My Journey of Dreams and Determination

A man coming from Hindi Medium background and not very sure of his ability to write in English turned out to be the best author awardee 2021 for his book Failure is A knock on the door of success. His earlier book Anti Money Laundering drew appreciative comment about his writing skills from Dr. U. A. Balasubramanian retired from Indian Bank “this book clearly shows his penning talents in taking up a complex subject and making every reader develop an interest to learn more and more about the subject.” Brad Aronson American —Author who teaches entrepreneurship to starts up comments “Failure is the road to success. There is a lot we can learn from Saiyid Safdar Abbas Zaidi, a man who grew up in a village with no electricity and through hard work made his way to a management position at an International bank. To know more about him–read the book My journey of Dreams and Determination ‘It is the story of S.S A. Zaidi who hailing from a simple village kajgaon in district Jaunpur Eastern U.P reached the glossy corporate world in Mumbai and Dubai by sheer determination and belief in himself. It has been a journey of courage, Struggle, hope, grit, determination, persistence and dream. It is the story of a man who surmounted many hurdles, crossed over many bridges and speed-breakers, reined in many demons of self-doubts and freed himself from the clutches of fear to achieve his goals and realise his dreams. The book looks closely at the author’s lineage and personal history’. You get a vivid image of author’s village and his growing years through his words. It takes you down to nostalgia trip… The narrative steadily moves from Kajgaon to Mumbai, where author initially started as a teacher and gradually got into a banking career. From here he moved on to Dubai. The book brings out very clearly-that his desire to achieve and excel drove him to take risk, and kept him on the move.