We all have certain innate personality traits which means we will fail if we expect everything to work according to a formula.

But how can anyone become a great writer if they don’t first learn the basics of the alphabet, grammar, etc.?

You need time tools to create your dream lifestyle.

To your brilliance!
Elizabeth

Call experience with TM1 a prerequisite for TM2, but leave room for advanced placement.

I tried it out at work with a free digital timer and found some merit in it’s rules but also found it can be inflexible.

I think the value of the technique can be found in isolated, specific activities, but for complex time demands and cooperative activities I found myself falling in-between Pomodoros, and actually delaying work to fit inside neat little Pomodoros, or wasting time ‘reviewing’ the activity waiting for the Pomodoro to ring. A stream of Pomodoros effectively isolates the user from their environment.

I also experienced irritation at ‘voiding’ some Pomodoros. It’s a little difficult to tell the boss to shove-off and come back in 25 minutes.

There’s value in the technique, I feel especially as a teaching tool, as some of the interruption processing techniques teach effective time management skills, but the process of tracking and voiding I feel is to rigid and simplistic for complex tasks and work environments.

Also, attempting to improve one’s memory for time-dependent items is futile. The “memory improvement techniques” commonly encountered are more for enhancing long-term recall, which is a whole different function.