some uncommon ways to work smarter instead of harder?

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• Use ninja keyboard shortcuts.
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• Get enough rest and sleep, even when you are behind
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• Use a Kanban board
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• Say NO
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• Procrastinate, but not until the last minute
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• Delegate
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• Don't be a perfectionist. Expect the "first draft" of any project to be shitty.

• Increase your typing speed
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• Use the 80/20 Principle. Analyze the work before you start.
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• Set a deadline
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• Don't multi-task
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• Use a time management system, such as GTD
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• Exercise, even when you think you don't have the time
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• Believe that you can do it

• "Eat that frog": Do the most difficult or the task you hate the most first.
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• Do not sit in the same place for long stretches of time.