My office is in the prime traffic flow area. It's located near the break room, across the aisle from the call center and just down the hall from the C-suite. There are definite advantages to this prime location. It's easy to catch my boss when I have a question that needs to be answered right away. It's good visibility to other teams, but it's a revolving door. I have people coming and going all the time. Between the "stop-bys," emails and plethora of conference calls and meetings, it's difficult to have a quiet environment where I can reflect and think strategically about my role, my goals and my deliverables.

In this issue of Promotional Consultant Today, we pass along these five resources to create a more mindful atmosphere that's conducive to productive work.

1. Use Noisli to forget your surroundings. Noisli is a website that provides background ambient noise. You can choose sounds such as blowing wind, a busy cafe, a forest with birds singing—just to name a few. The best part is that you can mix multiple sounds to set the perfect mood for concentrated work. You can use Noisli everywhere—it has a website and Chrome extension for desktop use, and apps for both iOS and Android.

2. Try Bose noise-cancelling headphones to eliminate sound altogether. The technology behind noise-canceling headphones involves microphones that analyze outside noise and create counter-signals that isolate you completely from the surrounding sounds. A pair of quality headphones can be pricey, but it's a long-term investment that has a huge ROI on productivity.

3. Take a few minutes to meditate with Calm. The app offers free relaxing soundtracks and mindfulness meditation exercises without any payment obligations. Close your eyes, take a deep breath, fall back in your chair and let the sound of sea breezes carry you away for 10 minutes. Calm also has a timer that helpfully notifies you when it's time to get back to work.

4. Use Evernote to manage your colleagues' requests. Evernote is a tool that allows you to batch all of your colleagues' requests and questions, and forward these in one bundle at the end of day. Evernote's Chrome extension is particularly useful for writing down stray ideas that pop into your mind while you're working on other tasks. When you deal with many prospects every day, it's challenging to remember everything you need to know. Whenever there's a need to take and save screenshots, Evernote Web Clipper can help with this.

5. Buy a silent mouse. I have to say I didn't know this existed until I ran across these tips. There are two types of people in the world: Those who love the sounds of mouse clicks and typing on a keyboard, and those who would like nothing more than to get rid of them for good. You can now buy a silent mouse to eliminate the rat-tat-tat of the keyboard.

A quiet personal haven compared to the noisiness of a busy office boosts our ability to focus, and you'll be surprised by how much more you can accomplish by the end of the week.

Source: Karola Karlson is a freelance copywriter and the content marketing manager at Scoro.