Alain Guillot Show | Personal Finance And Entrepreneurship

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. 1. Feel your emotions. Don't suppress them. It's normal to feel anxiety, of ager. 2. Realize that it has nothing to do with you. The pandemic didn't single you out, it's affecting us all. 3. Words are powerful: You didn't get fired; you got laid off 4. 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 dissati

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.