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"15 Habits That Will Totally Transform Your Productivity 1/16 From decluttering your desk to letting yourself complain, these 15 easy behavior changes can change how much you accomplish each day. BY STEPHANIE VOZZA6 MINUTE READ Editor's Note: This article is one of the top 10 Leadership stories of 2015. See the full list here. People who manage to get a lot accomplished each day aren't superhuman; they've just mastered a few simple habits. Some may be easy to guess: Keep your desk organized and aim for around eight hours of sleep a night. But others, like taking a mid-day nap or complaining, might surprise you. Here are 15 easy ways to make every day more productive: 1. DECLUTTER YOUR DESK. MESSY WORK SPACE: Creativity may arise from chaos, but a litter-strewn office probably isn't helping you get stuff done. "Attention is programmed to pick up what's novel," says Josh Davis, director of research at the NeuroLeadership Institute and author of Two Awesome Hours. Visible files remind you of unfinished tasks. An unread book is temptation for procrastination. Even if you don't think you're noticing the disorder, it hurts your ability to focus. TIDY WORKSPACE: People with neat offices are more persistent and less frustrated and weary, according to a recent study in Harvard Business Review, which found that a clean desk helps you stick with a task more than one and a half times longer. "While it can be comforting to relax in your mess, a disorganized environment can be a real obstacle," says Grace Chae, a professor at Fox School of Business at Temple University and coauthor of the study. 2. BE PART OF THE 20%. No matter how crazy your days get, make sure you carve out and ruthlessly protect just 90 minutes-20% of an eight-hour day-for the most important tasks. "Even if you squander the remaining 80% of the day, you can still make great progress if you have spent 90 minutes on your goals or priorities," says Charlotte, North Carol

How Writing Things Down Can Change Your Life http://t.co/eEWWYlnXf9 via @lifehackorg @bethkanter - JackieGerstein Ed.D. (@jackiegerstein) July 26, 2014

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"The 3 Rs of Global Collaboration:: Receive, Read, Respond" #ISTE2014 #istewiki #dmhspeeps - Ms. Stearns (@Miss_Stearns) June 29, 2014 How do u resize videos? #istewiki - Daphne Crenshaw (@DaphneCrenshaw) June 29, 2014 #iste2014 #istewiki I had no idea there was such a thing as wikispaces classroom now. Allows teachers to monitor what students are doing. - David Karnoscak (@dkarnoscak) June 29, 2014 Is there a maximum number of students a teacher can have join a wiki? I teach K-5 and have 32 classes #istewiki - Cindy Herren (@cindyherren) June 29, 2014

"The 3 Rs of Global Collaboration:: Receive, Read, Respond" #ISTE2014 #istewiki #dmhspeeps - Ms. Stearns (@Miss_Stearns) June 29, 2014 How do u resize videos? #istewiki - Daphne Crenshaw (@DaphneCrenshaw) June 29, 2014 #iste2014 #istewiki I had no idea there was such a thing as wikispaces classroom now. Allows teachers to monitor what students are doing. - David Karnoscak (@dkarnoscak) June 29, 2014 Is there a maximum number of students a teacher can have join a wiki? I teach K-5 and have 32 classes #istewiki - Cindy Herren (@cindyherren) June 29, 2014

"It is amazing how much you can accomplish in a short time when you are focused and uninterrupted. In just 20 minutes, I was able to write an entire page of my thesis or review a whole journal article - tasks that would have taken me an hour or longer before. Even if you have the luxury of long stretches of time, I encourage you to try "writing sprints" of 10-30 minutes each. Focus on putting your ideas on paper, and do not worry about making mistakes. Some students find it helpful to do their writing sprints first thing in the morning, before they get interrupted or need to start putting out fires. Make sure your phone and email are turned off, so you can put your attention fully on writing for just 10-30 minutes."

""It was that moment when the person asking to sit in the most respected seat in our country imitated a disabled reporter. Someone he outranked in privilege, power and the capacity to fight back. It kind of broke my heart when I saw it. I still can't get it out of my head because it wasn't in a movie. It was real life." Streep was referring to Trump's remarks during the campaign, when he appeared to mock New York Times reporter Serge F. Kovaleski, who has arthrogryposis, which visibly limits the functioning of his joints. "And this instinct to humiliate, when it's modeled by someone in the public platform, by someone powerful, it filters down into everybody's life, because it kind of gives permission for other people to do the same thing," the actress said."

"King says the next secretary of education needs to focus on two things - that the Department of Education is a civil rights agency with a responsibility to protect children, and that education is fundamental to the nation's economic and democratic success in the long-term."