Time Management #2: The Pomodoro Technique and Raising Your Efficiency...
Hello again, venerable Steemians!
When it comes to putting the work in to achieve your goals and dreams, the most important concept is efficiency. Today, we are going to explain another method which could drastically improve the way you deal with your workload.
If an average person sleeps for 7 hours a day and spends another 3 to 4 hours taking care of his or her obligations, then we could argue that people have, at the very least, 10 to 12 hours to spend on their work, passion, and dreams.
But this is never the case, is it? Even if you are not working a full-time job, you find yourself having a really hard time focusing on the things that matter to you or the things that you need to do to advance on the path of achieving the greatness that awaits you. As we have discussed before, a part of this can be attributed to the deceptive mind and its tricks to dissuade us from letting go of our comfort zones.
But if we are being realistic and logical, this entire case doesn’t solely rest upon psychological standpoints. It is an undeniable fact that our body and our mind have a certain amount of energy every day and find it difficult to detach themselves from the habitual surge of energy and productivity that that is a part of their physical identity.
So, what do we do when our body is disappointing us? For one thing, you should slowly start to build up the habitual clock of your body. It is not an overnight work, but years and years of principle and practice. But in this blog post we are going to talk about a different technique for getting things done in a convenient way, even when your body and your mind are giving you endless reasons to not get on with your work.
The Pomodoro Technique is a time management tool designed by Francesco Cirillo as a means of getting work done without exhausting our body and our mind. It is also a great method for shutting away distractions that may delay the ongoing work. In this method, you basically divide your work time to 25-minute tasks and do nothing but the work for a straight 25 minutes.
If you are interested in giving this proven method a try, follow the steps as listed below:
Decide on the task that you want to do.
Set a timer to 25 minutes.
Work on the task with dedication and care.
End work when the timer goes off.
Take a short break (5 minutes.)
Continue the task or go onto the next task.
After four pomodoros, take a longer break of 20 minutes.
Pomodoro is the Italian word for tomatoes, and Cirillo named the method after his own timer, which was designed in the shape of a tomato. Implement this method in your journey towards perfect time management. The results of your development will surely prove the miraculous effect.
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Wonderful informations there. I feel quite motivated. Time management skills are the key to success.
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Great tips, Unquestionably as humans we sometimes work hard and this causes a certain tension that sometimes leads us to stress.
Excellent message @chbartist, I think it has happened to all of us that we have to do something and leave it to the end, then all the tasks are pondered, with this technique we avoid procrastination. In summary, the Pomodoro technique will give you every so often, some minutes to take advantage and do some things that would distract you while you work, but DO NOT DISTRACT. That is the key. We need to alternate the focused and the diffused mind to be efficient.
If you want to try this technique, you can use this simple web application to time your Pomodoros:
https://tomato-timer.com/
Wow, what a powerful message!
Every morning is a blessing. It's an opportunity to correct our mistakes in the past and a privilege to continue the good things we have had started.
The 5-second rules, the Pareto principles, and personal devotion to God will set your day aright.
Hello friend, I think you just copied and pasted my comment on the previous blog post.
The Pomodoros method really works - for the past decade when working with interns and students we have always said '25 minutes max' and the productivity is enormous. No one wants to start a task that they think is going to absorb 'time' and hours they feel such a lack of in any given day. We always called it 'Pomo' for short... thanks for the post!
Love it! This is a new one for me! While I think this is a similar approach I normally take to avoid distractions, I have never tried with the timed breaks in between but will sure given it a try! Thanks for Sharing!
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This is the first time I've heard about this technique of dividing the workload. It's interesting that we can learn and adapt some method of easing ourselves with laborious tasks. A systematic way of doing a task is a great thing to help you to be efficient.
Another helpful article this article is in continuation of your previous one . I like it because im going to try this in my real time because I always have time issue I very busy in my office work. I work hard all the day but in the evening when I remember what I had done all the day there is no progress. The results ate not what I want. Now I'm going to try this method and will see how much I improve myself.
Thanks for this strategy.
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Nice. This technique looks interesting and I would love to try it. Its normal that sometimes we loose our concentration these points will surely help to get it back. Thanks for part 2 of time management post. Have a great weekend @chbartist
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@chbartist really we can not deny it that time management is or life management .we have to pataince for any work never wrost your time.You post inspire me always.keep it up 👌👌
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