bahrainthismonth.com | SEPTEMBER 2026 INTERVIEW 48 What inspired your new book, No Title. No Limit.? No Title. No Limit., subtitled The Other Side of Ambition, is my 23rd book and my first about myself. In 2015, I cleared my desk as Chief Financial Officer after more than 11 years at an investment bank. This book is an honest account of what happens when a man who has everything walks away to discover who he is without the title. What can readers expect from the book? Readers will see the unexplained emergency room visit in 2005 and the back condition that required six weekly physiotherapy sessions for 18 months. They will also see the day I managed more than $100 million in corporate liquidity and the day I had $3.65. They will encounter my first job cleaning an investment bank, a speaking career built from nothing and mountains discovered through Instagram. What do you hope readers take from the book? Your job title is just something you hold. If your identity rests on a job title, it stands on borrowed ground. Leadership speaker and bestselling author Mohamed Isa discusses his candid new memoir, life beyond corporate titles and the mountains shaping his next ambitious personal chapter. The book asks: if money were not a problem, would you stay in your job? If not, ask why you remain. Know who you are. Build beyond the badge. Where can readers buy the book? Internationally, the book will be available in paperback and on Kindle through Amazon, and through Ingram for bookshops and wholesale orders worldwide. In Bahrain, it will be sold locally and at my speaking engagements. The launch is scheduled for December 4. Details will be announced on NoTitleNoLimit.com. Where did your love of adventure begin? The adventure began before the mountains. At 12, my father told me to climb a wall inside a mosque under construction, cross a steel beam and install electrical wires. What have been your most memorable mountaineering achievements? In May 2022, I reached Everest Base Camp at 5,364 metres after surviving 14 days of thin air and sub-zero temperatures. Afterwards, I committed to the Seven Summits, the highest peak on each continent. Kilimanjaro came next. I had not slept and my hydration tube froze, but Hamad Al Riyami and guide Lameck Minja kept me moving. At 8.01am, The Next Summit I reached Uhuru Peak, 5,895 metres. In December 2025, my family landed by helicopter at Annapurna Base Camp. My son Ali was just nine – the youngest Bahraini to reach it, I believe. What comes next? I am working on another Everest book with a larger focus on leadership. I am also developing the Peak Leadership Model. My 20-year vision is to establish it as a licensed framework accredited by academies and universities worldwide. My PhD research at Kathmandu University, Leadership Under Extreme Conditions: The Case for Climbing Mount Everest, involves interviews with mountaineers, guides and Sherpas who kept others alive.
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