How to achieve your Life Goal – 1

Fajr Reminders - Mahmood Habib Masjid and Islamic Center

https://youtu.be/uJtqTxTTWXc ---*This transcript was automatically generated by AI and may contain errors. *--- We come to the third part of life goal achievement, identifying an achievement. And that is, the first thing I want to say to you is, the number one thing you need to succeed is discipline. Discipline. Without discipline, nothing will happen. I can give it... give that to you in writing. You write it down and you will know. Without discipline, absolutely nothing will happen. So make absolutely sure that you are disciplined. As somebody said, you want to change the world, as soon as you get up in the morning, make your bed. If you cannot make up and make your bed in the morning, believe me, you're not changing anything. You can want anything you can say. I want to do this, I want to do that. There's a huge difference between wanting and getting. You want, but you don't get, because you have not invested. The simple rule in life, and this rule is irrespective of everything, the same rule applies to you, whether you're black or white or Asian or Indian or green with blue spots, whether you are rich or poor, whether you are from the north or the south, whoever or whatever you are or might be, the same rule applies. And that rule is that investment, reward is directly proportionate to investment. Reward is directly proportionate to investment. You want a big reward, you have to make a big investment. The return on investment, the multiplier, multiplying factor can change. There are some investments which have a much higher multiplier than others. And by all means, look at that. But no matter how big the multiplier is, the final result, the yield, depends on the quantum of investment. Even with a multiplier of a million, somebody who invests one dollar and somebody who invested a million dollars, the reward will be, the difference will be that of a million. So it is extremely, extremely important that you get disciplined. And as I said, discipline begins with making your bed. As soon as you get out of bed, make your bed. Make sure that your shoes are cleaned. If they are leather shoes, they won't be shining. If they are non-leather shoes, they won't be clean. Make sure the clothes you wear, depending on what those are, some might need ironing, others might not need ironing, but they should be neat and clean. If you are okay with going around in the world looking like something the cat brought in, morning, then believe me, the world will treat you like that. The world will treat you like something the cat brought in. And even there they will say, well, they know the cat made a mistake, brought in the wrong thing. So don't do that to yourself. We define how we want the world to treat us and the world treats us accordingly. This is the reality of life. We define how we want the world to treat us and the world treats us accordingly. So make sure that you define yourself in a way where people will respect you. People will treat you with deference. People will treat you with seriousness, that when you say something, people will listen, that your opinion will be taken into account and that you will have influence. And all of that will happen only and only if you create that impression for yourself. It's not a matter of deception. I'm not asking you to deceive anybody. It's a matter of understanding and accepting that people go by what they can see. Nobody's going to do a dive down in-depth research about you. Nobody's going to say, you know, it doesn't matter. I mean, he talks like a fool, but he's really a nice guy. And maybe he has great achievements. It doesn't matter if he doesn't seem to have grown up. His behavior is like a four-year-old who's having a tantrum, except that even the four-year-old's tantrum ends at some point, but this one's tantrum is like lifelong. It doesn't matter, you know, let me... Nobody's interested enough in you to do that. They will just discard you and you will be treated like a fool.