Author: Alain Guillot
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Guide To Spending The Holidays Alone
The new year is coming. This is a time when friends get together to celebrate and party, but not this year. This year, all new year’s parties and celebrations are canceled and people face stiff fines from their governments if they break the law of social distancing. In Canada, if you organize an illegal new…
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4 Ways to Fix Your Credit Score
Your credit score is something tied to your name and will follow you throughout your life. It can impact how much lenders will trust you to borrow money, and determine whether they believe it is a good idea to accept your offer on a home, allow you to buy a car, or even get a…
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204 Nour Hadidi; From Banking To Stand Up Comedian
in podcastNour Hadidi, is a comedian, writer, Arab, Muslim girl based in Toronto. In a family where everyone is a doctor, she always gets funny looks when she says she is a comedian. Nour Hadidi came to Canada to study finance at McGill. She graduated with a BCom and worked in banking for a while, but…
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How to Deal With Negative Emotions From a Bad Year
When it comes to health, social life, and the economy, we can agree that 2020 has been a bad year. Covid-19 had brought unemployment, sickness, death, and social isolation like I have never seen in my lifetime. Everyone has been affected. From the North Pole to Antarctica, no country has scaped the virus. Every day…
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203 Matthew Beaumont; Finding and Losing Yourself in the Modern City
in podcastAbout Matthew Beaumont Education and Experience Matthew Beaumont studied English at LMH, Oxford, before doing an MSt and DPhil at Linacre College, Oxford. He became a Senior Lecturer in 2008 and a Professor of English Literature in 2016 at University College London.
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Correcting Past Mistakes And Living the Unlived Life
When I was 19 years old, my mother sent me to college. I didn’t realize the gift she was giving me. I threw the gift in her face and went into a life of crime. Going to college was what other people did. You finish high school, you go to college, and get a job.…