Pomodoro Technique Illustrated: The Easy Way to Do More in Less Time (Pragmatic Life) 1st Edition

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Do you ever look at the clock and wonder where the day went? You spent all this time at work and didn't come close to getting everything done. Tomorrow try something new. Use the Pomodoro Technique to work in focused sprints throughout the day. In Pomodoro Technique Illustrated, Staffan N teberg shows you how to organize your work to accomplish more in less time. There's no need for expensive software or fancy planners. You can get started with nothing more than a piece of paper, a pencil, and a kitchen timer.

You have so much you need to accomplish today. Your list is a mile long and you find yourself getting interrupted every other minute. You'd like to tell everyone to leave you alone, but most of the interruptions are coming from you! You think of a phone call you need to make or a web site you need to check and before you know it you're answering email, checking twitter, and finding a million other things to occupy your time.

You need to focus---really focus.

The Pomodoro Technique puts you back in charge of your day. You'll apply successful techniques from software engineering to identify what you should be doing today and to help you achieve your goals. Your mind won't wander when it is fully engaged in short bursts of focused activity.

Learn to work less and accomplish more using nothing more than paper, pencil, and a simple kitchen timer.

Set the timer and start on your next Pomodoro. When the bell rings take a break. This personal approach to timeboxing is at the core of the Pomodoro technique and this book is filled with advice on how get started and how to tailor it to your own needs.

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""This is an easy read with a life-changing message to all of us who have "too much to do and not enough time." Since Staffan introduced me to the Pomodoro Technique, I have become a better person, both professionally and in my private life. This is a book I wish I had read years ago!""--Thomas Nilsson CTO, Agile Mentor, Responsive Development Technologies AB

""The Pomodoro Technique is the one action-planning technique that fits exactly as conceived into Agile approaches to projects. If you want to learn the technique and become excellent at it, you need this book. Staffan brings humor, examples, and a step-by-step approach to making the Pomodoro Technique work for you. Your overall estimates will become better, and you'll get more work done.""--Johanna Rothman, Author, Consultant

""The Pomodoro Technique is amazing in its simplicity and its power to make you more productive, and this book is the perfect introduction to the technique.""--Dave Klein Author, ""Grails: A Quick-Start Guide""

About the Author

Staffan Noteberg has 20 years of experience as a freelance software developer, Agile coach, and conference speaker. He lives in Stockholm, Sweden and Istanbul, Turkey. And he's not only focused on his own productivity; he's also passionate about helping all kinds of office people to improve their personal time management.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pragmatic Bookshelf; 1st edition (January 19, 2010)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 156 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1934356506
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1934356500
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 0.3 x 9.25 inches

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Staffan Nöteberg is an internationally renowned author and enterprise agility coach with years of experience in improving personal productivity. He authored bestsellers like Pomodoro Technique Illustrated (2009) and Monotasking (2021).

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Sachmo

A Tactical time management tool

Reviewed in the United States on December 10, 2013

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This is a very simple and easy book to read. It is by no means a comprehensive time management system.

Many time management systems focus on strategic goals in life - i.e. 7 habits of highly effective people.

The pomodoro technique is highly tactical. Rather than answering the question, "what should I do in life?", it attempts to answer the question, "What should I do right now?"

The technique involves basically prioritizing tasks for the day, and then commiting to working on particular tasks in 'pomodoros' which are blocks of focused time - recommended at 25 min a piece. For a particular pomodoro, one commits to ignoring all distractions - including distractions from OTHER work pulling at you.

Sound simple? It is and it isn't. Anything that interrupts a pomodoro invalidates it. A coworker interrupts, a bathroom break? Doesn't count as a pomodoro.

The purpose is to truly instill the discipline of focus. and to learn how to divert interruptions. The technique urges timing each pomodoro, and keeping a record of interruptions, so that one might improve at it. Between pomodoros breaks are allowed, but these are recommended to be time boxed as well.

In practice, it is surprisingly difficult to complete more than 4-6 pomodoros in a day (for me at least), and striving to do so has improved my prioritization and focus. The author does NOT recommend that a person live their life by the pomodoro, but rather use it as a tool for when they want to get serious work done. I find that it complements other agile practices quite nicely and have found it useful to implement from time to time when appropriate.

Recommended.

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Susan

If you want to get more done in a lower stress way, this book is the one you need.

