Structure and Systems

[00:00:00 - 00:00:01] In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful. [00:00:04 - 00:00:07] Peace and blessings be upon the honorable messengers and messengers. [00:00:07 - 00:00:10] Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him and upon his family. [00:00:11 - 00:00:11] He has given us many blessings. [00:00:12 - 00:00:18] What is the meaning of structure? [00:00:18 - 00:00:22] Structure means there has to be a timetable of what you will do. [00:00:24 - 00:00:31] If you say exams, in two weeks you will have your finals. [00:00:32 - 00:00:42] What is your structure for getting 4.9 or 4.5 GPA? [00:00:44 - 00:00:45] What is the structure? [00:00:46 - 00:00:48] It has to be very specific. [00:00:48 - 00:00:53] I will wake up at this time, next I will do this, next I will do this, next I will do this. [00:00:54 - 00:01:02] So say I will wake up at 4am, I will pray with the Holy Prophet, make dua, read some Quran, pray some Fajr, then I start studying, [00:01:03 - 00:01:07] I study for two hours, then I have breakfast, I study for two hours, then I have something. [00:01:07 - 00:01:10] And this complete structure for the whole day. [00:01:12 - 00:01:14] And then you must follow that structure. [00:01:14 - 00:01:17] It's not enough simply to write a timetable and then throw it somewhere. [00:01:18 - 00:01:24] No, write the timetable and follow the timetable, which will get you to the end result. [00:01:25 - 00:01:30] If you don't have that structure, then the intention alone will give you some kind of good feeling, [00:01:30 - 00:01:32] yeah, well I have a good intention, I am working very hard. [00:01:32 - 00:01:33] What is very hard? [00:01:34 - 00:01:36] There is no such thing as very hard. [00:01:38 - 00:01:40] There is no such thing as very hard. [00:01:40 - 00:01:45] You are working effectively or unaffectively, that's it. [00:01:46 - 00:01:47] Ineffective work or effective work? [00:01:47 - 00:01:51] Effective work means that there has to be a structure and you are working according to that structure. [00:01:54 - 00:01:54] Right? [00:01:54 - 00:01:55] Follow the drill. [00:02:00 - 00:02:01] Follow the drill. [00:02:02 - 00:02:11] If you take the greatest and most successful armies in the world, [00:02:12 - 00:02:19] all of them have only one thing in common, and that is they fought according to structures. [00:02:21 - 00:02:25] Not because of passion, not because of over-the-bill, but because of the drill. [00:02:27 - 00:02:27] Structures. [00:02:29 - 00:02:37] And they overcame the enemy who was equally brave if not braver, who was equally passionate if not more passionate, [00:02:39 - 00:02:46] huge numbers, well armed, sometimes better armed than these armies, but they lost because there was no structure. [00:02:48 - 00:02:49] Take the Robaragi for example. [00:02:49 - 00:02:51] 2000 years they ruled the world. [00:02:52 - 00:02:53] Right? [00:02:53 - 00:02:54] Almost unbeatable. [00:02:56 - 00:02:57] Why? [00:02:57 - 00:02:59] Because of the discipline of the Roman legions. [00:03:00 - 00:03:01] They were brutal. [00:03:01 - 00:03:04] I mean their training was absolutely brutal. [00:03:05 - 00:03:06] But it was solid. [00:03:10 - 00:03:11] It was solid. [00:03:13 - 00:03:23] A Roman soldier, a Roman legionary, a regular Roman soldier, his armor, his weapons, and his utensils on a march, [00:03:23 - 00:03:26] what they carried was 50 kilograms. [00:03:28 - 00:03:38] And with that 50 kilograms they marched, walked 25 miles in a day in six hours. [00:03:41 - 00:03:49] And at the end of 25 miles they built a temporary fort, then they camped, put their tents, and they ate their food. [00:03:49 - 00:03:51] They did this every single day. [00:03:53 - 00:03:55] So what is the level of physical fitness? [00:03:56 - 00:03:57] What is the level of strength? [00:03:59 - 00:03:59] No half days. [00:04:00 - 00:04:00] Today is Sunday. [00:04:01 - 00:04:02] No, no, no, no Sunday, no Monday. [00:04:03 - 00:04:04] This is what you do. [00:04:06 - 00:04:10] Any soldier who was lax was beaten, literally brutally beaten. [00:04:11 - 00:04:13] No, no, no escape. [00:04:15 - 00:04:16] No slackers. [00:04:17 - 00:04:17] Result? [00:04:18 - 00:04:19] Nobody could be dead armed. [00:04:20 - 00:04:21] Victories everywhere. [00:04:23 - 00:04:23] Right? [00:04:23 - 00:04:25] They fought in their formations. [00:04:28 - 00:04:32] They did not suddenly, out of passion, suddenly attack, you know. [00:04:32 - 00:04:33] They fought in their formations. [00:04:34 - 00:04:36] And they fought until the last soldier dropped. [00:04:36 - 00:04:41] If they were losing a battle, they fought in the same formation until the last soldier was killed. [00:04:41 - 00:04:42] They didn't break formation. [00:04:44 - 00:04:45] They won. [00:04:46 - 00:04:47] Right? [00:04:49 - 00:04:51] And so also many, I mean I can give you example