Shaikh Muhammad Ali (The Wandering Dervish) is a Certified Life Coach, Certified University Teacher, Certified Social Innovator, Inspirational Speaker, Travel Writer, Soft Skills Trainer and a Serial Hiker; all at the same time. Although, he was born in Karachi but his quest for knowledge took him to 20 countries between 1982 to 2017, respectively. After living and working abroad, and trying his hands in various industries, Shaikh landed a job with the Federal govt. @ Higher Education Commission (HEC), as a Project Director in February 2003. He has a Bachelor in Electronics Engineering from University of Southern Colorado, USA and a Master’s in Business Management from the Harvard of Asia i.e. Asian Institute of Management, Manila, Philippines. A social nonconformist, a voracious reader, an inspirational speaker, and a fiery writer; Shaikh to date has authored over 115 articles, critiques and short stories on his writing space on SCRIBD (www.scribd.com). He has published 4 peer reviewed research papers in Pakistaaniat (an OJS journal in the US – www.pakistaniaat.org), 3 peer reviewed research papers in Criterion (a Pakistani journal – www.criterionquarterly.com) and 3 International Conference papers in USA, China and Pakistan respectively.