The most productive I have been in my life was probably during my final year at university (2019), completing my CS degree. I scored my best grades during this year. I attribute this increase in productivity to the following reasons:
In general, reducing interruptions and distractions help. Unfortunately, this includes distractions I impose on myself, such as browsing social networks.
So I guess I might benefit from having some kind of coach/manager that would prevent me from distractions and interruptions, without distracting/interrupting me himself.
I was more productive decades ago, before web forums and social networks were a thing. These days the whole internet seems optimized for distraction, and sadly I often need its help for my work.
I am more productive when I do something that actually feels interesting to me. Sadly, those are often not the things someone would pay me for.
Example answers include “high school math camp, because we were forced to do X and because there was an atmosphere of amicable competition” or “that day when I locked myself in a room with a textbook” or “the day when I studied X, because I am really fascinated by X and ABC topics were boring to me when I tried to study them” or “the time I hired a tutor” etc
Asking because I’m considering building something that could amplify people’s learning/thinking productivity.