The Power of 48 Minutes

18Sep06
by Glenn

Alarm Clock

John Richardson has a post about the power of 48 minutes in defeating procrastination.

To summarize: set a timer for 48 minutes. Close out all distractions and work continuously until the timer goes off. Then take a break for 12 minutes to stretch, get a snack, or check email. Repeat.

It may sound simplistic, but read the full post for reasoning on why this might work for you.


6 Responses to “The Power of 48 Minutes”  

  1. 1 greg cerveny

    Did you use it to write this post?

  2. 2 cash

    this is a great idea Glenn.. I look forward to trying it.

  3. 3 J

    I have heard that attention span has a dropoff around 45 minutes and this is why high school classes were set at 55 minutes. 5 minutes at the start to get ready, 5 minutes at the end to packup and 45 minutes to teach.

  4. 4 cash

    Amazing. I just tried this for the first time, using my simple cell phone timer. In the course of two ’sessions’ I was able to get an entire week’s worth of posts done for my personal blog.

    I felt like I was racing against the clock, which completely kept me focused and prevented the usual slippage into surfing, etc.

    Thanks for the incredibly helpful post Glenn. No wonder you’re so successful.

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