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Optimizing Workspace for Productivity, Focus, & Creativity

2022/1/31
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Andrew Huberman
是一位专注于神经科学、学习和健康的斯坦福大学教授和播客主持人。
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Andrew Huberman: 本期播客讨论如何优化工作空间以最大限度地提高生产力、专注力和创造力。这包括调整光线、物理安排工作环境以及利用身体姿势来增强生产力。此外,还探讨了如何根据特定类型的任务来调整工作环境,以及身体活动在工作空间中的作用。还讨论了声音工具如何增强或减弱认知功能(专注于深度工作的能力),并介绍了一种特定频率的双耳节拍,研究表明它可以增强记忆力和回忆能力。本期内容涵盖高质量的同行评审结果和任何人都可以使用(无论预算如何)的实用工具,以优化工作空间,从而实现更高的生产力、警觉性和专注力以及创造力。 Andrew Huberman: 在一天的早期阶段(起床后约8-9小时内),明亮的光线,特别是头顶光线,有助于优化工作效率。明亮的光线能促进多巴胺、去甲肾上腺素和适量皮质醇的分泌,从而提高警觉性,这对于分析性、细节性工作非常重要。 Andrew Huberman: 在一天的下午阶段(起床后约9-16小时),应降低光线亮度,减少头顶光线,以促进血清素等神经递质的分泌,利于创意工作和抽象思维。 Andrew Huberman: 为了保持警觉和专注,屏幕或其他视觉焦点应至少与眼睛平齐,最好略高于眼睛。向下看会降低警觉性,向上看会提高警觉性。 Andrew Huberman: 每45分钟专注工作后,应休息5分钟,放松眼睛,进行远距离视野活动,以缓解眼睛疲劳。 Andrew Huberman: “大教堂效应”:高顶棚环境有利于抽象和创造性思维,低顶棚环境有利于分析性思维。 Andrew Huberman: 应避免长时间暴露在高分贝的空调或暖气声中,因为这会降低认知能力并增加疲劳感。如果要使用声音来提高专注力和警觉性,可以考虑使用大约40赫兹的双耳节拍,这在提高记忆力、反应时间和言语回忆能力方面显示出积极作用。 Andrew Huberman: 中断会严重影响专注力,建议采用一些策略来减少中断,例如明确告知他人工作时间,或将手机放在远离工作区域的地方。 Andrew Huberman: 坐立结合的工作方式对提高专注力和生产力最为有效。在办公桌下使用跑步机或自行车进行运动,可以提高注意力和认知控制能力,但不适合需要言语记忆的工作。

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In this episode, I discuss ways to set up your workspace to optimize productivity, focus and creativity. I discuss how to adjust light, physically arrange your work environment, and leverage body posture to enhance productivity. Additionally, I explore how to shift your work environment for particular types of tasks. Moreover, I review the role of body movement in the workspace. I also discuss sound-based tools that can either enhance or diminish cognitive functioning (the ability to focus on deep work). I describe a particular frequency of binaural beats that studies show can be used to enhance memory and recall. This episode covers quality peer-reviewed findings practical tools anyone can use, regardless of budget, in order to optimize their workspace to achieve heightened levels of productivity, increased alertness and focus, and creativity.

For the full show notes, visit hubermanlab.com).

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Timestamps

(00:00:00) Arranging Environment for Focus

(00:02:44) Sponsors: AG1, LMNT

(00:07:55) How to Increase Focus

(00:10:02) Lighting Your Work in Phase 1

(00:16:00) Lighting Your Work in Phase 2

(00:19:45) Lighting Your Work in Phase 3

(00:24:17) Where to Look While You Work

(00:28:02) Arranging Your Environment

(00:31:24) Body Posture

(00:34:22) How Long to Do Deep Work

(00:36:50) Set the Right Visual Window Size

(00:42:15) 45 min / 5 min Rule

(00:44:23) The Cathedral Effect: Analytic vs Creative Work

(00:55:50) Leveraging Background Noise

(01:02:20) Binaural Beats for Work

(01:06:38) The Best Binaural Frequency for Work

(01:11:17) How Binaural Beats Increase Focus

(01:13:56) Minimizing Interruptions

(01:20:01) Sit or Stand, or Both?

(01:25:18) Movement in the Workspace

(01:31:00) Summary & Shifting Work Environments

(01:39:36) Zero-Cost Support, Sponsors, Instagram, Twitter, Supplements

Title Card Photo Credit: Mike Blabac)

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