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So have you ever wondered what the daily schedule of a productive

Muslim CEO that is managing three companies at the same time looks like?

Well actually like this

and in today's video I'm going to share

you step by step how I'm aligning all of my daily responsibilities with the five daily prayers

and I mean we have amazing business book about everything

but no one is sharing us how to do it as Muslims

so in today's video I'm going to share you how I do it in the most efficient way.

Alright so the first thing that I do

when mapping out my whole daily schedule is looking at the most important things first

which starts of course with looking at the daily prayers the five obligationary daily prayers

that we have to do as a Muslim

and our Prophet sallallahu alayhi alayhi wa sallam said it as well the most beloved by Allah are the ones

that are praying on time so the first thing

that we should do is looking at when do we have our daily prayers

and for me I'm currently staying in Dubai

so I mapped out the daily prayer times of Dubai currently but wherever you are this can work.

I'm doing this schedule when I'm in Amsterdam, when I'm traveling, when I'm in Dubai right now

so it doesn't really matter but the first thing

that you should do is look at when do you have to pray

and maybe you are asking yourself why is he putting Mahrib on top?

Why is Mahrib the first prayer?

So I'll come to that in a second.

So the first thing, most important thing is mapping out when do you have to pray.

The second thing that I do is looking at my sleep because your sleep is also very very important.

It really provides your energy, it is really important to get the right rest, everything like that.

So that's the second most important thing for me.

So like you can see right over here I also mapped out when I'm going to sleep.

So between Isha and Fajr of course is the time that we're going to sleep, that's the night time.

And the most important thing for me is that I at least have between six to eight hours of sleep.

Ideally sometimes when your body really needs it it could be even more.

Sleep is the fundament of everything.

I'm really seeing nowadays how people are really not taking care of their sleep anymore.

People are sleeping like four or five hours a night and I'm seeing big entrepreneurs doing this as well

But for me, it doesn't work.

For me, it's really important to just have the right rest, proper rest, good qualitative sleep.

And that's also why my day is mapped out starting from Maghrib.

It's not only that scientifically it's proven that your morning routine starts in the night, what you do in the evening.

But it's also when you look at the Islamic calendar, the day starts after Maghrib.

So after sunset and when you look at the start of Ramadan for example, the start at a new day,

when you look at the Islamic calendar, the day, the new day starts after Mahrib.

So when we map out our whole day, we should start looking from Mahrib.

But in this scenario, I will start explaining my whole day from Isha.

Why?

Because what most people do is they start their day in the morning.

They think

that their day is starting with the morning routine, you know most entrepreneurs are telling you oh the most important thing is the morning routine

but the actual more important thing is your evening routine what do you do before you go to bed

and why am I saying that

because what you do before you go to bed will determine how you sleep

and that will determine what kind of energy you have to have a productive morning routine

so let's say for example

if you are eating snacks the whole evening you are constantly on your phone you're sleeping very late, you have four hours of sleep,

you're completely tired and low energy and you're going to have a productive morning routine.

You cannot tell me that you are going to have a productive morning routine

if you are not taking care of your evening routine and how much hours you sleep.

So the first thing that I do is after Isha sometimes I go to the masjid

and sometimes I do it at home.

After Isha I have a couple of rules

and this set of rules is actually called the three to one rule the three to one rule

and it starts actually even between mahrib and isha so i will write it down here quickly three two one rule

the three to one rule actually means three hours before i go to bed i don't eat any food anymore because

when you eat a lot of food before you go to bed

it takes a lot of energy for your body to process

that food because what happens when you go to bed

and you eat a lot a lot of food

or even a little bit you go to sleep you close your eyes

but your body is still working is still processing all of the food everything

so it's really bad to eat before you go to bed now two hours before i go to bed,

I make sure that I don't drink anymore.

No water, nothing.

And the reason for that is a little bit the same as the three hours no food before you go to bed.

But the main reason is actually because if you drink before you go to bed,

the likelihood of you needing to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night is getting higher.

Then one hour before you go to bed, no screens.

What I do is I make sure that there is nothing coming into my brain anymore.

No TV, no Netflix, no social media, no phones, no messaging, no calls, nothing just winding down

and taking time and most of the time the three

and the two already starts before isha and the one rule

so no screens nothing is actually after isha

and then in order to know how to structure this rule it's very important

that i determine when i need to go to sleep

and i do that by looking at all right i want between six to eight hours of sleep

and i want wake up at Fajr.

