Chapter10: HowtoWorkinDifferentTimezones 102 4. WorkSolotoDestroyDistractions Keepingprojectsrolling 24/7 may boost your team’s output, but there’s some- thing else about working at different times that might make you even more productive: silence. “I always say I love the fact that my mornings are quiet,” says Zapier developer RobGolding,whoworksintheUK,afewhoursaheadoftherestoftheZapier development team. Zapier support team member Lindsay Brand echoed that sentiment:“Oneofthebenefitsisthequiettimetoconcentratewithoutgetting distracted by chatting to your colleagues.” Workingremotelyalready frees you from the standard workplace distractions of parties and water cooler talk, but GIF wars in Slack and random questions can quickly distract you just as much no matter where you’re working. And that’s nice—we all need human interaction, and it’s great that you can still get that without being in the same room. Too much of a good thing, though, can mean getting nothing done. A time