Alain Guillot Show: Recent Episodes
Alain Guillot
Show about personal finance and entrepreneurship. We discuss how to save money, how to make money and how to invest your money. We do dialogs and interviews with authors, bloggers, personal finance experts, and entrepreneurs.
https://www.alainguillot.com/kamal-gupta/ Kamal Gupta is a highly successful money manager, a professional blackjack. He's the author of Play It Right: The Remarkable Story of a Gambler Who Beat the Odds on Wall Street.
https://www.alainguillot.com/jonathan-haskel/ Jonathan Haskel is Professor of Economics at Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London and author of the book Restarting the Future: How to Fix the Intangible Economy
https://www.alainguillot.com/Joe-Little/ In this episode he shares his journey as Global Facilitator, Trainer, Certified Coach. we spoke about the definition of those titles, trends in the corporate world from the mass resignation to quiet quitting. And finally, Joe Little shared some tips on how to speak in front of an audience.
https://www.alainguillot.com/jennifer-garvey-berger/ Jennifer Garvey Berger is the CEO of Cultivating Leadership, and the author of Unleash Your Complexity Genius: Growing Your Inner Capacity to Lead.
https://www.alainguillot.com/sheru-aangrish/ Sheru Aangrish, Mr. Indian, is an entrepreneur, IFBB Promoter, Actor, and Bodybuilder. We talk about how to have a winner's mindset.
https://www.alainguillot.com/ann-hood/ Ann Hood is a novelist and short story writer; her latest book is Fly Girl: A Memoir
https://www.alainguillot.com/hussain-almossawi/ Hussain Almossawi is a Product Designer, digital artist, and author of The Innovator's Handbook: A Short Guide to Unleashing Your Creative Mindset.
https://www.alainguillot.com/mary-ellen-iskenderian Mary Ellen Iskenderian is President and CEO of Women’s World Banking and author of the book There's Nothing Micro about a Billion Women: Making Finance Work for Women
https://www.alainguillot.com/belle-liang-and-timothy-klein/ Belle Liang and Timothy Klein are the authors of How to Navigate Life: The New Science of Finding Your Way in School, Career, and Beyond.
https://www.alainguillot.com/theresa-brown/ Theresa Brown is a registered nurse and an author. Her latest book is Healing: When a Nurse Becomes a Patient
https://www.alainguillot.com/joan-dejean/ Joan DeJean is a trustee Professor of Romance Languages at the University of Pennsylvania. Her latest book is Mutinous Women: How French Convicts Became Founding Mothers of the Gulf Coast.
https://www.alainguillot.com/frans-de-waal Frans de Waal is biologist and primatologist known for his work on the behavior and social intelligence of primates. His latest book is Different: Gender Through the Eyes of a Primatologist. Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3Pyoi1o
https://www.alainguillot.com/rick-detweiler/ Dr. Richard A. Detweiler, the founder and managing director of HigherEdImpact; he's also the author of The Evidence Liberal Arts Needs: Lives of Consequence, Inquiry, and Accomplishment. Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3AFBb5A
https://www.alainguillot.com/oded-galor/ Oded Galor is a Professor of Economics at Brown University. He's author of the book The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality. Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3AnfbMK
https://www.alainguillot.com/daisy-pitkin/ Daisy Pitkin shows us A portrait of the American labor movement with her book On the Line: A Story of Class, Solidarity, and Two Women's Epic Fight to Build a Union. Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3yq5BHs
https://www.alainguillot.com/isaac-stone-fish Isaac Stone Fish is the founder and CEO of Strategy Risks. He's also the author of America Second: How America's Elites Are Making China Stronger. Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3O7Qdow
https://www.alainguillot.com/neil-lanctot/ Neil Lanctot, Ph.D. is a historian who has written four books. His latest book is The Approaching Storm: Roosevelt, Wilson, Addams, and Their Clash Over America's Future. Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3xBxc6D
https://www.alainguillot.com/carl-rhodes/ Carl Rhodes is Professor of Organization Studies and Dean at UTS Business School in Sydney, Australia. He's the author of Woke Capitalism: How Corporate Morality is Sabotaging Democracy. Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3tFBHvT
https://www.alainguillot.com/matthew-e-kahn/ Matthew E. Kahn a Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California. He's the author of Going Remote: How the Flexible Work Economy Can Improve Our Lives and Our Cities. Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3x5uxlp
https://www.alainguillot.com/pauline-boss/ Pauline Boss is known as a pioneer in the interdisciplinary study of family stress.
https://www.alainguillot.com/nick-maggiulli/
Nick Maggiulli is the Chief Operating Officer and Data Scientist at Ritholtz Wealth Management, he's the author of Just Keep Buying: Proven ways to save money and build your wealth.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/rosemary-salomone/
Rosemary Salomone is a Professor of Law at St. John's University, she is the author of The Rise of English: Global Politics and the Power of Language.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/robin-taub/
Robin Taub is a keynote speaker and author of The Wisest Investment: Teaching Your Kids to Be Responsible, Independent and Money-Smart for Life.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/herbie-cohen/
Rich Cohen is a non-fiction writer and the son of Herbie Cohen, the World's Greatest Negotiator. Rich shares the life of his father plus some essential negotiation techniques.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/jeff-schnader/
Jeff Schnader is an author of fiction, His first novel, THE SERPENT PAPERS, is about the Columbia University 1972 Vietnam War Protests.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/shakil-choudhury/
Shakil Choudhury is an award-winning educator and consultant, he's the author of Deep Diversity: A Compassionate, Scientific Approach to Achieving Racial Justice.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/kelly-weill/
Kelly Weill is a journalist and the author of Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People Will Believe Anything.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/vivian-james-rigney/
Vivian James Rigney is the author of Naked at the Knife-Edge: What Everest Taught Me about Leadership and the Power of Vulnerability.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/anne-marie-slaughter/
Anne-Marie Slaughter is the author of Renewal: From Crisis to Transformation in Our Lives, Work, and Politics.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/simon-maltais/
Dr. Simon Maltais is an active cardiac surgeon and the author of Healthcare Anonymous: Put Yourself First to Avoid Anxiety, Addiction, and Burnout.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/florence-williams/
Florence Williams is a journalist, author, and podcaster, She is the author of Heartbreak: A Personal and Scientific Journey.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/keren-tsuk/
Keren Tsuk is the author of Mindfully Wise Leadership: The Secret of Today's Leaders
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https://www.alainguillot.com/tanvir-bhangoo/
Tanvir Bhangoo combines the principles that helped him win championships, both in the boardroom and in football, to build championship teams in uncertain, chaotic, and digital-first environments.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/deborah-dash-moore/
Deborah Dash Moore is a Professor of History and a Professor of Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. Her latest book is Jewish New York: The Remarkable Story of a City and a People.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/lillian-faderman/
Lillian Faderman is a historian focused on lesbian history. Her latest book is Woman: The American History of an Idea.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/andy-bowman/
Andy Bowman is the author of The West Texas Power Plant that Saved the World: Energy, Capitalism, and Climate Change.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/linda-hirshman/
Linda Hirshman is a lawyer and cultural historian. Her latest book is The Color Of Abolition: How a Printer, a Prophet, and a Contessa Moved a Nation.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/william-r-short-and-reynir-a-oskarson/
William R. Short and Reynir A. Óskarson are the author of Men of Terror: A Comprehensive Analysis of Viking Combat.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/megan-kate-nelson/
Megan Kate Nelson is a journalist and a historian. Her latest book is Saving Yellowstone: Exploration and Preservation in Reconstruction America.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/farah-jasmine-griffin/
Farah Jasmine Griffin is a Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, she is the author of Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/reece-jones/
Reece Jones is a Professor of Geography and author of White Borders: The History of Race and Immigration in the United States from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/steve-white/
Steve White was president of Comcast’s West Division and author of Uncompromising: How an Unwavering Commitment to Your Why Leads to an Impactful Life and a Lasting Legacy.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/emily-west/
Emily West is the author of Buy Now: How Amazon Branded Convenience and Normalized Monopoly.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/payal-kadakia/
Payal Kadakia is the founder and was executive chairman of ClassPass, a billion-dollar business, and author of LifePass: Develop the Mindset, Techniques, and Goals to Optimize Your Life.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/Matt-Drayton/
Matt Drayton is an Army veteran who has led and mentored hundreds of men and women. He's the author of Leading While Black: Leadership Strategies and Lessons for Today's Black Professional.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/Dave McOmie/
Dave McOmie breaks into bank vaults and jewelry store safes for a living. He tells us how he does it in his book Safecracker: A Chronicle of the Coolest Job in the World.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/andrew-binns/
Andy Binns is a management advisor, award-winning author, and speaker on innovation and change. His book is Corporate Explorer: How Corporations Beat Startups at the Innovation Game.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/ralf-specht/
Ralf Specht is a visionary business leader and creator of the Soul System(TM). His book is Building Corporate Soul: Powering Culture & Success with the Soul System™
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https://www.alainguillot.com/myke-cole/
Myke Cole is an American author of fantasy, science fiction, and non-fiction. His latest book is The Bronze Lie: Shattering the Myth of Spartan Warrior Supremacy.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/sonya-jensen/
Sonya Jensen is a Naturopathic Physician with a mission to change the way women understand their bodies and themselves. Her book is Woman Unleashed: Release Your Story, Revive Your Hormones & Reclaim Your Freedom.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/paul-belleflamme
Paul Belleflamme is professor at UCLouvain. He's co-author of The Economics of Platforms: Concepts and Strategy.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/bobby-duffy/
Bobby Duffy is Professor of Public Policy and author of The Generation Myth: Why When You're Born Matters Less Than You Think.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/wyatt-williams/
Wyatt Williams is a former restaurant critic. His book is Springer Mountain: Meditations on Killing and Eating.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/jeffrey-h-jackson/
Jeffrey H. Jackson is a Professor of History and the author of several books about European history and culture. His latest book is Paper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives to Defy the Nazis.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/casey-michel/
Casey Michel is a journalist and author of the book American Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Created the World's Greatest Money Laundering Scheme in History.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/deborah-tuerkheimer/
Deborah Tuerkheimer, former prosecutor, legal expert, and leading authority on sexual violence examines why we are primed to disbelieve allegations of sexual abuse, her book is Credible: Why We Doubt Accusers and Protect Abusers
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https://www.alainguillot.com/dick-lehr/
Dick Lehr, a professor of journalism at Boston University, is the author of seven books. His latest is White Hot Hate: A True Story of Domestic Terrorism in America's Heartland.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/debby-applegate/
Debby Applegate is a historian and biographer, her book is Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler, Icon of the Jazz Age.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/ronald-gruner/
Ronald Gruner is an entrepreneur, founder, and CEO of three technology companies. His book is We the Presidents: How American Presidents Shaped the Last Century.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/living-to-100/
We are not yet able to live forever but with a bit of luck and planning, we can easily make it to 100 years, here is how I am doing it.
https://www.alainguillot.com/laurence-kotlikoff/
Laurence Kotlikoff is a Professor of Economics at Boston University. His book is Money Magic: An Economist's Secrets to More Money, Less Risk, and a Better Life.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/new-year-resolution/
January 2nd is the day that most resolutions start. Going to the gym, eating healthy, quitting smoking or drinking, etc.
But why set an arbitrary date like the new year? Why not start right now? This afternoon?
Unfortunately, most resolutions are not kept. Most resolutions don’t depend on a date but on the environment surrounding that resolution.
https://www.alainguillot.com/paco-underhill/
Paco Underhill is an author and speaker. His latest book is How We Eat: The Brave New World of Food and Drink.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/wendy-syfret/
Wendy Syfret is an award-winning writer and editor. She's the author of The Sunny Nihilist: How a Meaningless Life Can Make You Truly Happy.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/andy-norman/
Andy Norman is an award-winning author and public philosopher. His book is Mental Immunity: Infectious Ideas, Mind-Parasites, and the Search for a Better Way to Think.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/anne-lester/(opens in a new tab)
Anne Lester is a retirement expert, highly sought-after speaker, and media commentator with over two decades of experience in all aspects of retirement.
https://www.alainguillot.com/sravan-ankaraju/
Sravan Ankaraju aims to educate readers about the new technological economy. His book is Hackers and Heroes:: How Everyone Can Participate in the Tech Economy.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/elbridge-a-colby/
Elbridge A. Colby served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy and Force Development. His book is The Strategy of Denial: American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/jeremy-dauber/
Jeremy Dauber is a professor of Jewish literature and American Studies at Columbia University. His latest book is American Comics: A History
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https://www.alainguillot.com/ryan-busse/
Ryan Busse is a former firearms executive who helped build one of the world’s most iconic gun companies. His book is Gunfight: My Battle Against the Industry that Radicalized America.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/howard-french/
Howard Waring French is a journalist, author, and photographer, as well as professor since 2008 at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. His book is Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/hannah-farber/
Hannah Farber is an assistant professor of history at Columbia University. Her book is Underwriters of the United States: How Insurance Shaped the American Founding.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/jonathan-alter/
Jonathan H. Alter is a journalist, best-selling author, Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker, and television producer. His latest book is His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, a Life.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/alan-mikhail/
Alan Mikhail is a Professor of History at Yale University. He's widely recognized for his work in Middle Eastern and global history. His latest book is God's Shadow: Sultan Selim, His Ottoman Empire, and the Making of the Modern World.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/omar-mouallem/
Omar Mouallem is a writer, journalist, editor, filmmaker, commentator, educator, and small-business owner. His book is Praying to the West: How Muslims Shaped the Americas.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/jorge-l-contreras/
Jorge L. Contreras is a Professor of Law at the University of Utah. His book is The Genome Defense: Inside the Epic Legal Battle to Determine Who Owns Your DNA.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/ladoris-hazzard-cordell/
LaDoris Hazzard Cordell was the first female African-American judge in Northern California, she shares her experience in her book Her Honor: My Life on the Bench...What Works, What's Broken, and How to Change It.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/george-makari/
George Jack Makari is a historian, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst. His latest book is Of Fear and Strangers: A History of Xenophobia.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/talya-miron-shatz/
Dr. Talya Miron-Shatz is passionate about helping you lead with better medical and health choices. Her book is Your Life Depends on It: What You Can Do to Make Better Choices About Your Health.
You can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3rJf9dL
https://www.alainguillot.com/jerad-alexander/
Jerad Alexander joined the US Marines straight out of high school, eager for action. He shared his experience in his book: Volunteers: Growing Up in the Forever War.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/eric-helleiner/
Eric Helleiner is an author and Professor of Political Science and the Faculty of Arts Chair in International Political Economy at the University of Waterloo. His book is The Neomercantilists: A Global Intellectual History.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/tom-standage/
Tom Standage is deputy editor of The Economist. He's the author of A Brief History of Motion: From the Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/n-west-moss/
Like millions of women, N. West Moss experienced the emotional pain and physical distress of infertility, She shares her experience in her book Flesh & Blood: Reflections on Infertility, Family, and Creating a Bountiful Life: A Memoir.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/jamie-flinchbaugh/
Jamie Flinchbaugh is the author of People Solve Problems: The Power of Every Person, Every Day, Every Problem
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https://www.alainguillot.com/joshua-prager/
For more than twenty years, Joshua Prager, a former senior writer for The Wall Street Journal, has written about historical secrets. His latest book is The Family Roe: An American Story.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/susan-laubach/
Susan Laubach, PhD has had a distinguished career as an author, playwright, actress and educator. Her latest book is Rumpelstiltskin's Rules for Making Your Farthings Grow.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/nina-banks/
Nina Banks is an American economist, her book is Democracy, Race, and Justice: The Speeches and Writings of Sadie T. M. Alexander.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/jose-antonio-bowen/
José Antonio Bowen has been leading innovation and change for over 35 years. His book is Teaching Change: How to Develop Independent Thinkers Using Relationships, Resilience, and Reflection.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/sarah-everts/
Sarah Everts holds a master's degree in chemistry, she's a journalist and author. Her book is The Joy of Sweat: The Strange Science of Perspiration
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https://www.alainguillot.com/casey-gueren/
Casey Gueren is an award-winning health journalist, an experienced editor, and a strategic content manager. Her book is It's Probably Nothing: The Stress-Less Guide to Dealing with Health Anxiety, Wellness Fads, and Overhyped Headlines.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/parag-khanna/
Parag Khanna is a leading global strategy advisor, world traveller, and best-selling author. His book is Move: The Forces Uprooting Us.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/kevin-boyle/
Kevin Boyle is the William Smith Mason Professor of American History at Northwestern University. His book is The Shattering: America in the 1960s.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/kyla-schuller/
Kyla Schuller is an award-winning feminist scholar who uncovers new intersections between race, gender, sexuality, and the sciences. Her book is The Trouble with White Women: A Counterhistory of Feminism.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/edward-dolnick/
Edward Dolnick is a journalist and an author. His latest book is The Writing of the Gods: The Race to Decode the Rosetta Stone.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/jeff-shesol/
Jeff Shesol is a historian, speechwriter, and comic strip author. His book is Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/david-bahnsen/
David Bahnsen is the founder, Managing Partner, and Chief Investment Officer of The Bahnsen Group. His book is There's No Free Lunch: 250 Economic Truths.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/tim-marshall/
Tim Marshall is a journalist, author, and broadcaster, specializing in foreign affairs and international diplomacy, His latest book is The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/jill-gianola/
Margaret Price and Jill Gianola bring decades of experience in journalism and in financial planning in their book Single Women and Money: How to Live Well on Your Income.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/fiona-hill/
Fiona Hill grew up in a world of terminal decay, through education she manage to come to the U.S. and serve under three different presidents. Her book is There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/beronda-montgomery/
Beronda L. Montgomery, Ph.D., is a writer, science communicator, and professor. Her book is Lessons from Plants.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/philip-danieri/
Philip D'Anieri teaches courses on the built environment at the University of Michigan, his book is The Appalachian Trail: A Biography. The Appalachian Trail is America’s most beloved trek, with millions of hikers setting foot on it every year.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/robin-wigglesworth/
Robin Wigglesworth is a finance correspondent based in Oslo, Norway. He focuses on the biggest trends reshaping markets, investing, and finance across the world. His book is Trillions: How a Band of Wall Street Renegades Invented the Index Fund and Changed Finance Forever.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/sahil-lavingia/
Sahil Lavingia is the founder of Gumroad, an angel investor, painter, and writer. His latest book is The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/bill-schutt/
Bill Schutt is a vertebrate zoologist and author of six nonfiction and fiction books, including Pump: A Natural History of the Heart.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/richard-a-williams/
Richard A. Williams, an FDA insider, reveals its inner workings its failed strategies in his book Fixing Food: An FDA Insider Unravels the Myths and the Solutions.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/vanessa-riley/
Vanessa Riley is an author of historical fiction showcasing the hidden histories of women of color. Here latest book is Island Queen.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/gordon-s-wood/
Gordon S. Wood is a historian and professor at Brown University. His latest book is Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution.
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Tra is a speaker, author, entrepreneur, and nationally recognized expert in entrepreneurship and business strategy. His book is Boss Brain: Unlock Your Entrepreneurial Instincts.
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Samuel Moyn is a professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and Professor of History at Yale University. His latest book is Humane: How the United States Abandoned Peace and Reinvented War.
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Joseph John Ellis is a historian whose work focuses on the lives and times of the founders of the United States of America. His latest book is The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783.
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Alexandra Brodsky litigates high-impact cases concerning civil rights abuses in schools and the criminal legal system. Her book is Sexual Justice: Supporting Victims, Ensuring Due Process, and Resisting the Conservative Backlash.
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Robert Levine is a University Professor of English at the University of Maryland. His latest book is The Failed Promise: Reconstruction, Frederick Douglass, and the Impeachment of Andrew Johnson.
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Eyal Press is a writer and journalist who contributes to The New Yorker, The New York Times, and other publications. His latest book is Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America.
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Kai Bird is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer. His new biography is The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter.
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Benjamin Smith is a professor of Latin American history at the University of Warwick, his latest book is The Dope: The Real History of the Mexican Drug Trade.
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Scott Ellsworth is an American and the author of four books. His latest book is The Ground Breaking: The Tulsa Race Massacre and an American City's Search for Justice.
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Michael Moss was a journalist for The Wall Street Journal and the author of many books. His latest is Hooked: Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit Our Addictions.
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Erwin Chemerinsky is the Dean Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. His latest book is Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights.
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Avram Miller is a businessperson, venture capitalist, scientist, technologist, and musician, his book is The Flight of a Wild Duck: An Improbable Journey Through Life and Technology.
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Annik LaFarge is a writer, editor, photographer, and lecturer. Her latest book is Chasing Chopin: A Musical Journey Across Three Centuries, Four Countries, and a Half-Dozen Revolutions.
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Joshua D Rothman is a historian. He is a professor and chair for the department of history at the University of Alabama. His book is The Ledger and the Chain: How Domestic Slave Traders Shaped America,
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Sasha Issenberg: How same-sex marriage was legalized in 25 years
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David Sumpter is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Uppsala, Sweden. His new book is The Ten Equations That Rule the World: And How You Can Use Them Too.
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Jeff Brown is an author and host of the Read to Lead Podcast. After eight years of hosting the Read to Lead Podcast, Jeff wrote the book Read to Lead: The Simple Habit That Expands Your Influence and Boosts Your Career.
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Andrew J. Bacevich Jr. is a historian specializing in international relations, security studies, American foreign policy, and American diplomatic and military history. His new book is After the Apocalypse: America's Role in a World Transformed.
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Tim Madigan is an author and a journalist. His latest book is The Burning: Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.
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Stephen Kurczy is an award-winning journalist. His first book is The Quiet Zone: Unraveling the Mystery of a Town Suspended in Silence.
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Hussein Al-Baiaty is a refugee from the Iraqi war, since then he has become a business owner proving an inspiration to other refugees. His book is Art of Resilience: The Refugee State of Mind.
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Nicola Twilley is a writer and journalist. She is a co-host of the podcast Gastropod and a contributor to The New Yorker. She is the co-author of Until Proven Safe: The History and Future of Quarantine.
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Roya Hakakian is an American poet, journalist, and writer. Born in Iran, she came to the United States as a refugee and is now a naturalized citizen. Her latest book is A Beginner's Guide to America: For the Immigrant and the Curious.
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Amy Sohn is the New York Times-bestselling author of twelve books. Her latest book is The Man Who Hated Women: Sex, Censorship, and Civil Liberties in the Gilded Age.
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Brian Castner is a nonfiction writer, former Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer, and veteran of the Iraq War. His latest book is Stampede: Gold Fever and Disaster in the Klondike.
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Craig Stanland spent two years in federal prison. After he got out he reinvented his life, he became an author and a coach helping others to reinvent their lives as well.
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Dorothy Wickenden is an author of three books and executive editor of The New Yorker since 1996. Her latest book is The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights.
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Dean Jobb is an author, journalist and a professor at the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he teaches in the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction program. His latest book is The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream: The Hunt for a Victorian Era Serial Killer.
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Kate Moore is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. Her latest book is The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear.
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Asia Editor, based in Tokyo, overseeing coverage from Japan, China and South Korea for Automotive News. His book is Collision Course: Carlos Ghosn and the Culture Wars That Upended an Auto Empire,
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Laurence Bergreen is an award-winning biographer, historian, and chronicler of exploration. His latest book is In Search of a Kingdom: Francis Drake, Elizabeth I, and the Perilous Birth of the British Empire
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Kathy Reichs is a crime writer, forensic anthropologist and academic. Her latest book is The Bone Code: A Temperance Brennan Novel (20)
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Egill Bjarnason is an Icelandic journalist, based in Reykjavík. He's the author of How Iceland Changed the World: The Big History of a Small Island
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Do you want to know how corporate Japan behaves? William Sposato will let you know. In this episode, we talk about how the Japanese culture took down Carlos Gohsm from hero to fugitive.
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Wild Rituals: 10 Lessons Animals Can Teach Us About Connection, Community, and Ourselves by Caitlin O'Connell
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Adrienne Raphel is the author of Thinking Inside the Box: Adventures with Crosswords and the Puzzling People Who Can't Live Without Them.
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Kate Masur is a professor of History at Northwestern University. She has written extensively on race and politics in the nineteenth-century United States. Her latest book is Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction.
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Cheryl Diamond is a former outlaw, full time dreamer, and author of three books. Her book is Nowhere Girl: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood.
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Dan Glickman is a politician, lawyer, lobbyist, and nonprofit leader. He served as the United States Secretary of Agriculture from 1995 until 2001, prior to which he represented Kansas's 4th congressional district as a Democrat in Congress for 18 years. He's the author of Laughing at Myself: My Education in Congress, on the Farm, and at the Movies
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George Packer is a journalist, novelist, and playwright. His latest book is Last Best Hope: America in Crisis and Renewal.
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The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous by Joseph Henrich.
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Dr. Gabija Toleikyte is a neuroscientist, lecturer, and performance and wellbeing coach. Her book is Why the F*ck Can't I Change? : Insights from a neuroscientist to show that you can.
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Ben Ho is an associate professor of behavioural economics at Vassar College and author of the book Why Trust Matters: An Economist's Guide to the Ties that Bind Us.
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Glen Weldon is a writer, cultural critic, and podcaster. His book is NPR's Podcast Start-Up Guide: Create, Launch, and Grow a Podcast on Any Budget.
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Dennis John Kucinich is an American politician. A U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1997 to 2013, he was also a candidate for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States in 2004 and 2008. His book is The Division of Light and Power.
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Bernadette Barton is Professor of Sociology and Director of Gender Studies at Morehead State University. Her research and teaching interests include sexuality, gender, popular culture, religion, qualitative methods, and the sex industry. Her latest book is The Pornification of America: How Raunch Culture Is Ruining Our Society.
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Ian Leslie is a writer and author of acclaimed books on human behavior. He's the author of Conflicted: How Productive Disagreements Lead to Better Outcomes
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Marty Parker is the founder and chief executive officer of Waterstone Human Capital. His latest book is The Culturepreneur: How High-Performance Leaders Craft Culture as Competitive Advantage.
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Leidy Klotz is a Professor at the University of Virginia, with appointments in Engineering, Architecture, and Business. His latest book is Subtract: The Untapped Science of Less.
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Ryan Leak is an author, speaker, executive coach, and podcaster. His book is Chasing Failure: How Falling Short Sets You Up for Success.
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Elizabeth Hinton is the author of America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s.
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Noe Alvarez ran a 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land and shared his journey in his book Spirit Run.
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In Children Under Fire, John Woodrow Cox investigates the effectiveness of gun safety reforms as well as efforts to manage children’s trauma in the wake of neighborhood shootings and campus massacres, from Columbine to Marjory Stoneman Douglas.
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Alan Shaw Taylor is a historian and scholar who serves as the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor of History at the University of Virginia. His latest book is American Republics: A Continental History of the United States, 1783-1850
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Nadya Zhexembayeva is an author, educator, and business owner. She has written three and contributed to five books about business, strategy, and sustainability. Her latest book is The Chief Reinvention Officer Handbook: How to Thrive in Chaos
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In The Platform Paradox: How Digital Businesses Succeed in an Ever-Changing Global Marketplace, Wharton professor Mauro F. Guillén highlights a key incongruity in this new world.
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Robert Lefkowitz is the author of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Stockholm: The Adrenaline-Fueled Adventures of an Accidental Scientist.
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Emily Jane Willingham is a journalist and scientist. Her writing focuses on neuroscience, genetics, psychology, health and medicine, and occasionally on evolution and ecology. Her latest book is Phallacy: Life Lessons from the Animal Penis.
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Angus Fletcher is a professor of story science at Ohio State's Project Narrative, the world's leading academic think-tank for the study of stories. His book is Wonderworks: The 25 Most Powerful Inventions in the History of Literature.
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Tero Moliis is an experienced serial entrepreneur & business developer, university professor, mentor, and published game designer. His book is Life Is A Sandcastle: “Nothing is permanent, except the things you create temporarily.”
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Judson Alyn Brewer, M.D., Ph.D., is a psychiatrist, neuroscientist, and New York Times, best-selling author. His latest book is Unwinding Anxiety: New Science Shows How to Break the Cycles of Worry and Fear to Heal Your Mind
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Arthur Kanegis is the Director/Producer of "The World Is My Country" about the amazing adventures of World Citizen # 1 Garry Davis.
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Philip Ball is a freelance science writer. His latest book is The Modern Myths: Adventures in the Machinery of the Popular Imagination
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Barbie the Welder had her share of slaps in the face by the many difficult circumstances in her life, until one day she found her passion. She has become successful at her craft and is sharing her journey so that you too, can find that thing that motivates you.
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Glenn Frankel worked for many years at the Washington Post, where he served as bureau chief in London, Jerusalem, and Southern Africa, winning a Pulitzer Prize in 1989 for International Reporting. His book is Shooting Midnight Cowboy: Art, Sex, Loneliness, Liberation, and the Making of a Dark Classic.
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The son of a diplomat, Daniel Levin spent his early years in the Middle East and in Africa and then trained as a lawyer. His book is Proof of Life: Twenty Days on the Hunt for a Missing Person in the Middle East.
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Seb Falk is a historian, teacher, broadcaster, and historical consultant. His book is The Light Ages: The Surprising Story of Medieval Science.
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Jeremy DeSilva is a paleoanthropologist, specializing in the locomotion of the first apes (hominoids) and early human ancestors (hominins). His book is First Steps: How Upright Walking Made Us Human.
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Jennifer Barrett is the author of the new book, Think Like a Breadwinner: A Wealth-Building Manifesto for Women Who Want to Earn More (and Worry Less).
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Suzanne Koven is a primary care physician and the inaugural writer-in-residence at Massachusetts General Hospital. Her latest book is Letter to a Young Female Physician: Notes from a Medical Life.
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June 1st, 2021, marks 100 years since the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre — an act of city-sanctioned white violence that murdered up to 300 Black men, women, and children, destroyed the Black neighborhood of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and then was erased from history. Kevin Matthews retells the story and suggests how to rebuild the neighborhood.
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Ted Seides, CFA created Capital Allocators LLC to explore best practices in the asset management industry. His latest book is Capital Allocators: How the world’s elite money managers lead and invest.
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Carl Zimmer is an award-winning science writer. His latest book is Life's Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive.
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Kermit Pattison is a journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times, GQ, Fast Company, and Inc., among many other publications. His book is Fossil Men: The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind
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Roland Ennos is a visiting professor of biological sciences at the University of Hull. He is the author of successful textbooks on plants, biomechanics, and statistics. His latest book is The Age of Wood: Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization.
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Julia Pimsleur is a scaling coach, mindset expert, speaker, and best-selling author, her new book is Go Big Now: 8 Essential Mindset Practices to Overcome Any Obstacle and Reach Your Goals.
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Dr. Brandy Schillace writes about culture, the history of medicine, and the intersections of medicine and literature. Her latest book is Mr. Humble and Dr. Butcher.
