266: Alain Guillot—How Do Immigrants Adapt To New Lives In Foreign Places?

<p style="text-align: center; font-size: 24px;"><strong>Learn how to see your way forward to your best future! </strong></p> <p><span style="color: black;">I met Alain Guillot when he interviewed me for his podcast and I was totally intrigued by his story. As an <a href= "https://www.simonassociates.net/anthropologists/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">anthropologist</a> who studied immigrants who relocated from Greece to New York, I remain endlessly fascinated by the ability of people to completely change their lives to thrive in a foreign environment. Alain and I spoke at length about what he himself did to thrive, and how he eventually became a full-time blogger and podcaster. But it was never easy or completely evident that his calling was to become a story merchant, as he calls himself. Listen in and be moved!<img class="mce-hs-more" style= "height: 20px !important;" src= "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" data-mce-placeholder="" /></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px;"><span style= "color: black;">Watch and listen to our conversation here</span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px;"><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7GY2zOVckM&ab_channel=simonassociates" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img style= "width: 659px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; display: block;" src="https://f.hubspotusercontent10.net/hubfs/398462/Alain%20G.jpg" alt="Alain G" width="659" /></a></p> <p style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 20px;"><span style= "color: black;">"We all have the tools to achieve greatness, all we need is more self-confidence."<br /> <em>-Alain Guillot</em></span></p> <p><span style="color: black;">Alain immigrated to Canada from a poor country in South America. As he tells it, he had to work as a janitor, a busboy and a food server to afford school. His first job as an insurance salesperson was short-lived (he was never much of a salesperson) and after that, he became a dance school owner, a day trader, an Airbnb host, an U