What a classic '80s movie tells us about today's language of financial advice

Ah, New Year's resolutions. A bane and blessing in equal measure at this time of year. The promise of so much optimism as yet untempered by the reality of previous years' lapsed gym memberships and unlearned languages. Yet vulnerable to the dual threats of Blue Monday and Duolingo's (very judgey!) owl lurking around the corner. In a brazen attempt to curry favour with Scottish financial planners of a certain age, I'd like to invoke the 1980s film classic, Gregory's Girl. In so far as proposing that we collectively aim to expand the advice profession's lexicon beyond the two-word limit of...