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Overview

The larger-than-life journey of an 18-year-old college freshman who set out from his dorm room to track down dozens of the world’s most successful people to uncover how they broke through and launched their careers.

The Third Door takes readers 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, Quincy Jones, and many more, Alex discovered the one key they have in common: they all took the Third Door.

What is The Third Door?

What is
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 a hundred times, crack open the window, sneak through the kitchen—there’s always a way.

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.

You Will Learn

How Bill Gates—when he was an unknown sophomore in college—closed his first sale out of his dorm room (page 207)
How Jessica Alba confronted her biggest fear, stared it in the eyes, and then used it to launch a billion dollar business (page 256)
How Steven Spielberg—right after he was rejected from film school—snuck onto the Universal lot and became the youngest studio director in Hollywood history (page 36)
How Steve Wozniak redefined the meaning of success, engineered sustainable happiness, and lives life on his terms (page 230)
How Maya Angelou—when life got dark and painful and there was no hope in sight—found a way to get through the storm and use that insight to inspire millions (page 247)
How Tim Ferriss—when he was unemployed and straight out of college—befriended VIPs and CEOs using a secret cold-email template (page 50)
How Pitbull went from crack baby to drug dealer to a Grammy Award-winning musician—and how he keeps his success growing (page 237)
How Larry King—when he had no prior experience in broadcasting—landed his dream job when no one knew his name (page 192)