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Discussion on: Productivity Hacks To Get Things Done. No BS.

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scroung720 • Edited

Thank you. This is very helpful especially number 8. Btw I am going to share 3 hacks that work for me:
1)Pomodoro technique
2)Sleeping well
3)Having a schedule and stick to it. It doesn't matter if you didn't finish your work in X time. Leave it for completion to the next day. Idk why but every time I spend a lot of time on the same task, it seems that everything breaks apart and my energy for the next day is drained, then I lose my motivation and organization. So, instead of trying to have these marathons of work is best for me to work a little on the same thing then change to another task.

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Niharika Singh ⛓

I have heard a lot about the pomodoro technique but never came around to actually try it. Maybe now is the time to give it a shot!

I think the third point you mentioned is a consequence of NOT following the rules of the pomodoro technique. The idea is to know when to stop. Not just while working, but in life in general! 😉

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scroung720 • Edited

Yeah. I learn the Pomodoro technique from the Coursera course Learning How to Learn. They said that sometimes we associate certain activities with previous bad experiences. And we try to avoid those activities, if you use this technique you will be thinking about setting the clock and concentrate instead on the task itself. It works in that way for me.

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Andrew Baisden

Have you tried Pomodoro yet how are you finding it? I have been using the app Tick Tick for Pomodoro.