Make sound your productivity ally

- Each of the five senses have a…tremendous impact on your ability…to stay productive in your workspace.…Sound in particular can pull your attention away,…or give you more focus, depending on…how you have things set up.…For instance, you might be distracted by…conversations that are taking place…around the office, or noises that are…happening outside, or even if you…have a home work environment,…you can be distracted by noises throughout the house.…I want to give you three options…to consider when it comes to shaping the sound…in your work environment.…

First, let's consider music.…In my book, The Myth of Multitasking,…I talk about the difference between…switchtasking and background tasking.…Switchtasking is when you're trying…to perform multiple attention-requiring…tasks at the same time, and background tasking…is where something mindless or mundane…happens in the background.…For some, music is background tasking.…It's a nice background to the workday…that helps them stay more productive.…For others, music is switchtasking.…