Pomodoro technique has been amongst one of my most impactful experiments to improve productivity. Today, I will be summarizing a book, Pomodoro Technique Illustrated by Staffan Nöteberg, that I read as I attempt to master the skill of Pomodoro via personal experiments. Introduction to Pomodoro The Pomodoro technique was defined by Francesco Cirillo in 1992 after the frustration of low productivity and unstructured studying. Therefore, his goal become to use Pomodoro (time) to focus and get the work done. In …
Category: Personal Experiments
Have you felt like you a task — simple or complex — drags on for way too long? Or do you get distracted in midst of the task? I have experienced those problems in getting work done. Thus, for the month of January & February 2019, I wanted to conduct a personal experiment to improve focus by using constraint of timers (aka pomodoro technique). As part of this experiment, I also read a book on Pomodoro and summarized it here …
One of the most common questions I get asked is regarding how I choose which monthly experiment to do. I usually follow-up that question with another question, what areas of your life are causing the most damage or limiting your potential? Experiment with that part of your life. Having done five years of experimentation, I have made the mistake of choosing experiments that were relatively easy to do. If you truly want significant change, you must be able to face …
For last month’s experiment, I wanted to involve people closest to me – family, friends, and co-workers. So, I wrote up a few questions – a survey – and emailed it to my friends. You can view this survey by clicking here. (Feel free to fill it up – I promise I will read it). I also got on the phone and got some verbal feedback. I asked each one of them to kindly answer each one of the following questions anonymously; …
“A smile is happiness you’ll find right under your nose” – Tom Wilson Last month, while cleaning up my room, I stumbled across my Kodak printed baby pictures which I had tucked away a while ago. I decided to take a mini break from cleaning (i-e procastinate?) to browse through them. From the handful of pictures, one picture caught my attention. In that picture my eyes had tears and lips had a smile – I was smiling and crying at …