Busyness Vs. Productivity

Busyness and Productivity are often like a Venn diagram. Only a small part of busy work intersects with productive work. That's why sometimes even
after a 10 hr workday we feel exhausted and lack a sense of having accomplished anything.

A way of getting more done is to periodically identify the busy work that's unproductive and then eliminate parts of it.

Some hacks to reduce busy work and create more time for deep work are
- eliminate recurring meetings,
- resize meeting duration from 30 or 60 mns defaults to what we feel is actually needed
- replace status meetings with an update emails/ post,
- respond to emails once or twice a day rather than through the day,
- make a list of things to get done at beginning of the day/ week,
- have a no (or minimal) meeting day once a week,
- block time on the calendar for uninterrupted work

What else you would add to the list?