The Best Daily Planners to Maximize Your Productivity in 2020

I’m often asked how I manage my time and schedule my activities so I stay as productive as possible.

Fortunately, there’s a pretty simple answer to this: I do this through using a daily planner.

But, not all daily planners are created equal!

In this post, I’m going to share the best daily planner on the market (in my humble opinion), as well as a couple of others that I also recommend for planning, scheduling and organizing your life and business.

But first…Why Use a Daily Planner?

If you’re currently using a to-do list, a blank notebook, or calendar for your scheduling and goal-setting, you have no idea what you’re missing out on.

A daily planner is so much more than just a tool for scheduling appointments and tasks.

A daily planner can help you:

• Set your weekly, monthly, quarterly or annual goals
• Keep you motivated as you work towards those goals
• Improve your productivity [Please link to 7 Productive Habits You Can Learn From Successful Entrepreneurs] and organization
• Reduce feelings of stress and overwhelm
• Find more time to do the things you love

And given that a daily planner won’t break the bank, it’s one of the most cost-effective tools you can use to achieve real change and growth in your business!

The 3 Best Daily Planners

Following are 3 of the best daily organizers out there to help you improve your time management, increase your productivity, and reduce overwhelm.

If you have a favorite daily planner or organizer that isn’t on my list, be sure to let me know about it in the comments below!

1. The Full Focus Planner

This is the planner I use every day and absolutely love!

It’s the brainchild of author and leadership guru Michael Hyatt, and is much more than a simple notebook or to-do list: it’s a tool that helps me set and achieve my short-term and long-term goals.

Some of the things I love about the Full Focus Planner include:

• The ability to plan a quarter at a time, while also helping me break my schedule/goals down into days, weeks and months.
• “Power sheets” to help me be more intentional and more productive.
• A totally customizable calendar. It lets me add my own dates so I can customize it to my fiscal year.
• It’s super colorful and fun.
• It’s small enough to fit in my purse.

But most of all, I love that it helps me focus on the small actions I need to take to reach certain milestones. It lets me set my annual goals, then break those down into weekly objectives and daily actions.

This is GREAT for helping me take small steps towards my long-term goals…without feeling overwhelmed.

This Full Focus Planner is GREAT for helping me take small steps towards my long-term goals…without feeling overwhelmed.Click To Tweet

Price: Starts at $39.99.

2. The What Matters Planner

This company offers a bunch of different daily planners, but their real star is the One-Year Powersheets Intentional Goal Planner.

Not only does it help with scheduling and time management, but it also gives you goal-setting worksheets that allow you to be super-intentional about setting and meeting your goals.

And if you aren’t exactly sure which goals you want to set? The “power sheets” are perfect for discovering your goals or even finding your passion.

This is also a great option if you prefer a yearly planner, as opposed to a quarterly one.

And it’s also really colorful and fun, which never hurts!

Some other features I love:

• Goal coaching on each page to help you stay on track
• Seasonal worksheets that allow you to regularly refocus your goals (if need be)
• Goal-setting stickers, which while not completely necessary sure are fun 😉
• A reinforced pocket to hold your notes or other papers

Price: $60

3. The Bacara Weekly Planner

Do you prefer a more traditional, no-nonsense daily planner?

One that gives you lots of space for writing, has nice large print for easy reading, and gives you both weekly and monthly views?

Then the Bacara Weekly Planner might be the right choice for you.

I love that the weekly pages help you see your most important short-term tasks at a glance; but that it also includes a goal-setting section so you can set and track your monthly and yearly goals.

I love that the weekly pages of the Bacara Weekly Planner will help you see your most important short-term tasks at a glance; and that it also includes a goal-setting section so you can set and track your monthly and yearly goals.Click To Tweet

This is also the most inexpensive daily planner on this list, so it’s perfect if you’re on a budget!

Price: $20

Final Thoughts

I hope this post has inspired you to start using a daily planner for your business.

It really is such a simple and inexpensive way to make such a huge impact on your business!

Need additional help with setting goals in your business? Check out my post, 5 Goal Setting Tips to Achieve More Success in Your Business.

In your opinion, what’s the best daily planner on the market? Did I leave your favorite planner off my list? Share it in the comments below so I can check it out!