Alain Guillot Show | Personal Finance And Entrepreneurship

http://www.alainguillot.com/lex-latkovski/ 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 tr

http://www.alainguillot.com/bryan-caplan/ 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.

http://www.alainguillot.com/the-art-of-war/ 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 do

http://www.alainguillot.com/melanie-deziel/ 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 clien

http://www.alainguillot.com/oliver-day/ 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 wit

http://www.alainguillot.com/mitch-joel/ 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 Mond

http://www.alainguillot.com/kristin-morrison/ 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 c

http://www.alainguillot.com/cheryl-williams-milk/ 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.

http://www.alainguillot.com/shawn-askinosie/ 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 s

http://www.alainguillot.com/george-negm/ 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.

http://www.alainguillot.com/erika-toth/  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.

http://www.alainguillot.com/david-kadavy/ 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

http://www.alainguillot.com/jonny-likoray/ 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.

http://www.alainguillot.com/anna-mcafee/ 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

http://www.alainguillot.com/how-to-find-extra-time/ 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 sp

http://www.alainguillot.com/samantha-kris/ 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 nightclu

http://www.alainguillot.com/susan-roane/ 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.