Absolutely True. I am trying out the Pomodoro Technique for last couple of weeks and it's been great. This is what works for me. May be it helps you too.
I keep a to-do list of tasks and update it as and when tasks added; (Sorted by priority/Highlight the prioritized tasks)
Put my headset on with soundtracks (Mostly Game/Anime Soundtracks without any vocals)
Take one task at hand and spend 25 mins (max) and ignore every other notifications
Distractions:
Notifications: Ignoring notifications is really hard; Generally you can try turning off notifications for that 25 mins Window. (But I can't turn off notifications at my work since some of them may be very critical.)
Distractions from team mates: Let them know in some way that you need to be focussed. At my work, my team mates don't disturb me if I'm having my headset on. (But don't put your headset all the time; Try spending a window of 25 mins helping your fellow team members)
Wandering off in the browser: I tend to wander when I'm browsing for solutions and it was harder for me to focus. I'm getting better at this now with separate browser windows for searching solutions and for rest of the browsing. (I have started using pocket to bookmark the links and close the tabs that I am interested in reading and it is helping me a lot)
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Came here to say this. Pomodoro is an amazing technique, I use it daily and it has helped me a lot.
Absolutely True. I am trying out the Pomodoro Technique for last couple of weeks and it's been great. This is what works for me. May be it helps you too.
Distractions: