The Pomodoro Technique – Rediscover the 90’s Italian Timeboxing Technique to Eliminate Procrastination

Posted by J.J. on October 24, 2008 under GTD, Productivity, Shortcuts, Time Management | 6 Comments to Read

Who would ever think that a frustrated Italian university student – who was having difficulties in managing his heaps of homework and time for study, that could develop a simple timeboxing technique in which originated from a kitchen timer that resembles the appearance of a tomato.

Therefore, that’s the reason why it is called the Pomodoro Technique in which the word “pomodoro” means “tomato” in Italian. It was firstly discovered by Francesco Cirillo in the 80’s for the means of improving personal time management by eliminating distraction and increase productivity.

It was developed when Francesco wanted to maximize the use of his time (perhaps 10 minutes) on his revision since he had several upcoming exams. It didn’t work that well as he expected in the beginning, but he enduringly putting his time and efforts of improving his timeboxing idea in which is comprehensively discussed in present team productivity workshops.

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