We've agreed that a day we are given a 24 hour pay-check. We are not able to deposit this for another day to use nor can we add an additional 1 hour to the pay-check. With only 8 ½ hours in the workplace, that's all we've got to play with in the day at work. We want to be super-productive, deliver work on time and avoid overtime. We can be super-productive by minimizing the unnecessary. How do we become super-productivity in the workplace?

1. Plan a list of tasks to be completed in the day. Planning is straight forward. The difficult part is to stick to it! Do not be influence by external forces. Focus on what you had planned out
2. Focus one task at a time. Do not toggle between tasks. It's counter productive as you need to reset your context every time.
3. Put injects aside unless it is of utmost urgency or it is of substantial strategic value. Focus on the task or else, you won't be able to complete it.
4. Stick with the normal lunch break hours. Sometimes it is great to reward yourself a longer lunch break but avoid the temptation to habituate it. That is 1 hour. No longer than that.
5. Stop chatting on the instant messengers (e.g. MSN, ICQ, eBuddy and Google Talk). You won't be able to concentrate on your task as you need to switch back and forth between the messenger and your task.
6. Avoid surfing Facebook and Friendster. What is productive with playing Restaurant City, following what others are doing or checking out friend's profile?
7. Avoid surfing aimlessly on the internet for jokes and games. Come on. There's nothing productive about it. Do something meaningful. Do it when you have the free time or needed something light at work. If you spend more than an hour a day doing this, something is quite wrong with you at work...
8. Avoid meaningless conversation with co-workers such as gossips and rumors. Learn to say "no". You got something important to do now. Striking a conversation on your co-worker's latest Coach Bag maybe important to your co-worker but it may not be yours. What's important to you? Getting the current task done, right? Weigh out what's important to you. And do not worry of hurting her feelings. Your co-worker would definitely be able to look for someone else to strike a conversation with.
9. Avoid taking tea breaks that is longer than usual. It's sometimes good to reward yourself but as the same goes with lunch breaks, avoid the temptation to habituate it. You can achieve more things than taking tea breaks.

The list may suggest that we do not allow "leisure time" to exist in the workplace. It can exist but not too much and not at the expense of the needed for important tasks. Also, the list may suggest that we work like machines and close all doors of communication with your co-workers. Not at all. Do it at the appropriate situations. You still need to socialize with your co-workers to build rapport. Sometimes it's unnecessary to talk about your co-worker's cat but sometimes it can be a lightening topic. Our advice, is keep it minimal and always think back what is the most important thing for you to do (continue the conversation with your co-worker or continue with the task that is supposed to be delivered the coming Friday)

What are your super-productive tips?