Techniques
Focus, learning and planning techniques
Each technique is explained in plain words, with steps, when it helps and when it doesn’t. Try any of them right on its page.
Time techniques
- Pomodoro25 minutes of focus, 5 minutes of rest. Repeat.
- 52/1752 minutes of deep focus, 17 minutes of real rest.
- FlowtimeWork until your focus fades, then rest in proportion.
- Deep work 90One 90-minute block for your most demanding work.
- Custom timerYour own work and break lengths, saved as presets.
- TimeboxingGive a task a fixed box of time, then decide.
Learning methods
- FeynmanExplain it simply. Find out what you really understand.
- Active recallPull information out of memory instead of rereading it.
- BlurtingWrite down everything you remember, then compare.
- SQ3RSurvey, Question, Read, Recite, Review.
- CornellNotes, cue questions and a summary on one page.
- InterleavingMix related topics instead of studying one at a time.
- LeitnerBoxes that move cards forward when you know them.
- Spaced repetitionReview on day 5, 10 and 30, right before you’d forget.