Alain Guillot

Life, Leadership, and Money Matters

Category: Opinion

  • Ethical Non-Monogamy, the new trend in dating

    Ethical Non-Monogamy, the new trend in dating

    I am single. From time to time I get on dating apps, and I recently discovered something that I had never seen before; it’s called ENM or Ethical Non-Monogamy. I am an old fashion guy, who is happy to have a relationship with just one woman, but I found this new trend intriguing enough to…

  • Peter Buck, the billionaire Co-Founder of the Subway Sandwich Chain, Dies at 90

    Peter Buck, the billionaire Co-Founder of the Subway Sandwich Chain, Dies at 90

    Billionaires are usually creating value, either with their entrepreneurial initiatives (such as Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk) or with their capital. In the case of Peter Buck, he created value with his capital. Peter Buck was the first investor of Subway Sandwiches, when he lent $1,000 to his friend’s son. Peter Buck gave a loan…

  • The only way to solve the housing crisis in big cities is to build more and higher

    The only way to solve the housing crisis in big cities is to build more and higher

    Toronto, Vancouver, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago. All of these are cities in North America where there is an scarcity of housing. There are many advantage to living in a big city: Better job opportunities More efficient public transportation Opportunity to meet with a greater variety of people Great diversity of cultural events…

  • How food addiction is slowly killing us

    How food addiction is slowly killing us

    We have always been addicted to food We were addicted to food before we were addicted to drugs. The thing is that when we were hunter-gatherers, we didn’t have access to numerous bags of chips and sugary sodas, so we didn’t have health problems related to food addictions and obesity. However, with time, food became…

  • Yes, America is racist, but it’s becoming less so

    Yes, America is racist, but it’s becoming less so

    As a Latino, I have always felt that America is racist, but to be honest, every member of my family has flourished in America. My brother married a white woman from Florida and lives very happily in his ethnically diverse community, he’s a real estate agent and gets enough business selling houses, and lives a…

  • Saving for retirement is hard, Spending money after retirement is even harder

    Saving for retirement is hard, Spending money after retirement is even harder

    This year, I hit my FIRE (Financial Independence Retirement Early) number. During the twenty-two years that I have been in Canada as an immigrant, I knew exactly what to do. Work hard Save as much as I could Invest in real estate and the stock market I taught myself how to invest in the stock…