{"id":1423,"date":"2020-11-27T08:37:21","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T08:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/?p=1326138"},"modified":"2020-11-27T08:37:21","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T08:37:21","slug":"what-the-hell-is-the-pomodoro-technique-and-why-is-it-good-for-productivity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=1423","title":{"rendered":"What the hell is the Pomodoro Technique and why is it good for productivity?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I\u2019ve been covering tech and business for years and I can confirm most people in these spaces, myself included, are obsessed with productivity\u2026 particularly new shiny ways to magically <\/span>become more productive.<\/span><\/p>\n

Just like in fashion, you can see long-forgotten productivity fads return every few years, and even though it\u2019s been around for a while, you\u2019ve probably recently come across the hot new contender: the Pomodoro Technique.<\/span><\/p>\n

There\u2019s just one problem with this latest productivity hack \u2014 my editor doesn\u2019t quite get it, and appears to be too stubborn to read up on it to understand it.<\/span><\/p>\n

So let me answer a few of his \u2018poignant\u2019 questions and give you a low-down of this great productivity method. It\u2019s no silver bullet but I saw quite a few people talk about it online recently, so I thought I\u2019d give it a go.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWhat the hell does it have to do with tomatoes?!\u201d<\/b><\/h2>\n

When I first brought this to my editor, he seemed very confused.<\/p>\n

As we are both working from home, he from Amsterdam and me from London, I had to make do with staring at his slightly bemused expression during one of our video calls.<\/p>\n

Understandably, he thought I\u2019d gone off on a tangent and had decided to pitch him a story about eating spaghetti infused with tomato sauce in order to boost my productivity.<\/p>\n

I get the feeling neither of us is averse to pasta but I had to recover relatively quickly and explain that I was in fact talking about a well-established productivity method that just happened to be named after an edible berry.<\/p>\n

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\u2018Pomodoro\u2019 does mean tomato in Italian, but it refers to the tomato-shaped kitchen timer the technique\u2019s creator, Francesco Cirillo, used.<\/span><\/p>\n

The timer is an essential part of the Pomodoro Technique, which Cirillo created in the late \u201880s during his university years. <\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a time management method based on 25-minute work intervals, that are then separated by a small break. Each interval is then called a \u2018pomodoro\u2019, referring to the tomato timer Cirillo had back in uni \u2014 cute, right?<\/span><\/p>\n

Credit: Online Tech Tips<\/a><\/figcaption>
<\/i><\/a>All hail the magical solution to productivity!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cHmm, fine \u2014 but what\u2019s so good about it then?\u201d<\/b><\/h2>\n

The beauty of the technique is in its simplicity. To stick to this time management technique, you only have to follow six basic steps:<\/span><\/p>\n