Pomodoro Technique Illustrated

Priority Tournament

When I’m not sure what activities to choose for my To Do Today sheet, then I do a priority tournament. First, I write down the titles of all the activities that are candidates—one activity title per scrap of paper. I then put all the scraps in an unprioritized pile. After that, I take the top two and compare. Which one would I rather have done today if I can do only one? Whichever loses goes to the loser pile to the left of the unprioritized pile, and the winner stays in my hand.

Then I take the next scrap from the unprioritized pile and compare it with the winner from the first game. I will continue like that, game after game. ...