Fajr time currently is 4 30 in the morning, 4 30 a .m.

So normally right now I'm going to sleep between a little bit around 10 o 'clock in the night, in the evening.

So that means that I'm having like two hours after Isha because Isha is at eight.

So what I do right over here is I'm going to the masjid.

I'm reading the Quran, reflecting.

These are the kinds of activities that I'm doing.

Sometimes I go to the masjid, of course I'm focusing on my prayers, sometimes voluntary, extra prayers in the evening.

It's also very good to just wind down and get into the mood of going to bed.

Reading Quran, reading some other books maybe, but most of the time it's just

Quran because all of those business books contain a lot of information that your brain keeps going crazy.

So Quran is just peaceful.

It's just really good for your heart, for your mind.

So it's amazing to do that before you go to bed.

Reciting Surat Al -Mulk, also very important to do before you go to bed.

So these kinds of things are the things that I'm doing.

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Sometimes I just grab a note, piece of paper and I'm writing down my thoughts.

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Maybe you have noticed that before you go to bed, all of the thoughts start running and you cannot sleep.

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That's because you're not taking time to let your thoughts come out.

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You know, you're constantly

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When daytime is there you could only thing that you're doing is letting information in when you have some rest

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You're opening your social media.

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You're scrolling scrolling scrolling scrolling watching Netflix YouTube videos all day like this video

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This is information that I'm bringing to you.

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This is a lot of new information and this is good

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It's very good that you're watching this video mashallah

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But it's also important that you take some time sometimes to just write down your thoughts

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because you are a person that can produce as well.

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Do not only consume the whole day because that's also a big reason why people are experiencing stress, burnouts, even like that.

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It already, it all starts by just overstimulating your brain.

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So between Isha and bedtime, it is very important for me to just wind down and not do anything except from just peaceful things.

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I even have some glasses.

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Let me see if where it is.

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Oh, here is it.

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So actually during this time what I'm wearing are these cool glasses

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and these glasses are maybe you can see it a little bit

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when I put it over here

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when you're looking through these glasses the whole environment turns a little bit red

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and the reason why the reason why I'm wearing those glasses is

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because the red the color red is the lowest color in the Kelvin spectrum

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and this color red stimulates the creation of the hormone melatonin

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and melatonin is the hormone in your brain

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that you need in order to fall asleep so between this no screens

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because blue light all of these lights during the day you shouldn't have

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that after sunrise it's very bad for your biological rhythms everything like that

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It's very bad for your sleep, the quality of your sleep,

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and usually it takes a lot of time to fall asleep if you're not taking time to wind down a little bit.

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So that was only the evening routine.

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So one more time, the evening routine is the most important thing if you want to have a productive day.

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After that, good qualitative sleep, then you have the morning.

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So my alarm wakes me up for Fajr.

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And in the morning when I wake up for Fajr, the most beautiful thing is to just do wudu,

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fresh up a little bit and go outside to the masjid.

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If there is a masjid nearby, I always go.

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If I'm currently staying, traveling at a place where I'm not really close to a masjid, then I unfortunately have to pray at home.

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But currently here, alhamdulillah, in Dubai, there are a lot of masjids, a lot of masks all over the place.

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There's just one here around the corner.

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And it's also really nice to wake up that way.

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because you're catching some fresh air, which is very good for your body.

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You're moving a little bit, you know, so it's easier for your body to wake up.

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So a lot of benefits are for going to the mosque.

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And I'm even speaking about the barakah that's in your morning when you really go to the masjid and you pray together.

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So the first thing, like I said, is again, I go to the masjids

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and I also do some reading

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and Quran for me one of the best moments of the day to start learning

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and memorizing quran a little bit is also in the morning

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because your brain is really fresh you know there's not a lot of things in your brain going on

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so as you already can see the first thing before

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we're talking about work before we're talking about going to the gym

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when i'm going to have food the first things is looking at the prayer times

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and how can i even

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because i'm having a very busy day i'm having a lot of responsibilities throughout the day

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but the first thing I try to prioritize is my deen you cannot have a bad day

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if you already have such blessings in your day you know having quality of the sleep you're full of energy

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and you end

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and start your day with Quran with your deen with peace in mind alhamdulillah

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that's that's amazing then the second thing of the day what

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you're actually seeing is these five lines red lines are the moments of my daily prayers

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which means you have five moments five parts of your day

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so the biggest mistake i think that people are making is

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that throughout the whole day they are very reactive

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so in the morning they are already answering calls going to the gym in the morning

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then they're going to have some calls in between

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they're in the middle in the afternoon they're going to do some extra work

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and And then they're having the family in between.

