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Tiny Leaps, Big Changes

022 - How Music Affects Your Productivity

Tiny Leaps, Big Changes

Gregg Clunis

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.3920 Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2016

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

In this episode we talk about music and it’s effects on our productivity. Speaking of music, I hope you enjoy this song because you are now listening to Tiny Leaps, Big Changes.

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In This Episode:

- Why music isn't great for all work.

- The one type of task music helps with.

Quest:

1. Pick a song to play on repeat the next time you work.

2. Post the song on Twitter or Instagram with #mytinyleaps

Connect:

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Music:

Thomas Vx - Daze | youtube.com/watch?v=3l8BI... | provided by CopyrightFreeNetwork

Resources:

helpscout.net/blog/music-productivity/

liquidplanner.com/blog/does-listening-to-music-at-work-affect-your-productivity/

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Transcript

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0:00.0

In this episode, we talk about music and its effects on our productivity.

0:05.0

Speaking of music, I hope you enjoyed this song because you are now listening to,

0:10.0

Tiny Leaps, Big Change.

0:15.0

The song you are listening to right now is Days by an artist named Thomas V. and if you're wondering why I put it in the show

0:25.9

well just listen to that smooth baseline oh my god if you're still not convinced that this is an amazing song, just wait until the drop kicks in.

0:36.6

Enjoy the song, check out the artist, and let's jump into the episode. Welcome to another episode of Tiny Leaps Big Changes, where I share simple research-back strategies you can use to get more out of your life.

1:06.6

My name is Greg Klunis and as you can probably tell from the songs I play in this show, I'm a big fan of music.

1:14.3

I grew up around music and one of my first real memories is of my dad Blasten Old School

1:19.2

Reggae at one of his family parties back when I was three or four.

1:23.4

Since then, it's been a staple in my life, from performing in choirs, learning percussion instruments,

1:28.6

teaching myself piano, and even spending a few years as an electronic music producer.

1:34.0

One thing I've always loved is sitting down to work

1:36.6

with some heavy dubstep playing through my headphones.

1:39.6

It's like coffee for your ears.

1:41.9

But I've always wondered what effect this had on my overall

1:46.2

productivity. Was it actually helping me to stay focused and get work done or

1:50.5

could I have gotten things done faster if I worked in silence?

1:55.0

In this episode, we'll find the answer to that question.

1:58.3

So stick around and let's dive into it.

2:05.0

So normally I would mention a specific article here, read a short quote from it and then expand

2:11.3

on the idea with my particular point of view.

2:13.7

But as I was doing the research for this episode, I found two articles that were so compelling

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