Ian WarnerYou can know what work needs to be done but be too distracted to get it done in an efficient manner. Productivity is all about how well you can focus so you can get work done efficiently. Being able to focus on what you’re doing means less mistakes and you produce higher quality work. The Promodoro Technique is perfect for help you to be able to do this.
All day you’re getting bombarded with an ever-growing to-do list, emails, text messages, social media messages and many other distractions. The Pomodoro Technique is a time blocking system that helps you to get laser focused on important tasks.
What You Will Learn
Why Does Increasing Productivity Matter?
You want to work on increasing your productivity because of how valuable time
is. There is nothing you can do to get time back in your life. Once time is spent, its gone forever. Money does not work in this same way and yet its often treated as if its more valuable than time.
Think about how you would feel if you lost $1000 cash. You would go on a crazy hunt looking for that money and you would be sick to your stomach thinking about how you lost that much money. But people do not act this way when they waste hours in their days and weeks but why? You can get $1000 dollars back, but you can’t get even 1 minute of your time back.
Productivity matters because the better you are at it, the more efficient you become with your work and schedule. It means that you can get a task done the right way in an hour instead of having to spend three hours on it because you keep checking Instagram. Productivity matters because it helps you to get your time back.
- You can lose money and get it back
- You can never get back lost time
- Productivity helps you to keep your time
What is The Pomodoro Technique?
The Pomodoro Technique is where you break all of your tasks into 25 minute hyper-focused blocks of time. You need to be hyper-focused to make sure that you are as efficient as possible during these blocks. Then you take a five minute break. After completing four of these blocks you are allowed to take a 30 minute break.
The system was designed in the 80s by Francesco Cirillo. The word Pomodoro simply means tomato in Italian and he called it that becaue he used a tomato-shaped egg timer to time everything.
The technique works because when done well you only focus on one thing but you don’t have to focus on one thing for so long that you can bear it. Most people work way too long at one time without taking a mental break so the technique also helps to ensure that you produce quality work.
You can use it for any task you want but the key is that you just focus on that one and the there is something about knowing that the clock is ticking that helps to keep you focused. By building in breaks int your day, you know you will have time to do things like check social media and not have to feel guilty about it.
- 25 minute hyper-focused blocks of work time
- 5 Minute breaks and 30 minute breaks after 4 work blocks completed
- One task at a time
6 Steps Process for The Pomodoro Technique
The technique is really simple to do but its harder than it looks to stay focused if you’re used to multitasking your way through it. There are a lot of different tools we cover below to help you do this well.
- Choose your most important task
- Set timer for 25 minutes
- Work on task for 25-minutes and only do one thing for the entire time
- Take 5-minute break to let mind wander
- Take 20-30 minute after completing four rounds
- Continue until your work day is done
7 Helpful Tips for Mastering The Pomodoro Technique
Tip #1 – Take Your Breaks Serious
Tip #2 – Adjust Time for How Long You Can Focus
Tip #3 – Start Over When Interrupted
Tip #4 – Don’t Jump All Over The Place
Tip #5 – Plan Your Day Out
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Great Tools for The Pomodoro Technique
Apps
Web Extensions
Manual Tools
Conclusion and How The Pomodoro Technique Will Change You
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