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Optimizing Workspace for Productivity, Focus, & Creativity

Jan 31, 2022
01:37:48

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  • Optimizing workspace lighting according to the circadian rhythm can maintain focus and productivity.
  • The arrangement of the physical environment, including screen placement, plays a crucial role in maintaining focus and engaging alertness circuits.

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Optimizing Workspace for Maximum Productivity

Optimizing your workspace can enhance your productivity and focus. The arrangement of your physical environment, including lighting and screen placement, plays a crucial role. Bright lighting, especially overhead lights, can stimulate alertness and release neurotransmitters like dopamine and norepinephrine. It is recommended to keep the screen at eye level or slightly above to maintain focus and engage the brain's alertness circuits. Taking breaks and relaxing your eyes in panoramic vision every 45 minutes can prevent eye fatigue and enhance focus. Additionally, the cathedral effect suggests that higher ceiling spaces promote abstract and creative thinking, while lower ceiling environments are conducive to detailed and analytic work.

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