DAY 1 OF THE 25 DAY BOOK LAUNCH SERIES UNTIL X-MAS: THE SWIMMING STORY

Just like mentioned yesterday, we will have 25 stories coming out of the first 25 days in December all the way untill X-mas. They stories will always be released at 9pm Hong Kong time, which is around 2pm in Europe and 8am in New York. We cover one story every day, and focus especially on the stories behind a story, with all its lessons learned.

Today is Day 1 and the Story is "The Swimming Story" - Here is the 7 min Vlog (hope you like my shirt ;-)

Hope you like it and if you get inspired, drop me a message into our Facebook group! Stay tuned for the next day and next story tomorrow! If you want to stay updated, get on to the newsletter list here, so you know when the post is coming out tomorrow!

Have a great day, lots of fun, and see you tomorrow!

Cheers,

Dr. Julian Hosp

Author of the #1 bestseller "25 Stories I would tell my Younger Self"

Want some interview insights?

In this post I talk about:

1. When and Where the book launches and how you get it

2. The upcoming webinar

3. 2 amazing podcast interviews you should listen to

We are 2 days before the huge global book launch - everything is on GO and ready to roll. I hope by now you know that the ebook will be out on Sunday (Nov 15th). You will be able to download it for FREE on AMAZON during the first 48 hours! To be sure not to miss it, best, is you save this reminder to your calendar:

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If you do not want to wait any longer, you can actually get a sneak peak of the book if you head over to the book's website and fill in your name and email. Totally worth it:

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On Sunday at 9pm HKT or 2pm in Munich or 8am in New York, I will be hosting a webinar with the title: "3 things any college graduate should have learned in college (but probably didn't)" - I share 3 stories out of my book, that cover exactly this topic. If you want to be part of it - here is the Sign Up Link:

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For those of you that want to listen in to the book, I have 2 brand new podcasts to share with you, both targeting a very different angle:

The first one if with Jacob Sapochnik, one of the best immigration lawyers int he US. I know him for quite some time and we share similar values, ideas and visions. He is not only an extremely successful laywer and business owner, but also best selling author and podcaster! So you defenitely want to check Jacob out - Amazing stuff that he is pulling off. I chatted with him on the podcast about my time in the US, about playing Basketball, about moving to Hong Kong and how to find the energy to hustle non-stop. You should defenitely check it out here:

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Many of my earlier stories (especially stories 1-6) are from my childhood, and so especially if you are a parent, they might be very very relevant for you. In my mastermind group I get to work with extremely entrepreneurial and talented people. One of them is Bolaji Oyejide who is a business owner, best selling author and also runs a podcast called Bravepreneur. He has people sharing their most memorable experiences from their childhood on their, and so we chatted about my early life stories, such as swimming for ice cream with my mum, growing a tree in school, starting my first business or talking about delayed gratification. Whether you have kids or not, you definitely want have a listen here!

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If you want to help me spread the word (and I would be super grateful if you did!), then these are 2 things you can do:

1. Tell as many people as possible to download the book on Sunday (15th) or Monday (16th) - it is free anyways - so nothing to lose, everything to gain!
2. Leave an honest review on Amazon: http://geni.us/25Stories - if you like the book, let me know on there please and why. If you don't like it, do so as well - It is absolutely ok to voice your honest opinion. It will be helpful for future readers (who then have to pay for the book of course).

Let me know any feedback in the comments below or on Social Media.

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Cheers,

​Julian Hosp​​

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So, what are the 25 stories?

I have covered the initial ideas and reasons for the book, talked about Julian Hosp the author, presented the cover and now I want to give you a glimpse into the book for the first time. And what better of to start than with an overview of the 25 stories:

25 Stories Chapter Overview

I hope you like it! Any story that peaks your attention the most? Let me know in the comments below and I will feature it first!

The stories are all derived from true happenings in my own life, and are mostly chronologically ordered. So the first few stories happened more in my Elementary School time, and up to the America Story happened during Junior High. Kitesurfingand Medicine started at the age of 18. The stories afterwards are step by step all the way to the time I moved to Hong Kong at the age of 25. The Final Story happened this year in 2015.

Every story has 3 key take aways, that I point out after the story, what my Younger Self should especially remember from these stories. Since my Younger Self was even more stubborn than I am today [yes, I know, it sounds unbelievable but it is true :-) ], I could have never thrown lessons at my Younger Self - He would have needed to listen to a story that imprinted into a young Julian's mind, for the lessons to stick. I hope that makes sense and you can relate to that!

25 Stories Book Example

Let me know in the comments below which story would inspire you the most to get the e- or physical-book?

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Cheers,

​Julian Hosp​​

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Woowwzaaa, this is the book's full cover!

Awesome! The cover is ready, typesetting is in the go, logistic is all done and we are in perfect timing. SO WHAT IS THE FINAL COVER?

First of all, I want to thank you all who gave us feedback on the cover and the design. We listened to all of you and took your feedback very serious. Together with you, the designer, marketing experts and Amazon-gurus we adapted the cover step by step to get this final version:

I hope you like it! :)

So, what is the story behind this cover - how did we choose it?

We started from two angles:

The first one was that the cover should speak about what the book is about, and who the author Julian Hosp is. This was very important from a designer stand point. Many of you voted here and gave us great feedback - Thank you once again for that.

The second angle is the marketing standpoint. A cover needs to be flashy, popping out, and especially easy to read when looked at small. If you go on Amazon or any other book page, all the books are displayed with their small covers only, and what is important is the cover's colour, and that the title and the author are easy readable.

So we took all that together and this is what it looks like in small:

Awesome, right?!

Here was the cover history from both angles - marketing and storytelling:

Feel free to give us feedback below, but we are extremely happy with the cover and will for sure go with it!

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Cheers,

​Julian Hosp​​

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