507: How to Get Exceptional Mentors and Opportunities with Alex Banayan - a podcast by Pete Mockaitis

from 2019-10-28T07:41:51

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Alex Banayan shares unconventional approaches to creating new opportunities.

— YOU'LL LEARN —

1) The ultimate cold email template to recruit mentor.

2) Creative “third door” approaches that nobody takes.

3) Communication secrets from Maya Angelou and Larry King.

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— ABOUT ALEX —

Alex Banayan is the author of The Third Door, the result of an unprecedented seven-year journey interviewing the most innovative leaders of the past half-century, including Bill Gates, Lady Gaga, Larry King, Maya Angelou, Steve Wozniak, Jane Goodall, Quincy Jones, and more. He has presented the Third Door framework to business conferences and corporate leadership teams around the world, including Apple, Google, Nike, IBM, Snapchat, Salesforce, and Disney. When he was 18, Alex hacked The Price is Right, won a sailboat, and sold it to fund his adventure. He was then named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list.

• Alex’s book: The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World’s Most Successful People Launched Their Careers

• Alex’s LinkedIn: Alex Banayan

• Alex’s Twitter: @AlexBanayan

• Alex's website: The Third Door

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose by Tony Hsieh

• Book: Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built A Company One Cup at a Time by Howard Schultz

• Book: The Alchemist by Paolo Coehlo

• Book: The Magic of Thinking Big by David J, Schwartz

• Meditation technique: Transcendental Meditation

• Website: Google.com

• YouTube Channel: GaryVee.