1. 1. Avoid multitasking like the plague.
   1. focus on only one task at a time
2. 2. Keep a notebook/PDA with you and write down your thoughts.
   1. things we need to do
   2. ideas for future directions
   3. facts we need to look up
3. 3. Keep an “inbox” and process it once or twice a day.
4. 4. Keep a project list – and focus on it at least an hour a day.
5. 5. Keep a SHORT to-do list for each day – four items, max.
6. 6. Check email only twice a day.
   1. your concentration will be interrupted constantly
7. 7. File things once a day.
8. 8. Start your day with your major creative or thought-intensive task.
9. 9. Take lots of microbreaks (or at least switch to very different tasks regularly).
10. 10. Don’t overwork.