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2017

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I am now a fan of the Pomodoro Technique !! I stumbled across a mention of it on the Internet and went searching for some more information. Amazon, of course, had the perfect book. This gives you a terrific explanation of the technique. You can be using the technique in a day or two. And you don't need anything fancy - a kitchen timer, a pen and 3 sheets of paper. Simple, but it really does work. I am getting so much more done each day.... and with less effort.

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Jon

Good book; teaches the "why" behind the method; some may find too lengthy

Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2012

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I am about 2/3 of the way through this book currently.

The Pomodoro method is pretty simple, in its most raw form:
- break your tasks up into 25 minute chunks, with a 5 min break in between (15 min after 4)
- always work on the mots important thing during your next Pomodoro

If you're looking for a description of the method, that's it in a nutshell; don't buy this book. Also, if you're an impatient person, don't buy this book.

If you want to know why the method works, and some of the science behind it, then get the book. Or, if you like understanding the entirety of a concept before implementing it, then get the book.

All the best to you in your time management endeavors!

Jon

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Pomodoros explained with nice-looking illustrations

Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2014

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The Pomodoro Technique Illustrated is a small little book about a simple personal time-management techniques called "Pomodoro". It was invented by Francesco Cirillo (who does a foreword) and involves small 25 minute time-periods called Pomodoros in which you intensely focus followed by a short break. The technique asks you to measure your focus so you can reflect and improve.

The Pomodoro Illustrated book consists of seven chapters. The first two chapters sort-of provide the background. Especially chapter two covers a lot of ground but all very brief and shallow, but does give some background on why the Pomodoro technique works. Chapter 3 is the actual Pomodoro explanation and then chapter 4 and 5 explain how to deal with interruptions and give some hints on estimation. Chapter 6 talks about whether and how you should adapt the Pomodoro technique and chapter 7 closes the book with some ideas on how you could apply it in a team context.

The book is short and easy to read (the technique isn't very hard). Each of the pages comes with an illustration that explains or clarifies the concept describes (or provides some fun). The illustrations make the book quite special. Based on the content of the book, I'd probably rate it at 3 stars as it does what it should do but didn't feel incredibly special. Considering the illustrations, I've bumped up the rating to 4 as the illustrations do make the book special.

All in all a simply book and if you want to know about using Pomodoros for managing your own time, then this book will be for you. If you've read another description, then do think twice because the book will give you some additional information but doesn't surprise much in the technique as the technique is just incredibly simple. Nice job.

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misrafam

Great Technique and Nice Amount of Detail

Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2017

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A great read. I had been applying the technique loosely, but this gives a lot more detail about the psychology and applications of this technique. It fit me nicely, as I work from home on 'code' projects as the author does, I believe.

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C. Ingram

... present - recipient had asked for it and was pleased.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 10, 2017

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Was a present - recipient had asked for it and was pleased.

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V Park

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 23, 2016

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TINA BRISLEY

Insightful and yet such an easy read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2015

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A very insightful read. I am already achieving more in less time! Worth every penny.

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John Holcroft

Short, simple and highly effective

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 24, 2010

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The pomodoro technique is simple and highly effective. I learnt it from this book and it has greatly improved my productivity. The basics of the technique are very simple: choose something to do, set a timer for 25 minutes, do that thing and nothing else until the timer goes off. When the timer goes off, stop what you are doing, take a break that doesn't involve any mental activity for a few minutes, repeat.

Of course there is more to it than that. Along with the more detailed mechanics there are notes on why you need it, how to plan your day and analyse your performance at the end of the day. How to deal with the many and varied interruptions both of our own making and of others that make this technique both initially difficult and rewarding as you cope with them. Finally how to adapt it to your own needs and how to use it when working with others, say if pair programming.

This book is short and easy to read. The top third of every page is taken up with one of Staffan's very nice hand drawn pictures and the text is simple and succinct. I've really enjoyed other books on the 'Pragmatic Bookshelf' such as 'Practices of an Agile Developer' and 'Ship It!', and this is a great addition.

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E. L. Wisty

Perhaps look online instead

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 15, 2016

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The 'pomodoro technique' is extremely simple, 'timeboxing' your activity. What is a short book as it is is padded out quite considerably. It may be better for you to investigate online rather than part with your hard-earned shekels for this.

To my mind the technique is best suited for people working alone with relatively few interruptions, though there is some discussion of pair and team working using it, but I'm not convinced how successful this might actually be.

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