What's your favorite productivity hack?

It's terribly tough to get into your Zen zone when your phone is buzzing every few minutes. Depending on how chatty your phone is, you may get notifications for everything from emails to retweets. It's essential you shut these notifications off! Trust me, you'll see efficiency skyrocket once you tell your phone to shut its blabbering mouth.

It's been shown that exercising in the morning can greatly improve your productivity. Exercise energizes rather than exhausts you, contrary to what the couch potatoes might tell you. (Not that I'm judging. I can be very spud-tacular myself at times.)

Exercising also promotes good health (quick, alert the press!), and some studies have shown that exercise can improve your mood for up to 12 hours following your workout. Less stress, more efficiency--it's definitely worth setting that alarm 30 minutes earlier.

Most of us don't drink nearly as much water as we should. Our bodies thrive on water--just like the rest of the world! Drinking more water gives you more energy, keeps you healthy, and gives you an excuse to get up for bathroom breaks so you're not stuck in a chair all day (which is horrifically unhealthy too, so you're killing two birds with one water bottle).

You work hard--you deserve a break! Maybe with a Kit Kat, maybe with a cup of tea, maybe with a walk in the park. It's easy to burn yourself out if you try to work at full throttle all day long. The truth is that our minds just aren't designed to work that way. For optimal productivity, try the popular and praised Pomodoro technique--work for 25 minutes, then give yourself a five-minute break.

This one is a pretty standard productivity tip, but it makes the rounds for a reason--when you're too eager to please, you often end up getting in over your head. Remember, it's not simply a matter of being agreeable--when you take on too much, all your work suffers. You may end up missing deadlines, and despite good intentions, you could end up disappointing others when you are unable to meet the extraordinary expectations you've created for yourself. Sometimes you just have to say no, and there's nothing wrong with that.

Staying on task can be tough, but there are tons of great tools available to help you out. Don't ignore these handy helpers--when someone offers you an ax in the zombie apocalypse, you take it, don't you?

A positive outlook goes a long way toward keeping you happy, healthy, and productive. Count your blessings, and seek out the silver linings.

I myself am not a fan of the word Hack, so what I do all these 22 years fof teaching is showing gneuine interest in my students and being very friendlwy with them which help to build a rapport and make a lesson more exciting but also productive 

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