Scott is currently reading

School Leadership and Administration (Reference Books In International Education)

by Allan Walker

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Mar 17, 2015 02:10AM

Quotes by David Scott (?)

“As love leads the way, the steps will be made easy.”
― David Scott, The Longest Distance

tags: finding-love, finding-oneself, inspirational, love

5 likes

“There is an old saying in the Hindi proverbs that goes something like this: ‘If one is good, then the whole world is good.’ ‘I believe it speaks to our choice in how we choose to live and what is returned to us in kind.’ He chuckled. ‘Maybe, when the whole world is good, that is when God gets to sleep.”
― David Scott, The Longest Distance

2 likes

“The mind is restless, turbulent, powerful, violent… trying to control it is like trying to control the wind.”
― David Scott, The Longest Distance

2 likes

See all David Scott's quotes »

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Success @ Life By...: Introduce Yourself	52	133	Feb 16, 2015 03:47PM
Goodreads Singapore: * What Are You Currently Reading / Just Read	375	1683	Dec 25, 2022 06:59PM