Keeping on Course

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Email and phone are easy—you can turn them off.

You have now learned that you should neither switch activities nor stop an activity in the middle of a Pomodoro. What about interruptions outside of your control? You get a phone call, you remember some urgent activity you need to do, or you desperately need to visit the restroom. The Pomodoro Technique can’t protect us from all kinds of interruptions. But in this chapter, you’ll learn how you can handle them in a rational and effective way.

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