after example. [00:04:51 - 00:04:55] You take the Mongols, you take the British Army, for example, right? [00:04:55 - 00:04:59] One of the almost unbeatable armies, conquered the whole of India. [00:05:00 - 00:05:07] Numbers of people, when the Marathas were fighting the Indore and Holkar and Gwalior, [00:05:08 - 00:05:13] when the armies were fighting, they were almost four, five times the number of British soldiers. [00:05:13 - 00:05:19] And British soldiers were, the majority of them were Indian soldiers, fighting under the command of British officers. [00:05:21 - 00:05:27] But because of formations, because of structure, and because of discipline, [00:05:29 - 00:05:35] they defeated armies which were much better equipped, more numbers, everything else. [00:05:36 - 00:05:38] The same thing applies in life. [00:05:43 - 00:05:44] People who win are people who are structured. [00:05:46 - 00:05:48] So ask yourself, what is my structure? [00:05:49 - 00:05:52] Is my structure something which will take me to success or not? [00:05:52 - 00:05:59] Change that structure, make it fine-tune it. [00:06:00 - 00:06:09] And use your problem that people have, I'm tired, I don't have energy, I'm not feeling, you know, I'm within quote, [00:06:09 - 00:06:10] depressed, whatever level. [00:06:11 - 00:06:12] Forget all this. [00:06:13 - 00:06:14] There's no such thing as tired. [00:06:17 - 00:06:17] What is when you're tired? [00:06:18 - 00:06:20] You say you're tired, right? [00:06:21 - 00:06:23] And suddenly there's a fire. Will you run or you won't run? [00:06:23 - 00:06:27] You say, I'm tired. Let me die. Let me burn. No. [00:06:28 - 00:06:29] Suddenly your tiredness will vanish. [00:06:30 - 00:06:35] Forget the fire. You say you're tired, and suddenly now you find somebody who you love very much. [00:06:36 - 00:06:37] Now what will you do? [00:06:38 - 00:06:39] I'll go away, come tomorrow. [00:06:41 - 00:06:41] No. [00:06:44 - 00:06:45] So where is the tiredness? [00:06:45 - 00:06:48] So when time for Salatul Fajar, Adhan Fajar, [00:06:48 - 00:06:50] how come you're tired? [00:06:55 - 00:06:59] So question is who do you love more? Do you love Allah or you love whatever else? [00:07:00 - 00:07:03] So forget all this. No excuses. No tiredness, no nothing. [00:07:04 - 00:07:06] I have to do something, I will do it. [00:07:06 - 00:07:11] The important thing is keep, make this into a matter of honor for you. [00:07:11 - 00:07:15] It is the honor of a Muslim. [00:07:16 - 00:07:17] His word is his honor. [00:07:18 - 00:07:21] His word is what binds him. [00:07:22 - 00:07:27] I tell you I will do something. The only way that will not happen is if I die. [00:07:28 - 00:07:30] Otherwise I will do it. [00:07:30 - 00:07:34] And if there is some reason I cannot do it, then I will get back to you before that. [00:07:34 - 00:07:37] I say, I'm sorry, I promised this to you. I cannot do it for this reason. [00:07:37 - 00:07:40] I will tell you, I won't suddenly vanish. I won't suddenly disappear. [00:07:41 - 00:07:44] And you say, no, Sheikh Everson, he will do it. Now where is he? [00:07:44 - 00:07:48] The job is not done. No, no, no. That would happen. Inshallah. [00:07:49 - 00:07:52] I will tell you if I can. I'm not saying everything I can do. [00:07:52 - 00:07:55] But whatever I can't do, I will tell you and I will not abandon you midway. [00:07:55 - 00:07:57] You will not have to guess. [00:07:58 - 00:08:02] If you did not hear from me and it is still not done, [00:08:03 - 00:08:06] then pray to Allah and make dua for me because I want to die. [00:08:09 - 00:08:14] This should be the position of every Muslim. [00:08:14 - 00:08:17] I will do my word is my honor. I have said something. [00:08:19 - 00:08:21] It doesn't need to have somebody standing behind me. [00:08:22 - 00:08:24] What is the value of your word? Otherwise there is no value. [00:08:25 - 00:08:26] I said something. [00:08:29 - 00:08:35] So, very, very important structures in life and commitment. [00:08:35 - 00:08:37] Commitment is to yourself. It's not a question. [00:08:37 - 00:08:40] Sometimes we say, how committed are you to the job? No. [00:08:40 - 00:08:42] How committed are you to yourself? [00:08:45 - 00:08:51] That commitment then expresses as commitment to the job, [00:08:51 - 00:08:55] commitment to the family, friends, work, your study. [00:08:55 - 00:08:56] Whatever. [00:09:00 - 00:09:01] But the origin of the commitment is to myself. [00:09:02 - 00:09:05] Who am I? I am somebody who does not go back on his word. [00:09:07 - 00:09:08] Is that important for you? [00:09:11 - 00:09:12] That is the thing. [00:09:13 - 00:09:15] You know, I have given my tongue. [00:09:18 - 00:09:20] I have given my tongue. I have given my word. [00:09:20 - 00:09:23] Cause finished. [00:09:26 - 00:09:27] It's a matter of honor. [00:09:27 - 00:09:31] This is the whole issue of being an honorable person.