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Aidan McCullen is an Irish former professional rugby player, transformation consultant, and executive coach. Aidan is a board member, adviser, lecturer, executive coach, consultant, and host of the Innovation Show. His book is Undisruptable: A Mindset of Permanent Reinvention for Individuals, Organisations, and Life.
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Patrick Colletti is a leadership and organizational culture expert, business growth advisor, champion for "refounders" and author of the book Refounder: How Transformational Leaders Take What's Broken and Make it Better.
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Alice Baumgartner's book project, South to Freedom, uses the story of American slaves who escaped to Mexico during the nineteenth century as a lens for understanding Mexico’s rise as an antislavery republic and its overlooked significance to the United States.
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Amanda Frost Frost writes and teaches in the fields of constitutional law, immigration and citizenship law, federal courts and jurisdiction, and judicial ethics. Her book is You Are Not American: Citizenship Stripping from Dred Scott to the Dreamers
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Samuel Sanders, as an entrepreneur, has a strong desire to disrupt and create positive change in every group or organization he becomes a part of. His book is Your Next Big Idea: Improve Your Creativity and Problem-Solving.
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Journalist Danielle Dreilinger is the author of The Secret History of Home Economics
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Lydia Denworth is a science journalist and author. She is the contributing editor for Scientific American and writes for Psychology Today. Her work has also appeared in The Atlantic, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Time. Her latest book is Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life's Fundamental Bond.
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Robert Pearl is a practicing physician, Stanford professor, Forbes.com contributor, and former medical group CEO. His latest book is Uncaring: How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors and Patients.
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Jim Detert is a Professor of Business Administration at the University of Virginia. His book is Choosing Courage: The Everyday Guide to Being Brave at Work.
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Eric Redmond has advised state and national governments, Fortune 100 companies, and groups as varied as the World Economic Forum and MIT Media Lab. His book is Deep Tech: Demystifying the Breakthrough Technologies That Will Revolutionize Everything.
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Minter Dial is a storyteller, filmmaker, four-time author, and an international professional speaker. His book is You Lead: How Being Yourself Makes You a Better Leader
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Michelle Seiler Tucker is the Founder and CEO of Seiler Tucker Incorporated. Her book is Exit Rich: The 6 P Method to Sell Your Business for Huge Profit.
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JOSHUA GREENE is a popular lecturer on Holocaust history and the spiritual quest, and a brilliant, entertaining communicator. His latest book is Unstoppable: Siggi B. Wilzig's Astonishing Journey from Auschwitz Survivor and Penniless Immigrant to Wall Street Legend.
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Gene Stone has written many books on animal protection and plant-based nutrition, including the #1 New York Times bestseller, Forks Over Knives. His latest book is 72 Reasons to Be Vegan: Why Plant-Based. Why Now.
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James R. Otteson is a Professor of Business Ethics at the University of Notre Dame. His latest book is Seven Deadly Economic Sins: Obstacles to Prosperity and Happiness Every Citizen Should Know.
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Charlene Wheeless is a renowned communications pro, author, and speaker with more than three decades of experience in business, corporate affairs, and communications. Her book is You Are Enough!: Reclaiming Your Career and Your Life with Purpose, Passion, and Unapologetic Authenticity.
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Thomas DeLong is a professor of Management Practice in the Organizational Behavior Department at the Harvard Business School. He is an expert in leadership development, organizational, and career transformation. His book is Teaching by Heart: One Professor's Journey to Inspire.
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Elvin Turner is an award-winning consultant, TEDx speaker, and associate professor of innovation, entrepreneurship & creativity at several business schools. His book is Be Less Zombie: How Great Companies Create Dynamic Innovation, Fearless Leadership, and Passionate People.
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Jon Biemer has more than forty years of experience working on sustainability-creating initiatives. His book is Our Environmental Handprints: Recover the Land, Reverse Global Warming, Reclaim the Future.
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Linda Colley is a British-born historian, currently based at Princeton University. Her book is The Gun, the Ship, and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions, and the Making of the Modern World.
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Kathy Freston is a wellness activist and writer with a focus on healthy eating and conscious living. Her book is 72 Reasons to Be Vegan: Why Plant-Based. Why Now
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Richard Fenning has spent three decades advising multinational companies on volatile geopolitics and severe security crises. His book is: What on Earth Can Go Wrong: Tales from the Risk Business
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Kevin Kelly has a new project, a Kickstarter campaign, The project is a new massive book, 40-years in the making, it's called Vanishing Asia, it is a showcase of 9,000 photographs of the disappearing traditions of Asia, including many traditions that are now gone.
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John Eastwood is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at York University and a clinical psychologist, he's co-author of Out of My Skull: The Psychology of Boredom.
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Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony is a historian of science and technology and curator of the Apollo Spacecraft Collection. Her book is Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project Apollo.
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Jeffrey Korzenik is Chief Investment Strategist for one of the nation’s largest banks. His insights into the economy, markets, manufacturing, and the workforce are frequently cited in the financial and business press. His book is Untapped Talent: How Second Chance Hiring Works for Your Business and the Community.
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Camilla Townsend is a distinguished professor of history with a specialty in Early Native American and Latin American History; Early America. Her book is called Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs.
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Emily Balcetis, Ph.D., is an associate professor of psychology at New York University. Her book is Clearer, Closer, Better: How Successful People See the World.
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James Petrossi is an expert in consciousness, the mind, and creating behavioral change. His book is Know Your True Self: The Formula to Raise Human Consciousness
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Dr. Michael Hallsworth is Managing Director, North America for the Behavioural Insights Team and an Assistant Professor at Columbia University. His book is Behavioral Insights.
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Ainissa Ramirez, PhD. is an award-winning scientist and science communicator, who is passionate about getting the general public excited about science. Her latest book is The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another
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https://www.alainguillot.com/mia-bay/
Mia Bay is a Professor of American History at the University of Pennsylvania. Her latest book is Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance.
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Krister Ungerböck is a leadership communication expert, keynote speaker, and former CEO of a global tech company, his book is 22 Talk SHIFTs: Tools to Transform Leadership in Business, in Partnership, and in Life.
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Holly Catalfamo and Paul Harrietha are the authors of The Invisible Rules: What’s Really Holding Women Back in Business—and How to Fix It
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https://www.alainguillot.com/James-Danckert/
No one likes to be bored. Psychologists James Danckert explains what causes boredom and how to listen to what it is telling you, so you can live a more engaged life.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/David-Jenyns/
David Jenyns systemized himself out of his own job finding a CEO to replace him. Now he shows us how we can systemize ourselves out of our businesses with his book SYSTEMology: Create time, reduce errors and scale your profits with proven business systems.
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Lance Mortlock is a strategic partner with Ernst & Young, based in Canada. He has provided management consulting services over 20 years to more than 60 organizations in 11 countries overseeing hundreds of projects. His book is Disaster-Proof: Scenario Planning for a Post-Pandemic Future
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https://www.alainguillot.com/alan-payne/
Alan Payne spent thirty-one years in the movie rental business, the last twenty-five of those as a Blockbuster retail franchisee. His book is Built to Fail: The Inside Story of Blockbuster's Inevitable Bust.
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Cade Metz is a reporter with The New York Times, covering artificial intelligence, driverless cars, robotics, virtual reality, and other emerging areas. Genius Makers is his first book.
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Tobey Pearl debut book is Terror to the Wicked: America's First Trial by Jury That Ended a War and Helped to Form a Nation
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https://www.alainguillot.com/trina-moyles/
Trina Moyles is a freelance writer, journalist, and author with a passion for telling stories about social justice and environmental issues. Her second book is Lookout: Love, Solitude, and Searching for Wildfire in the Boreal Forest.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/mauro-guillen/
Mauro Guillen is one of the most original thinkers at the Wharton School. His latest book is 2030: How Today's Biggest Trends Will Collide and Reshape the Future of Everything
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https://www.alainguillot.com/Samir-Puri/
Samir Puri, in his book "The Shadows of Empire: How Imperial History Shapes Our World" explains how the world’s imperial legacies still shape our lives.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/annabelle-williams/Annabelle Williams is a newspaper journalist, editor, broadcaster, and content manager with nearly 15 years of experience. Her book is Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and What We Can Do About It.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/rob-lachenauer/
Rob Lachenauer, is a co-founder, partner, and CEO of BanyanGlobal. He has been an adviser, a business leader, and a writer throughout his career. His latest book is Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook: How to Build and Sustain a Successful, Enduring Enterprise.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/Lisa-Jimenez/
Lisa Jimenez is a business coach, she works with entrepreneurs who are struggling with overwhelm and burnout to change their mindset, bust through barriers, and radically improve their income and impact. Her book is called Mindset Reset: How to Retrain Your Brain and Transform Your Life
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Melanie Parish is a consultant, workshop leader, facilitator, and Master Certified Coach. Her book is The Experimental Leader: Be a New Kind of Boss to Cultivate an Organization of Innovators
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https://www.alainguillot.com/menachem-kaiser/
Menachem Kaiser shares the story of his quest to reclaim his family’s apartment building in Poland—and of the astonishing entanglement with Nazi treasure hunters that follows. His book is Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/jay-samit/
Jay Samit is an International bestselling author, dynamic entrepreneur, and intrapreneur. His latest book is Future Proofing You: Twelve Truths for Creating Opportunity, Maximizing Wealth, and Controlling Your Destiny in an Uncertain World
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Shawn Johal is an entrepreneur, business growth coach, workshop leader, speaker, father, husband, and the author of The Happy Leader: A Leadership Fable about Transformation in Business and in Life.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/tova-sherman/
Tova Sherman is a thought leader, with over 25 years of expertise in the diversity & inclusion field. Her book is called Win, Win, Win!: The 18 Inclusion-isms You Need to Become a Disability Confident Employer
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https://www.alainguillot.com/david-nasaw/
David Nasaw is an author, biographer, and historian who specializes in the cultural and social history of early 20th Century America. His latest book is The Last Million: Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/warren-rustand
Warren Rustand is and an athlete, entrepreneur, speaker, & Coach. Now he's also an author. His first book is The Leader Within Us: Mindset, Principles, and Tools for a Life By Design
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Matthew Gavin Frank is a nonfiction author, his latest book is Flight of the Diamond Smugglers: A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession, and Greed Along Coastal South Africa
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Chad Foster was the first blind executive to graduate from Harvard Business School's Program for Leadership Development. He turned his disability into an asset. He's the author of Blind Ambition: How to Go from Victim to Visionary
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Brad Johnson, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology in the Department of Leadership, Ethics, and Law at the United States Naval Academy, and a faculty associate in the Graduate School of Education at Johns Hopkins University. He's co-author of Good Guys: How Men Can Be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/kevin-davies/
Kevin Davies is a science journalist and editor. His latest book is Editing Humanity: The CRISPR Revolution and the New Era of Genome Editing.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/lisa-cron/
Lisa Cron is a professional storyteller, author, and coach. Her latest book is Story or Die: How to Use Brain Science to Engage, Persuade, and Change Minds in Business and in Life
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Dr. Christian Smith is a molecular biologist and his mother is psychic. How do reconcile those opposite worlds? He shares his experience in his book The Scientist and the Psychic: A Son's Exploration of His Mother's Gift.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/john-hudson/
John Hudson is the UK military’s chief survival instructor, he shares his decade of training in his book How to Survive: Self-Reliance in Extreme Circumstances.
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David Wells is the founder and CEO of Family Capital Strategy. He's also the author of When Anything is Possible: Wealth and The Art of Strategic Living
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Casey Schwartz details the decade she spent taking Adderall to help her pay attention. Her book is: Attention: A Love Story
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Wendy Moore is an award-winning author and freelance journalist. Her latest book is: No Man's Land: The Trailblazing Women Who Ran Britain’s Most Extraordinary Military Hospital During World War I
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https://www.alainguillot.com/ethan-zuckerman/
Ethan Zuckerman is an associate professor of public policy, communication, and information at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. His latest book is Mistrust: Why Losing Faith in Institutions Provides the Tools to Transform Them.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/stephen-trzeciak/
According to Stephen Trzeciak, author of Compassionomics, compassion could be a wonder drug for the 21st century.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/charles-wheelan/
Charlie Wheelan and his family do what others dream of: They take a year off to travel the world. This is their story. We talk about Charles new book: We Came, We Saw, We Left: A Family Gap Year
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https://www.alainguillot.com/brianne-turczynski/
Brianne Turczynski is a freelance writer and historical researcher. Her latest book is Detroit's Lost Poletown: The Little Neighborhood That Touched a Nation
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https://www.alainguillot.com/john-ghazvinian/
John Ghazvinian is an author, historian, and former journalist, specializing in the history of US-Iran relations. His latest book, America and Iran: A History, 1720 to the Present, is a survey of the bilateral relationship between Iran and the United States.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/dhruti-shah/
Dhruti Shah is an award-winning journalist. Her debut book is Bear Markets and Beyond: A bestiary of business terms.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/edward-brodkin-and-Ashley-Pallathra/
Edward Brodkin and Ashley A. Pallathra are the authors of Missing Each Other: How to Cultivate Meaningful Connections
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https://www.alainguillot.com/robert-darnton/
Professor Robert Darnton is the author of Pirating and Publishing: The Book Trade in the Age of Enlightenment.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/robert-paarlberg/
Robert Paarlberg is an adjunct professor of public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and author of Resetting the Table: Straight Talk About the Food We Grow and Eat.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/roy-richard-grinker/
Roy Richard Grinker is a Professor of Anthropology and author of the book Nobody's Normal: How Culture Created the Stigma of Mental Illness
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https://www.alainguillot.com/billy-baker/
Billy Baker, a writer for the Boston Globe, is the author of We Need to Hang Out: A Memoir of Making Friends
https://www.alainguillot.com/edward-mcclelland/
Edward McClelland latest book is Midnight in Vehicle City: General Motors, Flint, and the Strike That Created the Middle Class
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https://www.alainguillot.com/jenn-donahue/
Jenn Donahue is a U.S. Naval Captain, Engineer, Speaker, Mentor. We speak about leadership and women in STEM.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/henry-daas/
Henry Daas is a serial entrepreneur, business coach, screenwriter, and self-described ordinary guy'. And now personal finance coach!
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https://www.alainguillot.com/william-bonvillian/
William B. Bonvillian is a Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and author of Workforce Education: A New Roadmap
https://www.alainguillot.com/women-are-paid-less-than-men/
Interview with Bobbi Bidochka, author of Sexual Intelligence in Business. Venture Capitalist. In spite of all the advances in gender equality, women are still getting paid less than men. Bobby explains the many reasons why.
https://www.alainguillot.com/gabrielle-glaser/
Gabrielle Glaser is a New York Times bestselling author and journalist. Her latest book is American Baby: A Mother, a Child, and the Shadow History of Adoption.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/matthew-mottola/
Matthew Mottola is the CEO of Venture L, the leading platform for freelancers to run their business, and author of the book The Human Cloud.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/vicki-laveau-harvie/
Vicki Laveau-Harvie is a Canadian author of The Erratics, a memoir of two sisters trying to protect their father from their tyrannical mother.
https://www.alainguillot.com/erin-lowry-2/
Erin Lowry is the creator of the Broke Millennial Series and author of Broke Millennial Talks Money: Scripts, Stories, and Advice to Navigate Awkward Financial Conversations.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/robin-gaster/
Robin Gaster, Ph.D. is the author of Behemoth, Amazon Rising: Power and Seduction in the Age of Amazon.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/kent-billingsley/
Ken Billingsley is a business transformation and revenue growth optimization expert and author of Entrepreneur to Millionaire
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https://www.alainguillot.com/jon-gordon/
Jon Gordon is a best-selling author and speaker. His latest book is The Coffee Bean: A Simple Lesson to Create Positive Change
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https://www.alainguillot.com/michael-heller-and-james-salzman/
Michael Heller and James Salzman are authors of the book: Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives
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https://www.alainguillot.com/james-oakes/
James Oakes is a history professor. His latest book is The Crooked Path to Abolition: Abraham Lincoln and the Antislavery Constitution
https://www.alainguillot.com/margot-bloomstein/
Margot Bloomstein is one of the leading voices in the content strategy industry and author of Trustworthy: How the Smartest Brands Beat Cynicism and Bridge the Trust Gap.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/holding-the-bag/
We talk about whether Bitcoin:
has any intrinsic value,
is it or is it not a currency
is it an investment of a gambling tool
https://www.alainguillot.com/ioan-grillo/
Ioan Grillo, an investigative journalist uncovers how people are dying from gun deaths on the street corners of inner-city America. He's the author of Blood Gun Money: How America Arms Gangs and Cartels.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/suneel-gupta/
Suneel Gupta is the co-founder of RISE and serves on faculty at Harvard University. He's the author of Backable: The Surprising Truth Behind What Makes People Take a Chance on You.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/richard-koch/
Richard Koch is also an entrepreneur and investor. his latest is Unreasonable Success and How to Achieve It: Unlocking the 9 Secrets of People Who Changed the World
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https://www.alainguillot.com/kris-kelso/
Kris Kelso is a keynote speaker for leadership conferences, corporate events, and universities and is a frequent guest on television, radio, and podcasts.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/rich-cohen/
In Pee Wees: Confessions of a Hockey Parent, Rich Cohen takes us through a season of hard-fought competition in Fairfield County, Connecticut, an affluent suburb of New York City.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/kenneth-r-rosen/
Kenneth R. Rosen was kidnapped in the middle of the night and taken away to an institution for troubled kids. Kenneth shares how the experiences scared him for the rest of his life.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/chris-hadnagy/
Chris Hadnagy is a global security expert who draws on psychological insights to help you master the art of social engineering
Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3blxMdY
https://www.alainguillot.com/shellye-archambeau/
Since she was a teenager, Shellye Archambeau wanted to be the CEO of a company. She achieved her dream and shows us how we can do it too.
Get the book right here: https://amzn.to/2NAnL40
https://www.alainguillot.com/matthew-dicks/
In this compelling book, storyteller extraordinaire Matthew Dicks presents wonderfully straightforward and engaging tips and techniques for constructing, telling, and polishing stories that will hold the attention of your audience (no matter how big or small).
Get the book right here: https://amzn.to/3dgmqKH
https://www.alainguillot.com/hilary-holladay/
Hilary Holladay is the author of The Power of Adrienne Rich: A Biography, the first comprehensive biography of Adrienne Rich, feminist and queer icon and internationally revered National Book Award-winning poet.
Get the book right here: https://amzn.to/3jNbbuo
https://www.alainguillot.com/jonathan-wells/
Jonathan D. Wells Jonathan D. Wells is a social, cultural, and intellectual historian interested in the literary, cultural, and political evolution of nineteenth-century America.
Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3jWnVPH
https://www.alainguillot.com/bil-johnson/
Right Time, Right Places chronicles the story of one teacher determined to reform public school education from 1969 to 2014. This book follows Johnson’s journey from the suburbs of New York through the wilds of Alaska, across Ivy League campuses, culminating in New York City’s public high school system.
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https://amzn.to/3d2XHJB
https://www.alainguillot.com/tana-and-ren/
Tana and Ren are partners in life and in work. They are two of the co-founders of Organization Unbound, a global community of practice that aims to reimagine the way we think about and engage social change.
https://www.alainguillot.com/louise-dean/
Louise Dean is the author of four novels and the founder and director of Novelry, a writing academy that takes students on zero to published authors.
https://www.alainguillot.com/paul-greenberg/
Paul Greenberg is a bestselling American author focusing on ocean and environmental issues. His latest book is Goodbye Phone, Hello World: 60 Ways to Disconnect from Tech and Reconnect to Joy
Get the book right here: https://amzn.to/2YR5Et8
https://www.alainguillot.com/naz-beheshti/
Naz Beheshti is an executive wellness coach, consultant, and author of the book Pause. Breathe. Choose.: Become the CEO of Your Well-Being. Get her book right here: https://amzn.to/3ayxmQU
https://www.alainguillot.com/donald-james/
After a thirty-five-year career at NASA, Donald James summarizes his journey in his book Manners Will Take You Where Brains and Money Won't
Get the book right here: https://amzn.to/3pOgGLw
https://www.alainguillot.com/sexual-intelligence/
Bobbi Bidochka is an advocate, speaker, entrepreneur, mother of two, and accidental author of Sexual Intelligence in Business.
Get her book right here: https://amzn.to/3oFJnsS
https://www.alainguillot.com/kathryn-bertine/
Kathryn Bertine is an author, activist, athlete, filmmaker, and keynote speaker. Her latest book is STAND: A memoir on activism. A manual for progress. What really happens when we stand on the front lines of change
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https://www.alainguillot.com/scott-cunningham/
Scott Cunningham is a professor of economics at Baylor University. He is the co-editor of The Handbook for the Economics of Prostitution with Oxford University Press. His career has focused primarily on the economics of risky behaviors, with a special focus on sex work, abortion policy, and crime. He lives in Waco, Texas with his family.
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https://www.alainguillot.com/josh-baron/
Josh Baron is a family business consultant, speaker, professor, and author. His latest book is The "Harvard Business Review Family Business Handbook: How to Build and Sustain a Successful, Enduring Enterprise"
Get the book right here: https://amzn.to/3qRLawk
https://www.alainguillot.com/teenage-girls/
Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok spend millions of dollars trying to figure out what’s in the mind of teenage girls. I was curious too, so I asked the daughters of a friend of mine (Lin) and I had the opportunity to speak with Raina (15 years old) and Thalia (17 years old).
Thalia and Raina are two sisters who live in Montreal. They are perfectly bilingual, they switch from English to French almost unconsciously, they have been bilingual since elementary school.
https://www.alainguillot.com/lauren-sandler/
A black, Latina, 22-year-old woman, with a baby, finds herself homeless.
Lauren Sandler is an author who writes about culture & inequality. Her new book is called THIS IS ALL I GOT: A New Mother's Search For home.
Get the book here: https://amzn.to/2LVPE6l
https://www.alainguillot.com/alex-lazarow/
Alex Lazarow is a venture capitalist specialized in global innovation and impact and author of Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs--from Delhi to Detroit--Are Rewriting the Rules of Silicon Valley.
Get the book right here: https://amzn.to/39369Gt
https://www.alainguillot.com/keegan-harris/
Keegan Harris used to work in the construction industry until the financial crisis of 2008 created a major slow down. Since then he shifted into finance. Now he teaches people how to improve their personal finances.
Get his book right here: https://amzn.to/39FZZLG
https://www.alainguillot.com/alex-nowrasteh/
Economic arguments against immigration suggest that immigrants undermine the culture, institutions, and productivity of destination countries. But is that true?
Nowrasteh and Powell systematically analyze cross-country evidence and case studies of the potential negative effects of immigration on economic freedom, corruption, culture, and terrorism. They find that immigrants do not destroy the institutions responsible for prosperity and, in some cases, even improve them
Get the book right here: https://amzn.to/35JsA1i
https://www.alainguillot.com/don-green/
Don Green is the CEO of the Napoleon Hill Foundation. He is also the author of Napoleon Hill My Mentor. In this Memoir, Don Green shares his life as an entrepreneur and the lessons he took from Napoleon Hill, and how he applied those lessons to succeed in life and in business.
Get the book right here: https://amzn.to/3oOoP21
https://www.alainguillot.com/mark-skousen/
Mark Skousen is an economist, an author, and a teacher. He has written 25 books, worked for the CIA, is an event organizer, and writes several newsletters about investments.
You can get his book here: https://amzn.to/3nJP0pa
https://www.alainguillot.com/barry-freeder/
Barry Freeder lost his job in real estate. Instead of looking for another job he decided to follow an old dream that he had for many years, the dream of design and create products. And thus, he created his company. Now Barry is a one-man operation earning over one million dollars per year.
https://www.alainguillot.com/sperm/
Have you ordered your pandemic baby yet? Would you like a Viking baby? Cryos International, a sperm bank will send it right to your doorsteps.
Sperm banking is a four billion-dollar industry. And the small Scandinavian country of Denmark is one of the biggest players.
https://www.alainguillot.com/francesca-fiorani/
Francesca Fiorani is a professor of art history at the University of Virginia and author of The Shadow Drawing: How Science Taught Leonardo How to Paint
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https://www.alainguillot.com/andi-simon/
Andi Simon is a corporate anthropologist, a speaker, and the author of Rethink: Smashing the Myths of Women in Business
Get the book right here: https://amzn.to/392QANK
https://www.alainguillot.com/frederick-kaufman/
Frederick Kaufman is a journalist, teacher, and author of The Money Plot: A History of Currency's Power to Enchant, Control, and Manipulate.
You can get his book right here: https://amzn.to/2Li1ruS
https://www.alainguillot.com/ruth-defries/
Ruth DeFries is a professor of ecology and sustainable development at Columbia University in New York and author of the book What Would Nature Do?: A Guide for Our Uncertain Times
You can get the book right here: https://amzn.to/3rMkn64
https://www.alainguillot.com/mike-smerklo/
Mike Smerklo is an entrepreneur, investor, business leader, and author of the book Mr. Monkey and Me: A Real Survival Guide for Entrepreneurs
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https://www.alainguillot.com/marty-cagan/
Marty Cagan is a speaker, author, advisor, and coach.
Marty Cagan served as an executive responsible for defining and building products for some of the most successful companies in the world, including Hewlett-Packard, Netscape Communications, and eBay.
He wrote EMPOWERED: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products
You can get the book right here: https://amzn.to/2KFMyTd
https://www.alainguillot.com/nour-hadidi/
She immigrated from Jordan to Canada.
Her family wanted her to be a doctor but she decided to become a comedian.
https://www.alainguillot.com/matthew-beaumont/
Matthew Beaumont is a professor of English Literature at UCL and author of The Walker: On Finding and Losing Yourself in the Modern City
You can get his book here: https://amzn.to/3plHBhm
https://www.alainguillot.com/zena-hitz/
Zena Hitz is the author of Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life. She argues we should learn for learning's sake
You can get her book right here: https://amzn.to/3rmcaoH
https://www.alainguillot.com/robert-sicora/
Robert T. Sicora is organizational behavior and human resources expert. He has helped thousands of leaders find the leader within.
His latest book is: Grab the Helm: Navigating with Purpose Charting a Course through Life's Journey
You can get the book here: https://amzn.to/37vVEus
https://www.alainguillot.com/podcast-anniversary/
I have been podcasting for three years. This is the 200th episode.
Thank you so much for listening.
https://www.alainguillot.com/carl-safina/
Carl Safina is an ecologist and author of books and other writings about the human relationship with the natural world. His latest book is: Becoming Wild.
You can get the book right here: https://amzn.to/2LAq8Tv
https://www.alainguillot.com/tracy-lalonde/
Tracy LaLonde is an entrepreneur, speaker, and business development coach with 28 years of experience in professional public speaking and 19 years in the legal industry.
She is the author of the book: The Joychiever Journey: Evade Burnout, Surpass Your Goals, and Out-Happy Everyone.
You can get the book here: https://amzn.to/3a8jONp
https://www.alainguillot.com/peter-burke/
Peter Burke is a history professor at Cambridge University in England.
He has written many books on history and culture.
His latest book is The Polimth: A Cultural History From Leonardo Da Cincy to Susan Sontag
Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3nd9qrb
https://www.alainguillot.com/sharon-koifman/
Sharon Koifman is the owner of a Remote Work job placing agency and he's the author of Surviving Remote Work
Get the book here: https://amzn.to/3m596JI
https://www.alainguillot.com/carlos-valdes-dapena/
Carlos Valdes-Dapena is a keynote speaker, author, and organizational development expert. His latest book is "Virtual Teams: Holding the Center When You Can’t Meet Face-to-Face."
Get the book right here: https://amzn.to/3qz9mEq
https://www.alainguillot.com/ernest-freeberg/
Have you ever heard of the SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)? Do you ever wonder where the animal protection laws come from? Today you will find out. We are having a conversation with professor Ernest Freeberg, who wrote the book A Traitor to His Species: Henry Bergh and the Birth of the Animal Rights Movement.
Get the book right here: https://amzn.to/2JVyOmx
https://www.alainguillot.com/financial-independece/
Court, Nic, and Finn are a financially independent family enjoying the freedom to live life on their own terms. They run the blog Modern FImaly.
Court and Nic are (same-sex couple) and Finn (baby girl) have been financially independent since 2018 when Court was 32 years old and Nic was 30.
https://www.alainguillot.com/barry-habib/
Barry Habib is a Mortgage broker,
A Broadway producer,
An international speaker
And the author of Money in The Streets
You can get your book with this link: https://amzn.to/3fXksxY
https://www.alainguillot.com/lisa-selin-davis/
We are in the middle of a cultural revolution, where the spectrum of gender and sexual identities is seemingly unlimited. So when author and journalist Lisa Selin Davis's six-year-old daughter first called herself a "tomboy," Davis was hesitant. Her child favored sweatpants and T-shirts over anything pink or princess-themed, just like the sporty, skinned-kneed girls Davis had played with as a kid. But "tomboy" seemed like an outdated word-why use a word with "boy" in it for such girls at all?
https://www.alainguillot.com/christie-tate
Christie Tate had just been named the top student in her law school class and finally had her eating disorder under control. Why then was she driving through Chicago fantasizing about her own death? Why was she envisioning putting an end to the isolation and sadness that still plagued her despite her achievements?
“I wished passively for death, but I didn’t stockpile pills or join the Hemlock Society’s mailing list. I didn’t research how to get a gun or fashion a noose out of my belts. I didn’t have a plan, a method, or a date. But I felt an unease, constant as a toothache. It didn’t feel normal.”
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https://www.alainguillot.com/jack-schwager/
Jack Schwager a recognized industry expert in futures and hedge funds and the author of a number of widely acclaimed financial books.
We are speaking about his latest book Unknown Maret Wizards
You can get his book right here: https://amzn.to/3nYdiMM
https://www.alainguillot.com/bill-schultheis/
Bill is a financial planner with Soundmark.
After more than a decade at Smith Barney, convinced that the Wall Street way wasn’t the right way, Bill wrote, The Coffeehouse Investor, in order to share his ideas for a simpler, smarter investment philosophy. Today, that philosophy serves as Soundmark’s foundation.
https://www.alainguillot.com/art-bell/ Constant Comedy is the story of how Art Bell started Comedy Central (originally called The Comedy Channel) in 1990, and how he helped make the fledgling channel a success. This book is his first-person account of the birth and development of a channel that went on to become a powerhouse in comedy entertainment.
https://www.alainguillot.com/christine-kane/
Before Christine Kane founded what became a multi-million dollar coaching company, she spent fifteen years in the music industry, producing seven CD’s and a DVD on her own label, while touring the globe over 200 days a year. She shared the stage with luminaries like John Mayer, The Beach Boys, Los Lobos, Nanci Griffith, and Shawn Colvin.
