There should be some way to “gamify” work. Ie you get XP for responding to emails, submitting a report, helping a colleague etc. Lose some for; ie; a bad suggestion in abetting. Just lots of frequent and addictive dopamine hits.

You are describing working at Amazon It is horrible Congratulations on reinventing operant conditioning though

I’ve done this. Giving myself points for certain things and taking some away from others, increasing the point value for an action if I needed more motivation, and then rewarding myself with a “prize” at a certain pre-determined “score”

Developing a strict todo list habit kind of does this

I’m pretty sure I need to lose HP every time I look at email instead of doing my tasks

Duolingo for academic tasks would be nice