Sort paperwork for effective processing.
A system of file folders either for paper mail or e-mail can be very helpful. Here is a system to handle it:
• Place all paperwork (or e-mail) requiring personal action in a red file or in an “action” folder on your computer’s hard drive. Handle that according to its relative importance and urgency.
• Place work that can be delegated in a separate file, and distribute it appropriately. • Place all work that is informational and related to present work in a yellow file folder or
in an “informational” folder on your hard drive. • Place other reading material, such as professional journals, technical reports, and other
items that do not relate directly to the immediate work, in a blue file folder or a “read” file.