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How John Sonmez retired at 32, grew his Youtube Channel to 200,000, and became a WSJ Bestselling Author | Before the Bestseller 25

Before the Bestseller

In this episode of the how, we talk about how John retired at 32 with his books, how he’s built his youtube channel to over 200,000 subscribers, and how he’s now using his latest book, Self Confidence for men as a lead generation tool for his bulldog mindset courses. It’s great to hear from people who have accomplished such great things but what I try to focus on in these how episodes is exactly what steps over what timeframe John took to get to where he is today.

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