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Here Are 10 Useful Skills You Can Learn In 10 Minutes At Your Desk

by Kate Ryan
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Learning something new these days amid the barrage of emails, Instagram images, Facebook messages, texts and tweets is no small task. Simply peeling yourself away from the dozens of things vying for your attention can be exhausting enough. We've all been there, so it helps to know there are ways you can squeeze little learning moments into your everyday.

Recently, a bunch of helpful tips flooded the Internet after one Reddit user asked,

What is a useful skill you can learn in ten minutes while sitting at a desk?

Here are the top ten skills that can turn your day around -- and possibly your life.

You don't need to sell me on the usefulness of origami swans.

They don't call your degree a B.S. for nothing.

Yankee Alpha Sierra, Kilo Whiskey Echo Echo Mike!

That's knot a bad idea, heh heh.

I'll probably still look at my calendar next month, but OK.

I bet it's small and stumpy, like Trump's fingers.

Being An Adult 101.

How do you think this woman got started?

There's still time for you to be a magician when you grow up.

This is without a doubt the most useful skill.