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Pomodor`s Secret: 2 Underrated Benefits Of Pomodoro

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Date : 26/01/2022

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Uploaded on : 26/01/2022
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Pomodoro s secret: 2 underrated benefits of using the Pomodoro technique.

For those who don t already know, Pomodoro is a time management method which separates blocks of productivity (25 min) with short break intervals (5 min). This work-break session is considered a set and can be repeated as many times as you wish. The widely known benefits of Pomodoro is usually an increased work output as a result of intensively focusing during the working block and rewarding yourself with a short break. But you aren t here for this.

Underrated benefit #1: The Zeigarnik effect.

Imagine if you are reading and soaking up all that juicy knowledge about Biology. Mitochondria is a powerhouse ____-

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Your alarm reminds you that is time to take a well-deserved break. The Zeigarnik effect postulates that people remember unfinished or interrupted task better than completed task. Essentially, she hypothesizes that the act of interruption increases the interrupted task up your brain s priority list, priming it for better retention. What does this do for learning? Well, the interruption that the break introduced can serve as a tool to help increase our retention!

Underrated benefit #2: To focus or to diffuse.

When we learn, we enter what Professor Barbara Oakley describes as a focused state, which is activated during period of focus thinking, learning, and synthesizing. Meanwhile, we shift into a diffuse mode of thinking when we take a break or daydream during a lecture.

Here is what not everyone knows.

Diffuse mode is when we form imaginative links between information and subconsciously solve problems. It is the Aha moment for scientist or mathematicians who can t solve a problem it is presumably the juice flowing moment the rapper often describe. What it means is that the break interval serve as a crucial period for your brain to subconsciously synthesize ideas and solve brain wrecking questions.

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