Optimizing Workspace for Productivity, Focus, & Creativity | Huberman Lab Podcast #57

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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Links:
The Influence of Ceiling Height: https://bit.ly/3gcB31K
Heating, Ventilation, & AC Noise During Mental Work: https://bit.ly/3rbG69c
Office Noise & Employee Concentration: https://bit.ly/3AMoJPa
Effects of a Workplace Sit-Stand Desk Intervention on Health & Productivity: https://bit.ly/3reelwF
Effects of Binaural & Monaural Beats on Attention: https://bit.ly/3IN2Wda
40-Hz Binaural Beats Enhance Training to Mitigate the Attentional Blink: https://go.nature.com/35BVrYh

Timestamps:
00:00:00 Arranging Environment for Focus
00:02:40 LMNT, AG1 (Athletic Greens), Theragun
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, Patreon, Instagram, Twitter, Thorne

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