In today’s corporate environment, being busy is often mistaken for being successful. Calendars are full, emails are constant and deadlines seem like they never end. It may feel like progress, but is it truly productivity? Is your business looking to the future and being strategic? Here is the truth: Being busy is not the same as being productive. So stop being busy, be strategic. Why not look at what you can do to increase productivity, like the ROI that can be achieved by utilising outsourced business transcription?
The Present Trap
Many professionals find themselves trapped in the now: responding to emails, attending meetings and managing daily operations. While these tasks are sometimes necessary, constantly focusing on the present can be a major barrier to long-term success.
Without time to reflect and plan: how can anyone be sure they are moving in the right direction?
Productivity Begins with Purpose
True productivity is not about doing more: it is about doing what matters most. And to know what matters, you must begin with clarity. So why not ask yourself:
- Who do I want to become?
- Where do I want to go?
- What am I doing today that contributes to that vision?
These are not just reflective questions; they are in fact strategic tools. Professionals and businesses that take the time to look ahead make decisions today that create impact tomorrow.
How Typing Can Slow Your Business Down
Now, let us consider something simple like typing.
In most organisations, a surprising amount of time is spent on typing. If you are not typing emails, it is reports, notes, correspondence and the list goes on, and on. Now, this time all adds up. Time that could otherwise be used for higher-value activities. And the issue with typing is this: it is not cost effective. You can dictate it, having it professionally typed by someone else. Dictation is three to four times more efficient than typing and the faster you speak, the more efficient it is.
This is where business transcription plays a crucial role.
By outsourcing typing tasks or using transcription tools, businesses can reallocate hours to activities that directly influence growth:
- Billing – timely invoicing supports improved cash flow.
- Sales generation – more time for prospecting leads to increased revenue.
- Strategic planning – space for forward-thinking fuels innovation.
- Debt collection – dedicated follow-ups improve financial stability.
Typing should not dominate your time. Business transcription services allow teams to stay focused on what truly matters.
Forward-Thinking Businesses Create Value
Successful organisations recognise that time is their most valuable asset. Rather than spending it on repetitive tasks, they invest in efficiency: through support staff and business transcription services.
More importantly, they carve out regular time for future planning. Because they understand that a clear vision of where they are heading is worth more than simply managing where they are now.
Final Thought: The Future Will Not Wait
If you spend all your time reacting to the present, you will never shape the future.
Whether you are a business leader, entrepreneur, or professional, one of the most powerful things you can do is pause and ask:
- Who do I want to be?
- Where do I want to go?
- Is my current workload aligned with that future?
The present will always be demanding, but those who make time to think ahead are the ones who thrive.
Real productivity is not about staying busy: it is about building the future with purpose. And sometimes, that starts with something as simple as letting go of business typing and focusing on what only you can do.
About OutSec
OutSec is the UK’s leading online transcription company whose business has grown substantially since its inception in 2002. We are now one of the most successful transcription companies in the United Kingdom.
OutSec provides secure outsourced transcription services to the medical, legal, property and surveying, universities, media and interviews, advisory boards, conferences & seminars, inventories, financial, corporate, HR, recruitment and Executive Search sectors.
Why is Dictation More Efficient than Typing?
Well, the simple fact is that we can all speak considerably faster than we can physically type:
“The average person types between 38 and 40 words per minute”.
A “good rate of speech ranges between 140 -160 words per minute.”
In other words, dictation is up to four times faster than we can type. Therefore, simply dictating a document is more cost-efficient, giving you more time to dedicate your efforts elsewhere in your business.
Accounts are free, you pay on a per-minute basis (rounded to the nearest minute) on a pay-as-you-go basis, with no contracts or minimum spend. What do you have to lose? Why not open an account today?
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