Alex Toporek on Making Bold Moves, Taking Action and The Third Door Mindset

In this episode of The Young Entrepreneur’s Journey I sit down with Alex Toporek, a Computer Science Student at John’s Hopkins University and Co-Founder of ImagineX, a venture with a vision to take young people through a transformative experience that will give them clarity about the direction of their lives in terms of short term and long-term goals.   In this episode you will learn about: 

• The importance of validating your idea and taking action on those ideas
• The value of sliding into dms and the art of the follow up
• The secret to success: taking the third door
• A sneaky hydration hack for insane amounts of energy
• How Alex keeps himself organised
• Alex’s note-taking strategy
• And so much more...

Resources mentioned in this episode:   Books:

• The Third Door by Alex Banayan: https://amzn.to/2mIqQl7
• Designing Your Life by Dave Evans and Bill Burnett: https://amzn.to/2lV6Dsr
• Books by Tim Ferriss, such as:
  • The 4 Hour Workweek: https://amzn.to/2mPXgue
  • Tools of Titans: https://amzn.to/2lhshqr
• Books by Ryan Holliday, such as:
  • Ego is The Enemy: https://amzn.to/2nlwtGi
  • The Daily Stoic: https://amzn.to/2lii0uh
• Books by Jocko Willink, such as:
  • Discipline Equals Freedom: https://amzn.to/2lVttAd
  • Extreme Ownership: https://amzn.to/2nurDqB
• Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins: https://amzn.to/2lLObCJ

Tools: 

• Trello: https://trello.com/
• Evernote: https://evernote.com/
• Slack: https://slack.com/intl/en-gb/
• Tim Ferriss Cold Email Template: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/314465

Connect with Alex on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alex.topo/   Connect with me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yasminarte/   Share your key takeaway on instagram and I will repost you!   (affiliate links included)