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16. Alex Banayan: How To Achieve Your Dreams, Overcome Rejection, & Network With Anyone

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My guest today is Alex Banayan, the author of the #1 international bestseller The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers.

At 18-years old, Alex won The Price Is Right and sold the grand-prize to fund his journey of tracking down the world’s most successful people to uncover how they launched their careers. He interviewed Bill Gates, Tim Ferriss, Steve Wozniak, Warren Buffett, Larry King, Maya Angelou, and many more incredible individuals. 

In our conversation, Alex shares advice on how to pursue your dreams, overcome setbacks and rejection, the books that changed his life, how he met Tim Ferriss and learned his secret cold email technique, an exclusive look into Alex’s new book, and so much more.

This is a podcast you do not want to miss.

TIMESTAMPS:

  • [00:39] - How the book Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh changed Alex’s life
  • [07:40] - Why Alex Banayan and I love reading
  • [09:30] - How to find the courage to pursue your dreams 
  • [12:24] - The Third Door analogy explained 
  • [16:17] - Alex & Books’ Third Door journey
  • [19:00] - How to deal with setbacks and rejection
  • [27:06] - How Alex used The Third Door method to interview Tim Ferriss
  • [36:00] - Lessons from being over persistent 
  • [41:35] - Two books that changed Alex’s life
  • [45:42] - EXCLUSIVE: Alex’s talks about his upcoming book


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