507 - How Clutter Affects Productivity

Tiny Leaps, Big Changes

Gregg Clunis

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.2 • 917 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we discuss the role that clutter has on your productivity.

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Quoted from Harvard Business Review:

"You may think you’re not bothered by your overstuffed filing cabinets or the stacks of paper on your desk. But scientists at the Princeton University Neuroscience Institute have used fMRI and other approaches to show that our brains like order, and that constant visual reminders of disorganization drain our cognitive resources and reduce our ability to focus. They also found that when participants cleared clutter from their work environment, they were better able to focus and process information, and their productivity increased."

What can you do?

Create a schedule of regular clean up
Create an organizational system for your space
Take the extra 3 seconds to put things in the right place

Resources:

https://hbr.org/2019/03/the-case-for-finally-cleaning-your-desk

Transcript

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0:00.0	In this episode, we talk about how clutter affects your productivity.
0:06.0	Get excited because this is tiny leaps. Big Change. Big Change. Big.
0:13.0	Big.
0:15.0	Welcome to another episode
0:18.0	to another episode of Tiny Leaps.
0:21.0	Big Changes where I share simple strategies you can use to get more out of
0:27.0	your life. My name is Greg Klunis and in this episode we look at the role that clutter plays on our productivity, our focus, and our general well-being,
0:38.8	our mental state.
0:40.4	It's one of those things that I think we all sort of subconsciously understand is a problem is something that affects us
0:45.9	But for whatever reason many of us don't really do anything about it. So I wanted to make this episode to talk more about it to share some of what I've been reading on the subject and to share what you can do to remove clutter as a factor in your day-to-day productivity and your focus.
1:05.2	So this should be a really good episode.
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