Ultradian Productivity - Do This Instead Of Pomodoro

The pomodoro method is a popular productivity tool and works for many people, however I think it fails to have personal flexibility and to work in sync with our natural rhythms. Enter ultradian productivity! In this video I'll cover what ultradian cycles are, how we can use them to boost productivity, and why I employ them over the pomodoro technique.
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
01:51 What are ultradian rhythms?
04:28 How to find you rhythm
05:51 Ultradian vs Pomodoro techniques
07:00 Outro
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[@neldino1251]

well produced video bro honestly thought you would have more subs with this level of quality!

[@sreeharsha75]

This is great. I had not heard of this. I was aware of the circadian rhythms. Thank you

[@inkisthename]

Subbed ❤

[@samw6197]

Brilliant. Really got me thinking about how to better approach and structure my work day for better productivity. Keep up the great work!

[@Michaeloutofhours]

Let me know if it works for you, thanks for watching!

[@deucemenace4067]

Great video helps out a lot!!!

[@Michaeloutofhours]

Glad you found it useful!

[@kubricksghost6058]

From what I can tell looking at the research papers, people only REALLY experience about 2 ultradian rhythms per day?? So really you're looking at 2 key periods of the day where you can sitdown and focus roughly 90 mins (most likely less). This isn't something that can replace the pomodoro, they are 2 very different things. You can learn using the pomodoro method alongside this method and just take LONGER breaks during the resting phases of your ultradian rhythm. When you are in a ultradian peak again, you can take shorter breaks (5 min) and longer working sessions (30 mins). Also prioritise your congitively demanding tasks during the ultradian peak and do all the admin/errands during the slower periods of rest. A KPI for the week would be how many ultradian peaks did you fulfil and what did you achieve/learn during those peaks? But it really isn't one or the other like this video suggests... and CERTAINLY not that ultradian can be used similar to a Pomodoro but 90 mins instead of 25 mins. They are completely different things.

[@timelimit4946]

Very nice Video, underrated!

[@Michaeloutofhours]

Thank you for watching and glad you enjoyed it!

[@MikeyMoorie]

liked the video. deffo gonna try this. Always liked deep work but ive not structured it very well before so looking forward to seeing if this helps. cheers

[@Michaeloutofhours]

Yeah man give it a try and see if it helps! Thanks for watching

[@georginan9657]

I'm surprised that this is the first I'm hearing of this, this should be promoted in schools, definitely think this'll help my productivity!

[@Michaeloutofhours]

Yeah, unfortunately effective study and time management isn't taught great at school, hope this is useful for you!

[@dario3716]

Hi, thank you for the video. I have a question: What confuses me is that during the night those rythmus should last about 90 min and during the day its between 60-90min + 10-20min, which means in the extreme during the day one cycle would be 70min or 110m. Some podcasts, videos etc. tell that the 90min cycles keep going throughout the day. What are your thoughts in this? Thank you! PS: I haven't read any scientifit books or papers on this.

[@Michaeloutofhours]

Personally I think micro-analysing the rhythms won't help. Track your own rhythm and use that as a guide, or simply just take the 90 minutes and see how you go. There's a bit of trial and error. Don't overthink it!