Auto-generated transcript:In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. Peace and blessings be upon the honour of the prophets and messengers.
Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and his family.
Peace and blessings be upon him, and upon his family and his family.
My brothers and sisters, all praise is due to Allah.
One of the beauties of Islam and of winners in life is that they are open to learning from everywhere.
And that's what I also recommend.
One of the things I want to share with you is Rockefeller, John D. Rockefeller's advice to his son.
This is being written in terms of nine specific principles.
So let me read out the list first.
He says,
First principle,
Heart-shaped,
Hardship is your greatest teacher.
Hardship is your greatest teacher.
Secondly,
Failure plus persistence
equals breakthrough.
Failure plus persistence
equals breakthrough.
Third one,
Love your work
or live in misery.
Love your work
or live in misery.
Fourth one,
Money is fire.
Money is fire.
Use it or get burned.
Use it or get burned.
Fifth one,
Excuses are mental illness.
Fabulous.
Excuses are mental illness.
Number six,
Business is war.
Act accordingly.
Business is war.
Act accordingly.
Number seven,
Master negotiation.
Master negotiation.
Number eight,
Reinvest everything or lose everything.
Reinvest everything or lose everything.
And number nine,
Reputation outlasts riches.
Reputation outlasts riches.
Inshallah,
We will talk about these in detail.
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We do not know in detail.
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hundred billion in today's money but his greatest creation as they say was these
letters his letters to his son so the first principle is saying is hardship is
your greatest teacher now young Rockefeller Johnny Rockefeller faced
crushing poverty and constant rejection crushing poverty and constant rejection
his response I am grateful for the struggle it built the character that
built the for Joe it built the character that built a for Joe and he says that
success requires deliberate suffering conscious suffering really if you think
about it we human beings seem to learn mostly from
I won't say from the book but from the book but from the book but from the book
once a entirely but almost entirely from hardship not from peace if I am if you
ask me to think of or if I ask you to think of ten people ten people just
randomly ten people who you know almost invariably those who you think about who
are successful in every way whether it's material whether
it is material whether it is material whether it is material whether it is
is material whether it is spiritual whether it is physical our people who
are people who started in poverty of people who started with nothing now
are people who started in poverty of people who started with nothing now
poverty I don't necessarily mean somebody was bringing on the street but
poverty I don't necessarily mean somebody was bringing on the street but
someone who had to think about spending money somebody who for whom money was
spending money somebody who for whom money was
not easy for example hand me down hadn't had it down close from their siblings or
not easy for example had me down hadn't had it down close from their siblings or
have anything to say on my children is that I had to close my children's or from
their parents, they made choices.
I think the biggest, most important strength that comes to us from being poor, from not
having enough resources, is to make wise choices.
Because you cannot have everything, you're forced to choose.
Everything is a choice.
Every single thing is a choice because you can't have everything.
So the smallest things,