The Pomodoro Technique is a simple yet powerful time-management technique developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s.

The Pomodoro Technique has four fundamental steps:

1. Set a timer for 25 minutes.
2. Spend those 25 minutes on one project or activity.
3. Take a five-minute break.
4. Repeat.

Traditionally, it involves a tomato-shaped kitchen timer—pomodoro is Italian for “tomato”—which you use to time these sessions and breaks. One such interval of session + breaks is called a “pomodoro.”

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