The Third Door
The Mindset of Success
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Alex Banayan
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Alex Banayan
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Forbes #1 Career Book to Read in 2018
The National Best Seller
The larger-than-life journey of an 18-year-old college freshman who set out from his dorm room to track down Bill Gates, Lady Gaga, and dozens more of the world’s most successful people to uncover how they broke through and launched their careers.
The Third Door takes listeners on an unprecedented adventure—from hacking Warren Buffett’s shareholders meeting to chasing Larry King through a grocery store to celebrating in a nightclub with Lady Gaga—as Alex Banayan travels from icon to icon, decoding their success. After remarkable one-on-one interviews with Bill Gates, Maya Angelou, Steve Wozniak, Jane Goodall, Larry King, Jessica Alba, Pitbull, Tim Ferriss, Quincy Jones, and many more, Alex discovered the one key they have in common: they all took the Third Door.
Life, business, success...it’s just like a nightclub. There are always three ways in. There’s the First Door: the main entrance, where 99 percent of people wait in line, hoping to get in. The Second Door: the VIP entrance, where the billionaires and celebrities slip through. But what no one tells you is that there is always, always… the Third Door. It’s the entrance where you have to jump out of line, run down the alley, bang on the door 100 times, climb over the dumpster, crack open the window, sneak through the kitchen—there’s always a way in. Whether it’s how Bill Gates sold his first piece of software or how Steven Spielberg became the youngest studio director in Hollywood history, they all took the Third Door.
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What the critics say
“Exhilarating and empowering... If you care about your success, you have to read The Third Door.” (Tony Robbins, entrepreneur, New York Times best-selling author, philanthropist, and the nation’s number one life and business strategist)
“From redefining success with Steve Wozniak to staring death in the eyes with Jessica Alba, this book is packed with adventure, drama, and remarkable lessons the whole way through. Whether you‘re an executive or a recent college graduate, you’ll find inspiration and wisdom in The Third Door.” (Arianna Huffington, founder of The Huffington Post and New York Times best-selling author of Thrive)
"The Third Door is at once a spirited coming-of-age story and a hard-headed examination of what it takes to succeed at the highest levels. Alex Banayan has cracked the code of the world’s most successful people and shown he will soon join their ranks.” (Daniel H. Pink, New York Times best-selling author of When, Drive, and A Whole New Mind)
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- Tessa Hayman
- 2019-10-15
The Best Book I’ve Listened Too this Year
I loved this book more every chapter that I listened to. So much, that for once in my life, I’m actually writing a book review. It lifted me up and exhilarated me along Alex’s journey with his triumph’s, made me cringe with his emails, and brought me to tears with his beautiful and painful moments. For the first time, I feel like I’ve read something that was speaking the language of my generation and answering the questions I didn’t even know I was asking. Thank you Alex! Thank you for opening my mind to possibility and the Third Door.
P.S. Thank you for narrating your own book, italways impacts so much deeper when the author reads their own book and you can hear the emotion as the book is read the way it was written.
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- Kane K.
- 2019-12-05
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When he was imitating the people he was interviewing it got a little annoying. But overall solid book
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- Frethead
- 2019-03-24
Enthralling from start to finish
This book had me from start to finish. Such a ride, such a message so totally unexpected. My mind never wondered, I hung on every word. You must listen to this book. It has to be the best audiobook I’ve ever heard. Wow I can’t even explain...
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- Cameron
- 2020-02-24
A little lacking in content
Easy to listen to, full of stories, but Alex barely had any interviews with the successful to speak of. and his ability to learn from them, lacking interview skills left those interviews wanting
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- Simon-Benjamin Lariviere
- 2019-09-05
Thank you
Dear Alex,
Your story brought, joy, laughter and tears to me while reading it. Thank you for sharing your story. I just finished listening and I am still crying from the last chapter.
I know it's been 2 years but I would still like to offer my sympathies.
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- Vincent Domazet
- 2019-04-23
An inspiring tale.
I may not be his target audience(as I'm 40) but it inspired me many times.
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- Logan
- 2018-09-13
Inspiring book from an unexpected story
Very interesting, and at times inspiring. Books like these make me question if I should be doing more to pursue my dreams. Alex showed us that it doesn’t matter how old you are, all that matters is drive, hard work and persistence. #Audible1
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- Afrousheh
- 2018-08-16
I couldn’t stop listening
Motivational, inspirational, touching and all around incredible book. I laughed, cried and learned so much!
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- Zamonation
- 2019-05-14
Captivating !
Alex is a passionate narrator and carried me thru the entire book. I came away from it like he did in his interviews with Gates and Buffett. It’s not the questions you ask but the how of getting to ask the questions that are the most important. The questions can over ride your authenticity and walking the fine like between being authentic and contrived is something Banayan battles. At the end of the day it’s stepping out of the comfort zone, taking a wild chance and believing in yourself. Really enjoyed the Quincy Jones piece. What a cool cat. Of all of Banayan’s interviewees, he’s the one I Would love to meet most.
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- Ono Northey
- 2018-07-24
engaging experiential learning
emotional, engaging experiential learning. reads like a novel, jam packed with wisdom. borderline mindsettertainment!
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