For Lola, on workloads

What to do when you have too much to do? Simply do the stuff which has the nearest term deadlines. And keep doing it until the crisis has passed.

If this doesn’t work you have to let some of your bishops know that their outcomes can’t be achieved and that their deadlines need to be renegotiated.

Which ones? Either the least important or the most time consuming; it’s a judgement call on your part. And do not discuss the other work you have; keep it simple and focused and avoid getting into debates about the relative merits of the importance of their work versus the rest.

The point of this is to learn not to freeze or throw your hands off the wheel and crash. It’s hard work sometimes but rarely is it as impossible as it looks.