How to become more productive with music

If you’re like me, you want to get shit done and be effective when doing your work.

To work in the flow state, where work feels easy and you feel euphoria, listening to the right music is crucial.

Unfortunately, artists design mainstream music to entertain and grab your attention.

Unfortunately a lot of the mainstream music is purely designed to entertain and grab your attention. Not to make you more productive. Especially when there are catchy lyrics involved.

The right music for productivity and flow consists of 3 parts:

1.) No lyrics

Singing and lyrics in music distract too much from the task at hand. This is because interpreting the words and lines use up the brain power that you need for the task at hand. First thing to do when picking music is to go for lyric-free music.

2.) Binaural beats

A binaural beat happens when the frequency of your left and right ear is different. This frequency stimulates certain brainwaves for different purposes. Examples are:

Delta 1-4 Hz:

• Deep Sleep

• Meditation

Beta 14-30 Hz:

• Keeping your attention focused

• High-level cognition

So the next thing to do is to look for the songs and playlists that include binaural beats.

Want to discover more about the science behind binaural beats? Check it out here.

3.) A distraction free platform

At last you need to choose the right platform where you listen to the music. Youtube and Shopify are pretty much a no go. The first one wants to grab your attention with MrBeast videos while you’re trying to work. The second one keeps you looking for the next song with their recommendation system.

The platform I use that incorporates all 3 points above is: brain.fm. It includes music for focus, relaxation and sleep and has songs ready in 30 minute intervals.

With this link you can get 30 days for free to try it out yourself.

Keep improving 👊

Ivan