This document outlines key stations and experiences in the author's life that have helped shape him. It discusses his struggles as an orphan, the hard work of early Saudi oil pioneers, the loss of his grandfather, and pursuing education despite difficulties. The author highlights the support of his family and faith, as well as experiences living in Bahrain and the United States. He started a program to teach effective Islamic communication in English and became an international speaker on dawah. The document shows the author overcoming challenges through strength of character and personal growth at each life stage.

1. My Way Towards Excellence
Essential Stations in my Life
Khalid I. Al-Anaysha Al-Dossary
Unlimitedinspiration@gmail.com

3. The Struggling
Pioneers
The Struggling
Pioneers
The first generation Saudi oil driller
surrounded by drilling mud porters in
Dhahran (circa 1936)
The first generation Saudi oil driller
surrounded by drilling mud porters in
Dhahran (circa 1936)

4. The Struggling
Pioneers
The Struggling
Pioneers
Well # 7 strikesWell # 7 strikes
The first generation Saudi oil driller
surrounded by drilling mud porters in
Dhahran (circa 1936)
The first generation Saudi oil driller
surrounded by drilling mud porters in
Dhahran (circa 1936)
July 8, 1939, Dammam # 12 explodes and a Saudi
and an American perish. Within the hour the
derrick will fall.
July 8, 1939, Dammam # 12 explodes and a Saudi
and an American perish. Within the hour the
derrick will fall.

5. The brave men were tired but jubilant. A cable was sent to
San Francisco: “FIRE EXTINGUISHED. HOLE FULL OF
MUD. PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS NOT NEEDED.”
The brave men were tired but jubilant. A cable was sent to
San Francisco: “FIRE EXTINGUISHED. HOLE FULL OF
MUD. PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS NOT NEEDED.”
The Struggling PioneersThe Struggling Pioneers
July 8, 1939, Dammam # 12 explodes and a Saudi
and an American perish. Within the hour the
derrick will fall.
July 8, 1939, Dammam # 12 explodes and a Saudi
and an American perish. Within the hour the
derrick will fall.
“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest
loss is what dies inside us while we live.”
“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest
loss is what dies inside us while we live.”

6. A Character in the
Making
A Character in the
Making
The Struggling
Pioneers
The Struggling
Pioneers
“Only after disaster can we be resurrected.”“Only after disaster can we be resurrected.”“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest
loss is what dies inside us while we live.”
“Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest
loss is what dies inside us while we live.”

7. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
““Speak your mind to affect change.”Speak your mind to affect change.”
““Be Yourself.”Be Yourself.”
““Strive to be worthy of recognition!”Strive to be worthy of recognition!”
““Whatever the struggle,Whatever the struggle,
continue the climb.continue the climb.
It may be only one step to the summit.”It may be only one step to the summit.”
The Orphan Grows
Up

8. ‫س‬َ ‫نا‬ّ‫ٱل‬ ‫ع‬ُ ‫ف‬َ‫ين‬َ ‫ما‬َ ‫ما‬ّ ‫أ‬َ‫و‬َ ‫ء‬ًۖ ‫ا‬‫ف‬َ‫ج‬ُ ‫ب‬ُ ‫ه‬َ‫ذ‬‫ي‬َ‫ف‬َ ‫د‬ُ‫ب‬َ‫ز‬ّ ‫ٱل‬ ‫ما‬ّ ‫أ‬َ‫ف‬َۖ‌۬ ۡٓ ”
(( ‫الرعد،آية‬ ‫سورة‬‫الرعد،آية‬ ‫سورة‬1717((""‫ض‬ِ‫ر‬ ‫أ‬َ ‫ٱل‬ ‫فى‬ِ ‫ث‬ُ ‫ك‬ُ‫يم‬َ‫ف‬َۡۡ ۡ
“Then, as for the foam
it passes away as scum upon
the banks, while that which
is
for the good of mankind
remains in the earth.”
(Chapter Raa’d, Verse 17)

9. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
he Huge Fire
il Rig Dammam 12
• Mid afternoon, July 8, 1939 Dammam # 12 explodes and a
Saudi and an American perish. 135-foot-high rig
collapsed into billows of ink-black smoke, Within the
hour the derrick will fall.
• The fire was being fueled at the rate of 10,000 barrels a day
• One man supposed to have said:
"We don't need any of these experts. This is our fire.“

10. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
The Loss of a great man;
the grandfather
• The brave men were tired but jubilant. Floyd
Ohliger sent a cable to San Francisco: FIRE
EXTINGUISHED. HOLE FULL OF MUD.
PROFESSIONAL FIRE FIGHTERS NOT NEEDED.
• “Death is not the greatest loss in life. The
greatest loss is what dies inside us while we
live.”

11. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
The Orphan and the Struggle
• Sometimes, struggles are exactly what we
need in our life. If we were to go through
our life without any obstacles, we would be
crippled. We would not be as strong as
what we could have been.

12. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
A Character in the Making
• “Character cannot be developed in ease and
quiet. Only through experience of trial and
suffering can the soul be strengthened,
vision cleared, ambition inspired, and
success achieved.” - Helen Keller, Public
Speaker and Author

13. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
Pursuing learning & high schooling
& undergraduates Studies
• “The only kind of learning which significantly
influences behavior is self-discovered or
self-appropriated learning - truth that has
been assimilated in experience.” - Carl
Rogers

14. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
The Struggling Mother with
the six kids
A father may turn his back on his child,
brothers and sisters may become
inveterate enemies, husbands may desert
their wives, wives their husbands. But a
mother's love endures through all.
~Washington Irving
No painter's brush, nor poet's pen
In justice to her fame
Has ever reached half high enough
To write a mother's name.
~Author Unknown
‫وسلم‬ ‫عليه‬ ‫ال‬ ‫صلى‬ ‫ال‬ ‫رسول‬ ‫قال‬
(‫الهمهات‬ ‫أقدام‬ ‫تحت‬ ‫)الجنة‬

15. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
The Divine Support & the pious
family
• Faith makes all things possible (Divine)....
love makes all things easy (Family).
• Faith isn't faith until it's all you're holding on
to.

16. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
Living in Bahrain &
the simple life
• It is always the simple things that change our
lives. And these things never happen when
you are looking for them to happen. Life
will reveal answers at the pace life wishes
to do so.

17. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
Graduating from Al-Hidayah
Al-Khalifia High School

18. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
The Football and Challenging
mentality of the self and others
• You are all Champions in your own way. That doesn't
mean you have to be number 1 or be the best.
Just do your best. If you aren't first, then make
those people ahead of you break records by
pushing them with your personal best.
Consider for a moment what we achieve from
athletics - the sheer fun of competing - the
building of a healthy and alert mind and body -
stamina, courage, perseverance, dedication,
commitment, selflessness and most importantly,
the will to excel.

19. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
KSU Riyadh University and the
unplanned major; a new direction

20. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
The Bahraini companionship
Islah Club

21. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
The Afro-American Family
“Human kindness, warmth,
interaction, friendship, and
family are far more
important than anything
that can come across my
cathode-ray tube”
– Clifford Stoll

22. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
The Withdrawal & Bechtel
Dropping one semester and working
with Bechtel company in Jubail
Industrial city as a clerk in the technical
training Institute. Hands-on experience
full of English language interactions.

23. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
The Graduation of a Son
“For the most ambitious young people, the
corporate ladder is obsolete.” - Paul Graham

24. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
My Marriage & The Departure to the US
“A happy marriage is a
long conversation which
always seems too short.”
-Andre Maurois

25. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
Pursuance of Higher Studies Through IPA
• You can teach a student a lesson for a day;
but if you can teach him to learn by
creating curiosity, he will continue the
learning process as long as he lives.

26. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
The strong & lasting camaraderie with the
New Yorker Ahmad Nurriddin
• Who finds a faithful friend, finds a treasure.
• Some people come into our lives and quickly
go. Some stay for awhile and leave
footprints on our hearts. And we are never,
ever the same.

27. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
The Graduation from the MS
program in TESOL from SUNYA
“The difficulties and struggles of today are but the price
we must pay for the accomplishments and victories of
tomorrow.” - William J. H. Boetcker
“The great accomplishments of man have resulted from
the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.”
-Thomas J. Watson

28. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
Celebration of a new Saudi English
Department Director in IPA
“Think like a wise man but communicate in
the language of the people.” -William Butler
Yeats
“The way we communicate with others
ultimately determines the quality of our
lives.” -Tony Robbins

29. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
The Ministry of Education
Employment
"Ideal teachers are those who use themselves as
bridges over which they invite their students to
cross, then having facilitated their crossing,
joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create
bridges of their own." - Nikos Kazantzakis
"Good teaching is more a giving of right questions
than a giving of right answers." -Josef Albers
"We learn by example and by direct experience
because there are real limits to the adequacy of
verbal instruction." - Malcom Gladwell

30. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
The Treasure I Have Found in Calling
for Islam

31. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
Characters that have Influenced
my Life
I have been blessed to have listened to,
watched, interacted with some characters that
have shaped my life.
Sheikh Husain Al-A-Ali Dr Ameena Bilal Philps Dr. Jamal Badawi Dr.Zakir Naik Hussein Ye

32. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
Touched by the Declining Health of A
great man
• On May 3, 1996, Stroke known as
“lock in syndrome”
• Special treatment at King Faisal
hospital in Riyadh
• Taught to communicate by
coordinating his eye movements
with an alphabetical chart which he
memorized.
• For 9-Years to Come, He Received
Unconditional Care From His Wife
(Hawa)

33. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
Initiating the “Effective Islamic English Cross-
cultural Communication Skills” program
There are many people who speak English well, and who
have good knowledge of Islam, yet they are unable to
communicate effectively in English on Islamic subjects
primarily because they lack the proper terminology to do
so. The main objective of this course is to assist them
communicate effectively in any intercultural encounter.

34. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
Towards an International
Speaker in the field of Dawa
• What does Islam Stand for?
• 50 Tips of the Daee
• The Art of Conveying the Message
• Islamic Work Ethics
• Effective Islamic English Communication
skills
• For more visit my site
www.dawahmemo.com/eng/
üBe a Dawa Center
everywhere you go
üUse technologies for
Dawa

35. Khalid.dossary9@aramco.com
unlimitedinspiration@gmail.com
www.dawahmemo.com
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‫مهارات‬ ‫وتوظيف‬ ‫تطوير‬
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36. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
‫البرنامج‬ ‫فكرة‬‫البرنامج‬ ‫فكرة‬::
“Effective Islamic English Cross-cultural
Communication Skills”
‫الرؤية‬‫الرؤية‬::‫عالم‬ ‫لصنع‬ ‫الثقافات‬ ‫بين‬ ‫التواصل‬ ‫في‬ ‫مسلم‬ ‫فرد‬ ‫كل‬ ‫يتميز‬ ‫أن‬
‫بسلم‬ ‫متعايش‬
‫الهدف‬‫الهدف‬::‫للعالم‬ ‫سامية‬ ‫ا‬ً ‫قيم‬ ‫نضيف‬ ‫أن‬‫السلم‬ ‫أخل ق‬ ‫من‬ ‫مدة‬َ ‫مست‬‫السلم‬ ‫أخل ق‬ ‫من‬ ‫مدة‬َ ‫مست‬‫خلل‬ ‫من‬
‫للتعايش‬ ‫الحياة‬ ‫نوعية‬ ‫وتحسين‬ ‫حلول‬ ‫إيجاد‬ ‫وبالتالي‬ ،‫الفعال‬ ‫التصال‬
.‫بسلم‬
‫اللسليمي‬ ‫بديننا‬ ‫إليمام‬ ‫ولديهم‬ ‫بطلةقة‬ ‫النكليزية‬ ‫يتحدثون‬ ‫الذين‬ ‫الناس‬ ‫يمن‬ ‫الكثير‬ ‫هناك‬
‫حول‬ ‫النجليزيية‬ ‫باللغية‬ ‫عال‬ّ ‫ف‬ ‫يل‬‫ي‬‫بشك‬ ‫يل‬‫ي‬‫التواص‬ ‫عليى‬ ‫ةقادريين‬ ‫غيير‬ ‫أنهيم‬ ‫إل‬ ‫الحنييف؛‬
.‫بذلك‬ ‫للقيام‬ ‫اليمنالسبة‬ ‫اليمصطلحات‬ ‫إلى‬ ‫يفتقرون‬ ‫ا‬ً ‫ألسالس‬ ‫لنهم‬ ‫إلسليمية‬ ‫يمواضيع‬
‫ي‬ّ ‫أ‬ ‫في‬ ‫وطلةقة‬ ‫ية‬ّ ‫بفعال‬ ‫التواصل‬ ‫في‬ ‫ليملساعدتهم‬ ‫هو‬ ‫البرنايمج‬ ‫هذا‬ ‫يمن‬ ‫الرئيلسي‬ ‫الهدف‬
.‫والديانات‬ ‫الثقافات‬ ‫بين‬ ‫تواصل‬ ‫أو‬ ‫يمقابلة‬

37. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
:‫يلي‬ ‫ما‬ ‫على‬ ‫المشاركين‬ ‫يحصل‬ ‫سوف‬ ‫البرنامج‬ ‫نهاية‬ ‫مع‬
ü‫السلم‬ ‫لخدمة‬ ‫النجليزية‬ ‫اللغة‬ ‫في‬ ‫المتدرب‬ ‫كفاءة‬ ‫تطوير‬
ü‫النجليزية‬ ‫باللغة‬ ‫السلمية‬ ‫المفاهيم‬ ‫مناقشة‬ ‫على‬ ‫القدرة‬
ü‫إسلمية‬ ‫مواضيع‬ ‫أي‬ ‫عن‬ ‫قصيرة‬ ‫عروض‬ ‫تقديم‬ ‫على‬ ‫القدرة‬
‫مختارة‬
ü‫غير‬ ‫مع‬ ‫التعامل‬ ‫وفي‬ ‫الدعوة‬ ‫في‬ ‫اللغة‬ ‫وأهمية‬ ‫بخفايا‬ ‫الوعي‬
‫المسلمين‬
ü‫النجليزية‬ ‫باللغة‬ ‫السلمية‬ ‫بالمصطلحات‬ ‫اللمام‬
ü،‫الحاجة‬ ‫حسب‬ ‫الخرى‬ ‫للديان‬ ‫الدينية‬ ‫بالمصطلحات‬ ‫اللمام‬
‫السلم‬ ‫عرض‬ ‫في‬ ‫منها‬ ‫للستفادة‬
‫الدهداف‬‫الدهداف‬::
“Effective Islamic English Cross-cultural
Communication Skills”

38. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
The Royal Commission employment
Family house
was a dawa
center

39. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
True leadership must be for the benefit of the
followers, not the enrichment of the leaders.
Teacher, Lecturer, Senior Lecturer,
Director, Jubail Industrial College

40. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
The Director of the English Department in
Jubail Industrial College
Your role as a leader is even more important than you
might imagine. You have the power to help people become
winners. -Ken Blanchard

41. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
The Painful Death of the Beloved
“Across the years I will walk
with you - in deep green
forests, on shores of sand and
when our time on earth is
through, in heaven too, you
will have my hand!”
-Robert Sexton

42. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
A commitment to a legacy
Joining Saudi Aramco - Why?
A New Direction

43. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
The Graduation from Minnesota University
Another Master degree in HRD
“The intelligent man is one who has successfully
fulfilled many accomplishments, and is yet willing
to learn more.” -Ed Parker

44. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
The arduous Study habits
intensive self-development

45. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
I would like to tell you that I, the orphan, knew all along that
quality learning is anchored to a vision
“Vision without action
is merely a dream.
Action without vision
just passes the time.
Vision with action canVision with action can
change the world!”change the world!”

46. Some Stations in my Life My Way toward Excellence
Thank you for attending
Every wrinkle is drawn by a
valuable experience