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# A simple path to productivity
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2011/03/a_simple_path_to_productivity/
- Published: 2011-03-29T15:06:23.000Z
- Updated: 2015-04-08T15:08:35.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: workstyles

![Hotdesking at estatesgazette.com's offices](https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2011/03/hotdesking.jpg?resize=265%2C265 "hotdesking.jpg")

[This post on Unclutterer](http://unclutterer.com/2011/03/29/scientists-find-physical-clutter-negatively-affects-your-ability-to-focus-process-information/?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed%3A+unclutterer+%28Unclutterer%29) might go some way to explaining why I’m always so productive when I’m hotdesking from the [Estates Gazette](http://www.estatesgazette.com/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) offices in Holborn:

> When your environment is cluttered, the chaos restricts your ability to focus. The clutter also limits your brain’s ability to process information. Clutter makes you distracted and unable to process information as well as you do in an uncluttered, organized, and serene environment.

My work environment here is hardly rich in clutter, as you can see…