Featured Interview With Niraj Kapur
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I was born in working class Belfast to Indian parents, so had quite a unique upbringing – the best and worst of both worlds. Have lived in England for 26 years, so consider myself part English now as well. I’ve always been an outsider trying new things – spent years as a failed rock star. Married a woman I met for 20 minutes and still happily married after 20 years. Put on a play in London that flopped, yet had success as a kids TV writer. I’m always pushing myself to try new things. You only grow through failure and trying
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
When I was young, my mother took me to the library after school and I fell in love with books. I didn’t start writing till I was 18. Most people I knew went to college or uni. I became a full time screenwriter, sold my first script at 19, which made me a start, then spent years out of work. Not quite the career I had planned. Through learning and persistence, I got back on my feet.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
JK Rowling and Stephen King for fiction. Robin Sharma, Mel Robbins and Tim Ferriss for non-fiction. Non fiction is my favourite, although fiction is harder to write
Tell us a little about your latest book?
Everybody Works in Sales
If you’re self-employed, you have to sell your product or service.
If you work for somebody else, you have to sell their product or service.
The problem is, most people don’t want to sell or don’t know how to sell – now you have the solution to help you do better in your career
There are 27 lessons you need to learn to do better in sales and there’s also 17 interviews with 17 experts. This book was initially written for sales people, however, everyone buying the book is a small business owner, entrepreneur, then sales person and many trapped in jobs that don’t fulfil them
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