:) Firedom book is finally available for your viewing pleasure!
Hello amazing/wonderful/glorious/good-looking people,
Announcement time!
It is done! Unbelievable! I feel incredible because…
…we've finally reached that moment. The Firedom book is available for sale here! You can get the print (paperback & hardback), eBook or audiobook.
Since I'm the Co-Host of Afrobility Podcast, I must confess that I'm partial to the audiobook version (Firedom audiobook is 12 hours, so = 6 Afrobility episodes). My advice would be to purchase BOTH the eBook and Audiobook :). Not convinced yet, okay then here’s an audio clip for your viewing pleasure
As a reminder:
Book Creation context: Around the end of 2022, I made a new friend when I met Samon, we instantly got along because we shared a lot in common: African immigrants who moved to America/Europe, worked in Management consulting and are in love with personal finance. We decided to embark on a project together and write a financial independence book we are calling Firedom!
What is Firedom book about? Living life intentionally + Personal finance + Financial independence + Personal Development + Freedom + Exploring your own unique path in life + Life adventures of two African immigrants
Who is it for? Underdogs, outsiders, expats, nomads, minorities, immigrants interested in :
Living their lives more intentionally to achieve Financial Independence
Learning about people's life stories (turning points, challenges, flameouts, etc)
Changing their mindset and psychological relationship with wealth
I would love to thank 3 amazing partners who made this happen :)
Samon: You're the best. It was a great fun ride to do this with you. Some fun stats (in 4-month timeline from idea to launch):
# of emails from Olumide to Samon: 450 (we communicated primarily via email)
# of email from Samon to Olumide: 380
# of 1 hr+ video calls with Samon: 85
Descript: You're the shit. My dear friend, you were there from the beginning to the end and I don't know how we would have done this without you. Some fun stats:
# of filler words removed by Descript: 1,000+
Samon's most common filler words : "hundred percent" & "you know"
Olumide's most common filler words: "okay" & "so"
Please try to work on your speed (you took a long time to load sometimes)
Audacity: You're the bees knees. You were a dependable partner. You never disappointed or crashed
# of book hours recorded on Audacity: 25
# of Audacity crashes: 0
Please don't change too much (your last major UX change was hard to accept)
My favorite line from the book (from chapter 5A: Olumide's Business School story):
Earlier in the book I said: Be yourself and make yourself better every day. I can enhance this statement by incorporating some of the principles that we have observed to be: Believe in yourself, be your authentic self, set ambitious value-driven goals and develop yourself every day to achieve your goals.
Thanks for being on the journey with us and I'll leave you with three (sorry but in case you haven’t noticed from this post, former consultants think in 3s) requests, please:
Buy the audiobook and/or ebook
Leave a review (good for ranking and recommendation algorithms)
Share this post with your networks and communities
Cheers to new friendships, adventures, new beginnings, story telling & financial freedom :)
#financialindependece #freedom #firedom #dopenewshit
Olumide Ogunsanwo
Personal: Website
Afrobility Podcast: Stories and analyses of African technology companies (Website, Twitter, Apple podcasts, Spotify & Google podcasts)
Adamantium Fund: African B2B fund focused on education, health, finance, food and transportation (Website & memo)
Firedom Book: Financial Independence stories of African Immigrants (Website, Substack Newsletter & Buy: Kindle eBook, Audible Audiobook & everywhere else)