Her success as a singer-songwriter had fans asking how she did it while staying true to her art and her soul. Those backstage questions turned into weekend retreats. Those retreats turned into coaching requests – and set her on a new path.
https://www.alainguillot.com/nelson-tressler/
Nelson had a rough start, his story includes rape, murder, extreme poverty, and being the center of the biggest trial ever to hit his small town. But he used those hardships to fuel his life purpose and turn despair into a life complete with a loving family and a multimillion-dollar business empire.
https://www.alainguillot.com/jc-de-swaan/
When we think of the world of finance, we think of movies like Wall Street where brokers get rich with inside information, or The Wolf of Wall Street where people in boiler rooms manipulate stock prices so that they can make an artificial profit. Or real-life corporations like Goldman Sacks who were bailed out by the government with taxpayers money (capitalism on the way up and socialism on the way down), or banks like Wells Fargo who created fake bank accounts without their client’s consent.
But Jean Christophe de Swaan, a lecturer at Princeton University and partner at a hedge fund, decided to write a book highlighting the virtuous of individuals and corporations in the world of finance.
https://www.alainguillot.com/neal-winokur/
Have you ever been frustrated with the tax system?
If the government already has all the information about you, and they have fancy computers, why do regular individuals have to file an income tax every year?
His book, The Grumpy Accountant, is written in plain, easy-to-read language so every single Canadian can understand. We will see how Jerry, a fictional character symbolizing the average Canadian, experiences the inefficiency of the tax system as a student, an employee, a married man, a parent, an entrepreneur, a retiree, and even as a dead guy as he is taxed beyond the grave.
Those were the questions going over and over through Neal Winokur’s head and the more he thought about it the more grumpy he became, and thus he became The Grumpy Accountant.
https://www.alainguillot.com/local-bookstore/
Interview with the owner of a local bookstore.
Yes, we can get a book on Amazon in two days, but do we want to live in a world where there are no local businesses?
When we support local businesses, we support the communities around us. We support local jobs and local taxes.
Our local businesses give charm and character to our neighborhoods. They need our help. Jeff Bezos will not suffer if you don't spend the next $20 on Amazon, but for our local businesses, it could mean the difference between covering rent or not.
https://www.alainguillot.com/virginia-postrel/
Virginia is an author, a journalist, a speaker.
She has written for publications such as Inc. Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and the Atlantic.
She has written three books, and her fourth one, The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World.
https://www.alainguillot.com/deirdre-mccloskey/
Deirdre Nansen McCloskey is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Economics and of History, and Professor Emerita of English and of Communication, at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Trained at Harvard in the 1960s as an economist, she has written twenty-five books and some four hundred academic articles on economic theory, political theory, economic history, philosophy, rhetoric, statistical theory, feminism, ethics, and law.
She taught for twelve years at the University of Chicago in the Economics Department in its glory days but now describes herself as a “literary, quantitative, postmodern, free-market, progressive-Episcopalian, ex-Marxist, Midwestern woman from Boston who was once a man. Not ‘conservative’! she is a Christian classical liberal.”
https://www.alainguillot.com/jevon-mccormick/
JeVon McCormick was born the son of a black pimp father and a white orphan mother. Sexually abused at the age of 6, 7, and 8. When in and out of juvenile detention many times. Changed his life. He started cleaning toilets and now he's CEO of a media company.
https://www.alainguillot.com/how-to-dream-big/
I have recorded hundreds of interviews with guests who are on top of their fields. I have distilled from them some of the elements of success.
1. Commit to your dreams
2. Develop self-confidence
3. Stay focused.
https://www.alainguillot.com/seth-godin/ I have been following Seth Godin for over 10 years. It started when I opened a dance school and I needed some marketing guidance. Since then, I visit from time to time his blog Seths.blog.
Seth has written 19 books and today we are speaking about his latest one, The Practice: Shipping Creative Work.
https://www.alainguillot.com/better-communicator/
During this pandemic, you might be forced to spend more time with your partner and/or family members than ever before. In order for your relationship to survive, you have to become a better communicator.
At the beginning of the pandemic, being stuck at home was a novelty, but now it’s been more than six months that people have been working and studying from home. Maybe you are wishing for a little bit more ‘alone time,’ or you are beginning to get into more arguments. Statistics show that more people are filing for divorce during the pandemic.
If you care about your relationship, it’s time to sharpen those communication and listening skills, they may be the glue that holds your relationship together. You have to make sure you are a better communicator.
Here are some tips to foster good communication with your partner.
https://www.alainguillot.com/jennifer-risher/
When Jennifer Risher joined Microsoft in 1991, she met her husband, and with him became an extra-lucky beneficiary of the dot-com boom. By their early thirties, they had tens of millions of dollars.
Today, there are millions of people like her. Jennifer’s thought-provoking, personal story includes the voices of others in her demographic and explores the hidden impact of wealth on identity, relationships, and sense of place in the world.
At a time when income inequality is a huge problem, our country’s economic system is broken, and money is still a taboo subject even among those closest to us, this engaging, introspective memoir is essential reading: a catalyst for a conversation that demystifies wealth and inspires us to connect.
https://www.alainguillot.com/how-to-avoid-feelings-of-guilt-during-the-pandemic/
Do you feel any guilt about the knowledge that you are doing OK, while millions of people have been infected with Covid-19? while many people are dying? While millions of people are struggling to pay the rent?
Today we speak about those feelings and how to deal with them.
https://www.alainguillot.com/clifford-hudson/
Cliff Hudson, the former CEO of Sonic corporation, grew the company's value from 200 million to 2.3 Billion dollars, and now he shares his experience in his new book Master of None: How a Jack-of-All-Trades Can Still Reach the Top
https://www.alainguillot.com/laid-off/
Getting laid-off is emotionally devastating, but there are a few things we can do to recuperate from the blow.
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Feel your emotions. Don't suppress them. It's normal to feel anxiety, of ager.
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Realize that it has nothing to do with you. The pandemic didn't single you out, it's affecting us all.
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Words are powerful: You didn't get fired; you got laid off
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Evaluate your alternatives and embrace your new life.
https://www.alainguillot.com/craig-wright/
Craig Wright is the author of The Hidden Habits of Genius: Beyond Talent, IQ, and Grit―Unlocking the Secrets of Greatness
https://www.alainguillot.com/fred-dust/
Fred Dust is a designer, author, educator, consultant, trustee, and advisor to social and business leaders. We speak about his book Making Conversation.
https://www.alainguillot.com/private-tutoring/
Private tutoring is a booming industry open to anyone who is able to teach. Payment varies from $15/hour to $100/hour.
Having a private tutor helping your kid get to a top-level university is the ultimate status symbol and parents are willing to pay whatever it takes to gain an edge.
https://www.alainguillot.com/juliet-b-schor/
Juliet B. Schor reveals The dark side of the gig economy (Uber, etc.) and how to make it equitable for the users and workers most exploited.
After The Gig: https://amzn.to/34ac625
https://www.alainguillot.com/the-right-education/
This doesn't come as a surprise to anyone, but college graduates, in general, earn more money than non-graduate.
Keep in mind that this a general rule, but there are many outliers. There are people to check all the boxes and still have a difficult financial life, and there are people who don't bother going to college and become great financial successes.
https://www.alainguillot.com/michael-gelb/
Michael J. Gelb is the world's leading authority on the application of genius thinking to personal and organizational development.
We speak about his latest book Mastering the Art of Public Speaking
https://www.alainguillot.com/how-to-pay-zero-taxes-by-moving-overseas/
Millions of people are all of a sudden working from home. Are you one of them?
Covid-19 has forced millions of people to work from home.
In the beginning, it was a surprise. Everyone tried to adapt as soon as possible while dealing with anxiety, fear, and other insecurities.
Soon enough, working from home became the new normal. People built new routines and started to question their working habits of the past.
As more and more people started working from home, they started to realize that:
- I don’t have to live within 30 minutes of their job
- I could live in a less expensive, less dense part of town and pay less money in housing
- I could live in a different province (or state) and pay an even lower tax
- I could also live in a different country and pay zero taxes.
https://www.alainguillot.com/victoria-montgomery-brown/
Victoria R. Montgomery-Brown is the CEO and co-founder of Big Think, a video website composed of interviews, presentations, and roundtable discussions with experts from a wide range of fields.
She is also the author of a book called Digital Goddess: The Unfiltered Lessons of a Female Entrepreneur
https://www.alainguillot.com/protesting/
During the past months, My friend Cheryl Williams and I have gone out on the streets to protest against some of the day-to-day injustices. Protests such as Black Lives Matter, and actions to prevent climat change.
Can we improve the world by protesting? I have to ask myself: Is this accomplishing something? Aren’t we wasting our time? Does anyone care?
I have to tell myself that yes, protesting is important. Protests create public awareness of injustices or wrongs that need to be fixed.
Usually, we don’t see the results right away. Many times they feel like failures at the moment, but protests have a lasting long-term effect on the participants and on society as a whole.
In the short term, protest serve as a signal to the people in power, that they are being watched, that there are people who care enough to go out on the streets and express their dissatisfaction, that many are not willing to tolerate the status quo.
If the people in power ignore such cries of dissatisfaction, at the very least they could appear as insensitive, and the worse, they could lose their power.
Yes, most protests yield no results at that exact moment in time. Oftentimes is business as usual and the oppressors continue oppressing. Injustice, discrimination, bigotry, continue unabated. But little by little, the cries of dissent reaches the ears of the indifferent, the indifferent becomes conscious of the injustice and join the ranks, and the movement grows until a change is made.
Slowly, over time, movements and protests confront injustices and they change the minds of those on the periphery. Eventually, that social cause which at one time seemed impossible becomes attainable.
The civil rights movement happened because millions of people protested on the street. Women gained their right to vote because thousand of people could no longer tolerate gender discrimination.
Eventually, protest wins because racism has no legitimacy, destroying the planet has no legitimacy, killing animals to feed ourselves has no legitimacy. There is no place in our world for homophobia, sexual abuse, gender discrimination, animal exploitation, or economic oppression.
Change never happens overnight. Its the growing masses of protesters the ones who precipitate change.
The marches lead by Greta Thurber attracted millions of people, and already, there have been changes in public policy to slow down climate change.
The marches triggered by the assassination of George Floyd have brought white people alongside blacks to fight against racial discrimination. Municipalities don’t want to get labeled as complicit in police abuse and they providing better training to their police forces.
I think protests work because they create an awareness of the injustices being committed, not in some faraway place, but close to home. Protest works, because often time it’s more difficult to sit idly doing nothing than to stand up and join the ranks.
https://www.alainguillot.com/lee-lefever/
Most business books are written with the assumption that entrepreneurs want to build a business and grow it as big as possible, but our guest, Lee LeFever, founder of a business called "Common Craft," will show us how to build a business and grow it to the extent that it meets your lifestyle and values. His book is called "Big Enough."
https://www.alainguillot.com/lifestyle-inflation/
What is lifestyle inflation? Is the tendency to increase expenses as earning increases. If a person gets a raise of a few thousand dollars, that person increases their expenses by a similar amount and thus never has an opportunity to save money for retirement or other financial goals.
https://www.alainguillot.com/the-motivation-code/
Todd Henry is an author, he has written 5 books; a speaker, he speaks internationally on creativity, productivity, and passion for work; and a coach, help people and teams generate brilliant ideas. Today we will speak about his latest book The Motivation Code.
https://www.alainguillot.com/kassandra-dasent/
Kassandra is sharing a story of how her emotionally insecurity draw her into a lot of debt, she crawled her way out of debt, and today she is a financial success.
Also, please stick to the end because Kassandra is an amazing singer and I am sharing a short clip of her song “Road to Rebellion.” Now, let’s listen to the conversation.
https://www.alainguillot.com/john-maynard-keynes/
E.J. Barnes just wrote historical fiction about the life of John Maynard Keynes, her novel is called Mr. Keynes’ Revolution.
John Maynard Keynes (5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946), was one of the most influential economists of the 20th century. His ideas are the basis for the school of thought known as Keynesian economics, and its various offshoots.
https://www.alainguillot.com/bradley-birkenfeld/
Bradley C. Birkenfeld is the most significant financial whistleblower in history. He was awarded $104 million dollars by the IRS for disclosing tax evaders. His cooperation netted 25 billion dollars in tax revenue for the US treasury.
https://www.alainguillot.com/ken-rusk/
Can you become a millionaire, as a blue-collar worker, without a college degree? Find out in our conversation with Ken Rusk
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Joni Wickham grew up in the tobacco fields of eastern North Carolina, a long way from any government building or high-profile political campaign.
She was the first in her family to receive a college education, which she credits with helping her overcome the barriers of socio-economic hardship.
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Carla Marrouche is a corporate recruiter, she works for Brother’s Canada. She shares with us her insights about the job market and what applicants should be doing to increase their chances of finding a job.
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Laura Gariepy is a freelance writer and freelance coach.
After 10 years of working in corporate America, she quit her job to start her present business as a content writer and later on as a coach. She wanted to work around her life rather than live around her work.
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Hersch Wilson is a writer, speaker, ballet dancer, and dog owner, and many other things. But the part of his life that we will cover today is that he has been a volunteer firefighter for thirty years. Today we will be speaking about his book Firefighter Zen and how to thrive in tough times. Let's listen to the conversation.
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His blogger's name is Liquid Independence, he's the first anonymous person I have ever interviewed and he runs the investment blog Freedom 35 Blog.
He has been saving and investing for 12 years and now, August 2020, he has finally reached financial independence! This means his passive income generated from his investment portfolio is enough to pay for all his current and future living expenses
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Roger Ma, CFP is an award-winning financial planner at Lifelaidout, a publisher strategist at Google, and a contributor to Forbes.
He just published a career and personal finance book, Work Your Money, Not Your Life.
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Melanie Allen is the host of the blog Partners in Fire. A blog about helping you become financially independent so that you can live the life of your dreams.
In this episode, we speak about the financial independence dream, is it attainable? Is it possible for anyone to become financially independent or only for a selected few? Also, we speak about the lessons Melanie has learned about blogging during the past 3 years.
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He started his career as a fashion designer, then started a video production company and worked with clients such as Ralph Laurent and Victoria's Secret. He is on the faculty at Parsons School for Design, teaching a course he developed called “Creativity: Making a Living With Your Ideas.”
And finally, the main topic of our conversation is his new book Creative Careers: Making a Living with Your Ideas.
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What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of George Washington?
- He’s the person whose face is imprinted in the $1 bill
- He’s considered to be the father of the United States
- He was the first president of the U.S.
But do you think of him as an entrepreneur?
Probably not, but in this episode, John Berlau, in his new book George Washington, Entrepreneur, tells us that above everything else, he was an entrepreneur. He became wealthy through entrepreneurship, and he remained an entrepreneur long after his term as the president was over.
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Wanted by the Interpol for a crime he didn’t commit, Marek Zmyslowski, was framed by his business partner in Nigeria.
Marek Zmysłowski is an entrepreneur and executive, focused on Online Business and Renewable Energy, passionate about Frontier and Emerging Markets
Marek Zmyslowski was born in a little town in Poland, from a poor family who did its best to survive the transition from communism to capitalism.
While going to college, Marek discovers that he had a superpower, the power of closing a sale. He got a job as a door to door insurance salesman. He discovered that he had a talent prospecting and making his clients sign the dotted line.
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Steve Horwitz is a Professor of Free Enterprise in the Department of Economics at the Miller College of Business
Professor Horwitz has written several economics books, he’s a self-proclaimed libertarian. We touch a bit into politics, public policies such as same-sex marriage, drug use, the positive or negative role of billionaires in our society, whether the help provided by the government in the times of COVID-19 is too much or not enough, and finally, we speak about his new book Austrian Economics.
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Laura Page-Hamelin is the founder of the Artebula app. An App designed for families with children who love to create art! This is a story about entrepreneurship and creativity.
Artebula app was inspired by one of her daughters when she was 4 and she found a stack of her artwork in the recycle bin. It ripped Laura Page-Hamlin’s heart open. All her artwork tossed in the recycle bin! What kind of mom am I anyway”, she thought.
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Yasmina El Babarti Jimenez comes from a modest background. As the daughter of an immigrant, her family went through many hardships as she was growing up.
At age 12 Yasmina started working and never stopped ever since. She paid for her own education working and studying full time.
From the beginning, she was always interested in community building and leadership.
As a woman, she was confronted with barriers men don’t have to face, but she persevered and slowly she built a network of supporters.
Before starting her own business, she had many doubts and fears, but regretted the fear of regret even more, so she took the plunge and started her own business.
Yasmina El Babarti Jimenez didn’t jump out of a cliff and grew wings on the way down, as many coaches suggest; she worked full time on her day job and full time on her business until she built a sustainable income, and then she quit her job.
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Steve Adcock and his wife Courtney worked information technology jobs for over a decade before changing their outlook on life and saving 70% of what they earned to retire to a life full of travel and adventure. He retired at 35 after working 14 years in corporate America.
Instead of spending eight to ten hours a day in an office, they spend it out hiking trails, boating lakes and visiting breweries.
Steve Adcock is an entrepreneur and writer. He loves fitness and Netflix originals. His main objective is to have fun.
After working for 14 years, Steve Adcock got tired of the grind and decided, with his wife, to save almost everything they earned and retire to a life of travel and adventure rather than office work. They had high salaries, so over a short period of time, the put a sizable amount of money together. In addition, they live a frugal lifestyle, which allowed them to save even more and retire so much earlier because their need for money is not too high.
They live in a house, off the grid in Arizona. They don’t pay electricity, water, etc. Maybe their only expenses are internet and property taxes.
Their net worth in the stock market is a little over one million dollars. This allows them to withdraw 4% of the money every year, for the rest of their lives without ever worrying about running out of money.
In order to face difficult times, like the COVID-19 pandemic, Steve accumulated three years' worth of cash. This is a common strategy used by practitioners of the FIRE movement. This is the same strategy used by Fritz Gilbert, as described in our interview “The Retirement Manifesto.”
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Franziska is a maverick entrepreneur, leading marketing and brand strategist, mad adventurer, author, and the co-founder of Basic Bananas, OceanLovers, Moments of Humanity, and The Business Hood.
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Since the beginning of Covid-19, thousands of people have lost their jobs. Many businesses have closed their doors. Some jobs will never come back. Is there any hope?
Today we are welcoming for the second time Marina Byezhanova.
Marina has more than 15 years’ experience in recruitment & more than 10 years as the Owner of Pronexia, a premiere boutique headhunting firm. She knows what it takes to stand out in the job market, how to land your perfect next job, and how to shine.
Marina is also a public speaker, giving talks at conferences or leading workshops all over the world. Finally, she is a university instructor at Concordia University.
Marina incorporated her business in 2010, after the previous financial turmoil, so this is not the first time that Marina is facing a severe downturn in the market.
As markets have shifted and corporations are no longer hiring, Marina has pivoted, as many entrepreneurs do. With the desire to help individuals find a job and improve their personal brand, Marina rolled up her sleeves and started coaching people to improve their resume, upgrade their social media presence, and show them how to ace an interview.
With more than 10 years as a corporate recruiter, she has all the tools necessary and the know-how to help individuals who are struggling to find a job.
Now, more than ever, job seekers cannot relay on job advertisements. 80% of the positions are being filled without being advertised. For those jobs that are advertised, there is an excessive amount of applicants applying for the same position. Some extra help in the form of coaching will help increase the probability of being hired.
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Elaine Pofeldt is a freelance writer, editor, and ghostwriter who has recently worked with publications including The Economist, Fortune, Money, Inc., CNBC, Crain's New York Business, Forbes, and many others. Entrepreneurship, small business, and careers are her specialties. She is also the author of the new book "The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business."
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Mike Berland is the Founder and CEO of Decode_M, a research & analytics firm that decodes data into momentum for its clients. In a world that runs on data, Mike strongly believes that everything is knowable, you just have to know where to look.
Mike’s new book Maximum Momentum: How to Get It and How to Keep It just came out this March 2020. In Maximum Momentum, Mike reveals the key to momentum, beginning with the simple physics formula— mass x velocity. He then develops a Momentum Matrix—five signals that decode the science into effective measures.
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This is the second time we have Terry Cutler with us. The first time was in episode # 076 where we spoke about how he became an ethical hacker.
Today, we are talking about his new book Insider Secrets to INTERNET SAFETY: Advice From a Professional Hacker.
Terry has been passionate about computers since the age of 10.
After watching some TV show, he discovered the world of computer ethical hacker. He wanted to learn hacking to protect people against external computer threats.
He took some courses in Washington DC, and he got to train with members from the FBI, CIA, and Navy Seals.
Since then, he has been helping people protect themselves against hackers, he also started his service of ethical computer hacking. He figured that people and corporations need the services of an ethical computer hacker to enhance their own security.
His career has been a great success. He has been featured on many TV shows, as well are radio and newspapers.
Hacking is an ever-evolving industry with malicious hackers becoming more and more sophisticated and using the latest hacking technology and computer power.
In order to help regular individuals, Terry Cutler, study their patterns and disclosed the latest scams on his YouTube channel for people to see and learn.
In addition, in his book Insider Secrets to INTERNET SAFETY: Advice From a Professional Hacker, Terry teaches us:
- How to protect ourselves from ransomware
- How to protect our social media information
- How to recognize popular internet scams
- How to protect your smartphone from intruders
- How to identify security and weaknesses in your organization
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Bill Keenan played hockey at Harvard University from 2005 to 2008 and professionally in Europe from 2009 to 2012. After completing his MBA at Columbia Business School, he worked for two years in Deutsche Bank's investment banking division.
We speak about his book Discussion Materials: Tales of a Rookie Wall Street Investment Banker.
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This is the second time David Burkus comes to the show. The first time was episode 057 David Burkus, a Friend of a Friend.
People don’t want to join a company; they want to join a crusade.
David is a professor, writer, and speaker. He considers himself to be a writer first. To be a writer has always been his goal. When he was 14-15 years old, English was his favorite subject, he loved composition. When he went to university, he went with the purpose of getting a degree in creative writing.
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Chris Guillebeau is a writer, entrepreneur, and world traveler. For ten years he visited every country in the world, documenting the quest on his blog. His newest book, The Money Tree: A Story About Finding the Fortune in Your Own Backyard, is a story about the power you have to create your own financial destiny.
Two of his previous books, The Happiness of Pursuit and The $100 Startup, were New York Times bestsellers and have sold hundreds of thousands of copies worldwide.
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Chrissy Kay is the host of the blog Eat Sleep Breath FI and co-host of a podcast Explore FI Canada. She is also a stay at home mom with two boys, a dog, and a husband.
She is the daughter of two immigrant parents who came from Hong Kong. Both parents inculcated in her good saving habits since she was a little girl.
Her mother used to work at a bank and used to bring information back home about banking. How to open an RRSP? How to open a TFSA? How to choose a savings account. Then her mother put her into bank stocks, and mutual funds.
Chrissy's husband is also frugal. They agree with almost everything related to personal finance. They had a wedding and bought a house in Vancouver. Not buying a house was never part of the conversation. Asians, as well as North Americans, equate house ownership with stability and success. It's a concept that is indoctrinated into us by family, society, and government.
Chrissy considers her family to be middle-class, with middle-class expenses; however, because she has been optimizing the way they spend money, she projects to reach FI in her 40s.
When Chrissy Kay was in her 30s she became acquainted with the concept of FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early). She discovered the blog of Mr. Money Mustache, she dove right in. Then she discovered the blog of Canadian Couch Potato which was better suited for a Canadian audience.
Chrissy Kay felt that she got so much benefit from reading all those blogs. She felt so empowered and self-confident about personal finance and about the FIRE movement that she decided to create her own blog Eat Sleep Breath FI. Later on, she became co-host of a podcast called Explore FI Canada.
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John Bramblitt is an amazing painter, but there are hundreds of great painters in the world.
The one thing that makes John Bramblitt stand out and different from everybody else, it that he's 100% blind. He can't see. He paints by seeing the painting with his hands. That, I still find it hard to believe. Please see his video demonstration at the bottom.
The first part of the interview was about the techniques John Bramblitt uses to paint. To be more precise, he uses acrylics with different textures to be able to identify the different colors.
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Dale Roberts is the host of the popular blog Cut The Crap Investing. He worked in advertising for 27 years. He was busy making TV commercials, radio commercials, billboards, he was working on branding and commercial strategies.
He was always interested in investing since he had any money to invest. He was fascinated with stocks, ETFs, financial planning, economics, etc. He used to talk to his colleagues about investing but none of them gave a crap about investing.
Eventually, he found a job at Tangerine as an advisor. Finally, he could talk about investing all day long and get paid for it.
After five years at Tangerine, he decided he wanted to reach more people and started the blog Cut The Crap Investing, which was June 2018 (Two years ago).
Dale's main portfolio in ETFs and index funds, but he likes to own individual stocks as well. In particular, he likes Dividend Paying stocks.
In this episode, we talk about how to respond to the stock market movement while in the middle of the Covid-19 market drop.
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In the world of finance, many of you have heard of Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, Ray Dalio, Steve Cohen, or George Soros. They are legendary. But what would you think if I tell you that there is one secretive hedge fund manager who blows all of those legendary investors out of the water? The name if the investor is Jim Simons.
To put things into perspective Warren Buffett's average rate of return is about 20% per year. Well, Jim Simon's average rate of return is about 60% per year (after fees).
To tell us more, Gregory Zuckerman, an investigative journalist from the Wall Stree Journal, wrote the book "How Jim Simons Solved the Market."
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Lindsay Goldwert is the author of Bow Down: Lessons from Dominatrixes on How to Get Everything You Want. She’s a journalist and former editorial director of the personal-finance app Stash.
She has worked as a journalist for more than fifteen years at Glamour, Redbook, CourtTV, ABC News, CBS News, and Daily News (New York).
Her writing has appeared in Quartz, AdWeek, Refinery29, Fast Company, Slate, and many others. She has appeared on multiple panels and podcasts to talk about women and finance, financial education, and more.
In 2016, she created SPENT, a podcast for the financially challenged that has been featured in The Atlantic, The A.V. Club, The Globe and Mail (Toronto), and others. She also hosted the podcast Teach Me How to Money, a top 100 Business Apple podcast, for Stash.
In addition to her years in journalism, Lindsay performed stand-up comedy all over New York City and co-produced a popular weekly show.
In 2009, she co-wrote the short film, “Nowhere Kids” which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Her other interests include reading books by dead authors, watching classic Hollywood films, and writing and solving mysteries in her head.
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Lindsay Bryan-Podvin is a financial therapist, author, and speaker. Her role is to guide us to a financial and emotional balance.
Most therapists talk about sex, trauma, and heartache but they rarely about money, the one thing that touches all of our lives.
Lindsay Bryan-Podvin holds a Master's degree in Social Work from the University of Michigan, and a bachelor's degree in Sociology from Michigan State University. She's the author of the book, The Financial Anxiety Solution, which is a self-paced workbook to help readers stop stressing about money by applying therapy techniques to their relationship with money.
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Laura Gassner Otting is a Best Selling Author and a Motivational Keynote Speaker. She inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo. Her presentations make listeners think bigger and accept greater challenges that reach beyond their limited scope of belief.
You can't be insatiably hungry for some else's dreams
Laura’s entrepreneurial edge has been well-honed over a 25-year career that started as a Presidential Appointee in Bill Clinton’s White House, where she helped shape AmeriCorps.
She left a leadership role at the nonprofit search firm, Isaacson, Miller, to expand the startup ExecSearches.com. Laura also founded and ran the Nonprofit Professionals Advisory Group, which partnered with the full gamut of mission-driven nonprofit executives, from start-up dreamers to scaling social entrepreneurs to global philanthropists. In 2015, Laura sold NPAG to the team that helped her build it, both because she was hungry for the next chapter and because she held an audacious dream of electing our nation’s first female president.
Along the way, while serving on Hillary Clinton’s National Finance Committee, she was asked to do a TEDx talk which became so popular that it launched a speaking career. Laura has spoken across the United States and internationally to universities, companies, conferences, accelerators, TEDx, and the US Military.
She is the author of Mission-Driven: Moving from Profit to Purpose (2015) and the Washington Post Best Seller Limitless: How to Ignore Everybody, Carve Your Own Path, and Live Your Best Life (2019). She lives with her husband, two teenage sons, and a troublesome puppy outside of Boston, MA.
Stephen Shapiro has always considered himself to be a nerd. He was part of the math club, he loved chemistry and wanted to be a chemist, finally, he became an engineer.
He was always using his left brain, engaging in engineer style endeavors, but he was working in an era when innovation was crucial and business growth, and he felt that he had to become more innovative.
His first job was to figure out how to make companies more efficient. What he discovered was that when companies became more efficient, they reduced the workforce, and thus if Stephen did a good job, many other people would lose their jobs.
Quotes by Stephen Shapiro
Evey one is innovative, everyone is creative, we just participate in different ways.
I decided to optimize the innovation process
The best innovation starts with a problem
To find better solutions we need to ask better questions
The key of a leader is to create other leaders
Stephen Shapiro cultivates innovation by showing leaders and their teams on how to approach, tackle, and solve their business challenges. Applying the knowledge he has accrued over decades in the industry, Stephen is able to see what others can’t: opportunities to improve innovation models and the cultures that support them.
The first innovation opportunity Stephen spotted was the opportunity to innovate within his own life. Halfway through his 15-year tenure at Accenture, while co-leading the company’s business process reengineering practice, he realized he no longer wanted to be responsible for people losing their jobs. So he did exactly the opposite by building Accenture’s thriving 20,000-person process and innovation practice focused on growth and job creation.
In 2001, after publishing his first book, 24/7 Innovation, Stephen left Accenture to become a full-time innovation speaker and advisor to clients around the world. Since then he has published four more books – Goal-Free Living (2006), The Little Book of Big Innovation Ideas (2007), Personality Poker (2010), and Best Practices are Stupid (2011) — and spoken to audiences in 50 different countries. His sixth book, Invisible Solutions, will be published in 2020.
Today, Stephen continues to focus on transforming the way businesses like 3M, P&G, Marriott, Nike, and Microsoft improve innovation practices through customized keynote speeches, advisory engagements, and other services. Passionate and captivating, Stephen’s high-energy approach to innovation gets audiences out of their seats and into new ways of thinking about their business challenges.
Stephen just finished serving a six-year term on the Board of Directors of National Speakers Association (NSA) and is the recipient of the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) designation, NSA’s highest earned designation. In 2015 he was inducted into the Speaker Hall of Fame.
He has a degree from Cornell University in Industrial Engineering, which has helped him optimize the entire innovation process using the engineering techniques he learned there.
He was also involved with Girl Starter, a movement that encourages and enables young women to launch their own businesses. He was a judge and mentor on the television show (TLC) and has supported the speaking tour and other endeavors.
Who is Fritz Gilbert? Fritz Gilbert is like many average individuals who work in a corporation for a great part of their lives, until one day they retire.
In Fritz Gilbert's case, he worked for an aluminum company, in corporate America, for about 33 years.
