Parashat Lech Lecha Lessons For Success

[Music] in the beginning lord said this that but eventually Lord got a little bit of money in his pocket had a little Enterprise going and the world became big in his eyes oh look that means I can I don't have to stay by by Abraham and and be under his shadow forever look the world is Big a person that is going to want to sanctify K's name is surely going to have to understand that they're going to need the sages because you need to know what successful people did in order to attain success and following the footsteps you need to know what the knowledgeable did in order to follow their footsteps because they've already reach their Destiny but when a person views the sages the of previous generations or even the current generation or even their current Rabbi as insufficient I outgrew him oh yeah he helped me convert he helped me do chuva he helped me learn Dai for a year two years five years 10 years but I think I'm better I think that I need somebody else now why do you think you need somebody else did your Rabbi die no your Rabbi become disabled no did your Rabbi say he doesn't want to teach you anymore no no no he loves me he wants to teach me all the time did you become a heretic no no no he's still kosher he's good everything he's then then why don't you want him anymore no listen he was good to help me do Chua he was good to help me with a few things I need to know at the time but no I need something higher oh you're one of those you're one of those people oh okay we'll pray for you what what do you mean pray for me for Success no pray for you for you're mentally ill and spiritually ill it's a very sick disease it's a very sick disease you know who had it lot l in this week's had it one of my dear students brought up this K by I love you again on this week's par you see in this week's par something that we've all seen each year we read the Paras where after sacrificing a lot to raise lot because his father died abah ainu that helped lot survive helped lot Thrive and made him richu tells lot whatever way you go I'm going the opposite way why let's not have any Strife between us your people my people we're brothers look at how much is in front of us look how much look how big the world is no reason for us to fight over where your sheep eat my sheep eats you go your way I go my way please separate from me go go you have to go do me a favor if you go left then I'll go right and if you go right I'll go left why is abah ainu so adamant about telling L to leave and even further why is abah ainu seemed like the worst Jewish negotiator in history where he's simply telling them whatever the terms you want just go take it you want the left side take it I'm not even fighting for the left side even if the left side's better you want the right side I'm already on the left I'll go just just take whatever you want and go go why is abah ainu our forefathers seem like he's just he can't wait to get rid of lot and he's willing to pay for it why shom says lot used to be a talid of abah a what does it mean he listened to everything he said you think I should do this yeah should I read that yeah you see what I did yeah or you think I should do that yeah this that I love you for the you're the best Rabbi in the world you changed my life you're like my everything you're like my spiritual father you like my new 5 million messages a day I love you okay but then one day one day he finished the one day he saw something that he took and said nah the rabbi I don't think he's I don't think he's what I need right now why he's getting old he's getting rusty he's getting tired I just got smarter or I just got uh I don't know I passed them I need something more and what do you do let me go check out some other uh rabbis oh wow this guy's interesting yeah I like this guy but you know I'm not going to pick him yet let me see some other rabbis okay wow good guy good too you know what these guys so good let me send them to my Rabbi hey Rabbi what do you think of this lecture I think you should watch it it's going to give you excuse me what yeah yeah Rabbi I think you should watch this lecture by Rabbi so and so I just watched it it's it helped me so for sure it's going to help you I know you need the oh so with the same now you get I get you learned and that means I because you it was new for you what what happened what no no he gave a I never heard you say this so it's definitely going to be something good for you too oh so you assume that because your little 2-year-old brain just learned something that you assume that I also don't know and because you need it I need it and because you have a lot of time on your hands I have a lot of time on my hands ah okay all right all right I'll watch it thank you I appreciate it thank you thank you okay thanks I just I understand what's going on here I understand thanks and all of a sudden the rabbi you're my savior Raba you're my spiritual father Raba you're like my family Raba you're I ask you everything all of a sudden you became colleagues and before you know it it's even less than that and one time you asked the rabbi hey Rabbi listen I want to go into into this business and um I want to ask you a few questions uh what do you think if I do ABC what do you think about that no you I'm sorry uh uh sadik you can't I'm sorry you can't it's it's against