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Your Desk: The Optimal Choice

Your Desk: The Optimal Choice

The “sit-stand desk” is the optimal choice, because you can sit for a portion of the day and stand for the other portion.

Put your monitor high enough to keep your neck straight, set your keyboard position for 90 degree elbows, and your desk height for feet flat on the floor.

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Organizing Our Worskapce: The Influence of Colors

Organizing Our Worskapce: The Influence of Colors

  • Red accelerates the heart rate, giving you a jolt of energy. Your eye is instantly drawn to red, and it promotes physical activity and emotion.
  • Orange is a social color, encouraging interaction. It works well in meeting rooms or other social spaces...

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Lighting In The Workspace

Lighting In The Workspace

  • There’s no replacement for true natural light.
  • Fluorescent lighting saps your energy and makes you less productive, without even mentioning the environmental issues.
  • LED light can be a good substitute for natural light.

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The Optimal Working Temperature

The preferred seems to be around 75 degrees Fahrenheit.

If you’re lucky enough to work remote or have your own office with an independent thermostat, experiment with which temperature works for you.

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Keeping An Organization

Keeping An Organization

A cluttered desk sometimes triggers a cluttered mind. That's why everything should have its place, even if that place is just “the right-most stack.”

A desk system that matches your personal organization style saves both time and headache.

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Workspace Sound

Workspace Sound

Music that works best for immersive tasks:

  • Familiar music, so your brain doesn’t look ahead for what’s next.
  • Classical music, especially Baroque-period pieces for productivity boosts and no lyrics.
  • Electroni...

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Organize your workspace

Organize your workspace

  • Adopt a clean-desk policy (CDP).
  • Create a dedicated space for the incoming things.
  • Keep personal items to a minimum.
  • Get yourself a sit-stand ergonomic desk. Your desk height should let you place ...

The Ideal Desk Height

The Ideal Desk Height

Your desk should ideally let you type on a keyboard with your arms and hands roughly parallel to the floor, your feet flat on the floor, and your legs fitting comfortably under the desk when sitting (you should be able to comfortably cross your legs under the sur...

Chair tricep dips

Chair tricep dips

  • Sit on the edge of a chair holding onto the front with your hands.
  • Place your feet out in front of you (bent legs for easier option or straight legs to make it harder)
  • Lower your elbows to a 90-degree angle before pushing back up.

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