Rawabi Holding Newsletter Issue 26

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Inspirational Quotes
EVENTS
“When there is an original sound
in the world, it makes a hundred
echoes.”
John A. Shedd
“The only thing that’s worse than
being blind, is having sight but no
vision.”
Helen Adams Keller (1880 –1968) American
author, political activist, and lecturer
“None of us is as smart as all of us.”
Ken Blanchard (born 1939) American author
and management expert
“Creative ideas flourish best in a
shop which preserves some spirit of
fun. Nobody is in business for fun,
but that does not mean there cannot
be fun in business.”
Leo Burnett
“He that gives good advice, builds
with one hand; he that gives good
counsel and example, builds with
both; but he that gives good admonition
and bad example, builds with
one hand and pulls down with the
other.”
Francis Bacon
“None of us is as
smart as all of us.”
“A group becomes a team when
each member is sure enough of himself
and his contribution to praise
the skills of the others.”
Norman Shidle
“(Fasting) for a fixed number of
days; but if any of you is ill, or on
a journey, the prescribed number
(Should be made up) from days
later. For those who can do it (With
hardship), is a ransom, the feeding
of one that is indigent. But he that
will give more, of his own free will,-
it is better for him. And it is better
for you that ye fast, if ye only knew”
(Al-Baqarah 2.184)
“The leader has to be practical
and a realist , yet must talk the
language of the visionary and the
idealist.”
Eric Hoffer
“Men make counterfeit money; in
many more cases, money makes
counterfeit men.”
Sydney J. Harris (1917 –1986) an American
journalist for the Chicago Daily News and
later the Chicago Sun-Times
“When it is obvious that the goals
cannot be reached, don’t adjust
the goals, adjust the action steps.”
Confucius (China’s most famous teacher, philosopher,
and political theorist, 551-479 BC)
RAWABI HOLDING
ANNUAL IFTAR
Where: Movenpick Hotel, Al Khobar
When: Monday, August 8, 2011
“The key to successful leadership is
influence, not authority.”
Kenneth Blanchard
“A brand for a company is like a
reputation for a person. You earn
reputation by trying to do hard
things well”
Jeff Bezos
RAWABI GERGIAN
Where: Nesma Compound
When: August 17, 2011
Traditionally, families in the Gulf have been celebrating a special
evening with their children called Gergian, which takes place in
mid-Ramadan. During Gergian, children wear their national costumes
and go around neighborhoods collecting sweets and goodies
in their bags.
Summer interns assisted Rawabi Holding’s Corporate Communications
Team in organizing this year’s Gergian. Well done!
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