Writing has always been a passion for Fritz Gilbert, and about 3 years before his retirement, he started a blog called The Retirement Manifesto, where he started documenting his preparation towards retirement. Now he has been retired for 2 years and it seems that his blog is only getting started.
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Steven Arnott just published The Snowman's Guide to Personal Finance: A simple approach to managing your money. This is an easy to read book about how Canadians can take control of their investments and their future.
From a young age, Steven has been interested in personal finance. He completed the Canadian Securities Course, became a CFA charter holder, and created a blog about personal finance.
The book, The Snowman's Guide to Personal Finance serves as a guide to personal finance from a beginner's level to most advance.
Steven Arnott explores psychology, philosophy, and money in an approachable way, without jargon and with no background required. His goal is to help the reader spend their money stress-free and enjoy their lives today. All while ensuring they can continue their lifestyle in the future.
The idea of the book came about 7 years ago when Steven was trying to explain to his brother how to invest his savings. He found the analogy of a snowman, because, why not, they are both Canadian and in Canada, a Snowman is a great subject for an analogy.
The pleasure of helping his brother created the desire to help other Canadians understand money and how to manage it, and thus, Steven started writing the book.
The Snowman’s Guide to Personal Finance provides actionable steps to: Save money for the future
• Automate your savings plan
• Rethink your expenses
• Repay debt
Put your savings to work
• Manage your risk
• Understand how to invest your savings
• Lower your taxes
Protect yourself from the unexpected
• Set aside money for emergencies
• Understand your insurance needs
• Know when to write a will
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I have a confession. Ever since I have been following Jessica Moorhouse, host of Mo’ Money Podcast. I have had a lot of admiration for her work, but also a little bit of jalousie. After I asked her about how much work she does, I realized that I don't want to work as much as her. My admiration is even stronger, and my jalousie is no longer there.
Jessica opens up the kimono and reveals, in detail, how she makes money from blogging, podcasting, YouTube videos, Speaking, consulting, and selling her products and services.
I spoke to Jessica a year ago, on episode #31 in July 2018 and this was a great opportunity to catch up with her work.
This is the second episode I record with Tom Corley, the first one was episode #99 back in December. Today, we are speaking about his new book Effort-less Wealth.
Tom Corley, is an author, speaker, frequent media contributor and founder of the Rich Habits. He's also an avid runner, weight lifter, tennis player, CPA, CFP and has a Master’s Degree in Taxation.
The business of selling books Selling books is a business, and just like any other business, you have to devote time to it, have goals, etc.
In the beginning, Tom tried to reach the media to talk about his book for about three consecutive years. He sent over 1,000 emails. He sent out 1,000 books. He spent 1,800 hours making phone calls to radio stations so that they would interview him about his book "Rich Habits" and he got about 150 interviews. He sent about 40,000 tweets on twitter.
Finally, Yahoo Finance accepted to interview him. That interview was a complete success with over 2 million hits. Soon afterward, he was asked to be interviewed by Dave Ramsay who has 8 million listeners.
The interview with Dave went viral. Many other TV stations, radio stations, and podcaster started to ask Tom for interviews.
The conclusion is that Tom sold almost no books in three years and then he sold about 15,000 in about one month. That led to interviews with all the major TV networks in the U.S. Also, publishing houses from many other countries have approached Tom to reprint his book in their countries and their languages.
Since 2004, Tom has been studying the daily habits of the rich and the poor. Since then, his Rich Habits Study/Research/books have sold well over 100 million books in 27 countries.
Tom has consolidated his study findings into something he calls the Rich Habits Research Summary. This Summary provides a listing of over 300 behaviors, thinking, and activities that separate the rich and the poor.
About the book Effort-less Wealth Everyone's life is a series of stages: childhood, primary school, secondary school, college for some, getting your first apartment, marriage, starting a family, buying your first family home, managing your growing family, balancing work and family while managing your career, empty nest stage and finally, the retirement state.
The money mistakes you make in one stage can have a ripple effect, impacting one or more subsequent stages. Make too many money mistakes and you will find yourself in perpetual catch-up mode, the rest of your adult life.
Those who make the right decisions at every stage, tee themselves up for financial success.
In this book, Tom shows you exactly what you should be doing at every stage of your life.
The foundations for sound financial decisions are smart money habits. When you have smart money habits, you can save and invest during each of the stages of your life, so that when your kids leave the nest or you enter your retirement stage, you are free from financial worries and not financially dependent on your children or loved ones.
Financial success is a process. Understanding that process, and following it, virtually guarantees that you will become, at the very least, financially independent and, perhaps, even wealthy.
In this book, Tom Corley shares with you that process, embodied by specific smart money habits for each stage of your life. By following the lessons in this book, you will immediately catapult yourself into the top 5% of individuals -- the 5% who never have to worry about having enough money.
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Dominick Quartuccio is a mentor, speaker, trainer, and author dedicated to supporting others to be better versions of themselves. His passion is to help people design a future they can’t wait to live into
In this episode we speak about his book Design Your Future: 3 Simple Steps to Stop Drifting and Take Command of Your Life.
He helps successful, stressed and incredibly busy professionals take command of their habits, time, energy, focus, and execution so they can raise their performance in business and all aspects of their day-to-day lives.
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Joe Jackman is the CEO of Jackman Reinvents and the author of
The Reinventionist Mindset
Joe helps companies reinvent themselves. If you don't want to be another Kodak, another Blockbuster, another Sears, Joe is the person who can help you reinvent your company to face the constant challenges of an ever-changing world.
Joe Jackman is the Founder & CEO of Jackman Reinvents, the world’s first and foremost reinvention company. An advisor to consumer brands, retailers, B2B companies, and private equity partners for more than thirty years, Jackman has proven invaluable to leaders intent on sharpening strategy and orchestrating insight-led reinventions of their businesses. Throughout his career as a strategist, creative director, marketer, and Reinventionist, he has helped companies create the most powerful and relevant versions of their brands and businesses in record time; he is widely considered to be the leading expert on rapid reinvention.
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Grant Baldwin is a speaker, podcaster, author, entrepreneur, and an amazing speaking coach.
He has always enjoyed speaking and helping, so he went to Bible college and became a youth pastor. He worked at the local church and had a great time doing that. This is the place where Grant had an opportunity to address an audience on a consistent basis.
Grant decided that he wanted to be a speaker and started asking for some guidance.
He quit his full-time job, took a couple of part-time jobs while he worked on his craft. It took about two years before he was able to make a living as a speaker.
In the last few years, he has spoken to audiences all over the country, he has spoken at hundreds of events and he has given thousands of presentations in conferences, assemblies, conventions, and other events. He has spoken in front of audiences of as little as 10 to arenas filled with 13,000 people.
Grant also runs a podcast called The Speaker Lab podcast and helps other speakers start, build and grow their business.
The Successful Speaker We spoke about his recent book The Successful Speaker Five Steps For Booking Gigs, Getting Paid, And Building Your Platform. With the help of Jeff Goins.
The most important thing is to decide what is it that we want to talk about, what is the problem we want to solve, and who will be willing to listen.
We learn to prepare for a speech, to control our nervousness and to estimate the hours of practice we should put into the preparation.
Establishing a relationship with the audience and with the event organizers is the lifeblood of the speaking business. Also, speakers should put a lot of effort into developing their brand.
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Jeff Goins is the best-selling author of five books including The Art of Work and Real Artists Don’t Starve. On his blog, he shares his thoughts on writing, life, and creative work.
Jeff Goins is also a speaker, a podcaster, an online writing teacher, a consultant, a ghostwriter, and organizes a mastermind.
In this episode, we speak about
- the beginning of his career as a marketer
- the moment when he decided to become a professional writer
- how he built a bridge towards entrepreneurship and started writing books and online courses
- his first experience as a speaker and then how his speaking gigs grew
- the podcast "The portfolio life"
- the annual conference "Tribe writers"
- ghostwriting services
We spoke in detail about the ghostwritten book "The Successful Speaker" which was the brainchild of the speaker and podcaster Grant Baldwin, on how to Book Gigs, Get Paid, and Build a Platform.
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Lex Latkovski is an inspirational world traveler, he has traveled to 82 countries and wrote a book called Passport Forward: Moving from Regrets and Routine to Freedom, Passion, and Adventure
In this episode, we talk about how Lex Latkowski left a secure job and a stable life to discover the world and live like on his own terms. We talk about:
- How we become complacent and postpone living our lives to a date that might never come
- How to travel the world
- How he was able to afford 18 months trips
- Why people prioritize the status quo over living a life full of adventure but express something totally different
- How he started a Kickstarted campaign to be accountable and force himself to finish a book about his travels
- How he found a girlfriend with whom to share his traveling adventures
You can get Lex's book right here: "Passport Forward: Moving from Regrets and Routine to Freedom, Passion, and Adventure."
"Passport Forward tells the many exciting stories of adventure traveler Lex Latkovski and his quest to overcome obstacles, step through fears, and create a passionate and exciting life. Lex invites you to seize opportunities while you can, choose experiences over material things, and take the first step now … then keep going."
Amid coronavirus fears, 66 percent of American adults say they're less likely to travel outside of the country for the foreseeable future. Meanwhile, the travel industry fears that it could take months for business to bounce back even after the virus curve flattens.
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What would it be like if the United States had open borders? If anyone could just fly to the United States and there were no immigration officers, you would just get out of the airplane, get your bags, and jump into your Uber. No passport, no nothing, just Open Borders. This is the scenario that our guest Bryan Caplan proposes with his book Open Border.
Bryan Caplan is a professor of economics at George Mason University and a New York Times Bestselling author.
He has written The Myth of the Rational Voter, Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids, The Case Against Education, and Open Borders.
Byan blogs for EconLog, he has published in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, TIME, Newsweek, Atlantic, American Economic Review, Economic Journal, Journal of Law and Economics, and Intelligence, and appeared on ABC, BBC, Fox News, MSNBC, and C-SPAN.
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In the context of the strained relationships between China and the U.S. Here comes a new translation of the legendary book "The Art of War."
The Art of War is an ancient Chinese military book written 2,500 years ago. This book has influenced both Eastern and Western military thinking, business, tactics, legal strategies, lifestyle and more.
Michael Nylan is a professor of early Chinese history at the University of California, Berkeley. Her books include The Five "Confucian" Classics, China's Early Empires, Analects: A Norton Critical Edition, The Canon of Supreme Mystery, Exemplary Figures, and Documents Classic.
Sun Tzu’s ancient book of strategy and psychology has as much to tell us today as when it was first written 2,500 years ago. In a world forever at odds, his rules for anticipating the motivations and strategies of our competitors never cease to inspire leaders of all kinds
Joseph Zeppilli is the co-CEO of Bad Monkey Popcorn, a family business that is in the business of making Popcorn.
The business is composed of four brothers, all of them with different backgrounds.
- Joshep: Finance
- Fabio: Lawyer
- Brother 3: Photographer
- Brother 4: Chef
How Bad Monkeys was founded They always wanted to work together as a family. One night while eating together, one of them proposed the idea of making popcorn. They were aware that there was no gourmet version in the market, so they decided to put all their skills together and make a gourmet product for the grocery stores.
The four brothers, they all were working, but they were not happy with their jobs, they wanted something different, they wanted to work together, so they decided to give it a shot. They bet on themselves. They knew that no one could outwork them.
Joseph and Fabio quit their jobs (Finance and Law) and started working full time on the popcorn business. For the first two years, they made no money. There were some days when they doubted themselves and they didn't think they would make it.
What's the marketing strategy The marketing plan was to sell the popcorn at all major Montreal festivals.
Bad Monkey popcorn is a healthy product. It has zero trans fat, zero sugar, gluten-free, and it's vegan.
In addition to the festivals, Joseph and Fabio started knocking on the doors of different small supermarkets. On accepted, then the other one, and then another one. Now Bad Monkeys are in over 7,000 grocery stores and one of their most pressing problems is keeping up with demand.
About marketing through social media, Bad Monkey has hired a few so-called "marketing agencies" but they haven't seen great results. All they want to do is spend their money, but they haven't come up with any interesting ideas.
Bad Monkey was also aired on the popular TV show Dragons' Den
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Bad Monkey operational motto is to:
- Have the pricing point of Walmart
- The attitude of Reb Bull
- And the quality of Starbucks
Working with family is a struggle and a blessing. The important part is to be family at home and associates at work and not to mix those two identities. Also, it's very important to have and respect hierarchies at work. The chain of command at work could very well be different from the family hierarchy. At work, it could be normal for the son to give instructions to the father or the mother.
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Melanie Deziel helps marketers & creators tell better stories & create better content. She is the founder of StoryFuel, the author of “The Content Fuel Framework: How to Generate Unlimited Story ideas,” and an international keynote speaker recognized as one of the world's leading experts in native advertising and branded content.
As a speaker, she teaches marketers around the globe to brainstorm better and think like journalists and tell better stories.
She is a member of the National Speakers Association.
Melanie teaches at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and she has also taught multiple courses online for Syracuse University.
Prior to founding StoryFuel's, Melanie worked full time doing content strategy, business development, and branded content creation.
She also served as an Expert in Residence at Gary Vaynerchuk’s BRaVe Ventures, where she provided native advertising and content strategy insights, training and information to companies and advisory clients, including Viacom, Turner, Discovery Communications, Oprah Winfrey Network and more.
Melanie has also served as a startup advisor to a variety of media, marketing, and tech companies.
Melanie has an undergraduate degree in journalism from UConn.
She received her M.A. in Arts Journalism from Syracuse.
She interned with Rolling Stone as a student.
Melanie is based outside of New York City, where she lives with her husband Yasin Abbak (the CEO of The Fantasy Life App) and her daughter.
When she's not traveling to speak at conferences or give workshops for clients, you can find her searching for a great cup of decaf coffee and scouting Instagram-worthy tile floors.
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Oliver Day is the host of the popular podcast Awaken The Awesome. In this episode, we decided to have a short chat about the Coronavirus
The new coronavirus is changing the way we live. It has disrupted our day-to-day activities, and although I don't like to talk about the news or current event, I thought that this event is so radically different from regular routines, that I wanted to make a timestamp and put it on audio and share my perspective in this time of uncertainty.
You can find Oliver through his LinkedIn profile.
http://www.alainguillot.com/heidi-luerra/
Heidi Luerra is the Founder & CEO of RAW: natural born artists, the world's largest independent arts organization, also the author of the book
The Work of Art: A No-Nonsense Field Guide for Creative Entrepreneurs
Emancipation from her family Heidi Luerra always had a thirst for liberty and autonomy. At age 11 she drafted a document proclaiming her emancipation from her family, she signed it and had her family signed as well. From that moment one, she considered herself free.
With new freedoms come new responsibilities. Since she was free, she figured she needed to have her own money, and thus her entrepreneurial career got started. She found herself a job and started many side projects at the time. Haidi was able to keep up several jobs, her artistic endeavors, and still get good grades in school.
The birth of a creative At age 11 Heidi Luerra hosted fashion shows in her living room. She dressed her siblings in clothing from her closet and announce their wears with her sister's karaoke machine.
Moving to Los Angeles When she was eighteen she moved to Los Angeles to fulfill her dream of being a fashion designer. When she was twenty-four she launched the RAW artists' platform with zero funding, from her kitchen table. Over the past decade, Heidi has grown RAW Artists to a worldwide operation in over 80 cities with almost 200k artists in the RAW community.
The Work of Art WE speak about her book, The Work of Art: A No-Nonsense Field Guide for Creative Entrepreneurs. This book covers topics from personal branding, budgeting, and mental health, to guidance on clearing the hurdles that come forth as you rise to steady success.
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Mitch Joel has been called “one of North America’s leading visionaries” by Strategy Magazine and was awarded the highly prestigious Canada’s Top 40 Under 40.
In this episode, Mitch Joel tells how he got started in blogging, podcasting, speaking, and writing.
Mitch Joel's career from beginning to now Mitch is the Founder of Six Pixels Group - an advisory, investing and a content producing company that is focused on commerce and innovation.
Prior to Six Pixels Group, Mitch spent close to two decades building, running and (eventually) selling his business Twist Image/Mirum – a global marketing agency.
Mitch has written two books Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete. He has written for the Harvard Business Review, Inc. Magazine, The Huffington Post and many other publications.
Every Sunday, he publishes a new episode of the well-known podcast Six Pixels of Separation. As of the time of this post, that's 713 episodes over a time period of almost 14 years.
Every Monday, he comes over to the CHOM FM (I Heart Radio - Bell Media) to do a report on technology and culture.
Mitch is the host of Groove – The No Treble Podcast, where he is slowly trying to build the largest oral history of electric bass players in the world.
But Mitch's main gig right now is speaking. He speaks frequently to diverse groups like Wal-Mart, Starbucks, Microsoft, Procter and Gamble, Twitter, Unilever and every organization and association in between. In fact, since 2005 he has given anywhere between 40-60 customized keynote presentations a year.
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Kristin Morrison was taking college classes while trying to figure out what to do with her life, but nothing was making sense to her at the time.
One day (1995) she met a woman who was walking dogs, she was wearing a T-shirt that advertised her dog-walking business. Kristin approached her to ask her questions about her business, and after a few minutes, the woman hired her.
Kristin realized that this is what she wanted to do for the rest of her life and three months later started her own business.
Kristen didn't just drop everything to start her dog walking business. She started little by little, doing it as a side gig while she was working as a waitress at a restaurant. Little by little Kristin worked fewer hours at the restaurant and more hours walking dogs. Until one day, two years later, she finally let go of her last restaurant shift and jumped full time into the dog walking business.
Kristin doesn't recommend quitting your full-time job until your business can support you.
18 years later Kristin sold her business for a seven-figure amount. She decided she was ready to move us. At the time fo the sale, Kristen was working just two days a week.
Kristin had many ups and downs during her years as the owner of a dog walking business. At one time she was working 14 hours per day. She didn't know how to manage her time. At a given moment she was ready to sell the business but instead, she found a manager to help her. She learned how to work on her business, not in her business, and it was at that moment that the revenues increased the workload decreased.
Today, Kristen is business coach, she teaches people how to run their pet business and she runs The Six-Figure Pet Business Academy where coach other pet business owners on how to best run their businesses.
Kristen also hosts the podcast Prosperous Pet Business Podcast.
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Borden Dairy Co. and Dean Foods, two of the United States largest milk-producing companies, filed for bankruptcy last year (2019).
The two main reasons for these bankruptcies are lower milk prices and lower consumption for milk products.
I spoke with my friend Cheryl Williams, who is vegan and an advocate for animal compassion, about why people are switching to alternative milk products and shunning dairy products.
“Cow’s milk is for baby cows, it’s not for humans.”
“Humans are the only mammal who consumes other animal’s milk”
For decades, factory farms have been promoting milk as a healthy product, but voices denouncing the use of antibiotics, cruelty towards animals, and the environmental damage, are becoming louder and louder.
People are now considering cow’s milk as dangerous to our health and when we compare it to the lesser impact on the environment from milk alternatives, thousands of people are switching over.
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25 years ago, Shawn Askinosie was a successful criminal defense lawyer. Being a lawyer was a childhood dream passed down from his father. He defended and won many high profile cases, which brought him fame and fortune. But the high-pressure of his work lifestyle was unsustainable and one day, Shawn woke up without motivation to continue, "it was like turning the lights off," and his empty soul starting searching for a new meaning.
He looked everywhere but he wasn't able to find an answer. On his quest to discover more meaningful work, he started volunteering in the palliative care wing of a hospital until one day he realized that what he wanted to do was to create chocolate. Keep in mind that up to this moment Shawn had no experience whatsoever in the chocolate business.
He created a chocolate company that sourced 100% of its cocoa beans directly from farmers across the globe and with whom he shared its profits fairly. In addition to developing relationships with small farmers, he also partnered with schools in their origin communities to provide lunch to 1,600 children every day with no outside donations
in this episode, Shawn describes his quest to discover more meaningful work, his insights into doing work that reflects one's values and purpose in life. He shows us how to create a work-life that is inspired and fulfilling, and we talk about his book Meaningful Work.
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https://www.triadconsciousness.com/
George has always been fascinated by Human Behavior. His coaching career began in 2008 at Simulika Solutions. He played a significant role in developing the potential of many team members. He then capitalized on his expertise working as a senior manager for McKesson Canada, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, where he had the opportunity to lead and inspire his team and achieve a 93% engagement score.
In this episode we discuss
- Why is there a constant dilemma between our inner voice and our outer voice
- How the quality of our lives depends on the quality of the questions we ask ourselves.
- Why We need support and challenges at the same time in order to grow in our day-to-day lives.
- How negative emotions can act as a catalyst for us to get inspired and reach higher levels.
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Erika Toth, CFA, is the director of ETFs at Bank of Montreal. She helps investors and financial advisers navigate through the diversity and complexity of the ETF palette; what's the primary purpose of each ETF, and who is the ideal investor for each one of them.
You can find Bank of Montreal's ETFs offering here. And you can thank Erika for the information she shared here.
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David Kadavy is a creative entrepreneur, author, podcaster, speaker, and creative productivity expert.
But the thing that intrigued me the most is his decision to move from the U.S. to Colombia.
Books written by David:
- The Heart to Start: Stop Procrastinating & Start Creating,
- Design for Hackers: Reverse-Engineering Beauty
Podcast: Love Your Work
In 2004, David was stuck in a cubicle in Nebraska. One day he gained enough confidence to write a blog post. That blog post started a series of events that David could have never anticipated.
When he was in college, he went to Rome as an exchange student. This trip was like opening Pandora's box. He discovered that there was a whole world to discover and it changed his perspective in life.
He moved to Silicon Valley and worked there for 3 years.
One day he got fires and Instead of looking for another job, he decided to give himself a year to explore things. Then he moved to Chicago. He wanted to experiment winters in a strange way. He wanted to be forced by winter to stay home, and while at home, explore inside of his mind to try to find himself.
After two winters in Chicago, one day of July, he came up with the idea of a talk and a book called "Design for Hackers."
The book was a success. It created speaking opportunities in South America, and that's where the idea of learning Spanish and moving to Colombia was born.
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Jonny Likoray, owner and President of Citalfort Gym.
Jonny always had a passion for fitness and movement. He started working as a physical trainer at the Concordia University gym. He worked there for about three years. He has been training people for 18 years.
When the opportunity arrived, he purchased the gym where he was working and converted it into a cross fit gym.
While coaching people on their physical activity and their diet, he started coaching his clients in other parts of their lives.
Today, Jonny is the happy owner of a successful gym, a life coach, and a motivational speaker.
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I have been part of the Montreal Local LinkedIn community for about two years. Naturally, I was curious about how it got started. My curiosity led to Anna McAfee.
Anna is from Coffs Harbour, a coastal city of New South Wale, Australia. A small city with an estimated population of over 75,000 people.
At that time, Anna used to work in the recruitment industry and that's why she joined LinkedIn.
With a thirst to create communities, back in May 2017 she decided to ask her LinkedIn connection if they wanted to meet offline. The response was positive, so she created the hashtag #LinkedInLocal. On the day of the event, at a local coffee shop, early in the morning, 16 people showed up.
What caught Anna by surprise was that individuals in other international communities showed some interest in doing something similar. Alexandra Galviz in London, Erik Eklund in Brussels, Swish Goswami in NYC, and Ryan Troll in Washington were some of the first organizers who took the LinkedIn Local hashtag and started creating events in their own communities.
Today, #LinkedInLocal touches the lives of over 300,000 humans, in 650+ cities, in 92 countries. Impressive, especially for a community of volunteers.
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All of us have some kind of goal we would like to achieve. Some goals are easy to achieve, while others can take a lifetime.
For example, for the past 6 years, one of my goals has been to become a better communicator. This goal might take me a lifetime to achieve, but every day I feel that I am making a bit of progress.
Some of the goals other people might have could be:
- Achieve financial independence
- Have a better work/life balance
- Be in better physical shape
- Overcome mental barriers
- Become geographically independent
- Have deeper relationships with those who we love
- Become a better leader
Most of the time, the main things keeping us from attaining our goals, are
- Inertia
- Being surrounded by people who don't share our goals or worse yet, who will try to prevent us from achieving them
- Lack of time
Today, I want to tackle the issue of lack of time.
How to find extra time in your life to achieve your goals Many of us have a busy life. We work, we study, we spend time with family, we commute, and at the end of the day, we might have a few minutes to drink a beer or to watch a TV show before we fall asleep. So, you might ask:
“How am I going to find the extra time to work on any of my goals?”
I get you.
As we build our days, we fill them up with a myriad of activities that make us feel busy and that every minute is accounted for. But if we look a bit closer, we might find pockets of time here and there that we could reclaim.
- Digital distractions
We have grown addicted to the digital distractions on our phones. As I walk into a metro station or an airport, I see many people playing video games. Or mindlessly scrolling through social media.
Imagine if we use those few minutes to read a paper book or an ebook on the same digital device, or to listen to an audiobook or a podcast. I bet that little shift of time can get you a bit closer to your goal.
A friend of mine is trying to learn English as a second language. I suggested that she could listen to audiobooks or podcasts in English to get used to the sounds. She responded that she would rather listen to music. Well, I guess her learning is going to take just a little bit longer.
- Get rid of your TV
I am serious!
We have grown to believe that a TV is a must-have item that deserves a special place in every living-room. But do we really need it? Have you ever thought of all the things you could do if you didn't spend time in front of the TV? If you could get closer to your goals, in exchange for all the hours in front of the TV, would you do it?
The TV is made to distract us from our reality, from our real lives. At the time of the Roman Empire, Caesar used to use the Roman Coliseum to entertain, pacify and distract the masses. Now we used Netflix and the news to keep us pacified and not to notice our discomforts.
- Drugs, alcohol, gambling, and other mind-numbing activities
After a hard day of work, you might want to go home, open the refrigerator and get a cold beer. Since you are at it, why not two or three. How about a gambling few dollars on the sports game of the weekend?
Just as with TV and digital distractions, sin products or activities only get us away from our goals. They provide very little relief and demand a disproportionate amount of time and attention.
I know it's not easy to give up your sin activities or products, but if you do, you could put all that time and energy towards the goals that really matter to you.
OK, now what? Once you have made the first step to cut these distractions out of your life. Now, you want to fill the time with the things that will help you achieve your goal.
If you want to have better health, make sure your refrigerator is full of healthy stuff and you diminish the number of barriers preventing you from doing exercise. I keep my weights and my yoga mat in my living room, right in front of my face. The barrier between me and doing a few shoulder-presses is literally one step away.
If you want to grow your business, continue learning new skills or increasing the network of people who will support you.
If you want better relationships, make sure you take the time to nurture those relationships by doing some activities together.
Now that you have found some extra time to work on your goals, success is just a bit closer.
If you put these tactics into practice, how much extra time can you generate?
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Samantha Kris is an international success coach, best-selling author, and award-winning speaker. She has been recognized as one of the Top Women CEO’s and can regularly be seen on Breakfast Television.
Her journey started quite early in her life. When she was a little girl, one of her friends was murdered. This unfortunate event created a passion for justice and a desire to help criminals rehabilitate themselves so that they would go out in the world to commit more crimes.
Samantha became a correctional counselor at age 19, but she soon found out that she didn't have the skill to hold on to her position for long. She was not able to separate work from her day to day life, and thus creating a breakdown in her general happiness.
http://www.alainguillot.com/janet-blaser/ Should you consider moving abroad? Many of us have, at one time or another, wondered about how is it to live abroad. Is it secure? Is it affordable? How is the weather? would I miss my country? Would I miss my culture?
Today, Janet Blaser will answer some of those questions.
Janet is from the United States, but she has been living in Mexico (in Mazatlan) for the past 15 years.
Fear is holding people back One of the things which hold people back from experimenting in other countries such as Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, Colombia, is fear. Fear of the unknown.
We are victims of the sensationalism created by the media. Whenever something horrible happens, it's all over the media. When everything goes right. It's not reported (of course).
If you live in the United States, change the lens for a minute. Think of people from the outside get to see (magnified by the media). They get to see a country run by gun violence, a country where random people go high school or nightclubs with the purpose of assassinating other people. A country with a president who is a racist, homophobic, and a sexual predator. If people would make their decisions based solely on what they hear on the press, then no one would want to go to the United States.
Janet Blaser before moving to Mexico Janet was a single mom, with three little kids. She worked for about 10 years in the daily newspaper in Satan Cruz, California as a staff writer. And then the Internet happened, which was highly detrimental to the newspaper business.
At this time Janet was in her 50s and she was getting less and less working hours, she didn't have a college degree and the future seemed to be bleak.
Discovering Mazatlan, Mexico In an effort to gather her ideas and to have the clarity of mind to look for a solution, Janet decided to go on vacation to Mazatlan, Mexico.
In Mazatlan, she found the town full of foreigners. There were many activities in the town, but there was not publication which could tell people what to, where to go, and how much it cost.
As a journalist, Janet saw a business opportunity. She decided to take a leave of absence from her job and do some research about the possibility of moving to Mexico and start a business there publish information for the English market.
Moving to Mazatlan Mexico Four months later, Janet sold everything, put all her belongings in her car and drove from Nother California to Mazatlan.
It was a culture shock. Janet thought she knew some Spanish, but in fact, her Spanish was not good enough. She missed her children, her friends, and her community terribly.
Now it's been 15 years since she moved and she can not imagine living anywhere else.
Cost of living for a single person in Mazatlan, Mexico Janet lives on about $1,000 US per month from her social security checks.
- She pays about $200 rent per month in a charming one-bedroom apartment in a very nice part of town with a view of the beach.
- She travels twice a year to the U.S.
- She pays about $15/month for her cell phone which allows her to call all over the world unlimited.
- $18/month for WIFI.
- $4/month for water.
- Less than $20/month for electricity.
- The veterinarian comes to the house and it cost $12 per visit.
- An office visit to the doctor costs $20 to $30.
- Breakfast in a restaurant is $6 and lunch a couple of dollars more.
How is the day to day living in Mazatlan, Mexico? * Janet is a surfer. She finds that Mazatlan offers her a wonderful environment to surf. * The water is warm. * The weather is hot all the time. * There are ex-pat community ready to help * The Mexican government is very welcoming
Why We Left: An Anthology of American Women Expat Janet also put together a book: Why We Left: An Anthology of American Women Expat
It is the collective essays of 27 women from all over the U.S. of different ages, of different situations, who moved to Mexico. Everyone's story is completely different and each one of the women wrote their own story. The book deals mostly with what does it take to live in a different country.
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Susan RoAne is the author of the classic bestseller -How To Work A Room®—which has sold over 1.2 million books in 14 countries!
Susanne had been named by forbes.com as one of the networking gurus,
Susan is an in-demand international keynote speaker who has shared her message of connection and communication with audiences worldwide and has been featured in the New York Times, The Guardian, on CNN, The BBC, Chicago Tribune and Wall Street Journal to name a few.
