This is a brief summary and my point of view about the video of ForrestKnight, (Thanks for this material).

Brief summary

Okay, the video start with some of the tasks that it doesn’t work for Forrest, as: Pomodoro technique and the daily (Scrum).

E.g. the pomodoro technique could lost our concentrations, and the daily could be boring. What he recommends is “to start yesterday” With a plan of what to do tomorrow. That works for him.

The video conclude with all the work in 4 hour, at the beginning the day, because it works for him.

I was forgetting something, because ForrestKnight says something valuable about health. All those things don’t work well if we don’t have a good body, or at least take care about it. Referring to take sun, walk, exercise, and consume the B12 Vitamina.

Wow, and one thing more for the last: Try don’t overthinking about deadlines, just start to work and stay in the flow.

My point of view

In my opinion, about making a plan at the end of the day. Sometimes I have so tired to take notes or to plan the next day for a heave day in the work. I could have to try it, because I heard this from other information source.

I don’t consider that daily it has an waste of time, because as a Scrum says, the main idea to do this is get self-aware about our decisions and improve our self-organization.

Possibly when you have a habit about this, it becomes boring. Similar when you learn the grammar of a language, it’s boring, but it takes you the base main about how you can understand one language. A similar case happened when I learn to play guitar, first witn no technique, that takes me more time than when I learn boring techniques and exercises. It takes me less time than no technique.

Every knowledge needs a base to understand its big topic. That if we wanted to understand all about it.

I have some troubles concentrate for long time periodes, because I work with co-workers and sometimes we need meetings to solve a common problem. It has to be fit for each kind or developer, because not all has a sun or trees to see (Fortunately me yes).

I read a book: Deep Work by Cal Newport, when he says that the most important thing is to have long times to concentrate, but concentrate really well. I consider a great material to help what the video tells.

About health, I am in sync with this idea. It’s really important maintain a good body, because we work with our brain, and that is into our body. That is our asset that we have to take care more often.

Okay, that was my point of view. If you read until here, I appreciate your time, thanks and until the next post!

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Why I’m able to Code 4 Hours with NO breaks (how to stay focused & productive)