The Coffee Shop Effect
It might seem strange that going to a coffee shop will help you become more motivated and focused. After all, it seems contradictory to leave your home office’s coziness and peaceful confinement in favor of a crowded coffee shop where the constant sounds of bean grinders and other customers shouting into their cell phones ring through your head.
It hardly seems like a setting that will promote greater productivity. But it always happens, and as we now know, there are several scientific explanations for why. What should you do the following time you feel you’re barely getting through your workload? Think of going somewhere fresh to accomplish something. How much it benefits you is probably going to surprise you.