(#25) Rise of The Cheesecake Ninja: The Greg Franklin Story

The Great Unfamous

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.com ⁠⁠⁠

@thecheesecakeninja

facebook.com/thecheesecakeninja

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