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And then they're doing this.

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And like it's a complete chaos.

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Like for me the best thing that works is just dividing my day into these five parts.

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And then the first thing what I do is I dive into some work.

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And not just normal work.

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I go and dive into deep work.

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Deep work.

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And the reason why I'm writing this so big is that it's the biggest and most important part of my day.

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So after going to the masjid, in the morning, I dive into my deep work.

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Now, what is deep work?

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Deep work is a moment of the day where you are working without being distracted.

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So that means, like this is my actual computer actually, as you can see.

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So when I go come home after my prayer I sit down

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and I make sure

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that I don't have any phone with me my phone is not with me

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so when I come home I sit down behind my desk

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and I start with deep work I start with deep work

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and deep work means no distraction

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and full concentrated work on certain tasks the most important tasks of the day first

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because the actual goal of having a good and productive day is catching as much wins as possible.

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A win is that I have good sleep.

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A win is that I'll go to the masjid.

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A win is that I read the Quran.

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A win is that I go to the masjid in the morning again.

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And the other win, one of the biggest win for me, for my company and for my business, is doing the most important tasks first.

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And I'll get in a second later at the end of this video what kind of list I'm working on

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because I do that at the end of the day.

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After I try to schedule my whole day but I'll get into

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that in a second later on so what I believe is

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that if you are an entrepreneur

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and you don't have any deep focus throughout the day

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then you don't have a productive day you cannot tell me

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that you have a productive day you're not deep working especially

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when you're starting out in the beginning this is all

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that matters and I'm currently managing three businesses at the same time

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and to do that if without deep work

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if you're constantly in meetings how can you do your to -dos it's very very hard

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so I strive for at least four hours of deep work at least

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so sometimes like you can see right over here at 10 a .m sometimes

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right over here I have some meetings

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and I mean I don't really prefer to have meetings in the morning

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but sometimes unfortunately it just happens and you have to do

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that but if I don't have any meetings this just continues I just have the deep work until Dohor

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so that means the time between Fajr

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and Dohor is completely dedicated to in the morning going to the masjid

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but after that I immediately go into work

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and some people say oh I am more productive in the evening

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or in the night or whatever but it goes against the whole thing

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that i said here if you work in the night or

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if you work in the evening your sleep will be less good

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and that's the reason why you don't have a productive morning routine

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The reason why you are not productive in the morning

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and why you can't be productive in the morning is because you don't have a good evening routine.

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That's the whole reason.

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Don't tell me that you cannot do this in the morning.

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Everyone can, but you just need to make sure that you build your routine around it.

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And let me give you another reason because you don't need to listen to me.

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You need to listen to our Prophet ﷺ.

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And our Prophet ﷺ, he made a dua.

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He made a dua to Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala for the people who are being productive in the morning.

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Because what he said, sallallahu alayhi wa sallam, he said, Oh Allah, bless my ummah in the early mornings.

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So for that reason, I also dedicate some time to the Qur 'an, because those blessings are the best blessings, of course.

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But also, I try to do my most important things in the morning, because that's the moment when our ummah, we, are blessed.

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Our work is blessed.

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We have barakah in what we do.

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And also one other thing for the people

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that say oh I'm productive in the night when you look into the islamic sources

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It is also not really recommended to do anything between isha and fajr

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Our prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said as well

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The only reason for staying up is if you're doing that for prayer or reading quran and getting knowledge

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Other than that

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Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala made the day and the night for us to to separate the day

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So it's not really smart idea to do things in the night in the evening

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And then after a fajr and a productive morning, it's time for dohar, dohar prayer.

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And at the time of dohar at 1 p .m.

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right over here in Dubai, it means that I already had a working day of seven hours.

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Seven hours at dohar time in the middle of the day.

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I've already worked seven hours.

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And these seven hours are not comparable with the eight hours of a nine to five worker.

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Why?

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Because I'm having deep work.

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And most people in nine to five or people working at an office, they're constantly distracted, you know?

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They're constantly having conversations with other people.