Her clients include Coca Cola, The US Air Force, UnitedHealth Group, Yale University, Apple Computer, Intel, Stanford University, LinkedIn, The National Football League, — and, her personal favorite . . . Hershey Chocolate!
Connect with me I would love it if you connect with me via social. You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram.
http://www.alainguillot.com/alex-soojung-kim-pan/
Alex Soojung-Kim Pan is the author of four books, including Shorter: Redesign your Workday and Reinvent Your Life; Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less; and The Distraction Addiction.
We spoke about
- His work as a futurist
- How to avoid distraction addition,
- How we can be more productive by working less
- How super-productive people use deliberate rest when taking a break from work
- How the subconscious mind continuous working even when you are resting
- How companies can redefine their schedule so that people can work only four days a week.
http://www.alainguillot.com/aline-bekerejian/
Aline Bekerejian is a notary in Montreal. She was referred to me by my friend Jamie Benizri. I needed a new notary because I was selling a property and the last time I used a notary, I felt that the service was not that great. Luckily, I was very happy with the service I got from Aline, so happy that I decided to interview her.
Aline wanted to work in the legal field since she was very young. In particular, she was always trying to be a defender of people whenever she saw injustice around her.
She went to law school. In Quebec, notaries have to go to law school, and in fact, their education is no different than the education of an attorney. While going to law school Aline noticed that she was not attached to any branch of law. However, when she discovered notary, she knew that's what she wanted to do.
Aline engages in all aspects of notary work. Her service includes real estate transactions, estate and protection of asses, marriage contracts, incorporation, and general legal advice.
What should someone do when looking for a notary?
- Don't narrow your search just on price
- Look for references
- Have a conversation with the notary to get to know them before you hire
Connect with me I would love it if you connect with me via social. You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube and Instagram.
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This is the second time that Jennifer Brown comes to the Alain Guillot Podcast. Please check out our previous conversation on episode #066 to find out more about Jennifer's background story of how she became an Inclusive Leader.
Jeniffer owns a consulting firm that works on diversity, equity and inclusion strategies for large companies. She is also a speaker and author.
Jennifer is a member of the LGBTQ community which stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer. She has been out for 25 years.
For many years she was not bringing her full personality to work. She didn't want to disclose that she was a lesbian because of fear of being rejected or even losing her job.
Her case was not unique. She finds that in one way or another, all of us are not bringing our full personalities to work for the same fears and insecurities that she had.
Having inclusion and diversity is crucial for the survival of today's businesses. Talent comes for all groups, and clients also come from all groups and businesses have to reflect today's diverse society.
Connect with me I would love it if you connect with me via social. You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram.
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Bobby Bidochka is a woman on the move. Over her life she has had over 40 different jobs in different industries, she has lived in eight different cities, and moves without any effort from business to technology, to networking.
As if her mind is not occupied enough, she is set to write a book about Sex and Business.
The #Metoo movement has gone too far
She was triggered by the second-order consequences initiated by the #MeToo movement to write a book about sex and business. In this book, Bobby covers topics such as gender, feminism, women's issues, in-fighting within feminism, the aftereffects of the #Metoo movement, mentorship, identity, etc.
Yes, the #Metoo movement has brought justice to women who have suffered sexual harassment and sexual assaults and the perpetrators need to be brought to justice.
But there are many situations which are in a gray zone, in a zone where there is sexuality involved, but it's not harassment nor assaults and it's not an undesirable action either. There is a lot of office romance and sex which is consensual.
In other cases, because men are paranoid about how their friendliness could be misinterpreted, they have stopped socializing with women at work or after work. In many cases, this overreaction has created an additional burden on women who realize the importance of networking to advance in their careers.
One of the unintended consequences of the #Metoo movement is the Mike Pence Rule: U.S. Vice President Mike Pence stated that he never eats alone with a woman other than his wife. The rule has been criticized for viewing women as potential objects of lust, as well as restricting opportunities for women to network with any male colleagues who happen to implement this rule.
Pronouns in the workplace
Increasingly employees are entering the workplace with gender identities and expressions that may be different from what we most frequently think of when discussing gender.
While many transgender people identify on a binary scale – as either male or female – some do not and may instead refer to themselves as “genderqueer,” “gender fluid,” “non-binary” or other terms. These gender-expansive identities are generally considered part of the greater transgender community.
In the workplace, employees should have the option of articulating their preferred name and the way this is articulated may vary across settings -- formal vs. informal, email vs. in-person meetings, name
badges, business cards and so on. But what about pronouns?
The experience of being misgendered can be hurtful, angering, and even distracting. The experience of accidentally misgendering someone can be embarrassing for both parties, creating tension and leading to communication breakdowns across teams and with customers.
Man bashing
Women should stop man bashing
Flirting and sex are good for creativity and productivity
Researcher shows that flirting is good for relieving workplace anxiety and stress. But this only works so long as flirting is kept within limits and the tone kept light.
Melissa Dinwiddie is the founder of Creative Sandbox Solutions™, a creative consultancy that helps organizations build cultures of creativity and innovation through the strategic use of play.
She delivers workshops and keynotes to corporations, conferences, high schools, and colleges; hosts creativity retreats; runs an online community for women; and is the author of The Creative Sandbox Way™: Your Path to a Full-Color Life.
She shares her writings, artwork, and music on her blog, Living A Creative Life.
The interesting thing about his interview, it that melissa always taught of herself as a noncreative person, always thinking that her art wasn't good enough when compared to other's people art.
Then through a series of events, she discovered her artistic abilities. She was so successful at her craft, that she made a business out of her art. Her business grew so much that she didn't have time to do art for art's sake.
At a given moment, she decided that she needed a sandbox to create art without a commercial purpose, she needed to create a space where she could just create art just to have fun and to let her creativity flow, and thus the concept of the creative sandbox was born.
For the last decade, we have seen an explosion of interest in sleep. Scientists have found that sleep is crucial, and most of us aren't getting enough.
In today's 24/7 society, natural sleep patterns are under threat. Many of us don't realize that our daily routines interfere with our natural sleeping patterns, and this to a great detriment to our health, happiness, and productivity.
On the other hand, if we can optimize our sleeping patterns, we can improve our performance, health, and wellbeing.
Dr. Sophie Bostock, as a scientist and founder of The Sleep Scientist, aims to make the latest sleep science more accessible.
When she is not sleeping, eating, climbing, swimming or windsurfing, she is giving talks at Tedx and Talks@Google, and many other corporations or government agencies.
What happens when we sleep? There are four stages of sleep: Non-REM (NREM) sleep (Stages 1, 2 & 3) and REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep. Periods of wakefulness occur before and intermittently throughout the various sleep stages or as one shift sleeping position.
Stage 1 is the lightest stage of NREM sleep. Often defined by the presence of slow eye movements, this drowsy sleep stage can be easily disrupted causing awakenings or arousals. This stage lasts about 10-15 minutes. The muscles relax and brain wave activity begins to slow from that of awake.
Stage 2 occurs for longer periods than Stage 1. This could be about 20 to 30 minutes. Your heart rate slows down and your brain becomes more active.
Stage 3 is most often found next in the progression. This restorative stage does where we get growth hormones and we learn the most.
REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep, where we do most of our dreaming.
The whole sleep cycle takes about 90 minutes.
Why sleeping is good for your health? People who get at least 7 hours of sleep have lower levels of diabetes, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and cognitive decline (Alzheimer's disease). Also, people who sleep well get into fewer car accidents.
Connect with Sophie on LinkedIn, Twitter.
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My podcasting journey
I started podcasting in January of 2018, almost 2 years now. I started without knowing what to do and how to do it. I have learned a lot, but the biggest lesson is that I still have much more to learn.
The two major things I have learned has been to build relationships and to become a better communicator.
The main drawback of podcasting is that it takes a lot of time. To be honest, I think about podcasting almost every day and each episode takes me about 12 hours to produce, from the initial email I send to the person I want to interview, to finally hitting the "publish" button and sharing it in social media.
The celebration
I find that often in life, we accomplish big milestones in our lives, and because we don't do anything to highlight those milestones, they are simply forgotten, put away in the mixture of other regular days in our lives. And because we don't do anything to highlights those special moments, they are often forgotten.
I didn't want the publication of the 100th podcast to be mixed with all the other podcasts. Technically, there is nothing different between podcast #99 and podcast #100, but because I decided to make it special, and do a special celebration for it, then it does become more special.
I find, that often life passes us by without us realizing our accomplishments. Well, I think that many of us, who have worked hard to accomplish any goal, should take a moment to celebrate that accomplishment, to make it a life experience, and even better, to inspire others to celebrate their own milestones as well.
It's with that mindset that I decided to celebrate the publication of this 100th podcast episode, with the company of my Montrealer friends, and the support of people who I love and admire.
Cheryl Williams Cheryl Williams opened the event. Cheryl has been my friend and business partner for about 14 years. She has been a fountain of inspiration to me and she has been a great pillar of support for many of my successful and failed ideas. It's so precious to have a friend who supports you unconditionally, but also will tell you the truth to your face without any filters. Thank you, Cheryl. I will never have adequate enough words to express my gratitude.
Elaheh Bos Elaheh Bos is the founder of Plant Love Grow. She is an author and illustrator of about 50 children books, she is a speaker and an entrepreneur. But the most amazing power of Elaheh is her storytelling power, which of course, she channels it into her books. She also uses a vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work.
Some of the phrases she used to catch my attention were:
If I could origami myself into a corner, I would have
As a mother, I was in this salad bowl of anger, denial, shame, fear.
The main message that I got from Elaheh's speech is that we can not help others from a place of fear. Elaheh had to go back in time and deal with the fears of her inner child before she was able to help her daughter.
I learned about resilience and resourcefulness. We all have the tools in life that we need to succeed, to solve problems. It's up to us to dust off those tools and put them into practice.
Terrie Schauer Terrie Schauer is a real estate investor, an author, a coach, and a competitive Brazilian jiu-jitsu fighter.
The lesson I learned from Terrie is her defiance towards adversity. Adversity is never going to away, and if it does, then we stop growing.
As a real estate investor, Terrie has faced many tenants who have not paid their rent or who have destroyed her rental properties. As a jiu-jitsu fighter, Terrie had her face smear again the mat many times. These moments of adversity, each one of them, have taught her a lesson. We should see adversity as our teacher, and only when we accept it, we have an opportunity to grow.
Tom Coley, the author of Rich Habits, is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), a Certified Financial Planner, he has a master's degree in taxation. He runs an accounting firm and a financial planning practice.
One day, while running his accounting business, a customer came to him in despair. He didn't have money to cover payroll. The banks have stopped his line of credit and didn't enough liquidity to pay his employees.
Tom told me that he couldn't help him get cash in such a short time period. So the distraught asked to share with him what is that his successful clients were doing. Why was he failing?
Tom decided to do some research to figure out why most of his clients were successful business people. What is it that they were doing that could explain their success.
Tom started his research by interviewing his successful clients. Then he expanded his research to interviewing 233 millionaires about how they obtained their wealth. The interview consisted of 144 questions.
Tom also use the same 144 questions to interview 128 poor people to try to figure out how their habits were different.
After all this research was done, Tom created about a dozen training sessions to teach the rich habits, and how to stay away from poor habits. The attendees were so happy with the sessions that they asked Tom to write a book about it.
Tom accepted the challenge to write a book. He taught himself how to write a book and that's how the book Rich Habits was created. In 2013, the book became a bestseller. He was on TV, he was on several well-known podcasts, magazines, and newspapers.
There are four paths to creating wealth
- The saver-investor path. This is the path of saving about 10% of your income and investing it prudently.
- The executive path. Working for a big company and climbing the corporate ladder.
- The virtuoso path. Being a big media or sports personality.
- The entrepreneur path, the dreamer path.
Depending on which path you take, there are rich habits that can help you along in your journey to becoming rich.
- If you are in the saver-investor path, Frugality
- Doing your research on your investments.
- Creating multiple streams of income
- If you are in the executive path, building relationships.
- Developing leadership skills.
- Networking
- If you are in the virtuoso path. Intensive practice of your skill.
- If you in the entrepreneur path. Experimentation to find a product/service to offer to clients and creating a process to deliver.
Some of the poor habits are:
- Spending more than they earn
- Not reading for educational/self-improvement purposes
- No eating healthy, eating junk food
- Not exercising
- Watching lots of TV
- Using or abusing drugs and alcohol
- Gambling, buying lottery tickets
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This is the story of how Michael Ezkenzi created Felix & Norton.
In the early 1960s in the home kitchen at the age of eight, Michael Eskenazi was already wearing a chef’s hat, cooking up lavish 5-course meals for his family, always finished off with a lavish chocolatey dessert. Yummy chocolate was already his passion, all day long and even in his dreams.
Growing up, he had aspirations of becoming a great chef, but it remained simply a hobby while he worked for a variety of clothing retailers.
The inspiration to follow his dreams came during a trip to Manhattan where he discovered gourmet cookie boutiques on every corner, which was followed just days later by an incredible stroke of fortune - his employer fired him from his job. It was time to do what he was meant to do- Make people smile by baking the best cookies in the world!
Back from New York, and supported by his wife and a close friend, Michael began the most important challenge, creating the cookie recipes.
Simple research showed him that multiple chocolate chip cookie recipes consisted of all the same ingredients in varying quantities. If he was to sell only cookies, they would have to be the best cookies anywhere, so it would have to start with finding the best of each of the main ingredients.
For almost a year, his home kitchen became a lab. Different flours, different butters and of course different chocolates were tested hundreds of times. Family and friends were invited and forced to eat and give ratings for multiple versions of each recipe gaining a few pounds and lots of happiness, to create the recipes that are still used today.
On April 24, 1985, the first Monsieur Félix & Mr. Norton cookie shop opened on Queen Mary Road in Montreal. To be sure that some customers showed up the first day, cookies were brought early in the morning to various radio stations. Hopefully one or two of the eight selected stations would say something nice. They all did. By 9 am, there was a line up stretching down the block with hundreds of cookie connoisseurs waiting to sample these new creations. It was love at first bite, the fan base was starting to be built.
During the first four years, 8 boutiques were opened. Félix & Norton cookies became well-known throughout Montreal. Michael and Félix & Norton became local celebrities, cover stories in magazines and newspapers, radio and TV appearances.
More and more cookies. Got to make more and more cookies. Let’s build a (too big) bakery to supply everyone, we’ll grow into it. We’ll open a new store in Ottawa as we start our national growth plan. OK, if so many people want to buy a franchise, we’ll sell franchises too. By 1993, there are 25 stores in Quebec and Ontario. Isn’t life sweet?
But like so many stories of success, when things are going too well, they take a turn for the worse. Since Félix & Norton was built on a story of intense passion without compromise, the twists and turns downhill were truly severe. After some very poor choices of partners and new store locations as well as changing market conditions, financial pressures that couldn’t be paid off with cookies led the retail division to bankruptcy proceedings in 1998.
All that was left was the factory, the recipes, and the trademarks. With the help of Sweet Factory candy stores, the retail division was relaunched. But destiny was even more bitter than the darkest of chocolates, and every time an opportunity to rebuild presented itself, another huge setback occurred, from the burst of the stock market bubble in 2000 that wiped out a planned major investment, to the sudden death in an auto accident of a partner and investor just days before the contract was to be signed. Wounded, frustrated, and exhausted, Michael needed a break.
Michael had been a dessert specialist all his life. He knew he had to find a way to end this story with something sweet. He knew that after years of mismanagement by the successors at Sweet Factory, the Félix & Norton love brand had faded and was being forgotten. But he knew that so much goodwill was created by years of sharing smiles with millions of cookie lovers. And he knew that he still had the power of seducing them again with cookies baked and served warm like they always were when he had his stores. But how? How to get warm cookies to the customers?
Well before food trucks were all the rage, Michael decided that he would relaunch the brand by driving a pink truck that would deliver smiles (and cookies) wherever he would stop. An ecologically friendly, propane-powered truck with a full kitchen inside, ready to bake cookies at any time.
As passionate about this idea as he was when he opened his first boutique in 1985, Michael excitedly put his business plan together. Finding the affordable truck online in Portland, Oregon, he took a one-way flight there and crossed the continent behind the wheel of a truck for the first time in his life, driving through the cornfields as he kept asking himself, “If I build it, will they come?” 5,000 km. later he was home and converting this crazy idea into Montreal’s first food truck.
And it was a huge success! Everywhere the truck went, it was true love again. Nostalgics were thrilled to see Félix & Norton again, newbies were immediately seduced. The magic of a freshly baked cookie warm from the oven.
Word of mouth attracted new partners. Supermarket chains wanted superior cookies, and wanted a quality brand with an immense following. And that is why today you can find Félix & Norton cookie dough and their other new dessert creations in stores like Loblaws, Metro, Sobeys, Provigo, IGA and many more… and even in Dubai and Qatar.
Even though Michael had always resisted returning to franchising despite receiving requests virtually every week, he was convinced by the ambition and business skills of his Middle Eastern associate, who needed quality cookies and a Canadian love brand to share with his compatriots. And now, containers filled with cookie dough set sail across the ocean for 40 days and 40 nights…
So does this story have a happy ending? It is still being written, one smile at a time!
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Dr. Stephan J. Guyenet has a BS in biochemistry and a Ph.D. in neuroscience. He studied the neuroscience of obesity and eating disorder as a postdoctoral fellow. He spent 12 years in the neuroscience research world studying neurodegenerative disease and the neuroscience of body fatness. His publications in scientific journals have been cited more than 2,100 times.
Dr. Guyenet lives in the Seattle area, where he grows much of his own food, uses his bicycle to get around, and brews a mean hard cider.
The Hungry Brain
No one wants to overeat. And certainly no one wants to overeat for years, become overweight, and end up with a high risk of diabetes or heart disease– yet two-thirds of Americans do precisely that.
In his book The Hungry Brain, Dr. Guyenet argues that the problem is not necessarily a lack of willpower or an incorrect understanding of what to eat. Rather, our appetites and food choices are led astray by ancient, instinctive brain circuits that play by the rules of a survival game that no longer exists. In other words, our brain was built for the caveman who lived 10,000 ago when there was food scarcity. We craved fats and sugars. We no longer live in a world of scarcity, but our brains still crave fats and sugars.
The Hungry Brain delivers profound insights into why the brain undermines our weight goals and transforms these insights into practical guidelines for eating well and staying slim. Along the way, it explores how the human brain works, revealing how this mysterious organ makes us who we are.
http://www.alainguillot.com/mona-andrei/
Mona wears many hats at home. She is a writer, a copywriter, a blogger, she writes content for different corporations and she helps them develop a voice so that they can better communicate with their clients.
Mona has always been a writer. Since she was a little girl, she has been filling the drawers in her house with stories.
At a given moment she started submitting articles to different magazines which were accepted. Eventually, she discovered the world of copywriting, which led her to the work she does now.
How does one become a writer for a magazine?
- The first thing is to read the magazine. You want to know what's the tone of the magazine. Who is the audience? Who are the advertisers?
- Read back issues to figure out what has been discussed and what could be lacking.
- Try to come up with a unique idea, or
- bring back an already mentioned idea, but from a different angle.
- The pitch the idea to the editor.
Should a writer write for free, to make themselves known?
Yes, with a lot of hesitation. Maybe a few articles to get your name out there, but get out of the "Free" as soon as possible.
What is preferable, is to write for your own blog, or for your own property, to showcase your work.
Can you tell us about how to do you write for SEO (Search Engine Optimization)?
To write for SEO, you have to imagine that you are a customer looking for information. What are the kind of questions a client would type when looking for a product or a service? For example, "How to..." or "How do I..."
Another important thing is not to focus too much on keywords. Focus instead on writing interesting content with attention-grabbing headlines.
How do you use headlines?
The most important thing about headlines is that they have to be concise and inside enough curiosity to get the reader to open the article.
How long are the articles?
It depends on the industry. Some are 500 words, some 1,000, some1,500 words. Right now, the tendency is to write articles that are 2,000 words or longer.
How much does a content creator earn?
It's like any business, you start small and then it starts growing. It takes time, so don't quit your day job.
How does one become a writer?
Make writing a daily routine. Write a lot, read a lot, and reach out to people. Write to website owners and offer them your services. The more you do it, the higher your chances of getting a client. Once you find a client, you can leverage your work and relationship to find other clients.
How does a Canadian writer competes with Filipino writers who are willing to write 500 words for $5
Generally, when a client hires a Canadian, they are concerned about quality. When they hire a Filipino, they are concerned about quantity. They are different clients and different markets.
Can you tell us about the speaking side of your business
I had a background as an actress, so that helps a lot when speaking in front of people. I like to speak to single mothers and encourage them to continue having an active life, in spite of motherhood.
I started testing my ideas at the local toastmasters club and when I felt comfortable, I started approaching companies.
If some want to become a speaker, what should they do?
- They should create a one-pager. It's a PDF that describes you and has a photo of you, who your audience is, your topics of speaking, places where you have been featured.
- A website or a speaker-only landing page.
- Start contacting people; event organizers, companies that host lunch-and-learn, etc.
Mona as an author
Mona is the author of SUPERWOMAN: A Funny and Reflective Look at Single Motherhood (Cynren Press) is scheduled for release later this year. The book is a combination of humor, reflection, and despair because Mona is a single mom.
The book is written for single moms, and it's a reminder that women don't stop being persons just because they had a kid. That person, full of dreams, aspirations, and ambition, that person is still there, so go ahead and get reacquainted with that person.
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For the past 30 years, Howard Berg has been teaching people how to increase their reading speed along with comprehension, but more importantly how to develop a total learning solution in their life.
Howard helps professionals, associations, companies, colleges, and universities, students and people of all walks of life and ages maximize their ability to learn faster, comprehend better, and retain more in their information-rich world.
He's considered the fastest reader in the world. He was in the Guinness world record in 1990.
Howard Stephen Berg is recognized as the world's fastest reader. He is listed in the 1990 Guinness Book of World Records for reading more than 25,000 words a minute and writing more than 100 words a minute
Howard offers courses and training on:
- speed reading
- Eliminate writer's block
- Creative blockbusting
- Infinite memory
- Mind math
- Accelerated studying
- Passing certification licenses and exams
Benoit Chalifoux is the Deputy Director of International Affairs at UQAM (Universite de Quebec a Montreal) and a speaker about Soft Skills
Benoit became a Soft Skill speaker almost by accident. His supervisor was organizing an event and one of the speakers had to cancel because he had difficulty with his visa. The supervisor asked Benoit to do the speech and Benoit accepted. After the speech, Benoit had lots of positive feedback and he was hooked on public speaking.
Today, Benoit travels all over Canada, Europe, and Africa speaking about Emotional Intelligence and Soft Skills.
How can you master difficult skills more quickly? Accelerate your career? Be more productive and live a better life?
Since 2006, Scott H Young has been trying to find answers to these questions. He hasn't figured out all the answers, but he provides a great place to start.
Scott has been blogging for about 13 years. One of the topics he writes about is learning, which has served as the base for his new book called "Ultralearning." The book gives us guidance on how we can learn more effectively, how can we spend less time, and/or less money to learn the things we want to learn.
Scott became known after he completed the MIT Challenge: "In the fall of 2011, the idea was to learn the curriculum of MIT's four-year computer science undergrad, evaluate myself by trying to pass the final exams, complete the programming projects and finish in one year. In simple terms, the project was a success."
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The 2019 Canadian federal election is scheduled to take place on October 21, 2019.
I meet Lee Weishar at a Toastmasters meeting two years ago. He was always promoting personal development and self-education.
A few weeks ago, I saw that he became a candidate for the People's Party of Canada (PPC) in Pierrefonds-Dollard in the 2019 federal election.
Lee portraits PPC as the anti-corruption party. The party that's doesn't steal form a citizen to give to another. The PPC is against crony capitalism. Subsidizing economic sectors or private companies, end supply management for agricultural products.
http://www.alainguillot.com/chris-mamula/
Chris Mamula achieved Financial Independence at age 41. Now he's helping others achieve the same goal with the publication of his book "Choose FI: Your Blueprint to Financial Independence."
He's also the author of the blog Can I Retire Yet.
http://www.alainguillot.com/cameron-huddleston/
Cameron Huddleston is an award-winning journalist with more than 17 years of experience writing about personal finance. Her work has appeared in Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Business Insider, Chicago Tribune, Fortune, Huffington Post, Money, MSN, USA Today and many more print and online publications. At this moment she is the Life + Money columnist for GOBankingRates.
In the interview * Schools don't teach personal finance to young students. People have to figure it out as they go along. * There is a taboo around the topic of money. Friends don't like to talk about money and many many parents don't like to talk about money with their children. * People buy status symbols to give the impression that they have lots of money. * Wealthy people, au contraire, don't like to display that they have lots of money.
The Book: Mom and Dad, We Need to Talk * 10 years ago, Cameron's mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. * They had never spoken about her finances. * When Cameron found out about her mother's disease, the first step was to get a power of attorney, giving her permission to run her mother's financial affairs. * At this point, Cameron was the sole decision-maker. She would have loved to consult some of those important decisions with her mother. * Some of Cameron's friends were going through similar issues and they were asking questions. * It was at this moment that Cameron felt compelled to write a book, to help others who are going or who will be going through similar difficulties. * The consequences of not having a conversation with your parents can be lengthy, expensive, and painful. Imagine the family members having heated arguments about how to take care of the parents? Whether to end their lives or prolong it? What kind of burial to have? who would they split their assets? How about if there are kids from different marriages? How much is it going to cost?
http://www.alainguillot.com/karim-aktouf/
Karim Aktouf is the founder if Puncteo, a creativity consulting firm. He was trained as a software engineer, he spent 20 years in the corporate world, but at a given moment he felt he was suffocating.
After he was laid off from his job, he saw that as an opportunity to embark on a totally different career. He decided to enroll in Fine Arts classes.
Karim has the courage to pivot because his kids became an adult, so he felt he could take more risks. Also, he realized he could die any day, so there was no time to waste.
What hinders creativity? Fear
What's the biggest fear people express? Fear of being vulnerable
Final point: Fall in love with learning for the sake of learning, with no other end in mind, love the process. Learn to learn.
Where to find Karim?
- Portfolio
http://www.alainguillot.com/brian-j-dixon/
Today we have a conversation with Brian J. Dixon, author, speaker, coach, father, and husband. And we speak about his recently released book called "Start With Your People" about how, by taking care of your people first, you can achieve practically any goal you set your mind to, whether that goal is personal or professional.
Brian believes that you were made for a purpose. By clarifying your calling, discovering your audience, and creating your products, you can navigate a clear path to impact and income.
Brian helps authors, speakers, and aspiring messengers create a sustainable business through growing their platform and creating compelling online courses.
http://www.alainguillot.com/nikolaj-van-omme/
Nikolaj is the CEO of a Montreal based startup company based in Artificial Intelligence (AI). The name of the company is Funartech which stands for Fun, Art, and Technology.
Nikolaj is a pure mathematician, Pure Math is studied not for the sake of any academic purpose, however, applied math is studied in order to know how to advance other fields using math. AFAIK "applied" means applied to problems outside mathematics, while pure deals with problems just relevant for mathematics (at that time).
We spoke about how businesses and governments can use Artificial Intelligence to increase operational efficiencies.
We also spoke about how AI can be used to save the planet.
http://www.alainguillot.com/henry-mah/
Henry Mah is a retired 77-year-old man. He lives in Edmonton, Alberta considers myself an average investor. He has made a lot of novice mistakes over the years and learned from them as well. But eventually, he achieved financial freedom in his own terms.
Henry doesn't have a company pension so he lives off his CPP/OAS and his dividend income. His dividends exceed his annual expenses so he reinvests about 60% of the dividends received, which continues to grow his retirement income.
Henry is just one more testament that this world is full of opportunities. Henry started his working life without education. He finished high school as he was working-serving in the air force. He worked low ended jobs with little salaries. He struggled financially for most of his life, but the moment he decided to take control, he was able to build a portfolio which allowed him to retire.
http://www.alainguillot.com/robert-wise/
Robert Wise is a Certified Personal and Professional Coach with a proven track record in Human Systems Intervention, Sales and Marketing. His mission is to inspire individuals, teams and organizations to follow & attain their visions of who & where they want to be.
As a natural entrepreneur & community leader skilled at providing guidance, sharing enthusiasm & creating strategic tools, Robert encourages clients to leverage their strengths & take effective action towards sustainable change. The highlights of his career in helping others have been:
► Launched ‘Wise Sales Coaching’, leading the successful business as President & CEO
► Co-founded ‘RISE Anxiety & Depression Clinic’, growing operations from the ground up
► Invited to teach the ‘Secrets of Success’ class at Concordia University (2018)
► Leveraged natural sales talent to deliver measurable impact across various industries
► Published my first book: “How to Sell the WISE Way” (2018)
In this interview, we go deep into insecurities and anxieties
http://www.alainguillot.com/robert-brown/
Robert R. Brown is a personal finance writer and speaker. He's the author of the Canadian bestselling personal finance book "Wealthing Like Rabbits - An Original Introduction to Personal Finance."
Wealthing Like Rabbits and Robert have been featured in The Globe and Mail, The National Post, Reader's Digest as well as being a guest on NewsTalk 1010 and MoneyTalks, a BNN personal finance production.
Robert is a frequent speaker at colleges, universities, and other organizations who are interested in helping people learn how to handle their money better. He also speaks to businesses, trade organizations, Chambers of Commerce, Sales and Networking groups, etc.
We spoke about:
- Robert's origin story,
- How he got into writing a personal finance book
- The content of the book.
- Car ownership
- House ownership
- Rent vs. buying
- The FIRE movement
Where to find Robert
- Twitter @Wealthing Rabbit
- Website WealthingLikeRabbits.com
- Email rob@wealthinglikerabbits.com
http://www.alainguillot.com/terrie-schauer/
Terrie is a real estate investor and property manager which has a passion for residential rental properties. She's been working to make small- and medium-sized investment properties profitable for twenty years, in Canada's major markets (Toronto, Vancouver and now Montreal) as well as in Marseille, France.
For Terrie, investing in real estate is not just about the money, it's about financial freedom as a way of life. This is what inspires Terrie to manage properties for others, and to - more recently - build real estate coaching programs for investors who want more time and more freedom.
Terrie speaks regularly about landlording for-profit and peace of mind and she is also an author, she wrote the book: Mindful Landlord.
Terrie is also a competitive fighter. She practices Jiu-Jitsu and competes regularly.
"If you are tying your financial future to the amount of hours you will have to work, you will end up loosing out at the end."
Where to find Terrie
- TerrieSchauer.com
http://www.alainguillot.com/rob-walch/
Rob Walch is the VP of Podcaster Relations of Libsyn, the podcasting host for my podcast, the Alain Guillot Podcast.
Rob got into podcasting because he was looking for a hobby. The hobby became a passion, the passion overwhelmed him and then it became the career.
