How Music Affects Your Productivity

HOW MUSIC AFFECTS YOUR | Productivity | (1) Music is regarded as one of the triumphs of human creativity-but does music itself help one to create? LISTENING TO MUSIC WHILE DOING TECHNOLOGICAL H WORK 1W| HELPS IN COMPLETING TASKS FASTER NEED TO FOCUS? Studies show that music you're familiar with helps with accomplishing your creative tasks. LYRICS MAY INTERFERE WITH learning BUT! new BE AWARE THAT INFORM ATION Sometimes, NO MUSIC is the best kind. Most find that total silence is very off-putting. Here's some ways to have a very mild ambient noise in the background without music: LOW PITCH WHITE NOISE TYOT Good for certain productive scenarios. Creates a "zone inducing" mindset. SOUNDSCAPES Natural sounds like a rainforest, thunderstorms or people at the beach. H| BREAKS ARE GREAT! BUT WHEN YOU RETURN... 'H IT TAKES AROUND 15 TO 30 minutes OF LISTENING TIME TO REGAIN CONCENTRATION BEST MUSICAL GENRES FOR DEEPLY ENG AGING TASKS CLASSICAL AMBIENT GAMING (BAROQUE) ELECTRONIC MUSIC O SOURCES USED: FAST COMPANY "How Music Affects Your Productivity" http://www.fastcompany.com/3032868/work- smart/how-music-affects-your-productivity NY TIMES "The Power of Music, Tapped in a Cubicle" http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/12/jobs/how SPACE CHIMP -music-can-improve-worker-productivity-works tation.html?_r=0 * MEDIA * IIIIII