The Pomodoro Technique: Does Timed Focus Actually Work?
The Pomodoro technique helps many people start, but studies found no extra output versus self-chosen breaks. What works, and how to use it.

The Pomodoro technique helps many people start, but studies found no extra output versus self-chosen breaks. What works, and how to use it.

Multitasking is really task-switching — and every switch has a cost. A cognitive enhancement researcher separates the solid science of switch costs from the shaky claims of permanent focus damage, and shows how to switch less.

Deep work is lost to switching, not lack of willpower. What the research says about interruptions, breaks and block length, and how to protect your focus.