The Third Door: The Mindset of Success by Alex Banayan

BATB score: 9/10 🥹

sending unsolicited emails to Warren Buffett and Mark Zuckerberg asking for an interview may get you a hand-written rejection which is already content material 💯

Best as: diary of a 19-year-old dropout getting an exclusive interview with Maya Angelou, Bill Gates, and Lady Gaga 👏 via leveraging the “third door”connections aka persistence; never try never know

The first door: the main entrance - where 99% of the people wait around hoping to get in

The second door: the VIP entrance - the billionaires, celebrities, etc

The third door: whatever it takes to get in - crack a winder, sneak through the kitchen, disguise as security

Best to: know that you truly have nothing to lose so go for it!

Best for: know WHO is more important than know HOW; easy win for extroverts 💪

Best quotes: “Adventures only happen to the adventurous.”

“Fans ask for pictures. Peers shake hands. You can either be someone’s friend or a fan, but never both.”

“No one actually changing the world posts everything they do online. Keep people guessing what you’re up to. The people you’re going to impress by posting things online aren’t the people you should care about impressing.”

“Bite off more than you can chew. You can figure out how to chew later.”

“The secret is: there is no secret. There’s no trick to being yourself.”

“Life will keep hitting you over the head with the same lesson until you listen.”