{"id":6492,"date":"2020-01-31T14:06:49","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T14:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-ie\/blog\/?p=6492"},"modified":"2026-01-09T15:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:08:10","slug":"peter-jones-saving-time-help-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-ie\/blog\/peter-jones-saving-time-help-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Small talk with Peter Jones: How saving time can help your business"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In our Small Talk series, we delve into how your business can tackle some of the many challenges you face so you can elevate your performance. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Jones, our Sage customer for life, sat down with interviewers Nina and Jed to talk about what you can do to ensure your business can perform at its best. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plus, there are a few challenges that Peter was set by his intrepid interviewers. Watch the video to see how he got on and below is a transcript, followed by some advice on how saving time can help your business thrive.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jed:<\/strong> Time is money, and not just pocket money either. Let\u2019s talk about how a business can save time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nina:<\/strong> Three ways that saving time can help your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jed:<\/strong> You\u2019ve got 25 seconds to answer, starting now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter:<\/strong> Twenty five seconds? Three ways, three things that help you save time at work and things you could do?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jed:<\/strong> Uh huh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter:<\/strong> What have I got now, left?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jed:<\/strong> You\u2019ve got about 15 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter:<\/strong> Fifteen seconds? I can do it in 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jed:<\/strong> Ten starting now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter:<\/strong> Extra time gives you time to go out and get new customers, talk to your colleagues, find out what\u2019s going on in the business, and focus on marketing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jed:<\/strong> There you go. Done it with one second left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter:<\/strong> You give a dragon a challenge and he\u2019s up for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time is the biggest, biggest thing in business. I always need more time. I\u2019m always running out of time. The time that you save by automating your business gives you so much time to grow your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nina:<\/strong> We have \u00a320 and an alarm clock, side by side, on the table. If you had to pick, would you choose time or money, and why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter:<\/strong> Well, if I had to pick between that \u00a320 there or that alarm clock, I\u2019d pick that alarm clock, and time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nina:<\/strong> Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter:<\/strong> Because it\u2019s got my name on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jed:<\/strong> Oh, right. If it didn\u2019t have your name on it, what would you choose?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter:<\/strong> I\u2019d choose time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jed:<\/strong> Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter:<\/strong> Because, I think, with a little bit of time, I could do things within my business and make more than \u00a320.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I would choose to invest an amount of money into my business to buy, for example, some software that would make my business more automated, which frees up more time for me to make more money than I invested in the first place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But if I choose money over time all the time, then I don\u2019t think you\u2019re going to have a really successful business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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