Rob started podcasting on late 2004, he was doing his podcast out of his own computer server, but he had a high profile guest at his podcast show podCast411 and he was afraid his computer server wasn't going to be able to handle the traffic, so he opened an account with Libsyn on 2005.
there is more time to consume audio than there is to consume any other medium of communication.
Podcast has been continuously growing throughout the years, one of the main reason is that there is more time to consume audio than there is to consume any other medium of communication.
People listen to a podcast while
- Driving in the car,
- Working out,
- Walking the dog,
- Doing chores around the house
People can easily listen to a 30-minute podcast and feel engaged, while the attention grab for a social media video is about 3 minutes, and the engagement with other social media is just seconds.
When it comes to blogs, the ratio of blogs to podcast is about 1,000 to 1. There are 1,000 blogs for each podcast out there. 42% of the US population read blogs in a given month while 32% listen to podcasts. So while there are more bloggers than podcasters, the consumption is closer. This means that there is a higher opportunity to deliver a message to people as a podcaster than as a blogger.
As a business person, imagine that you get the opportunity to sit in a room with 500 of your clients, or prospective clients, and you get to talk about your product, and you get to talk to them each week. Would that be interesting to you? How much is that worth to you? How often do you get up on stage and talk to 100 people? would that be good for your business?
That's what podcast podcasting does for you. You get to speak to your customers, your audience, you get to educate them about your product, entertain them, inform them, answer their question, help them with their problems.
If one of your goals as a business person is get up and speak publicly at events like this one or trade shows, you are more likely to be chosen if you are podcaster than if you use any of the other social media. If you can go to event organizers and give them a link to your podcast, that will give you a distinctive advantage over other people who are also trying to speak.
The equipment to start a podcast is just a microphone (Samsun Q2U) and a sound editing software such as Garage Band, Adobe Editions, or Audacity (Free). Your whole podcasting equipment would cost you less than $100.
How big is podcasting?
- Sirius XM 35 million monthly subscribers
- Spotify is about 55 million subscribers
- Pandora is about 68 million
- Podcasting is over 90 million subscribers.
Can a person make money with podcasting?
Most people never make money.
- Only 7% of the shows get up to 5,000 downloads per episode which are where people need to be to start monetizing.
- The medium number of downloads per episode is 140 downloads per episode
How can a person grow a podcast?
- Do a show of a topic that you like.
- Commit to doing a podcast long term
- Do it regularly
- Engage with the listener
- Listen to feedback
- Improve
Which are the biggest shows in English?
- The Joe Rogan Experience ( from 150,000 to 3 million downloads per episode.)
- Dan Carlin' Hard Core History (Multiple millions of downloads per episode.)
Is it better to have a long episode or a short episode?
The biggest episodes tend to be longer. Dan Carlin's episodes are about 6 hours long. Joe Rogan's episodes are about 2-3 hours long. Those show getting over 100,000 downloads per episode, 84% were 51 minutes or longer
#1 tip for podcasters
Have fun.
Where to find Rob?
- rob@libsyn.com
Thank you Rob and Elsie Escobar for hosting "The Feed" the best podcast about podcasting.
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Connect with me I would love it if you connect with me via social. You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram
http://www.alainguillot.com/daniel-hamermesh/
We heard it all the time: Time is money, but is it? Professor Hamermesh, argues that as we become wealthier, we have more money, but we don't have more time, so money plentiful while time is not, which means that time is a lot more valuable than money.
If we compare our income with the income of our grandparents, we are earning about 3 times as much, but don't have 3 times as many hours.
According to Professor Hamermesh,, rich people would be a lot more stress about how they spend their time that not rich people. The reason is that they have so many options that it becomes stressful to make a decision.
The average person spends their time doing three major things.
- Sleeping
- Working for pay
- Watching TV
Some ways in which rich people spend their time?
- They watch less TV
- They sleep less
- They work more
- They spend their money and time on experiences, many of those experiences are expensive.
Men watch more tv than women 2.5 to 3 hour more. In the US men watch about 19 hours of TV per week while women watch about 16 hours.
Men and woman work approximately the same amount of hours. The only difference is that men work more hours for pay, while women do more work around the house which is unpaid labor.
Connect with me Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Instagram
http://www.alainguillot.com/dora-gamaoun/
Dora is a young immigrant from Tunisia. She used to spend her summer days on the beach, working on her suntan.
However, she felt that she needed a bigger challenge. She wanted to study, work, and travel. In a way, she was influenced by movies and TV shows that portrayed a busy lifestyle.
She got a scholarship at HEC (Haut Studes Commerciales) in Montreal and got a master degree in Financial Engineering, and in addition, she is a Certified Financial Analyst charter holder.
After graduation, she got a job as a portfolio manager, then senior analyst, and now portfolio manager managing $4 Billion dollars.
http://www.alainguillot.com/richard-tardif/
Richard Tardif is a certified personal trainer, an investigative health journalist, an author, and a speaker on health, fitness, and diet issues.
We met at a networking event here in Montreal, and I bought his book "Still in Denial, Five Reasons for Embracing the Truth About Fitness" and I asked him to share his views with us.
Richard was involved in writing since he was in high school. He was part of the Canadian armed forces for four years.
In 1994 Richard started writing for The Concordian, the Concordia University newspaper. From there, he started writing for The Gazette, the Montreal News Paper. In the year 2000, he switched to the Eastern Door, a Kahnawake Newspaper.
Richard started to gravitate towards athleticism. He was also into the sport. At one time he was in shape until he started working long hours and living an unhealthy lifestyle and he was not in shape anymore.
Obesity epidemic
We are living an obesity epidemic. As more and more obese children become obese adults, the diseases associated with obesity, such as heart disease, cancer, and especially diabetes are growing.
Richard started gaining weight. He went from 225 to over 300 lbs.
In an effort to find out why he and millions of others were gaining weight, he put on his journalist's hat and started investigating the reason of his weight gain, and decided to write his first book "Stop the Denial."
Journalism is a sedentary job. Many hours sitting in front of the computer, and many hours going to events where food is being served. Richard became a victim of this sedentary life, plus he stopped training like he used to do.
Richard blames the high carbohydrate, ultra-processed food as the reason why so many people are obese.
According to the World Health Organization, 1.9 billion people are considered overweight and 650 million people are considered obese.
Thank you, Richard, for coming over and spending some times with our audience.
http://www.alainguillot.com/todd-henry/
Todd Henry is an author, a speaker, a blogger, a podcaster and an inspiration in the creative community. His topic of expertise is creativity, productivity, and leadership.
His books include:
- The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice (2011)
- Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day (2013)
- Louder than Words: Harness the Power of Your Authentic Voice ( 2015 )
- Herding Tigers: Be the Leader That Creative People Need
Highlights from the interview
- Creativity is problem-solving, which is not the same as creating art.
- Don't wait for inspiration to come to start doing creative work. Start doing the work, and let creativity come when it comes.
- Be conscious of the inputs in your life, inputs like food, friends, information, entertainment, education. If you sit around and drink beer all day long, that's not a great input. If you read, spend time with positive-minded friends, and eat a healthy diet, then you are putting the good stuff into your body and mind.
http://www.alainguillot.com/terry-cutler/
Terry Cutler is a professional Certified Ethical Hacker. He has been voted #1 Top Influencer in CyberSecurity by IFSEC Global 2018 and has won multiple Awards as a hacker and as a trainer.
Terry's job is to break in computer systems, private, corporations, or even governments and show security weaknesses to his clients.
Terry started his hacking journey in 2005, inspired by TV shows such as CSI. He found a course called "Certified Ethical Hacking." he decided to take the course, flew to Washinton DC. and took a course alongside the FBI, the CIA, and the Navy Seals.
Computer cybercrime is a one trillion dollar industry, especially with Ransomware. Ransomware is a type of malicious software, or malware, designed to deny access to a computer system or data until a ransom is paid. A typical random is anywhere from $300,00 to $600,000.
The top 3 ways that hackers use to get into your computer are:
- Discovering weak passwords
- Social engineering: the act of tricking someone into divulging information or taking action, usually through technology. The idea behind social engineering is to take advantage of a potential victim's natural tendencies and emotional reactions.
- Phishing: the fraudulent attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by disguising oneself as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication.
http://www.alainguillot.com/075-quit-like-a-millionaire/
This is my second interview with Kristy Shen, Bryce Leun, from the website Millennial Revolution. The first time was Episode #19 when they accepted an interview with me in spite of me being a brand new podcaster.
Kristy realized she didn't want to follow the typical path of working until age 65 when she saw one of her colleagues collapsing our of work-stress. Also, she was told that as a grown up, she was supposed to buy a house, because that's what adult people do. But she was priced out of the market and she realized that all the sacrifices she would have to make, didn't make financial sense. Instead, she decided to put all her savings in index funds.
After doing some adjustments in her life, getting into a career which had a high return for her investment, living frugally, and investing her savings, she was able to return at age 31.
Now, Kristy and Bryce, spend their lives traveling the world and they have discovered that they spend less money while traveling than living their former high-cost city of Toronto. The amazing thing is that while traveling and discovering the world, the portfolio has continued growing and now they have more money than when they started their never-ending vacation.
http://www.alainguillot.com/creative-mornings-montreal/
CreativeMornings is a free monthly breakfast lecture series designed for creative communities. In 2008, Tina Roth-Eisenberg founded the lecture series in Brooklyn, New York as an ongoing, accessible event for New York’s creative community. The concept was simple: breakfast and a short talk one Friday morning a month. Every event would be free of charge and open to anyone, filmed and the videos would be available as well.
Lecturers include professional creators, designers, photographers and illustrators. CreativeMornings hosts events in over 205 cities worldwide in 65 countries. Their events are run by approximately 1,500 volunteer organizers.
There is a common theme every month; a theme is created and all the chapters around the world follow that theme for that particular month.
Steve Bissonnette
Steve is a Managing Partner at Plank a website development agency which has been around for about 20 years.
Steve was one of the co-founders of Creative Mornings in Montreal.
He recounts the story of how Creative Mornings Montreal was created.
http://www.alainguillot.com/j-money-2/
- How to keep a daily blog discipline
- How do bloggers make money
- How to keep fresh and relevant blogging ideas
- How to blog as a stay-at-home dad with 3 kids running around
- How does it feel to be a borderline millionaire
- Will J Money continue posting his monthly net worth report after hitting the $1 million mark?
- Why did J Money dump his overpriced iPhone for an Android phone
http://www.alainguillot.com/azfan-jaffeer/
Azfan is a member of our McGill Toastmasters club. I have seen his journey from beginner to now that he has become a good speaker and a good leader. He shares his view of optimism, and personal development at work and his personal life.
Work: Azfan is a business consultant with the company Salesforce. He teaches businesses to use technology in the most efficient way.
Azfan sees his work a bit different than many people. He's not there merely to collect a paycheck, he sees his work as getting paid to learn, he's getting paid to go to school. This serves him well because companies are looking for people who want to learn, people who want to improve themselves, people who what to move forward.
If a person is doing a boring, mind-numbing job, Azfan sees it as an opportunity to think about other things, he argues that we are more creative when we are bored.
How to stay motivated: Reading and self-reflection. Reading what successful people have done in the past and how they have overcome problems.
Azfan writes to communicate his ideas and techniques about how to be more efficient in his blog Increase My Efficiency. He teaches people how to take advantage of all the opportunities presented to them as employees.
http://www.alainguillot.com/why-is-america-so-divided/
The book is a family memoir about political polarization in the United States. He draws on his personal story of growing up as a fundamentalist Christian on a dairy farm in rural Ohio, then as an academic in the heart of the liberal East Coast establishment, Brown University.
On one side of his family, his two sisters are Christians fundamentalists (who love President Trump) on the other side his brother is gay and liberal (who doesn't love trump).
Professor West talks about the era from President Regan to Trump and shares his insights on why the United States became so polarized.
In the United States, people divide themselves based on income, education, personal lifestyle, identity politics. 50% of Republicans would be upset if their kids married a Democrat.
Only 15% of U.S. counties generate 64% of U.S. GDP. Most of the economic activity is happening on the East Coast, in the West Coast, and a few metropolitan areas in between. So, great parts of America have been left behind, they are not profiting from the economic gains, they feel underpaid, and those are the people who ended up voting for Trump.
Social media is also to blame for the polarization in North America. Their algorithms are created in such a way that it feeds you the information that you want to see, and it hides the information that you don't want to see, thus creating a false reality for people who supports any political party or lifestyle.
http://www.alainguillot.com/building-a-photography-business-with-a-500-camera/
Daniel Davis inteviews Alain Guillot (me) about my entrepreneur's journey
Rob Carrick has been a journalist for the Globe and Mail newspaper for the past 20 years.
In my opinion, he's the best personal finance journalist in Canada. I never feel that he has a hidden agenda or that he's trying to sell me product/service. I feel that his true motive is to help me make better financial decisions and to protect me from the avalanche of misleading information out there.
http://www.alainguillot.com/mark-white/
Mark D. White is Chair and Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the College of Staten Island/CUNY, where he teaches courses in philosophy, economics, and law.
Batman has been one of the world’s most beloved superheroes since his first appearance in Detective Comics #27 in 1939. Clad in his dark cowl and cape, he has captured the imagination of millions with his single-minded mission to create a better world for the people of Gotham City by fighting crime, making use of expert detective skills, high-tech crime-fighting gadgets, and an extensive network of sidekicks and partners. But why has this self-made hero enjoyed such enduring popularity? And why are his choices so often the subject of intense debate among his fans and philosophers alike?
http://www.alainguillot.com/jennifer-brown/
Jennifer Brown is an entrepreneur, speaker, diversity and inclusion consultant, and author.
Her best selling book Inclusion: Diversity, The New Workplace and The Will to Change creates the case for leaders to embrace the opportunity that diversity represents, for their own growth and for the success of their organizations.
Jennifer is the host of the popular weekly podcast, The Will to Change, which uncovers true stories of diversity and inclusion.
As a successful LGBTQ entrepreneur, Jennifer has been featured in media such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, AdWeek, Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, Inc., CBS, and now the Alain Guillot podcast.
http://www.alainguillot.com/cameron-herold/
Cameron was an entrepreneur since his childhood, his whole family are entrepreneurs. At age 21, he had 14 employees. By 35, he’d help build his first TWO $100 MILLION DOLLAR companies. By the age of 42, Cameron engineered 1-800-GOT-JUNK? spectacular growth from $2 Million to $106 Million in revenue, and 3100 employees— and he did that in just six years. His companies landed over 5,200 media placements in that same six years, including coverage on Oprah.
http://www.alainguillot.com/travis-jones/
- Travis Jones started his career as an athlete
- Became a personal trainer
- Decided to open his first gym, Results-Based Training
- Asked 52 people to help with financing, until one person said yes
- Got his gym equipment on credit
- Slept in the gym because he didn’t have money to pay for rent for his own apartment
- Created a clientele by talking to people in the streets
- After the success of his first gym, went on to open 20 more gyms
- Together with wife, Liv Jones, established their cutting-edge coaching business, Think Tank
- Created a digital marketing agency to promote his gyms, then expanded to help other entrepreneurs
http://www.alainguillot.com/john-certalic/
John was the son of a single mother
He was put in foster care for the first 16 months of his life
After college, he got a job as a high school English teacher for 7 1/2 years
After the teaching job, he got a job as an executive recruiter for almost 3 years
Then he started his own recruiting company and worked in it for 24-25 years.
On 2004 he closed his business to start a missionary care ministry, Caring for Others, with his wife Janet.
Married for 50 years
Has 2 children and 4 grandchildren
Two months without podcasting.
I was having a lot of personal problems and I decided to stop podcasting. I just didn't have it in me.
After two months, I have solved most of my problems and now I am back, this time for good.
http://www.alainguillot.com/danielle-moss/
Danielle R. Moss is a TED Speaker, an educator, and a writer.
In this episode, we speak about the cost of education, The MeToo movements, financial hardship suffered by victims of sexual harassment and Black history month.
http://www.alainguillot.com/kevin-kelly/
Kevin is a co-founder of Wired Magazine. Founded in 1993, Wired Magazine focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics.
Kevin Kelly has written many books, his latest is called The Inevitable.
College drop out
Went to Asia to do photography and Asia became his university
We spoke on whether a young person should or should not go to college
Last week we had an interview with Darrell West, 059 who says that Robots, AI, and Automation will take all our jobs away. And this week, Kevin Kelly, cannot enumerate the sea of opportunities coming our way.
We spoke about the Gig economy
About Universal basic income
Psychedelics
1000 true fans
The Inevitable.
http://www.alainguillot.com/darrell-west/
Are you at risk of losing your job to Robots, AI, or Automation? If so, this episode is for you. Our guest today is Professor Darell West and we will talk about his new book, the future of work.
Profesor Darrell West an author, political scientist, and political commentator. He has written about technology policy, mass media, campaigns, and elections in the United States.
http://www.alainguillot.com/eldra-jackson/
When I was a little boy, I used to fight a lot. When I was 14 years old, I was a bully (yes, I am ashamed of it). The one instance I regret the most is when I harassed a boy who was very insecure about himself. Today, those thoughts weigh heavy in my mind and heart and I haven't yet forgiven myself. I wish I could find that boy and ask him for forgiveness. I feel that I have to pay back a lot to society, and to oppressed groups before I forgive myself.
When I was a young adult, I was unfaithful to my girlfriends. They trusted me and I didn't deserve that trust. I cheated on them. Today, I wish I could take it back.
I decided to make up for it by being respectful of women, of minorities, of people with different sexual orientations, by being a loyal friend, by being compassionate, by being an example and a guide to others.
I am still not the person who I would like to be, but every day I make a little bit of an effort and I feel that every day I am getting closer.
Today, we have with us, Eldra Jackson. He will share with us how to break the cycle of toxic masculinity.
Eldra Jackson had a decease called "toxic masculinity." So much that he spent 24 years in prison for kidnapping, robbery, and attempted murder. Today helps excovicts get reintegrated back into society.
To get out of the cycle of toxic masculinity we have to:
Change our belief system. To realize how our actions negatively affect not only ourselves but also the people around us.
Be vulnerable with people, who support us and will hold us accountable.
At 7 years old Eldra was sexually molested. It was at that time that a set of beliefs developed.
He decided that instead of being a victim, he would be the victimizer.
Loving put him harm's way
Caring about another person made him weak.
To get out of that hurt, Eldra
Acknowledged that he was sexually molested
And the forgave. First, he forgave himself, and then he forgave the person who had molested him.
Other notes:
Eldra was parole in June 2014
Being a man is not some machismo character.
We have to end the cycle of emotional illiteracy that allows males to victimize others as well as themselves
Resources mentioned:
The inside Circle
TED Women 2018
The documentary, The Work
The Earned Income Tax Credit
Eldra's TED Talk
Gillette advertisement
https://youtu.be/koPmuEyP3a0
David Burkus is the author of three books:
- The Myths of Creativity: The Truth About How Innovative Companies and People Generate Great Ideas.
- Under New Management: How Leading Organizations Are Upending Business as Usual.
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Friend of a Friend: Understanding the Hidden Networks That Can Transform Your Life and Your Career.
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He always wanted to be a writer.
- He is associate professor of leadership and innovation at Oral Roberts University where he was recently named one of the nation’s “Top 40 Under 40 Professors Who Inspire.”
- YouTube channel, the Daily Burkus
- David's TED Talk
- To follow what David is reading#readwithburk in your favorite social media.
http://www.alainguillot.com/the-gender-knot/
Our society is shifting. The traditional role between men and women are changing and this change is bringing a lot of confusion about how men and women should interact with each other.
Traditionally, men have been the breadwinner of the family while women stayed at home. Well now, in many household women are earning more. How do we deal with that?
Nas (Nastaran Tavakoli-Far) is a journalist and the podcast host and producer of the podcast "The Gender Knot" takes us into a conversation that doesn't provide any definitive answers but it takes us closer to understand the constant tension between the role of men and woman in
http://www.alainguillot.com/justin-mccurry/
Justin McCurry, retired at the age of 33. He has a wife and three kids. Within 10 years he went from zero to millionaire. In this episode he tell us how he did it.
"Through careful saving and planning, I managed to accumulate enough wealth to make me financially independent which allowed me to retire at age 33. When I retired in 2013 I expected to have fun, but not this much fun!"
Notes from the intereview
Frugal since he was in high school
Went to college and remained frual
Once he started working, he was making good money and was still frugal
He doesn't have a huge house
Drive a 9 year old minivan
Don't have an iPhone, has an Android (better value)
The combined income of Justin and his wife, at its peak, was about $145K
Invest strictly in index funds
Popular blog post: From zero to millionaire in 10 years
http://www.alainguillot.com/brian-portnoy/
Brian Portnoy, Ph.D., CFA is currently the Director of Investment Education at Virtus Investment Partners. A U.S. based asset management. He has spent the last 25 years as an educator, investor, and strategist. As an educator, he writes a lot of content, mostly on the field of behavioral finance and he travels around the world to give talks on the same subject.
We spoke about his two books, The Investor's Paradox and The Geometry of Wealth, where he tackles the challenges of not only making better investment decisions but also how money figures into a joyful life.
The Geometry of Wealth Brian tries to answer the question of how does money figure into a happy life. First of all, Brian highlights the distinction between being rich and being wealthy. Then he uses geometrical figures, a circle, triangle, and square help us to visualize how we adapt to evolving circumstances, set clear priorities, and find empowerment in simplicity.
http://www.alainguillot.com/peter-lazaroff/
Peter Lazaroff is a contributor to the Wall Street Jounal, and Forbes, and he just wrote a book, Making Money Simple, which is available for pre-order and will be released this coming March.
He's the Co-Chief Investment Officer at Plancorp, which manages over $4 billion for individuals, institutions, and retirement plans. He also serve in the same capacity for robo-advisor called BrightPlan, which allows investors of any size to plan and save for all their life goals.
We spoke about
It's inevitable, markets will go down. How will you prepare for it?
Working as a fee for service advisor since 1983, long befor it became popular.
His firs investment was Nike Shoes at age 12.
The pain and agony of studying for the CFA exam.
The habit of writing at least 250 words per day.
The book
The first part is about setting goals and understanding where you are,
The second part is about investments,
The third and final part is about the critical decisions people have to take in their lives.
"You can not take the human out of the human when making investment decisions, but you can set up systems to prevent the human from making mistakes. "
"The more you learn about investing, the more you realize the simplicity of what it takes to be successful."
The dark side of compounding: taxes, fees, debt, credit card debt is the worse.
"Time is more important than timing."
http://www.alainguillot.com/jonathan-clements/
Jonathan Clements has spent the last 33 years writing and thinking about money out of which he spent almost 20 years at The Wall Street Journal, where he was the newspaper’s personal finance columnist.
He's the founder of the website HumbleDollar.com, he has written a novel and eight personal finance books, and also contributed to five others.
We spoke about * His latest book is From Here to Financial Happiness and How to Think About Money. * Easterlin paradox: Easterlin argued that life satisfaction does rise with average incomes but only up to a point. Beyond that, the marginal gain in happiness declines.
Tips from Jonathan
- Don't put yourself in a situation where you are at a comparative disadvantage with other people. Comparing yourself with people who have more will make you unhappy.
- Invest in experiences, not on things.
http://www.alainguillot.com/samantha-shorkey-vegan/
Samantha Shorkey is a vegan fitness passionated who promotes a plant-based diet to the masses!
She's a certified personal trainer and a certified Weight Management Specialist.
In her first ever fitness competition she won first place and then she got a professional card from the World National Bodybuilding Federation. By doing this, Samatha disprove the myth (as a few others have) that people need animal protein in order to build muscle.
Finally, Samantha also has a podcast about fitness and veganism.
In this episode, we also enjoy the company of my business partner Cheryl Williams who is also vegan.
http://www.alainguillot.com/mark-bowden/
Mark is a keynote speaker, an author of many books, YouTube personality with over 26K Followers.
Check out his TED talk video titled The Importance Of Being Inauthentic
His business, Truth Plane, focuses on doing keynote speeches, in-person training about how to become a master presenter.
An amazing gift from Mark
Mark is giving access to a course named Be A Presentation Genius™ composed of 24 high-quality instructional videos. You can have free access here. I examined the course and it's amazing.
Writings
Mark became an expert in body language, influence and persuasion. Eventually, he wrote his first book. The curious thing is that Mark is dyslexic, so he can not write. To overcome this problem, he dictates his books into a machine and then he gets someone to write it for him.
http://www.alainguillot.com/jacquie-davis/
Jacquie Davis doesn't watch action films, her whole life is an action film. Her job shifts from protecting the ultra-rich, celebrities, doing undercover work, rescuing people in hostile countries. On her downtime, she does public speaking, motivational or business.
Jacquie wanted to join the police force since she was a child, which she did when she was 18 years old (the 1970s), from those early days until now, her motivation is to fight for justice.
As a policewoman, she discovered the world of private bodyguard where she found close protection, surveillance, undercover work, and many other opportunities.
As a female bodyguard, she was treated as one of the guys. She also had physical training in Judo and arms combat.
Jacquie opened her own bodyguard agency, Optimal Risk, and she had lots of success since the beginning. It turns out that being a female worked out to her advantage, for surveillance, intelligence gathering, or to be the companion of a rich person's wife or daughter, etc.
http://www.alainguillot.com/larry-bates/
Larry spent over 35 years in the investment banking business. At the end of his career, Larry became concerned with the fees the banking industry was charging regular Canadians, stripping away most of the gains they could have received from their investments.
After leaving the banking industry, Larry decided to become an investor advocate and help Canadian investors get better returns for their money, so he wrote the book "Beat The Bank."
http://www.alainguillot.com/mark-seed/
Mark Seed started investing when he was in his early 20s, by doing all the classic mistakes, he started his investment endeavors by buying the regular high fee mutual funds offered by all the major Canadian banks.
After some self teaching, he discovered that the Canadian financial industry didn't have his best interest at heart and that if wanted his money to work hard for him, he would have to do his own research and his own investing. thus the creation of "My Own Advisor."
http://www.alainguillot.com/bob-french/
I found Bob through a website called The Retirement Researcher where they discuss topics such as:
Do I have enough saved to afford retirement?
What is the 4% rule?
What is the appropriate mix of stocks and bonds in retirement?
How can I build a retirement income strategy that will last?
Bob is responsible for McLean’s investment strategy.
Bob grew up around finance, and he started his career with Dimensional Fund Advisors. Then he joined inStream Solutions (where he is currently a consultant).
Bob grew up in Hanover, NH, and now lives in Portland, ME with his wife and two daughters.
The active management of mutual fund doesn't work yet over the long term, yet most of the investor's money is in actively managed funds.
We had a long conversation about asset allocation from different risk levels, age levels, global level. Human Capital vs. Financial capital. Whether your income source can be compared to a stock or a bond.
http://www.alainguillot.com/rona-birenbaum/
Rona is a certified financial planner. She has been serving the financial needs of Canadians for the past 27 years.
When going through university, she needed a job, so she got a job as a bank teller at a credit union, then she shifted to a full-service broker house.
While working at the broker house, Rona soon discovered that the job of a financial advisor was to sell products and not necessarily to give financial advice.
After that sour discovery, Rona decided to open her own business. On 2000 she opened Caring for Clients and became one of Canada's first fee-for-service financial planners. Over the course of 18 years the business has thrived, now serving over 250 families.
Rona is now focused on Vivaplan. She decided that objective, affordable, fee-for-service financial plans needed to be accessible and affordable for all Canadians, not just the wealthier Canadians. For $800 a client gets a plan covering estate planning, asset allocation, and insurance.
Vivaplan was created for two reasons:
- Caring for Clients is operating a full capacity.
- Most people cannot justify spending a few thousand dollars in a financial plan.
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This is episode #44 Today we will have a conversation with Vincent Pugliese, Professional photographer and author of the book Freelance to Freedom.
Vincent shares his transformation from being a thieves, to becoming a photographer at a local newspaper, to starting his own business and reaching Financial Freedom.
We talk about the mindset of schooling his own children, leaving the perceived security of a regular paycheck, and becoming master of his own life.
Who is Vincent?
He has been married for 16 years,
He has 3 boys homeschooled,
He Has been a professional photographer for 24 years,
He runs a mastermind group called Total Life Freedom.
Home Schooling
Vince and his wife did not like the education system and they decided the best thing for their family and their kids was to homeschool them. The kids learn what interests them at the moment. They are learning practical things such as blogging, entrepreneurship, etc.
Because they have control of their time, they travel when they want to, not when school or works allows it.
Video of Seth Godin speaking about education.
The life change catalyst
After many years of living without direction, Vincent found photography. He took a few courses and then he studied journalism. He got a job a the local newspaper.
The pay was not great, $15/hour. That was ok, but when his wife got pregnant, they started to look for something better. After winning several photography awards for his employer, Vincent was offered a 3% raise. It was at that moment that Vincent realized they would never be able to have a decent life as long as they continued working for someone else.
Vincent needed extra money so he asked his dad for help. His father declined but he said this:
You have a skill but your are not using it correctly. You need to start a business.
Vincent followed his father's advice. He and his wife created a photography business and in less than 4 years they paid off all their debt, including their mortgage, and quit their regular jobs.
After self-refection and after listening to the Dave Ramsey show Vincent told himself:
This is not cool to be 34 years old and broke
Don't focus on Financial Freedom, focus on time freedom instead
http://www.alainguillot.com/jeff-kreisler-2/
This is my second interview with Jeff Kreisler, Find our first interview here.
Jeff Kreisler is a lawyer, author, speaker, pundit, comedian and advocate for behavioral science.
I know of him mainly because he co-wrote the book Dollars and Sense: Money Mishaps and How to Avoid Them with co-author, Dan Ariely, Psychologist, and Behavioral Economist, he also wrote the book Get Rich Cheating, about how money makes us do unethical things.
People's Science
After the success of Dollars and Sense, Jeff took that momentum to work on a website called People's Science which is about behavioral science beyond financial decision making, such as workplace engagement, event design, loyalty rewards, etc.
Behavioral Economics The Bank’s Secret Weapon
Jeff wrote an ebook called Behavioral Economics The Bank’s Secret Weapon sanctioned by Strands, a FinTech software developer that enables banks to offer personalized digital banking experiences. You can get the ebook here.
We spoke about how, idealistically, the banks will not take advantage of the consumer by promoting loans, credit cards, margin of credits, etc. It's a nice service when the consumer needs it, but it can be detrimental to be encouraged to take loans for the sake of consumerism.
We also spoke about the abuse of the Canadian banking system towards their clients by offering only high fee mutual funds, by disguising the fees, by making the client believe that they are getting free financial advice when in reality they are paying about 3% MER (Management Expense Ratio).
The 10 Key Behavioral Principles
We spoke briefly about the 10 Key Behavioral Principles
Opportunity Cost
Anchoring
Loss Aversion
The Power of Language
Confirmation Bias
Sunk Cost
Mental Accounting
The Pain of Paying
The Power of Free
Self Control
http://www.alainguillot.com/randy-cass/
Randy Cass is the CEO and founder of Nest Wealth, Canada's #1 robo-advisor.
