For me, Following things work.. 1. Keep a notepad and a pen handy. Whatever occurs to me, I write it down. And then I type it out on a personal wiki. Right now

For me, Following things work.. 1. Keep a notepad and a pen handy. Whatever occurs to me, I write it down. And then I type it out on a personal wiki. Right now the wiki is organized by days. Eventually it would be organized by topics. 2. Use tools like bookmarking etc to be able to retrieve things fast. 3. Action things NOW. I dont keep them pending. Even if they are tough ones, I do them. And apart from these productivity things, for creativity, I do following ... 1. Multidisciplinay approach tot things. Have one major hobby apart from work. Keep changing it every few days. Like now a days am playing poker. Before this I learnt juggling. Before that was Rubik's cube. I dont know when I have to move on but I do keep on changing these challenges. 2. At max have 4 tabs on your browser at any given time. Helps you focus ;P 3. Jason Bourse says, sleep is a weapon. I agree. Use it. Make sure you get enough sleep. I sleep about 7 hours a day. 4. Meet people. Travel. Attend things that are completely different from your domain. I for example goto theatre, college campuses, long car rides etc. These are more but guess these depend from person to person. Hope the ones I put in help. Thanks, SG