Alain Guillot
Life, Leadership, and Money Matters
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Should You Be Concerned If You Live In a High Rise Building?
On June 24, 2021, the Champlain Towers South building, a 12-story beachfront condominium in Miami, Florida, partially collapsed. The death count is not finished yet, but it will easily surpass 100 people. The suspected cause of the collapse is the long-term degradation of reinforced concrete support structures. My mother is…
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370 Cheryl Diamond: A Memoir of a Fugitive Childhood
in podcastAbout Cheryl Diamond Cheryl Diamond was born on the run. By the age of nine she had lived in more than a dozen countries, on five continents, under six assumed identities. She was home-schooled by her parents who were evading Interpol and various other law enforcement agencies. At sixteen, Cheryl…
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369 Dan Glickman, former United States Secretary of Agriculture
in podcastAbout Dan Glickman Dan Glickman is the former Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Congressional Program, a nongovernmental, nonpartisan educational program for members of the United States Congress. The program provides lawmakers with a stronger grasp of critical public policy issues by convening high-level conferences and breakfast meetings in which…
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Beware: Don’t Fall Victim To A Scam!
https://pixabay.com/en/get-me-out-escape-danger-security-1605906/ Unfortunately, we live in a day and age whereby there is a large number of people who aim to make a living through duping others and taking their cash. There are many different ways that this can be done, and investment scams is one of them. In this blog…
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368 George Packer: Last Best Hope, America in Crisis and Renewal
in podcastAbout George Packer George Packer is a journalist, novelist, and playwright. He is best known for his writings for The New Yorker and The Atlantic about U.S. foreign policy and for his book The Assassins’ Gate: America in Iraq.
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Opening a Hospitality Business: 7 Tips for Entrepreneurs
in BusinessHospitality has been among the hardest-hit industries by the pandemic. The consequences of closures have been felt on an international scale, and many businesses have struggled to attract enough customers to thrive through the past months. Nonetheless, the economy is slowly bouncing back, and the next few months might represent…