How can I get more done in a day?

While the following may help you get more done in a day, it may not. It may be that you are already getting as much done in a day as you can. It may be that these tips will take you, not to the next level in productivity, but to the next level in effectiveness.
First thing to recognise is that time is similar to economics. The sample basic law applies. In economics that basic law is that there are always more things on which to spend your money than you have money to spend. The law with time is that there are always more things to do than you have time to do them.
While we each only have 24 hours in a day, some productive individuals seem to get far more done than the rest of us. Why is it so?
Even lying in bed after I first wake up, if I start to think about the things I want to get done in a day I cannot stay in bed. So having something worthwhile you want to accomplish is one of the keys to productivity.
I find lists help. Making a note of everything that you want to get done means nothing gets forgotten. Most importantly it gives you something to prioritise.
Take your list and set priorities. I flag each item on my to-do list as a V, D or T.
V for Vital – has to be done no matter what.
D for Desirable – really want to get it done.
T is for Trivial – nice but not important.
If you then apply self-discipline to do first the items that are vital then do the desirable ones you may never get to your trivials but you will have accomplished what were to you the most important things to do.
The next step up is in effectiveness – conceiving of and listing as things to do those things that will make the biggest difference in speed of progress in attaining your goals.
Of course completing those things you start is a great boon to productivity. You don’t waste the mental energy keeping track of your incompletes and you don’t waste the time necessary to reorient yourself whenever you return to a task that was partially completed.