| Being in sales lets you experience extremes in | | | | nothing to do, by doing a quick scan of your pile and |
| emotion; one day you're licking fresh wounds from | | | | assessing which ones can be dispatched quickly and |
| the open battlefield (it is a battlefield since you either | | | | easily. Chances are some of these documents are of |
| make a killing or you're dead meat), the next day | | | | the basic response type and could be processed |
| you're in the office dragging your way in a | | | | within a few seconds of your time. If it takes a little |
| bore-to-death schlep between piles of paperwork, | | | | longer than that, be encouraged by the fact that the |
| which tempts you with the idea of going back out on | | | | thinner the pile gets, the better you'll feel in the long |
| the field for another round of beating. Whether its | | | | run. |
| paperwork which occupies your desk, or online mail | | | | If you are in a position of significant responsibility, and |
| which practically spams out your inbox, it is | | | | you believe that your time may be better spent on |
| something which will eventually need your attention. | | | | other tasks, you should consider delegating the less |
| And it is better to deal with them now than later, | | | | important documents to someone else. Unless your |
| since it is no small wonder how paperwork can pile up | | | | office is stationed under a rock, you should know by |
| quickly when ignored; in this sense it is a disease | | | | now that this is by far the easiest way to get rid of |
| which can eat you up unless you do something about | | | | a task from your hands. Of course, before you |
| it immediately. The bigger the pile gets, the more | | | | delegate, think about the other guy and how he |
| troublesome it becomes, especially when it remains | | | | would feel about it. |
| unattended up to the weekly or monthly deadlines. | | | | If certain documents need your undivided time and |
| At this point you are so stressed out with the crunch | | | | focus for processing, then it would be better to |
| that you possibly would hit the roof at the slightest | | | | schedule it for a later date when you are more at |
| provocation from a giddy secretary. In order to avoid | | | | ease. This leaves your mind cleared up for now, and |
| this situation, which is almost at par with worst case | | | | lets you concentrate on other more pressing tasks. |
| scenarios, you need to take measures early on to | | | | Remember to take care of it as scheduled, though, in |
| prevent the paperwork from piling up. | | | | order to avoid any problems with backlogs and |
| First, don't ever, ever procrastinate. Being in the sales | | | | delays. |
| industry you should know firsthand how unpredictable | | | | Some documents are just plain rubbish. In this case |
| circumstances can get. You can be assigned back on | | | | you would do well to put it where it belongs. Don't |
| the field at anytime in order to follow up any current | | | | feel guilty at the thought though; as long as you are |
| deals, or you may have the misfortune of receiving a | | | | confident that the document is past it's due, or it is |
| significant amount of turnover duties which may | | | | just a copy of another document, don't hesitate to |
| suddenly cramp your schedule. Make the most out of | | | | throw it out - your desktop could use the extra |
| your time right now, when you have practically | | | | space. |