Developers face significant challenges in achieving productivity, losing 5-15 hours weekly due to tool overload, inefficient workflows, and constant context-switching. To regain time, reduce stress, and enjoy work more, developers can adopt actionable strategies such as selecting high-quality development tools, embracing automation, refactoring often but not excessively, adopting code snippets and libraries, implementing focus sessions, avoiding multitasking, improving typing and command proficiency, optimizing team dynamics, incorporating peer feedback, and prioritizing physical and mental health. By implementing these strategies, developers can balance speed, quality, and impact while minimizing wasted time on inefficient processes, ultimately enhancing their productivity and overall development experience.