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

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

Tiny Leaps.

Big Change. tiny Leaps. Big Chasing.

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

Enjoy the song, check out the artist, and let's jump into the episode. soon. 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.

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. I grew up around music and one of my first real memories is of my dad Blasten Old School reggae at one of his family parties back when I was three or four.

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

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

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

with some heavy dubstep playing through my headphones.

It's like coffee for your ears.

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

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

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

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

So stick around and let's dive into it.

So normally I would mention a specific article here, read a short quote from it and then expand on the idea with my particular point of view.

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

that I just had to feature a major piece of it on this episode. Now I want to be very very clear here.

I did not write these articles. This is not my work. These articles were

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