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Productivity Hacks – The Pomodoro Technique (What, Why and How?)

• mamurphy 10y ago
  This is really rough for timed tasks that take more than 25 minutes, like meetings. Is the solution to get everyone on-board (like the meeting organizers in my example)? I've tried this and liked it, but had a hard time sticking with it over more than a few days. The magic is not allowing interruptions, though -- and sticking with that is the hard part. "How do get more stuff done in one easy step? Just don't let yourself be distracted/interrupted, ever!"
  • joaoperibeiro 10y ago
    Yes, the system lives around the idea of tasks taking 25 minutes or being able to break down into chunks of 25 minutes. But the trick (in my opinion) to not be overwhelmed trying to fit this method into your workflow, is to use this on everything because not all the tasks, like meetings, will fit this method. But rather use this only in a small block of the day (2-3 hours), where you can be more quite, to tackle all the tasks that have little or no dependency on other people.