Welcome guys and gals to the Manteauks show. I'm Connor Beaton, the host and founder of

Man Talks. This podcast brings together some of the best thought leaders, teachers, and

extraordinary individuals to help teach and mentor you on how to be a top performer in life, love, and business.

Joining me today is someone who really kind of encapsulates all of those categories is a gentleman by the name of Alex Vanayan.

And Alex has an incredible, incredible story with a book that just came out called The Third Door.

But here's just a little snippet to understand Alex's journey because he's gone and run the gamut.

So the day before his freshman year, final exams, Alex decides that he's going to try and hack the prices right.

So he does this.

He hacks the prices right.

He wins a sailboat.

He sells it.

And he uses the prize money to fund his quest to learn from the world's most successful people. So since then, he has been named

to Forbes 30 under 30 list, business insiders, most powerful people under 30. He's contributed to

Fast Company, The Washington Post, Entrepreneur, TechCrunch, and has been featured in major media,

including Fortune Forbes, Business Week, Billboard,

Bloomberg, TV, CNBC, like you name it. He has done it. And the reason why he's been featured

on many, many, many of those platforms is because of the journey that he's gone on. And he has

done some remarkable interviews, one-on-one interviews with the likes of Bill Gates,

Maya Angelou, Steve Wozniak, Jane Goodall, Larry King, Jessica Alba, Pippel, Tim Ferriss, Quincy Jones,

and many, many more, just to name a few.

So in this interview, Alex and I are going to dive into a few

different areas and a few different topics. One of the big ones that we talk about is actually

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