Quiet Isn't Always Productive | Chris Malta's EBiz Insider Podcast

There's a weird myth floating around that silence equals productivity. As if the absence of noise somehow guarantees the presence of focus. So you clear the house, turn off your phone, kick the dog out of the room, and sit in pure, golden silence... only to discover you've spent the last 42 minutes staring at a spreadsheet you haven't touched. Silence didn't make you productive. It just removed the evidence.