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The Pomodoro Technique: How a Tomato Could Make You MUCH More Productive

By Mark 9 Comments Reading Time: 2 minutes

If you read any productivity or time management blogs, you might have come across the Pomodoro technique before. It’s a great way to focus your attention and get more done.

Here’s how it works in its most basic form:

1. Decide what you’re going to do (e.g. “draft my blog post”).

2. Set a timer for 25 minutes.

3. Work until the time is up: this is one “pomodoro”.

4. Take a 5 minute break, then start your next pomodoro

5. Every 4 “pomodori”, take a longer break.

(There are plenty of online timers like Tomato Timer that are designed for this.)

Most people adjust the technique slightly to suit them: for instance, you might choose to take a longer break after two “pomodori” not every four, especially when you’re starting out.

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Image from Flickr by photon_de

Why This Method Works

Have you ever sat down to work on a blog post for two hours … only to find yourself tidying your desk, chatting on Twitter, getting distracted by interesting links, or generally wasting time?

Working for timed periods helps keep you on track. When a stray thought comes up and like “I need to send an email” or “I should check whether I had any replies on Twitter” and you can tell yourself that you’ll do it once the timer goes off.

You might find this is an especially useful technique if you’re trying to separate writing from editing: you could write for one pomodoro and see how far you get.

Where the Name Comes From

If this is the first time you’ve come across the pomodoro technique, you might wonder why it’s called that. Pomodoro is Italian for “tomato” and Francesco Cirillo, the inventor of the pomodoro technique, used a tomato-shaped kitchen timer.

 

There’s a lot of information about the pomodoro technique out there, particularly on dealing with interruptions: if you try the technique out and find it makes you more productive, do a bit of research into ways to take it even further.

Your challenge: Try the pomodoro technique today and or next time you blog and and see how you get on. Drop a comment below to tell us how it went.

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About Mark

Mark is an digital entrepreneur from New York City who recently acquired DBT. He started his ventures buying growing then selling several businesses and content blogs on Flippa. A perfect night for him constitutes pizza, wine, slow jazz and WordPress! He's an SEO expert and a growth strategist. When he's not working on his businesses he enjoys sharing his learned lessons with the DBT community.

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  1. Avatar of Slavko DesikonSlavko Desikon says

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    Dividing work into shorter time intervals sure seems to keep concentration and creativity flowing. Gonna try this for sure. Thanks Ali

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  2. Avatar of Ali LukeonAli Lukeon says

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    Thanks for the comments, everyone!

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  3. Avatar of AlionAlion says

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    Thanks for this post, and for the link to the Tomato Timer!

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  4. Avatar of Susan NealonSusan Nealon says

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    Hi Ali – I’ve tried this, and actually wrote a blog post about it a few months back, but I’m hopeless at it! I have a tendency to say “I’ll just finish this….” when the timer goes off – then, an hour or so later, I’m still slogging away. Or I forget to set the timer when I sit down for a new session – I have to put the timer on my keyboard to make sure I remember to set it. In principle it is a good technique, and I still try to apply it – but it’s not easy.

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  5. Avatar of Debbie PoldenonDebbie Poldenon says

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    It’s funny. When I was employed for a living I could manage my time really well. Now that I am retired and “blogging” for a living I find that I am more easily distracted. I think that I’ll give this method a try. Thanks. Debbie

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  6. Avatar of TammyonTammyon says

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    This was a message on time management I really needed. It doesn’t hurt that capellini pomodoro is one of my absolute favorite meals. :- )

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  7. Avatar of Shyam ChathurangaonShyam Chathurangaon says

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    Wow Daniel you’re my first teacher of Online Marketing and I used to feel the taste of Productivity things & Personal Development things from your emails.

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  8. Avatar of Edwin SoleronEdwin Soleron says

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    I actually have used this before and even got the timer from Amazon. Quite frankly, you are better off just getting a regular timer, it will work just as well if not better.

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  9. Avatar of faisalonfaisalon says

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    Seems like a good method but one really needs a strong mind to follow things.

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