al no no come on Rabbi find me something come on you know if I learned as much Torah as you of course I would find something find me something that makes it I know somebody else I has already told me this a problem but come on find me something no no sadik there's nothing there's nothing I can find you there's nothing to find what what you're saying what you're doing is it's it's it's it's wrong you can't be in a cash advanced business you can't be in a corrupt uh official you can't be uh doing all those things I'm sorry there's no way to coach for a pig no come on Rabbi I'm sorry you can't I can't okay okay thanks so the wife asks no honey so what the rabbi said I said it's fine don't worry about what the rabbi said I know already I say it's okay okay so we're going we're going to Tahiti with the rest of the naked people together yeah honey I love you that's where we're going but the rabbi say it's okay I said it's okay I'm bigger than the rabbi I just finished no come on I finished I did a had 50 people there the rabbi can't get 50 people in his Sho so I'm already more popular than him so what happens he went from being a student to being being a colleague from being a colleague to being a to being someone who doesn't want to listen and little by little he becomes his own Rabbi and that's what happened with Lord says again in the beginning lord said a this that but eventually Lord got a little bit of money in his pocket had a little Enterprise going and the world became big in his eyes oh look that means I could I don't have to stay by by Abraham and and be under his shadow forever look the world is Big the world is Big even abam himself says the world is Big so let me go explore the world and see it and this is why he picked Dum he picked Dum because that was the city I need the city life this Rabbi he wants the suburbs he wants oldfashioned he wants quiet I need to go into the action New York City Las Vegas geham you know whatever I gotta go in there Sodom and gamorra sounds like a great place and that's where lot went why because the rabbi got too small in his eyes and unfortunately there are New Lots every day every day there are new lots that literally exchange their rabbis like they exchange underwear exchange rabbis like they exchange what's on the menu when they don't like it and they see a little hair in it or fly no no no take this back give me something else and this is unfortunately what happened why because people don't have a concept a concept of what it takes to be a how much learning how much sacrifices fish they have no concept of what it means why cuz perhaps they learned a little bit they finished a few track dates here and there they learned a few here and there they even gave a little Spiel little to somebody here and there and they think oh no no I'm I'm already uh just like the rabbi I'm just like the rabbi and as soon as they see the rabbi doing something that's not up to their standards they're the first ones to criticize the rabbi to the rabbi face can I make a suggestion can I make a suggestion cuz I don't know you said this but I don't think you should have said that because you know some people be offended if you say I think you should be a little bit more understanding can I make a suggestion can I make a suggestion can I can I make a suggestion how about I know what let me help you out let me help can I make a you know what I'm going to make a suggestion I'm going to help I'm just going to help you out for the I'm just going to help you I'm going to help cuz I love you I'm going to help you who said I need your help who says you can help aside from your ego and that's the problem lot did exactly that to and there are many Lots out there I've met a few Lots in my life and I'm not just talking about the nice wonderful people that were part of my personal T I'm talking about that they were part of other people's T good rabbis serious people and these Joe's come to me and badmouth good kosher rabbis ah listen my Rabbi n he's this he's that like wait a minute I know this Rabbi he's a good guy why you talking about no I don't know maybe you don't know him like I do no no no I I know enough that he's kosher and I know enough that what you're saying is bad so unless you could prove that he's a heretic of some kind and thereby the laws of do not apply to him it's better you're quiet go find somebody else to talk to and that's what happens many times many times you see people forget where they came from just like lot did just like lot did and unfortunately this is something that happens regularly when people don't understand what is a how many tears has to cry for his to succeed how many times he has to think before he gives them an answer that seems like it's easy to give how many times he has to double check himself in order to ensure that the advice that he gives you is not bias are the amount of pain that any leader has to have in order to lead people the right way is is literally immeasurable now of course this applies in every type of leadership needless to say if the person's a rabbi abah a was theor he had many students but his main student or what should have been his main student lot treated them like he was old news and left them behind why I outgrew him I outgrew him it was only a matter of time before understood his mistake but it was already too far [Music]