The results were astounding.

As you can probably guess, there’s some wiggle room here. For shorter tasks, you can set your timer for 10 or 15 minutes, and ...

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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Every few months, I try some version of the Pomodoro Technique, the famous productivity system where you take a 5-minute break every half hour, and a half-hour break every two and a half hours. I ...

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 ...

Working from home is full of temptation in the form of innumerable distractions. Using the Pomodoro Technique, I started dividing my day into 25-minute chunks with a short break at the end of each ...

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 ...

The Pomodoro Technique is a method and tool to help one do the most out of one's work and avoid losing focus and procrastinating over the significant aspects of one's career. However, it would be ...

I'm working against the clock. Nine minutes remain on a little red timer on my phone, and I'm to keep writing until the alarm goes off, then take a five-minute break. No matter how in the flow I am, I ...