Tell us about yourself and how many books you have written.
I am an international speaker, author, and blogger. I have spent last five years meeting hundreds of business leaders in multiple industries around the world, helping them to use the emerging disruptive technologies for automation and for their business growth.
Regardless of the industry, country, technology, individual’s role, age, or gender, one simple fact stood out: Automation is eliminating jobs like never before, but also opening up some rare career opportunities, again like never before.
Based on my own personal success story in finding his dream job, and hundreds of interactions and dozens of recent books and studies, I wrote The Race for Work to provide others with a real-world guide to escape automation, transform their careers, and thrive in the second machine age.
I have published articles on leading international media such as The Huffington Post, The Guardian, The Times, and over 20 other leading platforms across the world.
What is the name of your latest book and what inspired it?
My latest book is ‘The Race for Work: Escape Automation, Transform Your Career and Thrive in the Second Machine Age’.
I manage high technology business for a global IT company. As part of my job, I provide technology solutions that automate existing works and eliminate thousands of jobs. Based on my experience and dozens of books I read and hundreds of interactions with industry leaders, I wrote this book to help people save their jobs.
Do you have any unusual writing habits?
I usually write in the mornings. I write at least for 15 minutes every day so that my writing habit is maintained all the time.
What authors, or books have influenced you?
Tim Ferris, Derek Sivers, Tony Robbins, Ramit Sethi, Nassim Taleb, Steven Pressfield, Seneca, Sean Carroll, Daniel Kahneman, Marc Goodman, Jeremy Rifkin, and Peter H. Diamandis, to name just a few.
What are you working on now?
I manage advanced technology business for a global IT company. I actively blog, speak at internal business conferences and also write on career transformation.
What is your best method or website when it comes to promoting your books?
I think having interviews on leading online platforms and podcasts is a great way to promote my book.
Do you have any advice for new authors?
Build an expertise in the area you love and share your story.
What is the best advice you have ever heard?
What you do is infinitely more important than how you do each thing.
What are you reading now?
I am reading The Inevitable by Kevin Kelly
What’s next for you as a writer?
For the next 6 months, I want to listen to my audience, take feedback on my latest book and get ideas for my next book.
If you were going to be stranded on a desert island and allowed to take 3 or 4 books with you what books would you bring?
I take time tested books such as
1. A Guide to Good Life by William B Irvine
2. Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
3. The Big Picture by Sean Carroll
4. The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
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