Parashat Vayeshev - The secret to success and the formula for failure - Rabbi Alon Anava

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If I would ask you, what do you attribute the What do you attribute to the success in your life? You do something, it's successful. What do you think is the cause for the success? The hand of Hashem that intervened and allowed it to be successful? Or your hard work, maybe? Or a your mazel, your fate, your destiny? I mean, what what is the cause for your success? How do you measure it and what do you attribute to success, too? Now, I know each person will raise a hand to a different answer, although the answer is all the above. It's your mazel, it's your fate, it's your hishtadlus, your your effort, it's Hashem's desire. One of the components is missing, it's not going to happen. Yeah, and ultimately, we can say it's because of Hashem. You need to give the success to Hashem, but everything else is depending on that, too. So, now I'll ask you a different question. What would you attribute to your failure? You tried to do something and you failed. Do you attribute it again only to Hashem? No, uh that's Hashem's will. I I have nothing to do with it. Or you take blame on yourself. I should have done more. I could have prayed for it. I could have done much more efforts. Oh, it's that person's fault. Unfortunately, most of us in our life, if we take 100% of our challenges or efforts or situations, most of the times we fail. Right? We have success one out of, but the majority of the time we fail. So, the question comes right now. Do you attribute it to yourself? You take responsibility or you say, "No, Hashem just wants me to go through all these challenges." The sad reality is that most people, they start tasks and they don't know how

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