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The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers
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why are people so harsh on this book? i don’t get it. it’s definitely not the best book in the world, but it’s very real and necessary for those who don’t understand that success rarely comes without pushing boundaries.
as i teach more, i’ve realised how much my students need stories like these. this has made me try to increase the number of stories and storytellers i bring to them. reading a detailed case like this, showing that success isn’t as clean or simple as it’s often presented, is really valuable. though i guess even this story isn’t entirely true :)
it’s not easy to get anywhere without pushing limits. i think the third door framework is very useful. actually, even the people standing at the “first door” have to behave like they’re using the third door on a micro level. even if you’re going to university and planning to get a corporate job, you need your “inside man,” and you’ll have to knock on a lot of doors to get into good places.
this book didn’t really inspire me about this topic, but i admired how much passion someone can have. i’ve never been one of those people. it’s hard for me to imagine being so passionate about a goal. honestly, witnessing someone’s passion this closely felt a bit strange.
i can recommend this book and the framework to my students. because, as i said, even people at the “first door” need to work hard, find new paths, and knock on doors. it’s important to see that even someone like bill gates was accessible through this kind of effort.
also, i really liked the part about the “gray” of stories. for example, “bill gates dropped out of college”—no, actually, he was in his last year and had a one year off. we’ll never fully know these stories. even though this one was told in detail, it’s still incomplete, exaggerated, or downplayed in some way.
by the way, i was expecting something different a lot. i thought the interviews would be grouped together at the end and the goal would feel fully achieved. but in my opinion, we didn’t actually reach the goal in this book :)
as i teach more, i’ve realised how much my students need stories like these. this has made me try to increase the number of stories and storytellers i bring to them. reading a detailed case like this, showing that success isn’t as clean or simple as it’s often presented, is really valuable. though i guess even this story isn’t entirely true :)
it’s not easy to get anywhere without pushing limits. i think the third door framework is very useful. actually, even the people standing at the “first door” have to behave like they’re using the third door on a micro level. even if you’re going to university and planning to get a corporate job, you need your “inside man,” and you’ll have to knock on a lot of doors to get into good places.
this book didn’t really inspire me about this topic, but i admired how much passion someone can have. i’ve never been one of those people. it’s hard for me to imagine being so passionate about a goal. honestly, witnessing someone’s passion this closely felt a bit strange.
i can recommend this book and the framework to my students. because, as i said, even people at the “first door” need to work hard, find new paths, and knock on doors. it’s important to see that even someone like bill gates was accessible through this kind of effort.
also, i really liked the part about the “gray” of stories. for example, “bill gates dropped out of college”—no, actually, he was in his last year and had a one year off. we’ll never fully know these stories. even though this one was told in detail, it’s still incomplete, exaggerated, or downplayed in some way.
by the way, i was expecting something different a lot. i thought the interviews would be grouped together at the end and the goal would feel fully achieved. but in my opinion, we didn’t actually reach the goal in this book :)
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“Only later would I learn how pivotal these moments are for anyone who sets out to start something new. Many times the hardest part about achieving a dream isn’t actually achieving it—it’s stepping through your fear of the unknown when you don’t have a plan. Having a teacher or boss tell you what to do makes life a lot easier. But nobody achieves a dream from the comfort of certainty.”
― The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers
― The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers
“In other words, Ferriss didn’t build credibility out of thin air, but borrowed it by associating himself with well-known organizations and publications. The phrase “Borrowed Credibility” stuck in my mind.”
― The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers
― The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers
“Luck is like a bus,” he told me. “If you miss one, there’s always the next one. But if you’re not prepared, you won’t be able to jump on.”
― The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers
― The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers
“Bite off more than you can chew. You can figure out how to chew later.”
― The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers
― The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers
“There’s an expression Maya Angelou coined called “rainbow in the clouds.” The idea is that when everything in your life is dark and cloudy, and there’s no hope in sight, the greatest feeling is when you find a rainbow in your cloud”
― The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers
― The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers
“The founder of TED had told me, “I live my life by two mantras. One: if you don’t ask, you don’t get. And two: most things don’t work out.”
― The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers
― The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers
“Everyone has the power to make little choices that can alter their lives forever. You can either choose to give in to inertia and continue waiting in line for the First Door, or you can choose to jump out of line, run down the alley, and take the Third Door. We all have that choice.
If there was one lesson I learned from my journey, it’s that making these choices was possible. It’s that mindset of possibility that transformed my life. Because when you change what you believe is possible, you change what becomes possible.”
― The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers
If there was one lesson I learned from my journey, it’s that making these choices was possible. It’s that mindset of possibility that transformed my life. Because when you change what you believe is possible, you change what becomes possible.”
― The Third Door: The Wild Quest to Uncover How the World's Most Successful People Launched Their Careers
