1. Make an appointment right after work.
2. Wake up earlier.
3. Turn off the phones.
4. Stop checking email.
5. Brown bag it. 
6. Figure out your core work activities.
7. Cancel a meeting or two.
8. Delegate.
9. Consolidate errands.
10. Know your priority. 
11. Shrink your task list. 
12. Say no.
13. Get to the point.
14. Watch less TV.
15. Read less online.
16. Don’t talk long on the phone.
17. Avoid IM and Twitter and the like.
18. Search, don’t file.
19. Leave early.
20. Get the kids to help out.
21. Educate others.
22. Automate things.
23. Just say, “That’s enough.”
24. Start work early.
25. Give others authority.

via zenhabits