Essentials: Optimizing Workspace for Productivity, Focus & Creativity
In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, I discuss how to optimize your workspace to maximize productivity, focus and creativity.
I explain how key environmental factors such as lighting, the physical layout of your work area and desk setup can influence attention and performance. I also discuss how specific types of sounds can enhance focus and how to adjust your work environment for particular tasks. These practical, flexible protocols can be applied whether you are working from home, in an office or on the road.
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Timestamps
(00:00:00) Workplace Optimization for Performance
(00:00:36) Clutter, Variables for Workspace Optimization
(00:02:41) Vision & Light, Tool: Mornings & Bright Light; Windows
(00:04:45) Afternoon, Evenings & Light; Tool: Dimming Lights
(00:07:13) Sponsor: Eight Sleep
(00:07:13) Alertness & Visual Focus, Tool: Screen Placement
(00:10:23) Vergence Eye Movement & Alertness, Tool: Visual Breaks
(00:13:08) Cathedral Effect, Creative vs Analytical Thinking, Tool: Ceiling Height by Task
(00:16:08) Sponsor: AG1
(00:16:08) Background Noise to Avoid; White Noise, Pink Noise
(00:20:41) Sound Patterns to Improve Concentration
(00:24:00) Tool: Binaural Beat Frequency for Focus; Dopamine
(00:25:33) Tool: Managing Interruptions
(00:25:29) Sponsor: ROKA
(00:26:57) Sit or Stand for Work?, Tool: Sit-Stand Desk
(00:30:45) Key Takeaways, Flexibility & Changing Locations
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The Huberman Lab podcast is hosted by Andrew Huberman, Ph.D., a neuroscientist and tenured professor in the department of neurobiology, and by courtesy, psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford School of Medicine. The podcast discusses neuroscience and science-based tools, including how our brain and its connections with the organs of our body control our perceptions, our behaviors, and our health, as well as existing and emerging tools for measuring and changing how our nervous system works.
Huberman has made numerous significant contributions to the fields of brain development, brain function, and neural plasticity, which is the ability of our nervous system to rewire and learn new behaviors, skills, and cognitive functioning. He is a McKnight Foundation and Pew Foundation Fellow and was awarded the Cogan Award, given to the scientist making the most significant discoveries in the study of vision, in 2017.
Work from the Huberman Laboratory at Stanford School of Medicine has been published in top journals, including Nature, Science, and Cell, and has been featured in TIME, BBC, Scientific American, Discover, and other top media outlets.
In 2021, Dr. Huberman launched the Huberman Lab podcast. The podcast is frequently ranked in the top 10 of all podcasts globally and is often ranked #1 in the categories of Science, Education, and Health & Fitness.