Add pomodoro GH-47

Author: pintergreg

lectures/16_automatization.md

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 <!--- "eat the frog" 
     - frog is a metaphor for the biggest and most important task-->
 
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 ## pomodoro technique
 
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+- time management method, developed by Francesco Cirillo in the late 1980s
+- "Pomodoro" means tomato in Italian
+- you *must* take a 5-minute break after every 25 minutes of work (aka session)
+- after 4 "Pomodoro" work sessions, take 15-30 minute longer break
+    - 100 minutes of work time with 15 minutes of short breaks
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+::: {.wide-quote .mt-2}
+> It's not about squeezing as many tasks as possible into a day.
+> It's about taking the time to do things right and giving yourself the space to breathe.
+>
+> -- Francesco Cirillo
+    
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+![](figures/publicdomainvectors/tomato-red.svg)
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