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The Power of Accountability Buddies ☝️

2024-06-27 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:40 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Learning and studying · mode: Personal story · tags: Aimed at students, Feel-Good Productivity thesis

In a Short, Ali says working with other people is more energising, enjoyable and motivating, which is why accountability buddies help; at university, doing Pomodoros in the library with friends in the Pomodoro Society left him energy in the evenings.

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00:00:00 — Accountability buddies and the Pomodoro Society at university

  • ★★ Ali says working in a way that involves other people is more energising, enjoyable and motivating, which is why people benefit from accountability buddies. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ At university Ali was effective but miserable grinding alone by discipline; with five friends in the library, all on different subjects, the Pomodoro Society did Pomodoros together, 25 minutes of work and five of break. — 00:00:00 · Pomodoro technique
  • ★★ Ali says studying with friends made the work far more enjoyable and energising and left him energy in the evenings to hang out with friends or work on his websites, something people do not think about enough. — 00:00:29

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Central: accountability buddy

Also: Pomodoro Society · Pomodoro technique

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