Some other things that I've personally noticed massively effect my productivity: * Not being hydrated enough. Seriously, its a big problem - I don't pay enoug

Some other things that I've personally noticed massively effect my productivity: * Not being hydrated enough. Seriously, its a big problem - I don't pay enough attention to how much I'm drinking every day. A single cup of coffee in the morning, and maybe one after lunch does not a properly hydrated body make. * Drinking too much coffee. Its cool to have an Italian espresso machine in the office and everything, but man does that stuff wire me up. I've had days where I'm getting a refresher every hour - those bumps are not productive. Goodbye next-2-days productivity, after a day like that... I've learned to treat coffee as a recreational drug, and only do it when I'm not at work. Helps immensely. * Fights/arguments/stress: from anyone. Sure, its important to have 'normal' human interaction, but rude people suck. Discourteous people suck. They suck all motivation to be productive - even worse when they're a cubicle neighbor or other work associate. Manners in the workplace are important: they simply make you more productive. I wish more people minded their manners. * Unexplainable terminology. Look, if I have to wade through hours of documentation-reading or grep'ing or what have you, just to discover your newly invented acronym actually means what last years fad was, then its a waste of time. I'm looking at you, new-language-fad guys. Reinventing technology is one thing. Reinventing terminology is another thing entirely, and frankly I'm sick of all the kids (GOML!) coming up with new-fangled sparkly words just because they didn't take the time to learn the old-fangled, perfectly workable, phrases for the same darn thing. .. just to add my 2c to the flow ..