Comments on: Improving Time Management to Improve Passive Income

By: Bobby

Bobby — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:11:33 +0000

I had never heard of the Pomodoro Technique, but I already use a less stringent system on my own for accomplishing various tasks throughout the day without getting bogged down, overwhelmed, or obsessed with just one thing. It definitely makes sense. Thanks for all this inspiration!

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 19:51:00 +0000

I do the same thing every year. A good evaluation of your life is never a bad thing. It’s also great to do it with someone else! Have you ever sat down and talked through it with a partner? It helps me to think and not justify so that I can set real goals…

By: Trevor Bandura

Trevor Bandura — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:11:43 +0000

I must admit that I get a little sidetracked sometimes with Twitter, Facebook, etc when I should be getting work done, but don’t we all?

Thanks for the tips.

By: Antonio Fischetti

Antonio Fischetti — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:57:26 +0000

Hi Lis, just yesterday I released a newer version of PomoTime.
It has more rows in the To-do sheet, 12 rows for planned tasks and 12 for unplanned ones. If that is not enough further changes will be added in the future releases.
Another new thing is a separate small window to display the minutes left which stays always on top, even if you minimize PomoTime window.
Many people were asking to have the screen area as much free as possible, so now you can start the timer (F5) and minimize the PomoTime window (‘Escape’ button) while the minutes count-down is clearly displayed in a very small – sligthly transparent – window.
Cheers,
Antonio.

By: Joann

Joann — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:09:35 +0000

Time management is definitely important. Good read! I really need to work on improving my skills and your advice is greatly appreciated!

By: Joann

Joann — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 03:44:05 +0000

This was a good read because being a business owner you really have o learn how to work smarter and that is the key.

Thank You

By: Lis

Lis — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:23:37 +0000

Yeah I have just graduated to a 2 screen setup so its easy to have a skinny window for slimtimer in the 2nd window – I should look at GTD again sometime – when I have a week or 2 free – I thik its probably a good system which has developed to a bit of a monster

By: The Real Josh

The Real Josh — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:25:42 +0000

Nice, I like the slimtimer and am definitely going to try it out. As long as you have it open you should be pretty good to go. I agree that the GTD model is quite a big bite to chew overnight. I read it a while ago and have still used some things I’ve learned but haven’t ever made the full jump for all of the things he talks about.

By: Lis

Lis — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:33:53 +0000

As I mentioned in the post – I like Antonio’s app – but it has a few limitations

By: Antonio Fischetti

Antonio Fischetti — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:27:00 +0000

One of the key point of Pomodoro Technique is its simplicity. A simple method, easy to adopt, you quickly start using it and soon notice how many distractions you have and how the method can really help you to manage interruptions. And definitely improve your productivity. I think that is the reason that is spreading this technique all over the world.
The theory is simple, you read it in half an hour, what you need is just a couple of sheets and a mechanical timer. I use instead my Windows app ‘PomoTime’ (you can get a free copy at http://www.xoring.com).