I am Manan Shaikh E-Book

Manan Shaikh

• Herausgeber: BookRix
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2025

Beschreibung

I Am What You Will Take From This is a book by Dubai-based entrepreneur Manan Shaikh. Published in 2025, the work chronicles Shaikh’s personal and professional journey from his early career in hospitality finance to becoming the co-founder and operational head of Decisive Zone, a leading business setup consultancy in the UAE. Written in a candid, first-person style, the book explores themes of resilience, persistence, and the realities of entrepreneurship.
Shaikh shares his experiences navigating the highs and lows of business, from facing rejection and financial loss to managing complex operations across multiple sectors. The book highlights how consistency, adaptability, and on-the-ground leadership are key drivers of long-term success. It also details his approach to client service, process improvement, and the creation of a full-service ecosystem within Decisive Zone, including its expansion into Golden Visa-eligible real estate.
Through personal anecdotes and business insights, I Am What You Will Take From This positions itself as both a motivational narrative and a practical guide for aspiring entrepreneurs. The book emphasizes that achieving excellence does not require genius, but rather strong decisions followed by consistent action.

About the Author
Manan Shaikh (born March 3, 1990) is a Dubai-based entrepreneur, business strategist, and author. He is best known as the co-founder and operational head of Decisive Zone, a leading business setup consultancy in the United Arab Emirates. With more than 15 years of experience across hospitality, operations, finance, and corporate services, Shaikh has played a central role in helping entrepreneurs and investors establish businesses in over 50 UAE jurisdictions, including DMCC, IFZA, RAKEZ, and ADGM.
His career began in 2009 at the age of nineteen in hotel finance before moving into operational management roles. In 2016, he transitioned into the business setup industry, later launching multiple ventures and expanding into Golden Visa–eligible real estate. Under his leadership, Decisive Zone has maintained a 4.9-star rating from over 1,300 global clients and has been featured in Gulf News, Khaleej Times, Arabian Business, and MSN.
In 2025, Shaikh published his debut book, I Am What You Will Take From This, a candid account of his entrepreneurial journey, highlighting resilience, consistency, and the realities of building success from the ground up.

Leseprobe

MANAN I AM

SHAIKH

WHAT YOU WILL

TAKE FROM THIS

This story shares the reality behind how progress really happens when a person chooses to embrace all of it—in all of its ups and downs, peaks and valleys, you know the drill. The pages ahead will show how I accepted this truth and perhaps have a bird's-eye view of what consistency looks like when it meets hardship. I hope all these will give you a sense of how growth looks when someone keeps showing up, regardless. As they say, "When life shuts a door, I redesign the whole house”. Better, right?

You will find specific parts that required me to absorb pressure from loss and rejection and still return the next day ready for more. I will speak about choices that demanded risk but offered returns. But, please do not think of this as grandstanding, nor a showpiece of grand gestures or viral outcomes. No. Rather, this is a lengthy collection of steps taken when dealing with varying situations, where some may even get the best of you. Through this, you will see how business, when you really mean business, can open into something so mind-blowingly great, you may even be surprised yourself.

Most importantly, this book will speak directly to those who think it takes genius to achieve excellence. It does not. It takes strong decisions followed by action that never ever stops. So, let's not waste time, shall we? Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the extraordinary life of yours truly, Manan Shaikh! Starting Where Work

Actually Begins

The journey started in 2009, right after I turned nineteen, and my first role in finance in one of the leading hotels in Dubai. That role had nothing fancy about it. I came in every day ready to handle the tasks in front of me and kept my focus, no less. Even then, I chose to treat it like something very important. I understood right away that learning different facets of operations and how people were treated would prepare me for much bigger responsibilities later on. After finance, I transitioned into operations where I developed a stronger grasp of how things functioned under pressure. I eventually moved into front desk management, where I learned how to stay ready in terms of anticipating problems before they got worse. I began seeing every guest interaction as something that could potentially contribute to one's day, whether for the better or for the worse. I kept my eyes on the details behind the scenes, watched how pressure changed people, and saw how one small failure could drag an entire team into chaos.