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They're getting calls, getting phone calls.

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They need to send messages and things like that.

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Like people cannot call me in these hours.

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Sometimes I'm having meetings, but these are pre -scheduled meetings, not meetings that get out of nowhere.

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Between this, so right over here, I'm having no phone.

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So this is a phone.

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I'm having no phones.

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You cannot contact me in between this time.

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So that means that these seven hours can be maybe the same as 14 hours of someone who is working in productive.

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You know?

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So in between Fajr and Dohor, I did amazing things.

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I went to the masjid.

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I had productive day.

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I had some meetings if necessary.

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So then it's time for a break.

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I worked hard.

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It's time for a break.

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And if you want to stay sharp, sometimes it's good to take a break.

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You have people and entrepreneurs, again, business owners, CEOs that are working from here to there.

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And I mean, you can do that.

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But I think the best and most important thing is invest in your health as well.

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Invest in your sleep.

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Invest in time to the masjid, like your mental piece.

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But also to not work like complete 10 hours in a day.

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So then the next thing that I do, and that's between 1 p .m and 3 p .m.

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So that's two hours after duhr.

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I take time for my prayer

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and then what I'm doing sports taking time for fitness going to the gym things like

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that plus I'm having a brunch now you might be thinking what is a brunch

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because I haven't even talked about food yet

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and you're correct I don't eat I don't eat after

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I woke up I'm not eating somewhere here I'm just doing something

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that is called intermittent fasting and intermittent fasting is something

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that people here in the west in the western world made a very big thing

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but fasting is very important islam stimulates it during ramadan we are obligated to do

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that we need to do that as muslims

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and even our prophet sallallahu sallam on mondays and thursdays he fasted voluntary

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which i try to do once in a while as well

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but it's just very important that we don't eat throughout the whole day.

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I mean, our bodies are not meant to eat breakfast, are eating lunch, snacks in between,

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dinner, and then snacks in the evening because your body is constantly processing food.

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I mean, we have to learn from nature.

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We have to learn from the creation of Allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala.

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And if people, people have existed for millions of years, you know, millions of years.

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We have evolved, we have learned things.

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And throughout this whole period, And this tiny part right over here, this is the modern world, you know, where we have fridges,

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where we can put food in a fridge so that it stays good.

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Those millions of years before the modern time, we didn't have fridge.

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We were lucky if we had hunted one chicken or one cow, one beef, you know.

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So sometimes you even needed to spend days without food.

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If you look at the life of our Prophet ﷺ, he didn't eat that much food.

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And there's also this hadith about the proportion of food that we need.

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One third of our stomach for food, one third for water, and one third for air.

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So that means don't fill up your body constantly.

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And that's what we're actually doing.

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People are obese.

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I mean, people back in the days, we're not obese.

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People right now are not fit, not in a good shape, not in a good health condition why because we're constantly eating

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and not only eating we're constantly eating unhealthy food junk food

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we're still eating before sleep eating in the morning things like

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that i don't do that i don't do that i'm having brunch

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which means breakfast

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and lunch in one brunch it's not something i it's actually a very popular word for people

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that didn't know brunch and i'm doing

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that until here i'm taking my time i'm taking my time to go to the gym

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and it can be different sometimes I'm going to the gym, sometimes I'm going for a run,

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sometimes I'm going to play soccer with friends or anything like that.

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I really love sports you know so it's just very important

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that I make my body in motion and moving because I'm having a job where I need to do things online.

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We're into marketing, software and building all of those things.

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So most part of the day I'm sitting still, I'm working behind the screen.

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So for me it's really important

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that I'm also having a part of my day where my

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body is in movement where I can go outside where I can play sports anything like

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that because it's very important to stay in in a healthy good condition you know

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so I'm taking time for sport about one hour maybe one

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and a half and then I'm having brunch I'm making sure

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that I'm going to eat some healthy food and what I'm currently doing already for a couple of months is OMAD.

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OMAD.

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Which is one meal a day.

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So I'm just eating one meal a day.

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It's a bigger meal than what people are normally lunching.

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I'm eating like half a kilo of beef or chicken combined with one whole avocado, some extra vegetables or things like that, five to six eggs.

