A short transcript excerpt from a YouTube interview (Chris Collins series) titled 'Books That Changed My Life: The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho with Johnny D'Esposito Part #1'. The host asks Johnny D'Esposito about how The Alchemist changed his life; Johnny states he first read the book at about age 25 and begins to describe its impact.
About 25 years old.
Okay, so the book that changed your life, the Alchemist.
Yes.
How old are you when you read that for the first time?
For the first time, I was, like, 25.
How is this the book that affected you so dramatically? Like, walk me through what happens.
It quite literally served as, like, the roadmap for what I needed to do. It's funny how once you start to work hard, you start to get lucky. You could want it more than anybody ever wanted it, ever. It's not going to do shit. You just need to take that first step, and then once you start take that first step, then you take the second step, and then you start to realize, like, I'm here. I'm here now. I am doing it.
