番茄工作法/ Pomodoro Technique

「释义」

番茄工作法是一种时间管理法，在1980年代由Francesco Cirillo创立。该方法使用一个定时器来分割出一个一般为25分钟的工作时间和5分钟的休息时间，而那些时间段被称为pomodoros，为意大利语的番茄。

番茄工作法的关键是规划、追踪、记录、处理，以及可视化。在规划阶段，任务被根据优先级排入每日清单。这允许用户预计每个任务的工作量。当每个番茄时结束后，成果会被记录下来以提高参与者的成就感并为未来的自我观察和改进提供原始数据。

「应用场景」

体验控制的悖论。

Experiencing the Paradox of Control. 

实验者经常开始使用番茄工作法来提高生产力，并确定它是有效的。Jarno指出："我可以看到突飞猛进的进步。"他的实验结果显示，他开发代码的速度是之前的2到2.5倍。

Experimenters often start using the Pomodoro Technique to boost productivity and determine it works. “I could see a sudden improvement,” notes Jarno, whose measurements showed that he was developing code at two to two-and-a-half times his previous rate.

但他们惊讶地发现，更多的产出并不是最令人满意的结果。实验者倾向于认为可量化的结果不如增强权力和控制感重要。"对我来说，[比提高生产力]更重要的是，它改变了开始集中精力完成艰巨任务以及解决困难项目的感觉，"Jarno总结道，这与我从这些个体实验中一再看到的结论一致。

But they are surprised to learn that more output is not the most satisfying outcome at the end of the day. Experimenters tend to perceive quantifiable outcomes as less significant than existential ones, such as enhanced feelings of power and control. “What was way more important to me [than productivity] was that it changed the way it felt to start concentrating on hard tasks…and to tackle difficult projects,” Jarno concludes, echoing an insight I see again and again from these personal experiments.

"我觉得我现在可以控制自己了。这有点讽刺，因为前提是我的一天被迫分成番茄时，"他说。

“I felt like I was in control now.  Which is kind of ironic as my day had been divided into these forced time slots,” he says.

《The Surprising Power of Impulse Control》

詹姆斯·威尔逊（H. James Wilson）丨文

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