When you're ready to start, set a timer for 25 minutes. This countdown creates a sense of urgency and helps prevent ...

STEAM. NOW INTO VIDEO GAMES. HOW ABOUT PODCASTS? THIS WEEK ON THE DYING TO ASK PODCAST, DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK IS DOING A DEEP DIVE INTO SOMETHING CALLED THE POMODORO METHOD. IT’S A PROCRASTINATOR’S BEST ...

What is the Pomodoro Technique? The Pomodoro is a time management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s. The core idea is simple: you break your work into intervals, traditionally 25 ...

The Pomodoro technique—so named for the tomato-shaped timer its originator used to track his own work schedule—is widely considered one of the best productivity techniques out there. That's why I've ...

Let’s face it – it really is a mission to concentrate on tasks and be even moderately productive some days. We’re well and truly trapped in a world of distractions right now – be they pings from our ...

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