A lot of advice you'll get is about removing distractions and planning, and it's good advice. But there's more to it than that. First, there's the issue of mot

A lot of advice you'll get is about removing distractions and planning, and it's good advice. But there's more to it than that. First, there's the issue of motivation. There are things you do every day without worrying about productivity because you have the motivation to do so. Like, eating. But maybe also playing video games because it's fun and your score goes up. So it helps a lot if you're motivated in multiple ways by your work. I talk about that in more detail here: https://codewithoutrules.com/2017/08/03/stay-focused/ https://codewithoutrules.com/2017/08/03/stay-focused/ Second, in the big picture view productivity is less about producing more, it's about producing the right thing with less wasted effort. You only have so much time in the day no matter how focused you are. So if you can figure out how to solve a problem with less effort, you will be vastly more productive. For example, programming languages with garbage collection remove a burden that you otherwise have to deal with yourself. Same number of coding hours but you can produce more. A longer list of suggestions here: https://codewithoutrules.com/2016/08/25/the-01x-programmer/ https://codewithoutrules.com/2016/08/25/the-01x-programmer/