Can You Really Be Productive in a Coffee Shop?

It’s generally believed that changing the usual surroundings is good for productivity. If you spend your days in an office, you can benefit from taking your laptop to a nearby coffee house. Is this really true?‌ Can you successfully work in such a relaxed environment?

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In March this year, neuropsychiatry researcher Onno van der Groen from Edith Cowan University published a paper in which he explained that the coffee shop atmosphere can have a positive effect on your productivity. It’s all about the background noise. The effect of background noise is actually so powerful that it can help your brain see things from a new perspective by disrupting a mental rut.

Of course, the noise can’t be too loud. The right amount of it is, according to van der Groen, even better for working than complete silence.

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So, the next time you feel like it’s not your day to be productive, try taking your work to the nearest Starbucks. The effect may surprise you, but now you know that all those people with laptops in coffee shops aren’t faking it!