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> Read Flow by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi

This is the book every productivity self-help book published in the last 20+ years reference. Including the one I self-published many moons ago.

Mihaly is the only person who has done actual research and experiments on the subject. He basically worked on this his entire career from the mid 1960's onwards. Everything else is derivative.

While you're there, do yourself another favor and read up on Fogg's Behavior Model. That's the other academic research that all the famous productivity books base their suggestions upon.

The derivative pre-chewed content is fine, but get the underlying steak. It's worth it. The returns will compound your whole life/career.