Isn't that the Italian word for tomato?
Pomodoro Technique - It's all about the tomato For those of you who are new to this concept, it was 'invented' in the late 80's by Francesco Cirillo, a university student, who used one of those natty little tomato-shaped kitchen timers to help him manage his study time, hence the name 'pomodoro'. This technique is so simple and so obvious that I first thought "really, no sh*t Sherlock", I couldn't believe a whole time management system had been built around it. Then I tried it for myself and wow, it did actually make me so much more productive and I found I could translate it across all areas of my life, from work to home life to running. Although there's no absolute evidence and, depending on what the task is, there's a theory that most adults can only focus for around 20 mins at a time, which is why it's always best to breakdown tasks into bitesize chunks rather than keeping going for hours without a break. This is w...