I suggest you have a read through the category of time management posts. I think you will find a lot of information there. Thanks for dropping by the blog, Raspal.

Will read the Pomodoro series of posts. Thanks for the link. I’m I’ll find it interesting. 🙂

Glad you liked my blog and especially this post! I can see you've been doing your research about the right kind of time management method for yourself. I suggest you try each technique and then settle on one that helps you to optimize your time. Interestingly, I had done a series on time management techniques some time back and had covered the Pomodoro in my post Can a Tomato Improve your Time Management? I think you will find the series interesting. Thanks for visiting!

Hadn’t been to your blog ever, I guess. Had viewed your website a couple times, though.

Landed on your blog from your comments at Kevin Duncan’s post (6 Blog Design Tips…).

Commenting on this post, even though it’s an old post. It’s an ever-green post, and very interesting, IMO.

Nice color combo, I like it too. This was the post title that made me click and read.

I’ll check out Becky Robinson’s ebook on Twitter. Thanks for mentioning it.

I recently heard an old podcast by Ed Gandia, along with James Clear. They talk about creating mini/tiny habits instead of goals. They say, for example, start with 1 or 2 pushups if we want to start exercising. I’ve started applying this to practising daily headline writing (Jon Morrow wrote 100 each day, if you know).

Since this year, I’m also practising Inbox Zero and I’m glad my Inbox is almost zero, mostly. I also forward e-mails I want to be reminded about later, to followupthen. It’s a nice, free service, though they have paid plans too. I also use the “Reply and Delete” in Outlook. Deleted e-mails will remain in the server’s Trash folder for 2 months and on the last day of the month, I permanently delete the rest.

I’ve heard of the pomodoro technique where you work for 25 minutes and rest for 5. Ed Gandia uses a 50-20-50 rule, instead. Work for 50 minutes undistracted, then rest or take a break for 20 minutes, and then work for 50 minutes, again. Had tried this one and it seemed to work. he advises going out for a walk in that 20 minutes’ break, if you can.

I recently attended a webinar by Tim Paige and he said, instead of the 80/20 rule, it’s actually 95/5. Yes, that’s true — 95% of our work produces 5% of the results, and 5% of our work produces 95% of the results. Surprising?

Thank you Tai! I find a little break between tasks helps to clear the mind and rest the body. It helps to focus on the next task with renewed zest.

Always welcome, Andrea! Having something good to look forward to is a great motivator to get the task done.

Thanks Vatsala!

Hi Debra. We all love rewards and knowing that there are 3 minutes to ‘chill out’ after the task is a great motivator. The question is whether one does the task effectively as well as efficiently in those 12 minutes.