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So I'm making sure that after sports I'm filling up my body with proteins, with vitamins and all the necessaries for the for the day

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and it's not completely that i'm doing omad

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because sometimes after assar i'm having some fruit some nuts some dates throughout the day

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and i mean i'm a human as well sometimes i want snacks as well

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but actually let me check somewhere yeah here

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the best snack that you can have is dates like our prophet did

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that as well these are containing a lot of healthy things this is coming straight out of nature

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if you're eating chocolate

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and all of those things throughout the day then it's really bad for your body you know

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and what i must realize as well as a ceo

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you're responsible for not only your company for your money for taking care of your family

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and take care of your team but it's the most important thing

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that you take care of yourself i'm not taking care of myself

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then how can i do this throughout the day how can i have energy how can i make sure

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that i'm fit

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if i'm not fit then i cannot do all of those things i cannot be responsible for my own company

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if i'm not sleeping well if i'm not prioritizing my dean

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if i'm not eating healthy then i would constantly have brain fuck

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i will not be sharp i will not really be able to to make sure

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that uh that i'd be predictive and

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that i get the right results you know

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so what i do is called omet

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but sometimes i'm eating some snacks over here and

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when i'm really fasting for the sake of allah subhanahu wa ta 'ala

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then the omet the meal is right over here so sometimes

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when I'm voluntary fasting the OMAD

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so the one meal a day is after maghrib after I break my my fast

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so this schedule is also very easy to adapt

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if you're fasting even in Ramadan this is a very amazing schedule to use you know

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so after a quick break I did a shower after sporting

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i switched my clothes i freshed up i've eaten i've i'm fit

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i went outside maybe even after going to the gym

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i'm going for a quick walk i'm completely fresh

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it feels like a whole new day is about to start after

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that so then at three

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and asr is at four i'm having time i'm having a lot of time between maghrib

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and asr and this can be completely different depending on my day but the The afternoon can consist of some light work.

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By the way, really sorry for my bad handwriting because yeah, I don't have any excuses.

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I'm sorry.

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So it can be light work.

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It can be meetings.

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It can be brainstorming about new ideas but it can also be time for some fun

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damn my handwriting is so bad

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but it can also be time for some fun i mean how can you even write well

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when you're sitting like this i i should buy a board where i'm having more more space okay

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but it can also be for fun activities time with family or something like that

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sometimes I'm even taking time to have meetings outside

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actually my day is open it really depends on my day

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so I can do take time for some light work sometimes I'm having meetings brainstorming

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but also I have a lot of time for fun activities

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or take time for family or things like that and the reason

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that I can do that is because of this morning

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because I prioritize all of the important things actually it doesn't really matter what I what I do after that.

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Do you see how I prioritize all of the things throughout the day?

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So first I look at the prayer times.

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Then I look at my sleep for my energy.

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Then I look at how to implement time for my religion, for going to the masjid, reading Quran, all of those things.

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Then I try to finish the most important things that I have to do for my work first,

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which I do with deep work then sometimes I'm having meetings

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then I prioritize my health with sports I'm going to eat healthy I'm going to the gym

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and then throughout the whole day even before Asr

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until Isha I have all the time I have all the time to just have fun

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because sometimes people are thinking as a CEO as an entrepreneur you cannot have fun anymore it's

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so busy and yes it is very busy I have a lot of responsibilities

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and sometimes throughout the day I have to work from Asr until Maghrib.

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Sometimes I have to do that.

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Sometimes even after Maghrib in the evening, I'm still working.

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It really happens.

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But even right now, for example, it is just a little bit after Asr and I'm currently recording a video.

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It doesn't really matter what I do.

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I just do the things that are important.

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Sometimes it's taking time for family and things like that.

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After Maghrib what I do is I take time for things like family

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or time for reading or other activities but it's also very important

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that I must make sure

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that the 3 to 1 rule is about to start somewhere over here

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and the biggest mistake that a lot of people are making

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and I made it myself as well a bunch of times is

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that this is going well

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i'm having an amazing day everything is going well business is running i did all of the things

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that i have to do and then maharif is there

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and then after that i forget

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that actually the day is starting then again you know

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so i'm still on social media or something like

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that i'm still taking time with family and that is getting late

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and late and late but you must remember that

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if you are right over here not taking time for a good routine then the days after

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that will also not be be right

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now let me see did i forget anything

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there's one thing over here before uh isha i plan my whole day

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so i plan all of this what is about to happen for the next day is i schedule

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it everything i schedule also my light work or my fun activities

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or things like that because I need to wake up with purpose let me actually write

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that purpose the most important thing is

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that you have purpose in life how can you work on

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a plan how can you level up every single day

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if you don't have a plan a normal day starts with a plan good sleep prioritizing your dean

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and then you have it the most productive routine

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that I have ever seen and this is not something

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that I just did out of nowhere

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this is after a couple of years of optimizing after

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I referred to Islam I needed to flip the whole schedule as well

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but this is just by testing and feeling and looking

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and optimizing about what works best for me

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and it's not this doesn't mean that you have to do the exact same thing.

