Eat that Frog with a POMODORO Technique’

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You see in a Title two strange words ‘ Frog & POMODORO’… You might think what's the technique is this that is a mixture of frog and Pomodoro.

Let me explain to you what's the idea behind it? In fact, ‘Eat that frog’ is a metaphor that is pointing towards a hindrance that is in your way when you have to work with a fixed time and you have to tackle the most challenging task. The frog is that one thing you have on your ‘to-do list’ that you have absolutely no motivation to do and that you’re most likely to procrastinate on. … Eating the frog means to just do it, otherwise the frog will eat you, meaning that you’ll end up procrastinating it the whole day.

while Procrastination refers to the action of delaying or postponing a task. It is a common human experience involving delay in everyday chores or even putting off salient tasks such as attending an appointment, submitting a job report or academic assignment. Although typically perceived as a negative trait due to its hindering effect on one’s productivity often associated with depression, low self-esteem, guilt, and inadequacy.

I hope you got my point now, :)

Now comes to a point ‘Eat that frog with a Pomodoro

‘Eating a frog’ is developed by Brian Tracy, An American-Canadian author as well as speaker. He wrote the book ‘Eat that frog!:21 great ways to stop procrastinating and get more done in less time’. Author Brian Tracy calls this “eating your frog,” quoting Mark Twain. Twain famously said that

if the first thing you do in the morning is to eat a live frog, you can go through the rest of the day knowing the worst is behind you. Your frog is your worst task, and you should do it first thing in the morning.

POMODORO Technique: The Pomodoro Technique is a Time Management method developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s.

The technique uses a timer to break down work into intervals, traditionally 25 minutes in length, separated by short breaks. Each interval is known as a Pomodoro, from the Italian word for ‘Tomato’, after the tomato-shaped kitchen timer that Cirillo used as a university student.

The technique has been widely popularized by dozens of apps and websites providing timers and instructions. Closely related to concepts such as Textboxing and iterative and incremental development used in software design, the method has been adopted to impair programming contexts.

There are six steps in the original technique:

1. Decide on the task to be done.
2. Set the Pomodoro timer (traditionally 25 minutes).
3. Work on the task.
4. End work when the timer rings and put a checkmark on a piece of paper.
5. If you have fewer than four checkmarks, take a short break (3–5 minutes) and then return to step 2.
6. After four Pomodoros, take a longer break (15–30 minutes), reset your checkmark count to zero, then go to step 1.

I hope You understand well.

Let me share one experience from my life. This technique was unknown to me until I didn't join an Amal academy. I listened too much about it and I figured to do my due diligence and give it a try.

Now I have a clear idea about this technique Once I had an assignment given by my professor. My mode was not On to do my assigned task. On the day before the deadline, I made my mind to done with that task. I set a timer of 25 minutes that is a ‘Pomodoro timer’. I gave hardly 10 minutes to my task that suddenly my ‘cousins group’ came. I forgot about my assignment. I enjoyed almost 2 hours with them and took selfies. I was much indulged with my best cousins that I forgot about my assignment.

‘Eat that frog’ was there to stare at me. ;)

When they Gone, I again set up my work and set a timer, I started work on an assignment just for 5 minutes, suddenly a call came from my besties’ side after a long time. I gossip with her and lost half hour again.

The idea behind the technique is that the timer instills a sense of urgency. Rather than feeling like you have endless time in the workday to get things done and then ultimately squandering those precious work hours on distractions, you know you only have 25 minutes to make as much progress on a task as possible.

Then I made up my mind to do with a task. I set a POMODORO TIMER and remain successful to conquer my procrastination. I took a sigh of relief and cherish my self with a Cup of Coffee. Then I again check my work four times and arrange it as well and submit it on time.

Experience

It was not a much difficult task as I am Time-punctual and have the ability to manage time since my childhood. I feel relaxed after done with it on time. It helped me a lot to accomplish my task because there were remain a short time after the wastage of precious time. Pomodoro technique actually works. Instead, I keep my things simple and grab the task and start hustling. After practicing this technique I made more productive and got much more experience than before. I uplift my productivity level.

Plan of Practicing this Technique:

I have made up my mind to practice this technique regularly on every assigned task. I will make a to-do-list before doing a task. I will put a check box before every work that I will do. I will manage my distractions and I will use all my inner energy towards the task by disconnecting from different social media apps and websites. I motivate myself to enhance my productivity level and improve my focus on things. I will fix the time to do this work. I will do practice on different websites to calm myself and make my mind to adopt this technique.

So,

Stop Procrastinating and Eat that Frog! According to Brian Tracy’s time management technique, Eat That Frog! if you can identify and complete (eat) your most important task (the frog) each day, it will have a great impact on your life and make you more productive.

You now know the secret of becoming more productive: work to achieve your goals, one frog at a time.

Thanks to Amal for making me aware of this technique because I didn’t know and even not listen to this technique before it.

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