I use the Pomodoro Method to stay concentrated at work. What's your go-to secret or tip for focus?

The biggest impact on my fragile focus were short but focused to-do lists on a daily basis, and learning to take a break when my brain is not cooperating, instead of trying to force it to work.

I drink maté 🧉

Time blocking is huge for me. Also phone in DND and use a timer to help me work quickly.

Maintaining focus at work is indeed a vital skill! The Pomodoro Technique is a great method. Here's another tip: I find that creating a distraction-free environment is key. This can mean turning off notifications, clearing your workspace of clutter, and setting specific times for checking emails or messages. Also, integrating short, mindful meditation sessions during breaks can greatly enhance concentration and reduce stress. What kind of tasks do you usually tackle with the Pomodoro Method? I have launched a GPT navigation website: GPTBLOX, aggregating and categorizing 8,000+ GPTs. For those using techniques like Pomodoro to stay focused, how do you think some of these GPTs could assist in planning and organizing work more efficiently?

I find it helps me focus to have some low volume background noise as I work, overall environment though is by task. If its receptive reading based task I do better in a public space -- If its a production based task I need to be working at home (I use two monitors and a white board for quick mockups). I didn't realize what the pomodoro method was until you named it. I do find the study with me videos to be quite useful and many of the english channels seem to use that method. :)

Meditation helps me personally. :)

Ear plugs, Do Not Disturb, and keeping the to-do list visible at all time. It's the perfect trifecta!

I've trained my brain with music. I listen to certain albums/artists for copywriting, different ones for social media activity, and so on. Before long, the opening notes of certain songs started flipping a switch in my brain.