I work in a challenging environment. I have found the easiest way for me to get through the day is "plug in". I listen to music nearly all day. I've found out after the fact that two co-workers were arguing about something and it got everyone else keyed up. Not me, I'm in my own little world, working away, oblivious.

I tell people that music helps to keep me focused, and to some extent it does, but what it really does is drown out the voices that I don't want to hear.