It’s an interesting article that made me think about which time horizons I use and why. Don’t miss that at the end there is a 2-slide PowerPoint version of the post I got a link from Colin Lewis on Twitter that took me to Ed Batista: Time Horizons.
Posted on Augby Bengt Posted in Notes Tagged Attention, Focus, Get Things Done.
#Tomighty timer plus#
This was originally posted at Forty Plus Two, another blog of mine. The e-book also describes the Eisenhower method for sorting our tasks by importance and urgency, it’s simple yet powerful. If I could accomplish only one thing right now, what would that one thing be? The e-book includes a simple question that helps us indentify what our top priority should be: What you can manage, however, is your attention. About all the time management you can do is to cram as much productive work as possible into each day. You can’t trade bad hours for good ones, either. You can’t manufacture time, you can’t reproduce time, you can’t slow time down or turn it around and make it run in the other direction. This little book is about what we can do – manage our attention and our priorities. Time can not be managed, time management is a misnomer and misleading.
#Tomighty timer free#
Over at ChangeThis is a great free e-book Quit Managing Your Time… and Start Managing Your Attention.
Posted on Novemby Bengt Posted in Notes Tagged Attention, Focus, Get Things Done, Pomodoro. This was originally posted at Bengt’s Notes, another blog of mine. See a really nice Pomodoro Desktop Timer. Today I came across Tick Tock Timer which is a very nice online timer. The chime sounds much nicer than my kitchen timer. At the chime I take a five minute break, then work for 25 minutes until the next chime. I found ClockSmith Lite and use the chime every half hour as my timer. Francesco Cirillo, the man behind the Pomodoro Technique, is on Twitter at December 27, 2009 You can follow on Twitter and join Pomodoro Technique on Facebook. WebWorkerDaily asks The Pomodoro Technique: A GTD Alternative? To me it’s not about one method or another, pick what works for you in the different methods and create your own mix.
#Tomighty timer pdf#
In the Pomodoro Resources are also Worksheets (To Do Today and Activity Inventory) and a 45 page PDF that explains the concept more in details. It’s also the perfect way to show your friends and colleagues how the technique works. The Cheat Sheet is described as This one-page paper is a valuable tool for Pomodoro Technique™ beginners. To get a quick introduction to the Pomodoro Technique, get the Cheat Sheet in Pomodoro Resources. Another option is focus booster which can be used online or as a desktop application. An alternative, as long as you are by your computer, is Tomatoi.st which is a Pomodoro timer in your browser. I’ll do some work on my timer to make it more quiet. The timer sound gets a bit annoying hearing it that often. The Pomodoro Technique works great together with the 18 Minute Plan. Knowing that the timer will tell you when the time is out means you can focus completely on the task at hand. Step three above is about working on one task and that task only – no distractions and no multitasking. Work on the task until the Pomodoro rings, then put a check on your sheet of paper Set the Pomodoro to 25 minutes (the Pomodoro is the timer)ģ. The basic unit of work in the Pomodoro Technique™ is as simple as these five steps:Ģ. Pomodoro is Italian for tomato, it refers to the timer you use to keep track of time and the only tool you need. Time management is a misnomer since time cannot be managed, it’s all about managing your attention. Turn time into a valuable ally to accomplish what we want to do and chart continuous improvement in the way we do it. The Pomodoro Technique™ is a way to get the most out of time management. It’s an interesting concept described like this: I was reminded of The Pomodoro Technique™ when I attended Øredev 2009.
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