So as workers forego their privacy, audibly and visibly, how can they get any work done, let alone increase their productivity?

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For instance, as important as the health care debate is for our nation, I haven't been able to get any work done on my charter school bill over the past few weeks.

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You know, this is just too pretty. (Laughter.) I don't know how you guys get any work done around here. (Laughter.) It is spectacular today. (Applause.) Spectacular.

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"During fashion week, we had so many visitors we couldn't get any real work done, " says Jourden.

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It would probably be easy to spend your life caretaking your mother's legacy, but that would make it difficult to get any of your own work done.

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But as with any major shift, there is hard work to be done to get from point A to point B.

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