1) Hide your mouse 2) Hide the other editors 3) Hide the toolbar (if you aren't using the ncurses interface) 4) Always look at the minibuffer every time you

1) Hide your mouse 2) Hide the other editors 3) Hide the toolbar (if you aren't using the ncurses interface) 4) Always look at the minibuffer every time you "M-x command". Emacs tells you if there is a shortcut that does the same thing 5) "C-h a command" is your friend 6) If you are on Mac OS X use the emacs-style shortcuts in other editors too (C-a, C-b, C-d, C-e, C-f, C-h, C-k, C-n, C-p, C-u, C-v)