"Be DIFFERENT, Be PRODUCTIVE"

In the name of Allah The Most Gracious The Most Merciful.

Yesterday, I attended a talk given by Br. Mohammed Faris a.k.a. Abu Productive, Founder & CEO, Productive Muslim.

I couldn't write much sebab kekangan masa, but let me just simply share points that are important and hopefully bermanfaat untuk semua =) 


First of all, apa itu PRODUCTIVITY?


Abu Productive defined productivity as:


Productivity = Focus + Energy
                      (towards maximizing your reward in akhira)


Islamic productivity:
Good intention --> Action --> Outcome

p/s: jgn terlalu risau tentang outcome/ hasil daripada usaha kita. Kena tawakkal selepas usaha. Insyaallah, Allah akan bantu kita beyond our imagination :)

-how Islam boost our productivity?
spiritual strength + physical vitality + social responsibility = productive muslim lifestyle

WHY is it important for us to be productive?

• the path of the messengers - Allah sent the prophets to be a role model, mereka diutus bukan sahaja untuk da'wah tapi untuk jadi role model dalam gaya hidup kita.
• key to success
• gives meaning to life
• make our prophet proud

The productivity triangle

seperti yang anda lihat, ada triangle kat atas ni :) 

untuk jadi productive, we need to have these three factors; KNOWLEDGE, ACTION, CONSISTENCY.

• KNOWLEDGE - kita kena ada ilmu untuk tackle tasks yang kita nak buat.
• ACTION - be ACTIVE!
• CONSISTENCY - as mentioned by Abu Productive, this is the hardest part (susah kan untuk kita konsisten? hehe..) So, cemana nak konsisten? kena ada DISIPLIN!

the question is, how to develop discipline?

• higher purpose - Contohnya, 'saya nak A dalam semua subjek!' :)
• practice - kena la belajar untuk dapat A dalam semua subjek.
• self-accountability 

and Islam ada all these 3 ingredients!

• higher purpose - SERVING ALLAH!
• practice - salah + fasting
• self-accountability - the scrolls (2 malaikat yg mencatat amalan baik dan buruk)

3 types of productivity

1. SPIRITUAL PRODUCTIVITY

• BARAKAH = "attachment of divine goodness to a thing, so if it occurs in something little, it increase it. And if it occurs in something much it benefits. And the greatest fruits of barakah in all things is to use that barakah in the obedience of Allah."
• 18 sources of barakah: refer kat this link as it has a complete explaination by Abu Productive :)  http://www.productivemuslim.com/18-sources-of-barakah/

2. PHYSICAL PRODUCTIVITY

• manage your sleep! 

HOW?

1.Spiritual solutions

• BEFORE SLEEP - witr prayer, wudhu, dua before sleep
• DURING SLEEP - constant remembrance of Allah, dua if you wake up middle of the night and make dua if you can't sleep
• AFTER SLEEP - dua upon waking up and first action that u'll do!  <http://www.productivemuslim.com/whats-your-morning-routine/ >   

p/s: you may refer to this article for a good explaination, hehe :) http://www.productivemuslim.com/productivemuslim-sleep-routine/

2.Physical solutions

• exercise to burn off stress
• DO NOT eat after 8p.m.
• no caffeine in the evening
• stretch before going to bed
• make the room as cool as possible
• do light reading before bed
• avoid TV/ laptop/ screens, etc.

 - this might be a point yang i think everybody suka! =)

POWER OF 'POWER NAPS'!     

• a nap of 90 min. improves alertness by 10 hours!
• nap make you smarter, healthier and safer
• 3 types of naps: cat nap (20min.), action nap (45min.), long nap (90min.)

How to nap?

• choose a safe/ quiet place (preferably lie down)
• have a light blanket (nothing heavy) - kalau nap siap dgn selimut tebal, confirm susah bangun. hehe :)
• set an alarm
• darken the room/ use eye shades
• calm your body by breathing slowly
• use earplugs or turn on white noise (white noise ni mcm bunyi alam semula jadi, i.e:bunyi burung, ombak, etc.)
• quiet your mind with zikir

3.Social solutions

- having a 'clean' heart before going to bed by: 

• forgiving those who wronged you
• resolving conflicts/ emotional issues
• do not sleep whilst angry
• if it's too late to talk to people, write it down!

3. SOCIAL PRODUCTIVITY

- yg ni lebih kepada our social responsibility, i.e: helping others, sadaqah, etc. (yang macam dalam video ni pun boleh =)

lastly, jom jadi Muslim yang PRODUCTIVE ^_^

p/s: u can find more cool videos on youtube, search for productive muslim :)

boleh juga search productive muslim in facebook to get more info; http://www.facebook.com/productivemuslim

Wallahualam.

-->hopefully this sharing memberi manfaat kepada anda yang membaca. mungkin ada yang terkurang, semuanya kelemahan saya dan yang baik semuanya daripada Allah =)

Jazakumullah khairan kathira.