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These 10 time management tips will put more time in your day.

1. Take Time to Plan

Just 15 minutes of daily planning can dramatically improve your productivity. The next time you’re tempted to rush right into doing something, pause to plan. You’ll also reduce stress and avoid crisis management.

2. What Do You Want?

Before you can get anything done, you need to know what you want to accomplish. Goals will provide a direction on where to spend your time.

3. Flexibility Rules

Allow time for interruptions, distractions and opportunities. Life happens.

4. Five-Minute Power Breaks for Energy

Five minute power breaks can invigorate and boost energy levels. Take plenty of during day. You can stretch, daydream, get out of the office, motivate yourself by reading quotes or browse through a catalog. The important thing is to disconnect and unplug for what you where doing.

5. Join Perfectionist Anonymous

Hey, I like my ducks in a row, too, but I finally realized that the row doesn’t need to be perfectly straight.

6. Learn to Say NO

When you plan your day and focus on your goals, you’ll have a realistic look at your available time. This makes it easier for you to say NO when an unimportant task comes up.

7. Know Your Biological Prime Time

Do you know the time of day where you perform at your best? Perhaps it’s the morning. Maybe you like the nights better. Do your higher priority task during your peak

8. Your Top Tasks

Put the 80/20 rule into effect. Identify that valuable 20 percent that will bring you the highest reward. Prioritize your time to work on those items.

9. Join Procrastination Anonymous

Often procrastination occurs because of overwhelm from not knowing where to start. Take your larger project and break it down into smaller 15 minute tasks. (this takes planning) Keep doing those 15 minute tasks and eventually you’ll make a big dent in that larger project.

10. Give Yourself a High Five

Even the smallest wins deserve a celebration. Before you begin a task, promise yourself a reward when you finish. Then keep that promise. You earned it.