This blog post is written in Afrikaans, scroll down for a translation in English.

Nie lank terug nie praat ek en ‘n vriend oor hoe motor bestuur ‘n aktiwiteit van tyd vermorsing is. In die algemeen is dit ‘n tydverdryf waarin jy absoluut niks verig nie. Of so het ek altoos daaraan gedink totdat ek terloops gedurende ons gesprek, genoem het dat ek toneelstukke skryf as ek bestuur. Sy wenkbroue het twee vraagtekens teen sy voorkop gemaak, natuurlik gedink ek bedoel skryf met ‘n potlood en papier sonder om ag te slaan op pad reëls, maar ek het hom gou gerus gestel dat ek dit net in my gedagtes skryf.

Lank ná hierdie gesprek ontdek ek, dat ek maar nog altyd op my kreatiefste was terwyl ek êrens oppad was. Byvoorbeeld, ek het nooit my skool opstelle of mondeling voorbereidings vir ure by die huis soos die ander kinders gedoen nie. Ek het net my skool sak op my rug gesit en in my kop, terwyl ek oppad skool toe was, my woorde sorgvuldig georden sodat ek dit later net op papier hoef vas te lê (of as dit mondeling was – ‘n paar notajies te maak). As ek nou mooi dink, kan ek met sekerheid sê dat my voorheen se ‘tydvermorsing’ my al baie ure se werk bespaar het.

Die punt is: ek het as kind (onwetend) besef dat daar altyd maniere is om tyd te bespaar sonder om die kwaliteit van die produk of diens op te offer. ‘n Mens moet net weet waar om te kyk. Vir Engels en Afrikaans het dit soos ‘n bom gewerk, maar ek sou hierdie metode gewis nie vir wiskunde kon gebruik nie.

Gaan kyk ‘n bietjie in jou organisasie waar daar tyd ‘vermorsing’ is wat met tyd ‘besparing’ vervang kan word. As jy wil kan óns dit vir jou doen deur ons proses metodiek, VizPro® te gebruik. Al wat dit van jou verg is net een e-pos of telefoon oproep.


Replace Time Wasters

Not long ago a friend and I spoke about driving and how it is one of the biggest ‘time wasters’. In general it is an activity where you achieve absolutely nothing. Or that is what I always thought of driving until I mentioned, during our conversation, that I write plays while I’m driving. He looked at me with a very concerned look in his eyes, obviously thought I meant writing with a pen and paper and paying little attention to the rules of the road, but I immediately explained that I meant writing in my head.

Quite some time after this conversation I realised that I was most creative while I was on my way somewhere. For example, I never prepared any of my essays or oral pieces for hours on end at home like the other kids. I simply walked to school and carefully rearranged the words in my head, which meant it took me a lot less time to jot them down on pen and paper. If my memory serves me right, I can honestly say that my previously-thought-of ‘time waster’ (driving) saved me many hours of actual work.

The point is: as a child I realised (unknowingly) that there are always ways in which you can save time without sacrificing the quality of a product or service. You must just know where to look! My method of writing worked like a bomb for English and Afrikaans but I certainly couldn’t use the same method on Maths or Physics now could I? Investigate where there are ‘time wasters’ in your organisation which can easily be turned into time savers. If you want we can do it with you by using our unique process methodology, VizPro®. All it takes is one phone call or email from you.

By Jeanne Fredericks