Over the years, I have conditioned myself to only be able to focus in 25-minute increments, a timer counting down in my peripheral. The five-minute break following? It’s like a reward. It is now ...

Productivity techniques like the Pomodoro method have long said that bursts of work and relaxation are the best way to do your job. But what's the ideal time of those bursts? The Daily Muse reckons it ...