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The Power of 48 Minutes

September 18, 2006 by Glenn 

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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.

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6 Responses to “The Power of 48 Minutes”

  1. greg cerveny on September 18th, 2006 4:02 pm

    Did you use it to write this post?

  2. cash on September 18th, 2006 8:49 pm

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

  3. J on September 18th, 2006 9:21 pm

    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. cash on September 23rd, 2006 12:29 pm

    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.

  5. Greg Cerveny » Blog Archive » The 15 hour work week on October 11th, 2006 10:23 am

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