Not the first to think of this, but it works for me. A small wood working clamp from Harbor Freight attached to an old saw blade with Gorilla brand duct tape and used in my Sawzall (not a Sawzall, but it is generic now).
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I have always used the shorter wooden sticks that they use for shish-kebobs and give them a good stir.I bought a bag of them many years ago and still have a lot of them left.
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I got one of those little battery operated paint stirrers. I love it.
Amazon.com: Badger Air-Brush Co. 121 Paint Mixer,White : Industrial & Scientific
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This is what I use; Amazon.com: Paint Shaker,AC Powered : Tools & Home Improvement
I usually put a small ball bearing inside to assist…
The Robart Paint Shaker linked above is great. I have had one for years. Also, if you drop a couple BBs into each bottle, it helps break up the goop and mixes the paint really well.
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I’m fairly lazy in my methods, I usually do the "hold at arm’s length and violently shake back-and-forth, but I do have a desktop vortex mixer that I use occasionally. I also have one of the mixers that @mrb865 linked to, but I haven’t used it yet because I haven’t needed to!
For a while, I was using a generic milk frother that I cut the impeller off of, so I was left with a long rod with a simple “L” bend at the bottom. Worked great for getting into dropper bottles (where the Badger one is too large), but not the best mixer design (just a bent wire).
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When a paint brush has reached the end of its usefulness, I cut off the bristles. The handles are perfect for stirring.
Excellent,can’t get any simpler.
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I never shake my Tamiya paints (or any acrylics for that matter). Get too much dried paint debris in the paint that way and also makes opening/sealing difficult. I have been using the badger-style paint mixer for years. Before that I just stirred with wooden craft still/coffee stirrers.
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For metallics I use the electronic mixer previously mentioned. For others probably electronic half the time and wooden coffee stirrer the other half. I never shake them; don’t want the seal to get gooped up.
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Okay I was half expecting to see a link to a Cinderella video. 
I would say make sure the lid is on correctly
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I got this vortex mixer, open box but new for like 20 bucks a few years ago.
https://a.co/d/07WcXpB
Amazon link
Yeah, one of the guys in our Lehigh Valley club made this a few years ago. I like the simple DIY nature of the thing. Made with things you have in the shop.
I do have the Badger mixer, too, but most of the time, I just shake the jar by hand.
With the Badger mixer, I use a toilet paper roll core to slide over the jar or bottle, to minimize the chance of spattering paint all over.
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