Increase programming performance (mental map)

I want to share with you my many years of observations on how to improve the productivity of a programmer. Here is a mental map in the form of a picture , here - in the form of a mm file , and below - it is also in the form of nested lists.

• Briefly
  
  • General
    
    • Caffeine
      
      • Green tea
      • Black tea
      • Coffee
    • Sugar
      
      • May lead to weight gain, it is most effective to use rarely, in small quantities.
  • Flow entry
    
    • No activity with frequent changes of attention
      
      • At least in the morning
      • No news
      • No jokes
      • No Twitter
    • Pleasant activity with constant concentration on one topic.
      
      • Book reading
      • A computer game that requires deep concentration
        
        • Only if you can break away after a reasonable time.
    • "Doing nothing" - meditation
      
      • At least 10 minutes
      • Nothing at all: do not think, do not look at the screen
  • Solving a nontrivial problem
    
    • Departure from computer
    • stroll
    • Drumming, guitar
    • Shower
• Long time
  
  • "Iron"
    
    • Regular walks, physical activity
      
      • Especially in the morning
    • Back exercises
      
      • Warm up yoga
        
        • Takes only 10 minutes a day.
    • Medicines that improve blood circulation in the brain
      
      • "Increase in the operational memory of consciousness"
        Details are hidden in order to avoid harm to frivolous people. Anyone interested - will find, and will apply wisely.
        
  • "Soft"
    
    • Learning new languages ​​and programming approaches
      
      • Do not blindly believe popular opinions, check them out.
    • Search for good programming resources (books, communities)
    • The ability to search well on the network
      
      • At least knowledge of the operators "site:", "~" (for Google), search on forums, limiting results by time.
        
    • Organization
      
      • "Improving the brain swap"
      • Task Lists (TODOs)
        
        • Good lead on paper
          It is important that you have the opportunity to record a new task within a few seconds so as not to forget the main context of which you are thinking.
          A good rule of thumb is: if a subtask takes half an hour or more, write it down.
          
      • Leaving keys, marks when switching between large tasks, projects
        
        • Task Lists (TODOs)
        • Browser Sessions
          
          • "Session Buddy" plugin for Chrome
        • Sessions IDE, "project groups", "working environment"
        • In virtual machines
          
          • Minus - requires a lot of memory
          • Plus - remembers open programs until the cursor is located
  • "OS kernel"
    
    • Good psychotherapy for problems with motivation and "foggy" mental states
      
      • Extremely underestimated
      • It is easy to get on the ineffective and even harmful direction of psychotherapy
      • “Essential Transformation” by Connira Andreas
        
        • Good, long-term results on yourself and friends
        • Requires at least a few days to master, or a hike to the training
        • Strongly contrasts with many low-impact NLP techniques.
        • Universal technology, suitable for solving a variety of problems.
    • Change of projects, activities, if you feel that you can "burn out"

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PS What is a mind map, is it a mental map, etc. You can read here in English and in Russian .