Foreword by Henrik Kniberg
[Winding up the clock. Tick-tick-tick…]
A couple of days each week I schedule “slack” days where I catch up on emails, prepare for upcoming engagements, and do other desk work. The first thing I do is decide whether I need to be effective that day. Today I wanted to be effective, so I selected eight Pomodori worth of items from my Activity Inventory sheet and added them to today’s To Do Today sheet.
I used to think I could do 12 Pomodori in a day (that’s “only” six hours, after all), but reality has shown me that eight is more realistic, since the Pomodoro Technique counts only focused time. Reality is a great but sometimes harsh teacher. I used to think course preparation took two Pomodori. It turned out it took four ...
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