Ask HN: What's your #1 productivity hack?

This one works for me "Picking the right thing to work on is the most important element of productivity and usually almost ignored." from Sam Altman. I take the time each day to prioritize my tasks, meetings, etc.

noprocrast: yes

I think productivity enhancements are really tightly coupled with the domain and type of activity you are doing.

For example, as a university student, I noticed that timing the number of hours I pass on each topic is useful for 1. understanding if I'm doing too little and fixing it 2. getting the idea where I'm spending most of my time and trying to adjust accordingly

On the other hand, if the work is more project-based, I find it more difficult to track time since I find myself switching more often to different things - a solution I'm employing is writing a little todo list every morning on what I want to work on and it's working a little better

On a meta level, I would say identifying the things that drain your battery throughout the day (e.g. messy room, slow phone) and the tings that recharge your battery (e.g. calling a friend, taking the bike to work) and acting accordingly.

Also, having a nice computer. It's a bicycle for my mind, after all.

Exercise at least once every other day. It does wonders for productivity and focus.