You Gotta Want It

Jake Paul

• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Year: 2016
• Topic: Social Sciences
• eBook ISBN:
  9781501139499
• Subtopic: Social Science Biographies
• Index: Social Sciences

In this extremely positive, motivational, and often laugh-out-loud memoir, Jake Paul pauses long enough from his supercharged day-to-day as a nineteen year old social media heartthrob and costar on the Disney Channel series Bizaardvark to share his takes on life, love, fame, and shooting for the moon.

Growing up as a regular kid in Ohio, Jake Paul always knew he wanted to do something big, but he wasn’t sure what that thing was—that is, until he found his calling as one of Vine’s most famous comedians. As a high school sophomore, Jake began making comedy videos with his older brother, Logan, and posting them online. With every carefully staged prank, Jake and Logan’s following grew—and after a few stumbling blocks, Jake finally forged his own way. Eventually, he traded his childhood home in Cleveland for sunny, sparkling Hollywood. In You Gotta Want It, Jake reflects on the path that led him to stardom. From learning the value of a disciplined work ethic, to achieving his goals and aspirations along the way to digital celebrity, to the crazy behind-the-scenes details of his journey as a creator and actor, Jake relates the most hysterical and intimate details of his life thus far—all with the signature humor, honesty, and unstoppable attitude that have won him millions of devoted followers.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• Me, in About 6 Seconds (More or Less)
• So Where to Begin?
• Zoosh
• A Short Chapter
• Pam Stepnick (My Mom): 5 Things I Know About Jake That You Don’t (Including the Mystery of Jake’s Missing Eyebrows)
• Why’d You Delete That Video?
• The 5 All-Time Funniest Zoosh Videos
• Hitting the Pause Button
• Greg Paul (My Dad): 5 Things I Know About Jake That You Don’t
• Zoosh-less
• My First Crush
• Hello, Ladies
• 10 Facts About Teenage Guys That Every Teenage Girl Should Know
• Adapt and Overcome
• The “You Gotta Want It” Playlist—Top 5
• Really, Truly Stupid Behavior
• 5 Things I Wish I’d Known at 15
• Zoosh 2.0
• 6 Seconds
• Speaking of Swimming . . . A Serious Conversation with Myself
• Vine Famous
• Haters
• Happy Face
• The Most Fun Night I Ever Had (and That Was Before I Met Miss Teen Texas in Person)
• A Miss Teen Texas Dream Comes True
• Ça Ne Va Pas Durer Éternellement
• Jake Paul Hates It When You Touch His Belly Button
• First-Date Tutorial
• El-A
• Hopped Off the Plane at LAX
• 10 Thoughts I’m Having Right Now
• The Epiphany
• Amanda Cerny: 5 Things I Know About Jake That You Don’t
• One Gigantic Ball of Possibility
• Why Don’t You Be Like Dr. Dre?
• “Airplane Mode”
• A Brief Conversation with My Mom
• Team 10
• Alissa Violet: 5 Things I Know About Jake That You Don’t
• “Bizaardvark”
• The Mystery of My Shaved Eyebrows—Solved!
• Just the Good Parts
• The Workout
• Updates
• Epilogue—5 Tips for Getting More Followers
• Photographs
• Acknowledgments
• About Jake Paul
• Photo Credits
• Copyright