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This is a cornerstone of my daily routine. I'm more productive in the morning vs. any other time of day. By the way while most days I wake up at 4 AM I don't hold myself strictly to 4 AM. Sometimes I wake up at 4:30 AM or 5 and occasionally I sleep in if I feel really exhausted. It's not healthy to push yourself up if you haven't had enough sleep. Some days you might go to bed late and it's more important to get ample sleep so you're at your best for the entirety of the day. So, I wake up at 4. I then: Water trick - Immediately upon waking up I usually go into the restroom and splash water over my head and on my face. The reason I do this is because it immediately wakes me up. It's really, really effective. Meditate (30-45 mins) - I also do this because the first activity I do upon waking is to meditate. This is the most ideal thing to do first thing in the morning in my opinion. It really sets you up for the rest of the day. I meditate for reasons much m...

I f you really want to work smarter, you need to start by sharpening your most powerful productivity tool. It wasn't too long ago when I was back in college ripping all-nighters and popping Adderall just to code up some stupidly simple programs, that I found myself asking the same question. I know I should be finished with this assignment already, but instead I'm sitting here sloppily tracing through the same blocks of code, wasting time trying to recall my train of thought, and peeping up every 5 seconds to check out the female who just passed my workstation. Ultimately, I was effective (sort of), but my efficiency was depressing. I felt like I was working 10x harder and longer than what my assignment warranted. So like any normal person, I started looking near and far for productivity hacks to boost my performance. I tried them all (pareto principle, pomodoro, to-don't lists, etc.) I'd be lying if I said I didn't see a teeny tiny improvement, but I was still ...