How to Create the Best Workspace

The way you set up your workspace can impact your productivity just as much as other factors including sleep, technology, organizational strategies and business tools. That is according to a recent article from GlobeSt.com’s sister publication, ALM’s LifeHealthPro.com. The story says that scientists have completed endless fascinating studies about how a variety of stimuli that impact the senses can either ramp up productivity or kill it. You can harness these known stimuli to set yourself up to be more focused and efficient, which ultimately could translate into more sales. So whether you work in an office or at home, here are a few tips to optimize your work environment for productivity. Cut the clutter A quote attributed to Albert Einstein says, “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” Building on that, a popular notion has evolved that a cluttered desk is a sign of brilliance and extraordinary creativity. But clutter can also be a time waster when you can’t find the file you need or the phone number you scrawled on a scrap of paper last week. In fact, according to the article, researchers at the Princeton University Neuroscience Institute studied the impact of clutter on productivity and found that clutter creates multiple stimuli in the visual field that compete for the brain’s attention. The limited processing capacity of the visual system can’t keep up, eventually leading to difficulty focusing. Look to the Light If you’ve worked in an office building, you’ve probably spent a lot of time under glaring, industrial fluorescent lights. But science shows that lighting can have a major impact on productivity. If you work at home, you can choose the best lighting for your workspace, but even if you work in an office, you can tweak the lighting in your workspace to improve not only productivity but also your health. For more tips on productivity as well as some key solutions, click here to view the full article on LifeHealthPro.com.