We could all be more productive. Between the daily deluge of digital distractions and our own bad habits and human fallibility, there is probably room for improvement somewhere.

With endless articles online offering productivity advice, how to separate the wheat from the chaff? We brought some method to the madness. We scoured hundreds of arti- cles online and found the top 100 most frequently cited tips. We then ranked them using their overall score on the below stats.

The result? The definitive top 100 productivity hacks. Which ones work for you?

INDEX

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1  Time-boxing
2  Prioritise
3  Say no
4  Move!
5  Control your devices
6  Take short breaks
7  To-do lists
8  Eat well
9  2-minute rule
10  Control social media
11  Choose when to check email
12  Organise your workspace
13  Start earlier
14  Breathe
15  Turn off alerts
16  Shorter meetings
17  Site blockers
18  Productivity tools
19  Plan ahead
20 Single-tasking
21 Sounds & music
22 Write it down
23 Break tasks down
24 8020 rule
25 Be true to yourself
26 Avoid visual distractions 
27 Sleep
28 Run meetings well
29 Batch similar tasks
30 Fewer meetings
31 Focus on outcomes
32 Effective above efficient
33 Delegate
34 Ignore the news
35 Change the scenery
36 Long breaks
37 Time yourself
38 Be positive
39 Follow up after meetings 
40 One small change
41 Flow
42 Drink water
43 Drink coffee responsibly 
44 Make a public commitment
45 Acknowledge your success
46 Don’t reread emails
47 Help others in meetings 
48 Be on time
49 Kill your darlings
50 Work from home
51 Productive procrastination 
52 Your biological prime time
53 Find time for yourself
54 Be realistic
55 Set clear goals
56 Just start
57 Devices in meetings
58 Break bad habits
59 Love your job
60 Show compassion
61 Focus on the present
62 Systemise
63 Start and end on time
64 Get ergonomic
65 Use your commute
66 Unplug
67 Meeting roles
68 Do not do to-do lists
69 10,000 hours
70  Find lost hours
71  Short- and long-term goals
72  Visualise success
73  Reward yourself
74  Rituals
75  Eric Schmidt’s “9 Rules of Email”
76  Be flexible
77  Log all your ideas
78  Take control when you can
79  Make work fun again
80  Natural light
81  Learn to touch type properly
82  Listen actively
83  Inbox Zero
84  Voicemail
85  Templates
86  Hard stuff first
87  Close open loops in your head
88  Waiting-on list
89  Deprioritise the non-essential
90  Reply by…
91  Control your inbox
92  Wear a uniform
93  Set deadlines
94  Assign a ‘Task Deputy’
95 Password manager
96 Schedule “stress” time 
97 Five goals
98 Convert emails to to-dos 
99 Old-school alarm clocks 
100 Chewing gum