I am a do-it-yourself kind of investor, but if a family member or a friend asks me who could help them with their investments, I would not hesitate to recommend Randy Cass and his firm Nest Wealth.
A robo-advisor is a firm which provides financial advice or investment management service online, performed by software algorithms to reduce cost and to reduce the input of human's emotions which could be detrimental to one's portfolio. A robo-advisor automatically allocates, manage and optimize clients' assets with zero human intervention.
Nest Wealth is based out of Toronto, with a team of about 45 people.
Randy had about 25-years experience in the financial service industry.
He went to law school only to discover, after graduation, that he didn't want to be a lawyer.
While working in law, he started an investment club, where they invested in penny stocks. He lost money most of the time.
I discovered that penny stocks were not the best way to get rich
One of the worst thing that could happen to you is to buy penny stocks when you are young and it goes well.
Canadians only had three choices when it comes to investing
Do it yourself, but the vast majority of Canadians don't want to do that.
Full-service advisor, but some firm are not willing to service Canadians unless they have a minimum of one million dollars in assets.
High expense ratio mutual funds sold by the major banks and the majority of commission-based financial advisors.
Robo-advisor is the other option
How about all the stuff that all the high net-worth individuals get
A relationship with portfolio managers
A customized portfolio
A sophisticated asset mix
A fiduciary relationship
Nest Wealth can offer a better value proposition because it doesn't have all the legacy cost of:
Huge office in downtown Toronto,
A team MBA, CFA stock analysts,
Huge marketing expenses,
Trailer fees of 1% payable to the adviser for keeping the account current
Fee structure of Nest Wealth
Nest Wealth have some of the lowest fees in the country? Starting from as low as $20 a month, Nest Wealth offers a professionally managed portfolio with no account minimums.
Under 75K, $20 per month
75K to Under 150K, $40 per month
150K & Above, $80 per month
Your portfolio under commission based "Free advice"
Let's imagine a 1 million portfolio with commission based mutual funds. At 2.5$ management fee that would be $25,000 (Free is very expensive).
The same $1,000,000 portfolio managed by a financial adviser who charges 1% of assets. That would be $10,000
The same $1,000,000 portfolio managed by Nest Wealth. That would be only $960. And it's always the same cost, whether it's one million or 10 million, the cost is always $960.
Nest Wealth client demographics
47 years old
$175,000 of assets
http://www.alainguillot.com/star-hansen/
Clutter can have negative effects on our mental, emotional, and financial health. Today we talk with Star Hansen, a Certified Professional Organizer who helps people get rid of stuff they no longer need.
Whether it is old dishes, clothes you no longer wear, or gifts that you can’t throw away, little by little, clutter invades our homes. Letting go of things it's painful. But having a cluttered space can lead to feelings of sadness, anger, and depression.
There is a direct correlation between living in a cluttered space and reduced mental focus. This can cause difficulties in problem-solving, memory retention, and concentration. Clutter is particularly harmful to people working from home, it can affect their work performance which can reduce their ability to earn money.
http://www.alainguillot.com/ed-rempel/
Ed Rempel from Unconventional Wisdom, is a financial blogger, a fee-for-service financial planner, and a tax accountant. His knowledge comes from helping thousands of Canadians with their financial plans. He creates solutions tailored for each particular client as opposed to a cookie cutter formula used by most of the financial industry.
His mission is to help his clients and protect them from the “financial quackery” - sales pitches by unscrupulous financial product pushers more concerned with making a sale than helping a client.
His experience includes:
25 years as a fee-for-service financial planner professional.
15 years as a financial blogger
35 years as a tax accountant.
Writing comprehensive and personal financial plans for nearly 1,000 families.
Helping more than 600 clients follow their financial plans.
Managing more than $100 million in investments.
We spoke about:
"The Fake Financial Plan." Most advisors make their clients answer some questions, input the answers in a computer, and a 5-10 minutes later, there is a printout with beautiful color pages, a cover page, numerous graphs and charts, where the final recommendation is to buy the products of the company employing the adviser.
We build a scenario where recently landed immigrant wants to know how to invest in Canada
Open a bank account
Open a TFSA and an RRSP account
Prioritize the TFSA if earning less than $50,000
If the person doesn't save any money, the government will help but the help will be limited
After a person has contributed the max to their RRSP and TFSA, the next thing is to invest in non-registered accounts
For the stock sector, avoid Mutual funds with high expense fees. Favor low-cost index funds and ETFs.
Avoid individual stocks
http://www.alainguillot.com/julian-haber/
Julian has been a photographer for 15 years. His experience as a gig economy worker led him to write Gigonomics: A Field Guide for Freelancers in the Gig Economy.
Julian feels that the media and politicians portrait the gig economy in an unfavorable light and for him, working as a freelancer, has been a very positive experience which he wants to share.
Julian was on track to having the typical 9 to 5 cubical lifestyle. He had an MBA and he worked in the corporate environment for about 3 years, and he quickly realized that the normal 9 to 5 life was not for him.
During his time as an employee, Julian took photography as a hobby. After a while, he started to exhibit his photos and eventually, he started taking clients, photographing small weddings, cocktail parties, and other events.
Julian's employer was having financial difficulties and laid him off. This was the opportunity that Julian took to become a freelance photographer. His income took a big drop. He went from having a good salary with benefits to having no salary, no benefits. Fortunately, he got laid off with a package and his wife was supportive and had a steady job.
In order to promote his business as a photographer, Julian started blogging. It was this regular practice of blogging which allowed him to develop the skill of writing. As the years passed by and with the changes in society in regards to the gig economy, Julian figured that he has been gigging for 15 years and that the would like to share his experience in the form of a book.
The first part of the book is about defining the gig economy. The second part is about how to get started. The third session is about how to think like a freelancer. Part four is about how to promote yourself as a freelancer. Part five is about staying interested in your gig.
Cait Flanders is an author, podcaster, speaker, and a conscious consumer. I love her book, The Year of Less, which came out this January 2018 and became a Wall Street Journal bestseller.
The book was an easy read, it had a conversational tone, It felt as if Cait was right here in my living room, talking to me, sharing her experiences, her journey from mindless consumption to becoming a more mindfull consumer. I was disappointed when I finished reading it. I wanted it to go longer.
Cait is rebelling against the social script. We are told that we should live our lives in a particular way. Marketers, family, and culture tell us what to do, how to behave in and what to consume. Well, Cait is experimenting with opting out of the social script and discovering her own path.
Cait started blogging 18 years ago, Oct. 2010. She was 25 years old and had about $24,000 in debt. Her blog was called "Blonde on a Budget," and she wrote it to create some accountability for herself.
At the beginning of her blogging endeavors, Cait posted often, she wanted to communicate the progress on reducing her debt. But as time passed by, she focused on writing less often but putting a lot more thought into the content she shared with her readers.
In an effort to declutter her house and become a more conscious consumer, Cait did a one-year shopping ban. She describes in her book her inspiration, her challenges, and the rewards of no shopping for one year. After she finished the shopping ban, she was interviewed by Fobes Magazine. Within 2 weeks of the interview becoming public, Cait had six literary agents contacting her to publish a book.
http://www.alainguillot.com/erin-lowry/
Erin Lowry is a personal finance expert, speaker, and author of the book Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together, based on her blog of the same name. Her book is a step-by-step guide to go from flat-broke to financial proficiency. She uses dry humor and hilarious personal stories to keep readers entertained
Erin has appeared on many TV shows and many other podcasts. She is also writes for well-known magazines, she regularly speaks at universities and conferences around the country.
Her main goal is to help millennials get their financial lives together.
Erin started blogging in January 2013. She grew up in a household that was comfortable speaking about money. When she went to live on her own, she moved to New York, a very expensive city. In spite of her small salary at the time, Erin didn't feel stressed about her financial situation.
While living in New York, she noticed that many of her friends felt insecure about their money situation. Erin fell inspired to help, and she just started her blog, Broke Millennial.
At one time Erin was being interviewed on TV when an editorial agent saw her, he sent her a message asking her if she wanted to write a book. Erin said yes, and a book proposal was accepted a few months later.
Erin has been self-taught in finance. She studied journalism and theatre. Her parents paid for 50% of her university studies and she paid for the other 50%, mostly with the help of scholarships. When faced with the decision of paying for university, Erin decided that studying at a brand recognized university was not worth the student debt that comes with it.
Ever since Erin was a little girl, her parents had trained her that she could have practically anything she wanted as long as she was willing to pay for 50% of the item. These were great lessons on delayed gratification and money management.
Getting financially naked with your partner
At the beginning of the relationship, a couple figures out who pays for dates, how do they split the bills, how do they spend holidays together, etc. You find out if you are compatible thus far.
If the relationship becomes more serious, if the couple starts talking about marriage or moving in together, then at this point, it's important to disclose all the financial information; net worth, debts, revenues, credit history, etc.
Prenuptial agreements
In our days, when people are getting married later on in life, when each partner or one of the partners is bringing some assets into the relationship, it's becoming more normal to prepare a prenuptial agreement. Erin and her fiance have a prenuptial agreement.
The cost of weddings
People should not go into debt to pay for their wedding. They either have to save more or spend less.
Erin's portfolio
Erin is almost 30 years old and her portfolio is about 87% stocks. Index funds. U.S. and international.
Erin's recommendations
Books:
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
The Thin Green Line by Paul Sullivan
The New Yorker Magazine
Blogs:
Afford Anything
Podcast
Startup
http://www.alainguillot.com/christian-knudsen/
Chief Technology Officer | Director of Sales | Speaker @ Dreamforce 2017 | Consultant | Sales Guru
Follow Christian on LinkedIn.
Christian has a strong background in Sales and Technolgy.
- LinkedIn has transformed his career.
- LinkedIn is a lot more than a platform to look for jobs.
- LinkedIn is a platform for enablement, it's a place where users build their personal brand.
- LinkedIn is different from the other social media platforms because it's the platform business people used to share their thoughts and activities.
- Christian has increased his LinkedIn following from 100 followers to 26,000 in less than one year.
- The best way to increase your influence is by having constant interaction in the platform.
- To be influential, It has very little to do with an official job title a person has in an organization and more to do with the value of the content they put out there. If a person puts valuable information, they will have followers and increase their level of influence.
Recommendations Books
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Who to follow in LinkedIn: Manu Goswami
http://www.alainguillot.com/gabe-weisert/
Gabe Weisert is the managing editor of Zuora.
Zuora is a publicly traded company in the New Your Stock Exchange (ZOU) focused on creating software for subscription-based businesses.
Gabe started his career as a content marketer, he has written for the Wall Street Journal, San Francisco Chronicle, New York Post, Forbes.Com, Huffington Post, Daily Beast and Yahoo! Travel.
The subscription model is nothing new, newspapers have been using it for hundreds of years. But the model has been expanding to many industries. Today many of us have Netflix, Amazon Prime, works spaces like We Work, use brand name cars like Cadillac, bicycle sharing like Bixi, car sharing like Communoauto. We are moving to a subscription economy with great benefit to the end consumer as to the companies who manage to persuade us to use their services.
From a personal finance point of view, this is great. You don't clutter your house with stuff (think of movies DVDs or audio CD), you get a greater selection of products and you pay less.
Here is the link to buy the book Subscribed
http://www.alainguillot.com/michelle-talbert/
In this episode, we discuss personal finance and social issues as it relates to black America.
Balck Americans are systemically discriminated upon. They have fewer employment opportunities, and when they get employed, they earn less than their white counterparts. And black women get paid proportionally less than white women. They are also charged higher interest for mortgages or other loans. They get arrested more often, many cases without cause as we can see in the Starbucks case. and when they get sentenced, they get harsher penalties. In short, personal finance is a lot more difficult for a black person than for a white person in North America.
Obviously, Michelle and I didn't find the solution for these socioeconomic problems, but we are doing our part by bringing the conversation forward. This is a topic that has to brought up over and over again until equality and justice is predominant.
Michelle is a life and business coach who provides platforms for women in business to connect with themselves, with one another and the resources for their success.
When a white person speaks about economic difficulties, they speak about their individual experience; when a black person speaks about economic difficulties, they speak about the collective experience of blacks in America.
Blacks suffer from discrimination when are searching for financial services: Why Blacks and Hispanics Have Such Expensive Mortgages. High-cost lenders are targeting these communities, preventing them from building wealth to pass on to their children.
White men are paid more than black men, even when the men share similar educational backgrounds. Women are paid less than men and black women are paid less than white women for the same job.
During the 1921 Tulsa race riot, white people destroyed a neighborhood of black people because they were doing too well economically.
Every day there are countless examples of racial discrimination in North America. In this video, Two black men get arrested for being black at a Starbucks coffee shop. The manager called the police 120 seconds after the two men arrived.
Many white people set up business meetings in coffee shops. This same privilege is out of reach for some black people.
These two black people were saved because someone filmed the incident. If the incident was not filmed, these two back men could have gone to court, got charged and got branded with a criminal record, which would have made it more difficult for them to get a job. Therefore making personal finance for blacks way more difficult.
http://www.alainguillot.com/andrei-polgar/
Andrie Polgar is an economist, an entrepreneur, a Youtuber, and an Author.
One of the things that I find the most amazing about Andrei is that he's is from Romania and he lives in Romania, he lives in a non-English speaking environment, yet his YouTube Channel and his books are all in English. And his English is a high level academic English.
This is a testament, that in our interconnected Internet society, time and distance are not barriers to success.
He's host of the YouTube channel, One Minute Economics, with almost 27,000 subscribers, started on November 2015 and with almost 3 million views.
Today, were talking about the release of his new book The Age of Anomaly which is being deeply discounted from $9 to $0.99 for this week only (August 6-12, 2018). I took a look at the book and it's massive and well written, in same caliber of many university level books which sell for over $100. If you are slightly interested in economics, I suggest you check it out.
Key points of our conversation
Economics is not being taught properly.
Economists, make the subject matter too complicated.
There is no way to escape economics. Economics play a major role in everyone's lives.
Through his YouTube channel, Andrei explains complex economic subjects in one minute.
He explained Holland's Tulip mania in one minute.
We spoke about Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.
Unlike most other economist, Andrei doesn't predict the future. He doesn't know what will happen in the markets next.
TV economists have less that 50% success in their economic forecasts.
Fortune tellers in Romania have a better reputation than economists.
Economic forecasters emphasize the the times when they made a correct forecast and tend not to mention all the wrong forecast they have made in the past.
Artificial Intelligence, the collection of data by corporations and governments and big monsters tearing down economic agreements.
http://www.alainguillot.com/sandi-martin/ Sandi Martin From Spring Financial Planning I heard from Sandi in an interview I had with Shannon Lee Simmons, Shannon recommended the podcast Because Money where Sandi is one of the participants in a roundtable. The podcast is almost like a telenovela, where the speakers present their different points of view and they are not afraid to disagree with one another. In the end, the listener gets a great learning experience from different points of view.
Sandi graduated with a history major. She worked at a bookstore, and that's great because she loves reading. She went from staking books to the cash register, then to cash supervisor, and then she applied at a bank to be a teller.
Most's people careers are generally not what they go to school for. Life is full of randomness.
In a bank setting, it's hard to be good to your clients and also be a good employee.
After eight years of working at the bank, and after building a family with 3 kids, Sandi decided to hang her own shingle.
As far as credit cards in a bank, tellers are constantly offering new credit card offering.
The creditcard-reward game is in the too complicated and boring
Credit card rewards is an elaborated shell game. They give you enough to keep you interested, to keep you playing
We are wired to be scared of the simple solutions
Where the rubber mets the road is on how you spend your money and how that lings up with what's important to you
We buy consumer "lifestyle" items out of shame ' I need to buy a house that looks like this because that's what successful people have, that's what my family expects of me. I would be a failure, people would know I am a failure if my car is 10 years old. '
If you have the skills to be contempt, that's way more important than making sure you are in the right investment vehicle.
http://www.alainguillot.com/jessica-moorhouse/
Jessica Moorhouse is a blogger, a podcaster, a speaker and an Accredited Financial Counselor-Canada® who shares tips on saving, budgeting & investing. But the thing that I know Jessica the most for is for bringing amazing guests to her podcast.
Jessica started working at age 15, paid her university without any financial assistance.
Jessica started blogging about 6 years ago, as a way to keep herself accountable for the way she was spending her money. But over time, her blog has become her career.
I first heard about Jessica during my interview with Shannon Lee Simmons, episode #21. During that interview, Shannon told me that one of her favorite podcasters was Jessica Moorhouse.
Jessica earned a degree on film production and her intention was to become a full-time film editor, but she graduated at the time of the recession and it was very difficult to find a job in the film industry. Eventually, Jessica found a job at a local newspaper she worked there for 3 years.
During the 3 years of work at the newspaper, Jessica started to read books and blogs about finance, and she got hooked.
Jessica found that a lot of personal blogs didn't relate to her. She started blogging as a one year experiment, which she extended one more year, and then another year. She became part of the blogging community and started going to blogging events. Finally, blogging became a significant part of her life.
After four years, Jessica started a podcast. She noticed that none of the podcast available related to her. There were not women, millennial, talking about personal finance. If it didn't exist, she was going to create it and thus, the Mo' Money podcast was born.
At that time she was working 40-50 hour at her regular job and 20 to 30 hours building the podcast and blog. Eventually, as her blog and podcast grew, she became a full-time blogger/podcaster.
Our conversation drifted towards all the things that Jessica offers to her followers.
Jessica write long well-researched blog posts, she invites amazing guests to her podcast, she has a YouTube channel, a book club, a Facebook group, a Meetup, and her services as an Accredited Financial Counsellor Canada®.
http://www.alainguillot.com/jen-hemphill/
This is the first time I interview a fellow Latino. Like me, Jen is also from Colombia. I felt the connections right from the first email. I am so happy to have this interview.
Jen Hemphill calls herself a "money confidence coach," but her real title is "Accredited Financial Counselor."
Jen helps women gain confidence in their finances, she is a mother of two boys and a military wife.
Because Jen is a military wife, she and her family moved quite often, which made it difficult for Jane to have a regular steady job.
For Jen, it was important to be at home with her kids but she also wanted a career.
After a long research, Jen decided to go into personal finance. There was a military spouse fellowship program to support military spouses and give them the tools to create a portable career. That was the beginning of the road to become an Accredited Financial Counselor.
The next question was: "How to promote her services?" It was at this time that Jen started learning about all the ways to promote her services through internet marketing.
The first piece of the puzzle to figure out was: Who do I want to serve, and how can I do that?
On her early study of online marketing, Jen learned about building a website, building a course, building a newsletter, but she came to the realization that she was not a blogger. To write regular content was not what appealed to her, her perfectionist personality continued getting on the way. She also found a lot of challenges. By process of elimination, she arrived at podcasting as her preferred medium of communication to reach her audience.
Jen offers one-on-one coaching. Jen focuses as much as she can on building the confidence of her clients so that they can achieve the goals they have set out for themselves. She also offers support through a community. See her "Work with Me" page.
About the book, Her Money Matters, Jen was approached by a publishing house. She wasn't sure why the publishing house approached her because she sees herself as a podcaster, but after some reflecting, she realized what a great opportunity that was and she set up to start writing the book.
There are three kinds of stories we tell ourselves.
Our past money stories. How did we grow up around money? What did we hear? What did we experience?
Our present money story. Are you repeating some of the cycles of the past?
Our future money story. We have to create it. How do you want to live? How do you want to feel about money?
http://www.alainguillot.com/kornel-szrejber/
Kornel first became well known for paying his mortgage in his 20s.
In a society where people are making mortgage payments way into their 50s, Kornel decided he didn't want any of that, he didn't want to be a slave to his bank.
Once his mortgage was paid off, once he and his wife have learned the virtues of frugality, by saving 50% of their income, they focused all their energy into pilling money in their retirement accounts. By age 32 Kornel was Financially Independent.
###### Kornel prefers freedom to work the 9 to 5
In a society, where people live from paycheck to paycheck, in a society where we are manipulated by advertising companies, and where we are persuaded to continue buying the latest this or that, Kornel decided to ignore the noise and focus on what's really important, freedom to spend time with his family, freedom to build his days as he wants to instead of obeying the whims of an employer.
###### If Kornel can do it, anyone can do it
Kornel had a middle-class salary, nothing spectacular. But his priorities were different. Instead of spending, he opted for saving, and by age 32 he had accumulated enough wealth to stop working if he wanted to. This is a testament, that we can all do the same. We need to increase the gap between what we earn and what we save, and we too, we can have the opportunity to retire early.
###### Why did Kornel create his podcast?
In his search to educate himself about personal finance, Kornel decided to create the Build Wealth Canada Show, one of the best personal finance podcasts in Canada.
Kornel found that there is a lot of good information out there, but there is a lot of bad information as well. And sometimes, it's hard to tell good information from bad information. What makes things more difficult is that there are a lot of soft pitches to sell something to the person who's consuming the information.
How can you tell which information is good? Which information is mediocre? Which information has a hidden agenda?
To find out the answer to those questions, Kornel started interviewing experts in different phases of the personal finance arena, he recorded those interviews and made them available to the rest of us.
###### Most actively managed mutual funds underperform the index
We spoke about the Spiva report, a report which shows that in the U.S. 84% of active mutual fund managers don't beat the S&P 500 and in Canada 81% of active mutual fund managers don't beat the Canadian index.
In spite of this evidence, most Canadian, own high fee mutual funds, because that's what their commission-based financial advisers seld to them. Most Canadians haven't done the homework to know that there are better alternatives out there.
There is a growing trend of some Canadians switching from commission-based financial adviser to fee for service financial advisers. But most Canadian are unaware of the utility of fee for service financial advisors and continue overpaying hundreds of thousands of dollars for inferior services.
###### There is not enough $$$ in real estate to compensate for the stress
Kornel also dipped his hands into some real estate investment, but after 5 years, he figured out that the profits are not substantial enough to compensate for the increased level of responsibility that comes with investing in real estate.
###### The best podcast episode
Kornel’s most popular podcast episode is: How to Save Thousands at Your Bank – Secrets of an Ex-Banker. Go check it out.
About how to negotiate with a bank. Where are the banks flexible or not flexible, how to get the best rates? What are the conflicts of interests?
###### How does Kornel manages his investments?
Kornel’s portfolio is 100% in equities. 1/3 Canadian, 1/3 US, and 1/3 international. After, the sale of his real estate, he may consider adding some bonds to his portfolio.
Notice, that the consideration of divesting some money into bonds, has nothing to do with his age, as many finance book suggests. Kornel reached financial independence, he hit his number, now whatever extra money Kornel have he could use it to play more aggressive or to play it safe.
###### Kornel teaches you how to invest
Kornel has a course on how to do index investing for Canadian investors. The course is only $97. He shows people how to go into investing in a comprehensive manner. I think that this course is of great value for anyone who wants to know how to invest their own money. I have a friend who uses the service of a financial adviser. All his money is invested in high expense mutual funds. My friend is paying thousands of dollars for inferior service. He would be so much better by taking a few hours of his day and learning how to manage his own money. Here is Kornel's course. This is NOT an affiliate offer, I get no commision for endorsing this course.
http://www.alainguillot.com/roger-whitney/
I first heard about Roger in the Afford Anything Podcast. In this episode, he said:
I don't believe in retirement
Roger and I are the same age, 51, except that he's better looking than me, and he has more letters after his name.
He started his career as a financial advisor in 1991, right at the beginning of the tech boom.
He acquired all his superpowers by making lots of mistakes.
Roger clientele of preference are those people who are transitioning into retirement or who are already in retirement.
Roger didn’t want to be a general practitioner; he found it to be more rewarding to specialize in retirement.
At one time in history, people used to work for a company for 40 years and at the end of the 40 years, the person would retire, receive the gold pen or a watch and receive pension checks for the rest of his/her life. There was not such a thing as a financial advisor for retirement. Some people still have that kind of retirement plan, but that’s becoming the exception rather than the rule.
Today retirement is different.
People don’t have a pension,
They are going to live longer than any generation in history, people can easily make it past 90
People are not looking at retirement as the time to rest; they are looking at retirement as the time to be active, to live on their own terms, have freedom and do things, which means they are going to need more money.
Let’s take a fictional character, a 25-years is contemplating to start planning for retirement.
Roger's advice would not be to start saving for retirement. Instead, he should invest in himself. Book knowledge, experiences, crafts, skills in general.
Now, the person is in his 40s. According to Roger, retirement is NOT a binary decision, of working or not working. There are many studies that say that work is an essential element of a happy life.
Many people who retire and stop working completely, feel dissatisfied with their lives. People don't want to stop working, what they want is a bit more freedom in their lives. They are tired of the rat race, the corporate meetings, the traveling.
Instead of working hard for 40 years, to finally retire at 65, try to build a life that has:
Work that you love,
Income that supports your lifestyle,
And time-freedom to pursue other things as well. Basically, you want to create a life you don’t want to retire from.
Where is that balance, the balance between finding something that you love, which supports your life style?
That’s the real question everyone needs to answer on their own. One thing a person can do is to find others on the same journey and support each other. What not to do, is to let the corporate life make all the decisions for you.
Roger recomends the book Linchpin by Seth Godin, where Seth main advice is to become an artist, to do thing that no one can replicate. Be the best you can at doing the things you do.
Roger argues that retirement is not black or white; work or not work. But rather, it is multimentional, with many layers and many subtilites. And that’s his job, to help client find the best version of retirement for them.
Roger has been podcasting for 4 years. Check out his podcast.
As for his book, Rock Retirement, Roger never had dreams of writing a book, but has a dream of helping people not to miss the only life they have.
The book talks about:
What’s wrong with the current retirement system,
What premises you need to rethink about,
How are you managing the financial structure in your life, 4. and the process you should use to create a life which doesn’t revolve around just saving and investing.
Real case study of how Roger helps a client find her mojo. Episode #219. Sam, flying solo.
Recomendations:
Books: The 12 Weeks Year
Podcast: The Staking Benjamins Podcast
http://www.alainguillot.com/elizabeth-fournier/
The typical burial in North America cost about $10,000. The sad thing about that absurd prices is that the surviving members of the family are too sad, too stressed, and under a time limit to shop around for better options.
In addition to losing a loved member of the family, two other bad things happen:
- Generally, families don't have $10,000 at their disposal to pay for funeral arrangements. Many families go into debt.
- Every burial creates too much damage to the environment. Burials across North America use tons of good wood, concrete, metals as well as millions of gallons of carcinogenic embalming fluid.
Imagine that your aunt who has always been conscious of the environment. It would be disturbing to know that her last interaction with the planet would be one of pollution.
[caption id="attachment_5479" align="aligncenter" width="546"] This burial is very polluting. Look at the hard wood, the metal, the concrete vault.[/caption]
Expenses related to a burial ###### Basic Fees
- Funeral planning
- Permits and copies of death certificates
- Preparation of notices
- Sheltering the body
- Coordination of with cemetery, cremation, or other parties
###### Optional Services and merchandise
- Transportation (you can use your own vehicle)
- Embalming and other preparations (This is carcinogenic fluid are not necessary. Eliminating this service can save you hundreds of dollars)
- Use of funeral home for the viewing (This can done at other venues or not done at all)
- Casket: The average casket costs slightly more than $2,000, but mahogany, bronze or copper caskets can sell for as much as $10,000. Pine caskets are a less expensive option, but funeral homes don't like to display them. You can buy one from Cosco, Amazon, or Walmart for significantly less.
- Casket rental: If you decide to cremate, you can rent the casket, you don't have to buy it.
[caption id="attachment_5480" align="aligncenter" width="659"] This is an inexpensive and environmentally friendly burial[/caption]
Environmental damage * Hundreds of pound of good wood used as caskets * Metals * Cushion * Burial vaults made of cement * Gallons of toxic, carcinogenic embalming fluid * The disposal of the blood in the water system. * The waste of land use as cemeteries. * The maintenance of the green grass in the cemetery. Hundreds of hour of labor plus the pollution generated by the machinery to cut the grass and make it look natural. There is nothing more unnatural than golf course grass. No to mention all the chemicals used as fertilizers.
Alternative to polluting burials * Natural burial: burial in a way to allow natural decomposition of the body. In Quebec, natural burials are not allowed. In some other provinces, allowed. In some states in the United States, it's allowed. In some other states, it's not allowed.
Highlights from the interview [caption id="attachment_5481" align="aligncenter" width="317"] Elizabeth Fournier[/caption]
- Elizabeth Fournier, also known as the "Green Reaper," has been in the funeral industry for 28 years.
- She started her career as a funeral director and then she opened her own funeral home, Cornerstone Funeral Services, in Boring, Oregon.
- At one time, Elizabeth was also a ballroom instructor (like me :) )
- During her infancy, she saw the death of many family members and she became familiar with the procedures. As she was living her life, friends would ask her opinion and when their relative would pass away.
- A lot of people are unprepared for all the expenses of death. A regular person lives on the financial edge, just barely making it, then they go through the long period of pre-death, which is very expensive. Finally, at the time of death, the family finds out the true cost of death.
- "It's free to be born, but it's not free to die."
- People can plan their wedding, people can plan to have kids, but sometimes death arrives by surprise and there are no financial arrangements for the dead. It's an expense that for the most part, the family members have to pay right away.
- Natural burials have always been the norm until about 150 years ago. In the United States, people started embalming at the time of the Civil War, when there were a lot of bodies that needed to be preserved until they were transported to their families.
- The most popular form of burial is by cremation because it's less expensive, but natural burials are gaining popularity and it's growing.
- One of the new tendencies of the industry is called water cremation.
- Other more creative things are: sending the ashes into space; creating diamond rings or earrings with the ashes, tattoo ink and having a tattoo.
###### The Book: The Green Burial Guidebook
The book is a step-by-step guide on how to:
- Plan your green burial
- What are the home funeral basics,
- What are the legal guidelines
- How to save lots of money in the process
Recommendations
Book: You Need A Budget by Jessie Mecham
Blog: Every Day Minimalist
The Penny Hoarder
Podcast: Money Girl
Other resources
- How to donate your organs if you live in Quebec
- How to donate your body to science if you live in Quebec. Note: If you donate your body, your burial expenses will be covered by the university or hospital who takes control of your body.
http://www.alainguillot.com/the-escape-artist/
Barney, The Escape Artist, is a blogger based in England.
The name of the blog came from the classic movie The Great Escape which plays every Christmas in England.
His blog is about helping people get out of the financial prison camp in which many of us end up.
If you are working on a job you don’t like or if you are in debt, you are in a prison-like situation.
Breaking out of prison requires slow deliberate work which can have a huge payoff.
Although not poor, during his childhood Barney developed some anxiety about money. His parents bought the biggest house they could afford. Shortly after the purchase interest rates went up in England to 17%. This series of events put Barney’s parents under a lot of stress.
