6 Steps to Getting Things Done Using the Pomodoro Technique
One day, close to four decades ago, a young man sat in his kitchen, struggling to study. At his wit’s end, he grabbed a timer – shaped like a red tomato, or ‘pomodoro’ in his native Italian – and set it up, forcing himself to commit to just a little bit of study time. It worked – and the Pomodoro Technique has since inspired so much of how we approach and manage our time working or studying. But what is the Pomodoro Technique, exactly?