Optimizing Workspace for Productivity, Focus, & Creativity
In this episode, I discuss ways to set up your workspace to optimize productivity, focus and creativity.
January 31, 2022
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Optimizing Workspace for Productivity, Focus, & Creativity
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Summary
In this episode, I discuss ways to set up your workspace to optimize productivity, focus and creativity. I discuss how to adjust light, physically arrange your work environment, and leverage body posture to enhance productivity. Additionally, I explore how to shift your work environment for particular types of tasks. Moreover, I review the role of body movement in the workspace. I also discuss sound-based tools that can either enhance or diminish cognitive functioning (the ability to focus on deep work). I describe a particular frequency of binaural beats that studies show can be used to enhance memory and recall. This episode covers quality peer-reviewed findings practical tools anyone can use, regardless of budget, in order to optimize their workspace to achieve heightened levels of productivity, increased alertness and focus, and creativity.
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Timestamps
(00:00:00) Arranging Environment for Focus
(00:02:44) Sponsors: AG1, LMNT
(00:07:55) How to Increase Focus
(00:10:02) Lighting Your Work in Phase 1
(00:16:00) Lighting Your Work in Phase 2
(00:19:45) Lighting Your Work in Phase 3
(00:24:17) Where to Look While You Work
(00:28:02) Arranging Your Environment
(00:31:24) Body Posture
(00:34:22) How Long to Do Deep Work
(00:36:50) Set the Right Visual Window Size
(00:42:15) 45 min / 5 min Rule
(00:44:23) The Cathedral Effect: Analytic vs Creative Work
(00:55:50) Leveraging Background Noise
(01:02:20) Binaural Beats for Work
(01:06:38) The Best Binaural Frequency for Work
(01:11:17) How Binaural Beats Increase Focus
(01:13:56) Minimizing Interruptions
(01:20:01) Sit or Stand, or Both?
(01:25:18) Movement in the Workspace
(01:31:00) Summary & Shifting Work Environments
(01:39:36) Zero-Cost Support, Sponsors, Instagram, Twitter, Supplements
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