Barney decided he didn’t want that kind of life for himself, he chose a career which would pay him well and he decided not to climb escalator of lifestyle inflation.
He tried to get a job as an investment banker, but because he wasn’t able to find a job in that field, he went into accounting. Barney wanted to send signals to his future employer that he was serious about earning money.
Barney’s view on education is that education is an investment and he wanted a return for his money. Not to be critical, but some careers don’t offer many job opportunities, the return on investment is minimal and they can be considered a 3 year study holiday.
Education in England, as in Canada, is partly subsidized by the government. Students don’t go into massive student debt to get an education. In the United States, some students can be harmed for the rest of their lives with the huge student debt they incur.
After graduation, Barney decided to live in a low-income neighborhood as opposed to a higher level neighborhood that he could afford.
In addition, Barney walked or cycled to work to save money. According to Barney, cars are money incinerating units. People living in big cities don’t need a car. Having a car can be a big hurdle in the journey to financial freedom.
The best way to get around in London is by bicycle, and you get the added benefit of getting in better shape.
Barney climbed the professional ladder, he worked in mergers and acquisitions, and he got paid to learn how to value stocks.
He started applying the lessons he learned at work in his personal life.
If people would apply the same amount of care and attention to their personal finance as they do to the work they do for their employer, everyone would be much better physically, emotionally, and financially.
Barney himself gave his best energy, time, mental focus to his employer, but he had a plan. He was slowly putting some money away. He knew he would not be in his job forever, so he wanted to give his best and he wanted to take out the most.
Money is power. The money that you hang on to, it gives you freedom, it gives you choices.
When Barney was about 32 years old his wife got pregnant with their second child. It was a family decision that she would stay at home to take care of the kids and Barney was the sole breadwinner. At this same time, he started working at a job he hated. At this moment he felt in prison, in prison because of the added responsibility of a new child while not having another job option at the moment.
The initial plan was to slash the spending to the minimum. Finally, Barney found another job in which he was feeling better, but he continued saving because once he cut down on spending money, he realized he didn’t miss any of the stuff he cut off from his regular spending. The more he saved, the more his scape fund grew and the more felt he was on the path of financial security.
At that time, the concept of financial independence was not a common concept. This was before Mr. Money Mustache, before Early Retirement Extreme, so Barney was exploring new territory with no guidance from anyone else.
Some of the unnecessary spending that Barney eliminated was: restaurants, shopping, buying stuff, going out on mini-breaks like going to Rome or Vienna, Prague.
There was a bit of resistance on the part of Barney’s wife when faced with big cutbacks, but also there was the understanding that working long hours, indefinitely was not the solution either.
One of the challenges to cutting back was the social factor. Their friends continued spending as always, so Barney and his wife had to mentally disconnect in order to stick to the plan. In prison talk, their friends were institutionalized.
A book recommendation to deal with what other people may think about you is:Not Caring What Other People Think is a Superpower.
As far as investments, Barney learned to like steady Eddy, boring companies. On the other hand, glamour and excitement are traps. So investing is partly quantitative, but it’s mainly about controlling your emotions, it’s about not getting carried away, it’s about NOT falling in love with a particular stock, it’s realizing that you want to play the percentages and you don’t want to strike out. The biggest lesson was that the less exciting a stock was, the better.
Barney’s portfolio is 80% stocks, 20% bonds. The stock part is 50% individual stocks and the other 50% is index funds.
We spoke about the home bias tendency in investing (the tendency for investors to invest a large percentage of their money in domestic equities) and how the Vanguard All Word Index may be a good solution to solve the home bias.
Having his savings, earnings, and investing in place, it was time to make a move, to go for financial independence. There were several blogs which served as inspiration, some of those blogs where:Monevator, Mr. Money Mustache, J.L. Collins, and The Mad Fientist Podcast. After reading about the 4% rule, Barney did some calculations and discovered that he had enough to retire.
After a conversation with his wife, the only step left was to wait 4 months, until his last bonus was paid off. Ironically, after Barney gave his notice of resignation he was asked to stay a bit longer as an independent contractor. The transition from employee to financially independent was slow and smooth.
We spoke about The Count of Monte Cristo, who was a prisoner for many years until he made his escape. It’s not just about the scape, but it’s a journey of self-improvement and knowledge. The Count of Monte Christo represents many of the themes evoked in financial independence.
When Barney gave notice that he would be leaving his job, he noticed that the power dynamic of employer vs. employee had shifted. No longer was the employer the party with most of the power. Now he, the employee, had as much power as the employer. They were dealing as equals, both parties working to achieve a common goal. Unlike the regular employer-employee relationship where one party is dependent on the other for subsistence.
Being smart with your money doesn’t have to be about early retirement. Financial independence is about giving yourself choices.
We spoke about the movie The Shawshank Redemption, where one of the prisoners is so institutionalized that he has a hard time dealing with life in the free world. Having enough money is not enough for financial independence, you must have enough mental fortitude to walk out even when the gates are open.
We spoke about the books that shaped Barney’s thinking about financial independence before and after the breakout.
Final thoughts:
- The idea of aggregation of marginal gains. Everything is optimized to achieve a particular objective, and it’s the aggregation of all those little details that create the big change, the successful execution of the goal.
- The Principles of Life Hacking. Read the blog post right here.
http://www.alainguillot.com/scott-alan-turner/
Scott Alan Turner was a money moron at one time in his life. He made many mistakes, but each time he made a mistake, he learned a lesson and applied those lessons to become a finance rock star.
He started like most of us:
Living paycheck to paycheck
Accumulating credit card debt
Buying a luxury car
Gambling in the stock market
And the big blow, buying a house he could not afford.
Scott felt trapped in his conundrum and started looking for solutions. He started educating himself about reducing debt, saving money and investing. Eventually, he eliminated his debt, started earning more about money, became a better investor and by age 35 he declared himself financially independent.
Let’s find out how he did it.
Highlights from the interview
Scott didn’t get much mentoring from his parents as he was growing up. His parents were not financially irresponsible but never took the time to teach him personal finance.
When he got out of college he started facing some financial challenges: Student loans, credit card debt, a car loan, then a bigger car loan, and then a house that he could afford.
One of his college professors told him to save 10%, give 10%, and live on the rest. Scott laughed on his face. His response was that he was going to wait until his 40s and then save twice as much.
Finally, Scott was aggravated enough by his student debt that he decided to get rid of it and it took him 2.5 years to pay it off.
How to eliminate debt? Look for the emotional trigger which will make you upset enough to take action towards getting rid of your debt. One of those triggers is to add all the interest you have been paying over time.
He got inspiration and guidance from a radio show hosted by Clark Howard to start making some radical changes to his financial life. He started by getting rid of the car and continued making other improvements from there.
Should we own or lease a car? Scott tells us his opinion.
It took Scott 10-12 years to reach financial independence.
As for the investing part, Scott made the typical mistakes: day trading, penny stocks, IPOs, commodities, and much more, until finally, he discovered index passive investing.
discourages the use of commission-based advisors.
After reaching financial independence, Scott decided to start a blog and a podcast and wrote a book, 99-minute millionaire.
We both recommend the Paul Merriman Podcast.
Alain is jealous of Scoot’s biceps. Check out the image on his website.
Recommendations
Book: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Blog: Michael Kitces
Podcast: Radical personal finance
http://www.alainguillot.com/bob-lai/
Bob Lai is the host of the website Tawcan.com. He’s a personal blogger on a quest for happiness and financial independence.
Bob Lai investment philosophy focuses on dividend & ETF investing, financial independence, early retirement, happiness, frugality, and finding the right personal balance between saving for the future and enjoying life today.
Highlights from the interview * Bob was fortunate because his parents started teaching him about investment since he was young. * He started investing when he was in University. * Graduated at the age of 24 with a degree in engineering. * On 2011 he started devoting more time to investments. * One of the early lessons Bob learned was to treat his credit card as if it was a debit card and never to miss a payment. * Credit cards give an enormous amount of credit to young people to get them hooked on credit card debt. Some of those young people have little or no financial education and the easily fall prey of the credit card companies. * Frugality is not being cheap, frugality is buying value. * Don’t shy away from buying second-hand items. * Don’t focus on getting the latest electronics. * The main investment strategy is to buy stable dividend-paying stocks. * In particular, bob like recognizable brand names, like the Canadian banks and the Canadian telecom companies. * He owns some U.S. stocks and some international stocks, but there is tax withholding and currency transaction cost, so they are not prioritized. * Bob likes to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the Canadian government in regards to his Tax-Free Savings Account and his Registered Retirement Savings plans. He likes to fill those accounts to the limit to earn money without paying taxes in his TFSA, and deferring the taxes until age 71 in his RRSP. * We spoke about life as a blogger. A place where he gained early exposure was on the website Budgets Are Sexy, ran my friend J. Money. See the article here. See the previous interview with J. Money here. * We spoke about Bob’s money coaching services. * How to get drunk for the less amount of money. * Wearing the same clothes for several days is a good way to save on clothing, on laundry and it’s a good way to pollute less the environment. * Bob has a side business as a photographer.
http://www.alainguillot.com/john-robertson-the-value-of-simple/ Who is John Roberson? Dr. Robertson is a scientist, writer, investor, teacher, and an all-around nice guy. He specializes in explaining complex topics – scientific or financial – for regular people. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario in Medical Biophysics, and he writes about personal finance in his blog Blessed by the Potato.
Personal finance and investing have long been personal passions for John, and he has been an active part of the Canadian personal finance community for nearly a decade. In 2014 he published The Value of Simple to help investors move away from relying on commissioned sales staff to planning and investing on their own. The book focuses on helping people implement simple investment plans and get over behavioral pitfalls to success. He also has a course available to beginner do-it-yourself investors.
Highlights from the interview * + Alain found out about John after listening to him in another podcast, Canadian Couch Potato #15. + John started blogging about 20 years ago. + Started to focus on personal finance after the 2008 financial crisis. + When he was 18 years old, his dad helped him set up his first broker's account. + John mentioned TD e-series as one of the less expensive Canadian Mutual Funds, but buyer be wear, if you contact a mutual fund representative, they might want to suggest a more expensive mutual fund. + The way to find out how expensive is your mutual fund is to look at the MER (Management Expense Ratio). Managed Funds have an expense ratio of 2% to 3%. You want to avoid. You want to get mutual funds with expense ratios of less than 0.5%.
- Be careful buyers. This is not like a one time commission you pay when buying an object. This 2%-3% is taken out of your account EVERY YEAR.
- If you are expecting your mutual fund to have a return of 7%-8%, when you take out 2%-3%, that's almost 1/3 of your money going to the bank.
- If your investment horizon is 30-35 years, you are losing half of your investment value in fees.
- We spoke about diversifying investments out of Canada. Canada is only 2% of the global economy. In order to avoid home base bias, we should consider investing in the economies of other geographical sectors such as the U.S., Europe, Asia, etc. We suggested an equal split between Canada, U.S., and international index funds.
- We spoke about how to rebalance a portfolio.
- We spoke about stocks vs. bonds; how much to have of each.
- We spoke about setting up an account with Tangerine, with TD e-series and robot advisers.
- What's the difference between an ETF and a mutual fund?
- I have some money to invest. should I pay my mortgage or should I invest it in the market?
- Take away point: Fees matter but being invested and having a plan that can be followed matters just as more.
John Robertson's recommendations Book: Stop Over-Thinking Your Money! by Preet Banerjee
Blogs: Canadian Couch Pototato
Podcast
- Because Money
- Mostly Money
- Moolala
http://www.alainguillot.com/shannon-lee-simmons-how-to-have-worry-free-money/
Shannon Lee Simmons is amazing. She is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP), Chartered Investment Manager (CIM), speaker, media personality, entrepreneur, personal finance expert, financial literacy advocate, and founder/owner of Toronto’s advice-only financial planning practice - New School of Finance, the educational hub for Canadians to get advice and learn about personal and small business finance.
Worry-Free Money
Worry Free Money
Author of the book: Worry-Free Money: The guilt-free approach to managing your money and your life
Shannon provides financial planning, cash management, portfolio assessment, tax planning and small business advice to professionals, small business owners, families, and retirees.
Shannon was named one of Canada’s Top 30 Under 30, the 2014 Notable Award for Best In Finance and New School of Finance won the 2016 Wealth Professional Award for Digital Innovation. She appears as a financial expert in TV, and is a regular contributor for the Toronto Star'Money Makeover, Cityline tv, BBC Capital, has a monthly column for Globe and Mail and is a personal finance columnist for CBC’s On the Money and Metro Morning.
Highlights from the interview
Her original plan was to go into medicine because that's what people encouraged her to do, but then she took some economic and finance courses that's what she ended up doing.
Found a job helping high net worth individuals with their personal finances.
The discovered that people who are not wealthy, don't have lots of choices of where to get financial help.
After the 2008 financial crisis, when she saw other people struggling with their personal finance, started to get the urge of helping different demographics, not just the wealthy.
Quit her work on 2010 and launched a project whereas she was trading financial advice in exchange of goods and services.
After a year of living on the barter system, she realized how many people needed financial advice.
She launched the New School of Finance, and the business grew by word of mouth advertising.
We discussed the conflict of interests faced by commission based financial advisers.
Shannon believe that fee-only financial advice is the only alternative. Where there is no conflict of interest and more transparency.
We discussed the high-fee mutual funds suggested by commission-based advisers vs. low-cost ETFs.
We described the process of becoming a client of New School of Finance.
How, though the support of her team and family, she was able to put time aside to write the book Worry-Free Money.
We go through the time break down of being a mom of a little baby, being an entrepreneur and a writer.
I would never expect an employee to work on the weekend, because it's not their business, it's my business.
http://www.alainguillot.com/how-to-save-9-million-on-a-secretarys-salary/
The formula is simple. There is no magic around it.
Spend less than you earn and invest the rest.
Many times we attribute wealth to a well-paying career: computer science, medicine, law, etc. We attribute wealth to being a genius in the stock market. We try to find the secret sauce of wealth. We try to find the reason why others can have what we can not.
The truth is that we live in North America, and people don’t have to have high paying careers to become millionaires. Everyone can do it, as long as you follow the formula: Spend less than you earn and invest the rest.
This article is not about me, this article is about Sylvia Bloom, the secretary who had a $9 million fortune when she died. But I just want to mention very fast, that I have been living in North America for 20 years, I made my money as a dance teacher (not a lot of money) and within 20 years, I paid for my education, and I live as a retired person, I work when I want to, if I want to. At the same time, I see people with huge salaries, my age (50 years old) still paying for their student debt.
Who was Sylvia Bloom
Sylvia was the daughter of Eastern European immigrants. She grew up in Brooklyn, attended public school and then studied at night while working during the day.
She was a secretary in a law office in New York City. She is no different from millions of other secretaries who live in big or small cities in North America. She did the typical things that secretaries do. Type some letters, book appointments, answer the phone, etc. No special skills. Maybe she had a nice personality, something sometimes difficult to find.
She worked 67 years in the same Wall Street law firm.
She was married to a firefighter. So neither she nor her husband had high paying careers. In addition, all the investments were under her name, which leads us to believe that she didn’t have much help from her husband to accumulate this fortune.
Sylvia Bloom retired at the age of 96 and then died shortly after in 2016. Only when the will was read did we discovered that she was a millionaire. None of her friends and/or family had any idea of how much money she had and of course, it was a big surprise to everyone.
How much Money did she earn?
We don’t know how much did she earn, but a quick Google search on “Average salary for a legal secretary in N.Y.C.” gave us these answers:
I can easily assume that she earned about $60,000. It’s not bad but is not the kind of salary you would associate with becoming a millionaire. I am sure that she earned much less than the lawyers she worked for, and I am sure the layers at her law firm don’t have $9 million dollars at their broker’s account.
How much did she spend
Sylvia lived in a rent-controlled apartment in N.Y.C. She didn’t leave in a big fancy building. She found a good price for her living, and she never gave it up.
How many of us let life inflation creep into our life? How many of us buy a big house or a fancy apartment only because the advertisers have told us so. How many of us buy a house or a condo when it’s not a wise decision to do so.
Related article: See how Kristy Chen decided NOT to become a property owner and is now a millionaire.
Sylvia didn’t own a car, she took the metro every day. How many of us are seduced by advertisers telling us to buy the latest car? True, many of us need a car but, we don’t need to buy a new car every 4 years. My mother does that and I get upset every time she does it.
In short, Sylvia was not a spender. How you live one day is how you live your whole life. People say, go out and drink your $7 coffee. Don’t worry about the little stuff. Worry about the big stuff, like your housing and transportation.
But we cannot separate the little stuff from the big stuff, we accomplish a lot by accomplishing little.
How she invested her money
She invested her money in the stock market. She didn’t have any investment education. Instead, she piggybacked on the knowledge of her bosses. When her bosses would purchase shares for their own portfolio, Sylvia also purchased some shares for herself.
Maybe, I can assume that she was a buy-and-hold kind of person. She didn’t day-trade, she didn’t have complex rebalancing strategies. She just bought and held.
I can also assume that Sylvia didn’t have bonds in her portfolio. Bonds is a booby trap. It offers you a false sense of security and in exchange, you lose a big chunck of your money-earning potential.
Related post: Bonds vs Stocks. Age is not the important factor, money is
Her legacy
Out of her $9 million, $8.2 was donated to charity organizations in N.Y. and the rest was distributed among her family and friends.
The Lesson
We learned through the life of Sylvia Bloom that anyone can become a millionaire. No matter if your family has money or not. Not matter if you have a high paying job or not. You spend less than you earn, you invest the rest, and that’s it. It’s as simple as that.
Thank you, Sylvia, for such a great lesson.
What I would have done differently
I have an aversion towards work. I don’t like offices, alarm clocks, bosses, schedules, etc.
If I was in Sylvia’s place, I would have stopped working after reaching $1.5 million. If we apply the 4% rule. 4% of $1.5 million is $60,000 per year, which is the same as her speculated salary. She could have been helping out, with her own hands, those charities organizations that she loved so much.
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Kristy Shen and Bryce Leung are two Canadians computer engineers who retired at age 31 and decided to go and travel the world.
Kristy and Bryce (K-B) broke tradition when they decided NOT to buy an expensive property in Toronto. Instead, they decided to rent, save their money and plan their escape from the drudgery of a 9-to-5, 45-years serfdom. With the money they saved, they managed to build a 7 figure portfolio which they used to leave the rat race and enjoy life while they are still young.
Highlights from the interview
At the time of the interview, Kristy-Bryce (K-B) were in the Canary Islands (Spain)
As Canadians, one of K-B goals is to live one whole year without seeing snow.
While living in Toronto, they were under a lot of pressure from family and friends to buy a house, but Kristy noticed her colleagues were under a lot of stress at work just to keep up with the mortgage.
At this point, K-B decided to rent and invest instead of buying a house.
They decided to invest the money they were setting aside for the down payment of the house. They put their money into low-cost indexes.
“I can get myself out of this cubicle jail and don’t have to die at my desk.”
We spoke about the insanity of the real estate market in Toronto and how is a trap to keep people enslaved to their jobs. Once the mortgage contract is signed, there is very little possibility to get out.
We spoke about how index investing is the best investment alternative for the average Canadian.
Bryce learned about index investing by reading academic papers, books such as The Intelligent Investor by Benhamin Graham, blogs such as J. L. Collins.
Tips for accumulating a sizable portfolio fast: 1. Pick a career that is a good return on investment. 2. Watch your cost of living. 3. Learn how to invest.
Kristie attributes a great part of her success with growing up poor.
We spoke about asset allocation. Check out K-B investment workshop.
K-B got a contract to write a book. I would love to have another interview when the book comes out.
Another book mentioned: New Order.
millennial Revolution’s Recommendations
Books:
The Simple Path to Wealth by J.L. Collins.
Blogs:
Mr. Money Mustache
The Mad Fientis
The Escape Artist
Podcasts:
Chose FI
The Mad Fientis
Do you want to build an A-Team?
Whitney Johnson, with over twenty years of coaching, investing and consulting, take us by the hand and share her knowledge on how to build an A-Team.
In this interview, we speak about:
- Whitney’s life as a Wall Street equity analyst
- Speaking tips for people who would like to improve their speaking skills ( I am talking to you fellow Toastmasters)
- Her podcast Disrupt Yourself
- Her book Dare, Dream, Do
- Her book Disrupt Yourself
- And her latest book to be released May 1st, Build an A-Team.
Ther first time I heard about Whitney was in a podcast where she was talking about her new book at the time Dare, Dream, Do. Everything she said was so obvious, so clear, yet the ideas were expressed in a way that all the information seemed completely new and fresh. Since then I have been following Whitney.
Highlights of the podcast with Whitney Johnson * Her first job in New York was as a secretary * At work, she heard the phrase “throw down your pom poms and get in the game” so much that she decided to stop being a secretary and get into the bigger game * Whitney started taking business courses at night and she went from working as a secretary to working as an investment banker * After a few years, she became an equity research analyst; why analysts do more “buy” recommendations than “sell” recommendations * We spoke about the future of index funds and stock pickers * We spoke about public speaking * More information about Dare, Dream, Do * More information about Disrupt Yourself * Description of the new book Build an A-Team.
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I have been listening to different podcasts for about 10 years now. I remember, long time ago, I heard an amazing story ( I will retell it now) about a retired submarine pilot and how he was financially independent after his 20 years of service. Little did I know that one day, I would interview Doug Nordman creator of the blog The Military Guide.
Conversation with Dough Nordman, the Military Guide.
Dough retired at age 41 (in 2002), after 20 years with the U.S. Navy’s submarine force.
After retirement from active duty, Dough assumed that he would need to find a “real” job, like everybody else.
After a few years of research Dough realized that his portfolio income, and his pension, would be enough to replace his military salary. He wouldn’t be rich but we would be financially independent.
Throughout the years Dough and his wife have always lived a frugal life.
In his journey to learning about investments, Dough made the usual financial mistakes. He invested in individual stocks, he bought actively managed mutual funds with high expense ratios, but the more he learned, the wiser he got. Now, his portfolio is composed mostly passive investment in low-cost index funds.
As Dough learned these lessons, he wanted to share this knowledge. A few years of planning, budgeting, saving, and investing could make all the difference between leaving the military for a civilian career or retirement. He wanted to empower other service men and woman with this knowledge.
With the help of the community of Early-Retirement.org, Dough wrote the book The Military Guide to help military men and woman have a better financial future. All the proceeds of the books go towards several charity organizations. So far, over $15,000 have been donated.
The book was inspired by another member of the Early-Retirement.org community who wrote a book called Work Less, Live More.
The charities to which the funds are being given right now are Wounder Warrior Project and The Fisher House Foundation.
Other books mentioned: Your Money or Your Life by Vicky Robin, The Millionaire Next Door, Are You a Stock or a Bond?
On 2002 Dough discovered low fee index ETFs. With this kind of investment strategy, Dough was able to get 99% of the market return with only 1% of the effort.
Big insider secret: If you read the first six months of the content of the website, you will have most of the content of the book. Dough started the blog in order to build a platform to promote the book.
Dough is an active contributor to the Mr. Money Mustache forum.
Dough's portfolio is 100% in stocks. He has a secured pension which acts like a bond and he can afford to take lost of risk in his equity portfolio.
Recommended website: Fincon.
Recommended podcasts: Afford Anything, Chose FI, Beyond the Uniform.
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In this interview, I talk to an anonymous person. He calls himself "Smile If You Dare."
On my effort to get to know other personal finance bloggers, I reached out and I asked Smile If You Dare for an interview. I was pleasantly surprised. Here are the highlights of the interview.
Smile If You Dare Interview Highlights * Smile If You Dare (From now on "SIYD") wants to share his experience on what is it like to live in retirement and how living in retirement affects his financial life. * In his younger years, he never thought about money. Apart from contributing to his 401 (k) and IRA, where he would make contributions, he would spend the rest of his money. He would eat out every week day and on weekends, look for other ways to spend his money. * Fortunately, SIYD contributed the maximum limit of his 401 (k) every year. * The change in his life came about when he met a woman, fell in love and got married. * His perspective on life changed. He started thinking about the future. He realized that he had no savings outside of his tax-deferred accounts. He wanted to buy a house but had no money. * He was fortunate that his wife was frugal and between the two of them, they were able to buy a house. * Ther realization of not having any savings put SIYD on the path of self-education about money, he started reading books and blogs about money. * Over the years, he became interested in better managing his 401 (k). He started focusing on index funds with low managing fees. Out of the subset of index funds, he became even more interested in funds the focused on dividend stocks. * Once married, they lived a frugal lifestyle. They continued contributing towards, their registered account, they would pay the mortgage, they would eat at home, and they started increasing their savings. They were gardening, growing some vegetable and fruits. * Growing your own food, not only save money, but it is also a great activity, plus, it gives a feeling of accomplishment. * Within his abilities, if something breaks in the house, he would repair it himself. * SIYD gave a few simple examples of frugality, of preservation of natural resources. * SIYC also started investing in individual companies, companies which pay good stable dividends. He would either cash out those dividends or reinvested. He believes that this is the best investment system for him. * Dividend investment list put together by David Fish. * We spoke about life after retirement and how the blog Smile If You Dare got started.
End of the podcast recommendations: * Book recommendation: The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements. * Blog recommendation: The Conservative Income Investor * Podcast Recommendation: Dr. Linda Tucker Podcast.
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https://www.wealth-mode.com/
As I was doing some research on the Internet, I stumbled upon the website Wealth Mode | Financial Planning run by Justin Chidester, a fee-only, Certified Financial Planner. I liked his point of view, his voice, and his explanations and I asked him for an interview.
Here are the highlights of our interview * Justin started his firm Wealth Mode, in October 2016 * He focuses on young professionals and families * He lives in Logan, Utah, but most of his work is done virtually * This is the Blog post that Justin wrote to declare to the whole world that he was becoming a fee-only Financial Planner. * From his childhood, Justin felt that he was a human service oriented individual and he wanted to do something to help out the general public * He discovered that the standard financial planning careers based on pushing financial products, life insurances, mutual funds, etc. was not what he was hoping for. * He became an Accredited Financial Counsel with the mission of helping families weather financial difficulties * Eventually, Justin discovered the there was such a thing as being a financial planner without pushing products, it’s called “fee-only financial planning” and he decided to focus on the younger generations (the 20s & 30s) as his clientele, the generation that’s generally ignored because they haven’t accumulated a lot of money * One amazing service the Justin offers is “Pick my brains in exchange for dinner” * We went into a lot of details on the process of serving clients, making sure they are on track, that they understand the fee structure, the frequency of consultations, etc. * Justin gave great advice about how to shop for financial planners and he disclosed some traps that consumer can avoid * Although rare, we spoke about people who save too much
Book recommendations:
- The Clash of Generations: Saving Ourselves, Our Kids, and Our Economy (MIT Press)
- Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending
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Greg and Holly Johnson are the creators of Club Thrifty, a website focused on living within your means while traveling and discovering the world.
They are happily married parents, with two gorgeous daughters, they are in their late thirties and they are living the dream.
Here are some highlights of the interview * Greg and Holly worked for about 10 years in the funeral industry making a decent living, but they were spending all their money. They didn’t know where was the money going. * One day, they decided to start tracking all their expenses to figure out where was their money going. * They discovered that one of their biggest expenses was eating out. * Out of frustration, they created the zero-sum budget. * We spoke about saving money to pay the future “you”. Imagine that 20 year’s from now you have to pay a debt to the future you. A big debt. You start putting money away as you do to pay any other expense and then when you meet the future you at retirement, you pay that debt. * Started the blog to keep themselves accountable. * When they started budgeting, they had $15K-$16K worth of debt which was paid in about 18 months. They used the Debt Avalanche Method. * Club Thrifty try to teach people how to use the money they already have to build a life they will really love. It tries to teach people how to get out of debt by budgeting, and it talks about frugal traveling. * To make the transition from working as a mortician to have more of an independent lifestyle, Holly started working as a freelance writer and after six months she was making as much money freelancing as she was making at her regular job. A year after the creation of the blog Holly was making a full-time income as a writer. * One of the most amazing posts is the 100 Cheapest Places to Travel in the World for 2018. * They wrote a book, Zero Down Your Debt. One of the biggest obstacles to building wealth is debt. * We spoke about how to make money on the side. * They got into real estate investing inspired by the book The Automatic Millionaire, by David Bach * The most recommended article on the site: Working to Live: How Being a Mortician Reshaped My Money Mindset. * Book recommendation: Your Money or Your Life.
Jeff Kreisler is a man of many talents. He's an attorney, an author, a speaker, and above all, he's a comedian. In this instance, we spoke about his new book "Dollars and Sense: How We Misthink Money and How to Spend Smarter" which he co-wrote with behavior economist Dr. Dan Ariely. Listen to the podcast.
Getting a divorce can be one of the most stressful financial situations you confront in your life. Here are a few suggestions on how to deal with it.
J. Money is the person behind the successful blog Budgets are Sexy. We explore the world of personal finance blogging and we discuss how the listeners can improve their personal finance lives.
Canadians are faced with the decision of investing in RRSPs or TFSA. In this episode, we explain both of them and we suggest strategies you could implement today.
On their early 30s, Ed Mills and his wife had $45,000 in student debt and both of their cars were finished. Along with their marriage, they added a new member to their family, their son.
Ed Mills recounts how he went from -$45,000 to over $1,000,000
Most financial planners and financial books tell us that we should have more bonds as we grow older. But be careful of blanket statements. Rules of thumb don't apply to everyone.
The wedding industry is huge. When you add the engagement ring, the bands, and the whole thing, you could expect to spend over $40,000.
But it doesn't have to be that way. If you want to, you could spend as little as $1,000.
You don't have to follow the social script. You could write your own narrative, with your own values within your own budget.
B.J. Mendelson is a keynote speaker and author. His books include Social Media Is Bullshit and Privacy: And How We Can Get It Back.
We talk about how our privacy is continuously violated by the government and by big internet companies.
Mr. Ingvar Kamprand was an entrepreneur since age 10. At age 17 he started Ikea.
He was to the furniture business what Heri Ford was to the automobile industry. He made furniture that was accessible to everyone.
We also learned a great deal from his frugal lifestyle.
The stock market has been going up for 10 years, uninterrupted. It's easy to imagine that the market never goes down, but it does. How can the average person withstand the regular ups and downs of the market?
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Who are you clients? do you have one client (your employer) or many clients
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Research and development. Are you taking steps to improve your life?
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Advertising. Do you let other people know the things that you are good at
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Board of Directors. Do you have a board of directors of your life
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Human resources. Do you chose positive people around you and let go of the ones who are dragging you down.
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who are the stake holders of your life.
If we can get these financial habits into our subconscious, we don't have to think about it any more, we just do them the same we do many other things, by habits.
In this podcast Alain had a conversation with his business partner Cheryl Williams about Financial habits.