I’ve found that my most wasted time in my day are the five minutes before something is happening. Five minutes before a call, or waiting five minutes in a line. To combat this, I created a 5-minute perspective in OmniFocus.

Regardless of the tool you have, having a way to determine what tasks you can complete in 5 minutes or less is helpful to boosting your productivity. Good time management includes being early to meetings, good task management relies on you getting things done. So the next time you are early for a meeting. Grab your task list and knock off that small task. You’ll be thanking me later.