it's better to prove [through first principles thinking] that it can't be done than to exhaust the infinite number of ways to fail." Personal Tidbits: Never knew of Stefan Weitz, Qi Lu, and Dean Kamen before this book, and others but it's these three I feel indebted for the introduction. Stefan Weitz, Briana, Talia are the best. Cal and Larry know. Bill Gates comes across as someone to get to know in person (without the motives of the author) and not through another person’s experience of him, but that can be said about everyone interviewed in this book. And for some strange reason I want to thank Elliott for always being there for Alex and his dad.

Approach writing, approach whatever your job is, with admiration for yourself, and for those who did it before you. Become as familiar with your craft as it is possible to become. you do. Growth comes from mistakes. You have to cherish them, so you can learn from them. Your mistakes are your greatest gift. For the last time, follow the light to The Forgotten who is beside a bookshelf this time. Speak to them about it and then focus your magic on the bookshelf. But it was. It was my life, and this was my thing, and I could not undo it, fix it, or make it not so.

A brilliant writer . . . I couldn’t stop reading once I started. The Third Door is a must-read for entrepreneurs.” Or read this book because it can be very validating to read the ideas you concluded to are the same advice being offered.

I first heard about Alex while perusing through the 30 under 30 lists in 2015, a distinction he received for his work in Venture Capital. Intrigued by his accomplishment but knowing little about his adventures, I decided to follow along via social media. DAVID EAGLEMAN, New York Times bestselling author of Incognito, host of PBS’ The Brain, and adjunct professor at Stanford University I had no idea what I was doing. Ever since then, I’ve lived my life by one motto: Bite off more than you can chew. You can figure out how to chew later. Alex had a chance to meet Lady Gaga in a nightclub. Gaga’s manager asked Alex to write a speech and prepare a PowerPoint presentation for a South by Southwest keynote.Alex was introduced to someone named Qi Lu, a forty-year-old, sandal-wearing Microsoft employee. Qi Lu grew up in rural China with no running water or electricity. At 27, he made seven dollars a month, but by the time he was forty, he was president of online services at Microsoft. Qi Lu got into a good university and majored in computer science.