Alain Guillot Show | Personal Finance And Entrepreneurship

https://www.alainguillot.com/terry-cutler-2/ 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-evolv

https://www.alainguillot.com/bill-keenan/ 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. Thanks to our sponsor Bluehost.

https://www.alainguillot.com/david-burkus-2/ 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.

https://www.alainguillot.com/chris-guillebeau/ 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.

https://www.alainguillot.com/chrissy-kay/ 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 exp

https://www.alainguillot.com/john-bramblitt/ 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.

https://www.alainguillot.com/dale-roberts/ 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

https://www.alainguillot.com/gregory-zuckerman/ 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."

https://www.alainguillot.com/lindsay-goldwert/ 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

https://www.alainguillot.com/lindsay-bryan-podvin/ 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.

https://www.alainguillot.com/laura-gassner-otting/ 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 th

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

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.

http://www.alainguillot.com/steven-arnott/ 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, w

http://www.alainguillot.com/jessica-moorhouse-2/ 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 Ra

http://www.alainguillot.com/dominick-quartuccio/ 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.  

http://www.alainguillot.com/joe-jackman/ 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.

http://www.alainguillot.com/grant-baldwin/ 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

http://www.alainguillot.com/jeff-goins/ 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.