It was not so long ago that, I was struggling to keep focus on any work. Lack of focus resulted in lot of incomplete projects in office as well as at home. I couldn't complete any task that would require focused effort for substantial amount of time. Since I didn't want things to be like this, I started googling for ways to stay focused and be more productive. while searching I stumbled upon "Pomodoro Technique". This time management technique is developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s. I studied it and created an approach that will fit this technique with my working style and started applying it.
The Technique:
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Basic principle behind Pomodoro is - "taking short breaks" after "well focused work of brief time", increases productivity by reducing stress and anxiety about work. Pomodoro means "tomato" in Italian. The technique is named based on tomato shaped kitchen timer which Cirillo used when he devised this technique.
Below are fundamental steps in this technique.
