Clearing your 'twin towers'

Your in-tray is higher than the Petronas twin towers and that you hardly have time to clear the backlog. Here are some tips:

• Take a deep breath and don't panic.
  
• There are only 24 hours in a day and 60 minutes to each hour. Be realistic! You cannot clear your backlog in an hour. Don't set an unrealistic time frame to clear the work pile. Why give yourself unnecessary pressure, stress and increase your blood pressure.
  
• Deal with your present (current) work properly, don't allow these to join the backlog.
• This is ironic, the more time you spend dealing with your backlog, the more manageable it becomes.
• What needs to be delegated, delegate. Only supervise and follow-up on the delegated tasks. Trust the person to do their job.
• If the tasks really require your attention, get them done quickly.
  

The aim is avoid adding more paperwork to your backlog as you clear your backlog.