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I mean if you're still going to school or

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if you have a nine -to -five job

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it might be very hard to do it like this then I suggest you become an entrepreneur.

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It's much easier to schedule your own time

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but also maybe you have an own business and where you cannot align it with this.

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Maybe you cannot go to the gym in the middle of the day.

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Maybe you need to do it in the morning or in the afternoon or in the evening.

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I just share this video to give you a little bit

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more of an insight in my days how I do it

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and I think it can be very valuable for you as well.

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Try to learn, try to be adaptive and also

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when you're just starting out really important I'm taking sometimes seven hours of deep work

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so I'm really working hard between Fajr and Dohor.

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But if you're just starting out, it's really hard to concentrate.

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This is something you really have to train.

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So try to implement some of these things step by step if you're just starting out.

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But the goal should be that you do as much as you can in your day

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while still taking time for your prayers and for Allah's Baal Hu ta 'ala.

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Go to the masjid and also for your family, fun activities.

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If I'm on vacation, I can do this

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because I'm still taking time with family

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if I'm in a busy period I can do this

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because I can dedicate my time more for work even after uh asr

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and stuff it doesn't really matter this is this is it this is it alhamdulillah alhamdulillah

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so I hope this video is insightful for you

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if you want to learn more click in the first link here down below

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because I've got something amazing for you how you can learn

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these things as well how can you can build your own business set

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it up in a halal way 100 % halal way

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and then I speak to you next time assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “The Best Routine”. This video has 469 sentences and 5653 words to shadow. The speech runs for 30:54. The speaker talks fast, about 183 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
productive adjective	/pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/	Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile.
prayer noun	/pɹɛɚ/	A practice of communicating with one's God, or with some spiritual entity.
routine noun	/ɹuˈtin/	A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
prophet noun	/ˈpɹɑ.fɪt/	Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.
entrepreneur noun	/ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/	A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks.
snack noun	/snæk/	A light meal.
meal noun	/ˈmiːl/	Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
pray verb	/pɹeɪ/	To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.
scroll noun	/skɹoʊl/	A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.
invest verb	/ɪnˈvɛst/	To spend money, time, or energy on something, especially for some benefit or purpose; used with in.
bless verb	/blɛs/	To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
dive verb	/daɪv/	To swim under water.
blessing noun	/ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/	Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.
voluntary adjective	/ˈvɑ.lənˌt(ɛ)ɹi/	Done, given, or acting of one's own free will.
sharp adjective	/ʃɑɹp/	Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
wind down verb	/waɪnd ˈdaʊn/	To lower by winding, as with a crank or windlass.
start out verb		To emerge suddenly; to jump out.
wake up verb	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	To stop sleeping; to awake.
fill up verb		To make (something) completely full.
sit down verb		To assume a sitting position from a standing position.
write down verb		To produce or set (something) down in writing; to record something.
come out verb	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	To be discovered; to be revealed.
do out of verb		To use unfair means to deprive (someone) of (something).

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

I make sure that I don't drink anymore.
These are the kinds of activities that I'm doing.
You're opening your social media.
This is information that I'm bringing to you.
A win is that I'll go to the masjid.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	have you ever wondered · have noticed · I've already worked
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is mapped · is actually called · being distracted
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	air, which is · people who are · someone who is

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 179 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: rhythm /ˈɹɪð.əm/, unhealthy /ʌnˈhɛl.θi/, hadith /həˈdiːθ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: sharp /ʃɑɹp/, efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/, vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, proportion /pɹəˈpɔɹʃən/, distraction /dɪsˈtɹæk.ʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: entrepreneur /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/, voluntary /ˈvɑ.lənˌt(ɛ)ɹi/, biological /ˌbaɪ.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/, comparable /ˈkɒmpəɹəbəl/, ideally /aɪˈdi.ə.li/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like productive, prayer, routine.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.

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