The 11 Most Effective Productivity Hacks

1. Get up early in the morning, like at 5am, and go straight to work on your most important task. You can often get more done before 8am than most people do in a day.

2. Apply an attitude of silence and tempo and work alone. A dead silent environment is a sure bet. Then always try to do your work a little faster, move out of your comfort zone. And do this by your own and not in groups. You should only specifically seek out questions, this won't slow down your accomplishments.

3. Limit tasks to the important to shorten work time. This is referred to as the 80/20 Principle or Pareto's law. It says that from 20% of your invested time flows 80% of the results. That's an insane ratio and often it is more. So make it a taks to find out where to apply it. In case of need do brainstorming.

4. Shorten work time to limit tasks to the important (Parkinson's law). Setting deadlines is a must, but don't bullshit yourself. You must set real deadlines that increase your speed at least 200%.

5. Always visualize what you will get out of changing a certain habit. Look at how your live is going be in 5-10 years from now when you stick to a goal or settle for comfort. Seeing the results directly will have a huge impact and boost motivation. There's no holding back when you can see that you can enjoy abundant relationships instead of spending hours for hours in front of the TV.

6. Separate the truly important tasks from the merely urgent. And always choose the important one.

7. Delegate as much tasks as possible. Give yourself rewards, like a massage, a new LCD Screen or whatever. And apply a 30 day trial for difficult goals.

8. Always work on your production capacity. Stephen Covey calls it the "sharpen your saw" habit. It's important that you also learn how to learn faster. You can try speed reading, photoreading, memorization stuff, speed typing and so on, depending on what you're doing.

9. Resolve all stupid or inefficient habits like checking the mail everyday, visiting the same blogs or websites again and again, taking a nap and the daily hour TV. And replace it wit heffective ones. Daily routine is key!

10. Keep the balance: Exercise at least 4 times a week and socialize at least 3 times a week if it's possible. This keeps your mind fresh and is no rocket sience.

11. Do it now! Recite this phrase over and over until you’re so sick of it that you cave in and get to work.