How I used the Pomodoro technique to Improve Focus and Increase Productivity

A very helpful technique to ward of distractions and interruptions

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I have never been big on productivity hack or tricks. Or to put it another way, none of the productivity strategies I employed earlier worked for me. I have tried writing down my tasks in a list, I have tried task management apps like Things, etc, but I always seemed to digress.

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I’m the type of person who gets distracted very easily. I get anxious when I get any new notification or I see the red unread sign — whether it is a new email, a software update notification, or a WhatsApp message — I need to read it. So, although I work for long hours at a stretch, I am mostly engaging myself on things that are not what I planned for.

And maybe that's the reason my other task management techniques never worked.

Finding the Flow

A few months back I was reading the book Ikagai, and the authors emphasized the importance of “Finding Flow” in the work we do. It is very important that we get completely immersed in our work, not thinking about…