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(#25) Rise of The Cheesecake Ninja: The Greg Franklin Story
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If you like underdogs and cheesecake -- you’re in for a treat. Greg Franklin's story is a cross between "Rudy" and Will Smith’s "The Pursuit of Happyness".
Featured in the book “Don’t Keep Your Day Job” by Cathy Heller, Greg described an annoying voice in his head that just wouldn’t go away. It pestered, persisted, and repeated the same thing over and over: “You’re gonna make cheesecakes?”
So Greg Franklin did just that …
These Are Greg's Lessons:
4:07 -- Overcoming No
5:38 -- The Voice He Couldn't Ignore
18:17 -- 3 Years to Perfect the Recipe
21:51 -- Fired on National Cheesecake Day
25:31 -- Life of the Cheesecake Ninja
27:30 -- Myth of "I'm not good at"
30:28 -- 5 Things I Learned
31:00 -- Cathy Heller's book, podcast
36:56 -- The Amazing Saul Blinkoff
37:42 -- My Wife's Patience
39:14 -- Finding Positivity
40:30 -- How, When To Take The Risk
42:30 -- Finding The Cheesecake Ninja
How to Find Greg Franklin:
@thecheesecakeninja
facebook.com/thecheesecakeninja
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