BRX Pro Tip: Promodoro for Productivity
Stone Payton: [00:00:00] Welcome back to Business RadioX Pro Tips. Lee Kantor and Stone Payton here with you. Lee, you’ve learned a little something about this thing called Pomodoro. Tell us more.
Lee Kantor: [00:00:10] Yeah, this is something that my kid actually told me about because he was using it when he was studying for tests in class, and I think it transfers to business very well. The Pomodoro technique is one in which you block 30 minutes of time to do work. And then, during that time, you spend 25 minutes – set a timer, an actual timer, for 25 minutes, and then work nonstop for the 25 minutes. The timer goes off. Now, for 5 minutes, do whatever you want. You know, take a walk, go get a drink, do whatever, but don’t do work for that 5 minutes, and then do another, and then see if you can stack a couple of Pomodoros in a row, and you’ll be surprised on how much work you’re going to get.
Lee Kantor: [00:00:50] This kind of distraction-free, focused time on these type of work activities really can make a big difference in your work because most people, during the day, if they think, “Okay, I’m going to do work,” and then, oh, somebody emails them, or somebody calls them, or somebody texts them, all of a sudden, you’re distracted. It takes you a long time to get back on track again because you lost your flow, you lost your frame of reference. Now, you got to restart it, you got to get remotivated. This way, if you kind of block out time for work in this focused, distraction-free manner, you’ll find you will get more done, it’ll be more productive, and you’ll get more productivity in less time.
