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Time Facts
2/16/2008
-There will be 2.2 million deaths in this country this year. 75% are from causes that are largely preventable.
-There will be 2 million marriages in this country this year and 1 million divorces.
-95% of divorces are caused by a "lack of communication"
-The average working person spends less than 2 minutes per day in meaningful communication with their spouse or "significant other".
-The average working person spends less than 30 seconds a day in meaningful communication with their children.
-80% of employees do not want to go to work on Monday morning. By Friday, the rate only drops to 60%.
-The average person uses 13 different methods to control and manage their time.
-The average person gets 1 interruption every 8 minutes, or approximately 7 an hour, or 50-60 per day. The average interruption takes 5 minutes, totaling about 4 hours or 50% of the average workday. 80% of those interruptions are typically rated as "little value" or "no value" creating approximately 3 hours of wasted time per day.
-On an average day, there are 17 million meetings in America.
-By taking 1 hour per day for independent study, 7 hours per week, 365 hours in a year, one can learn at the rate of a full-time student. In 3-5 years, the average person can become an expert in the topic of their choice, by spending only one hour per day.
-95% of the books in this country are purchased by 5% of the population. 95% of self-improvement books, audio tapes, and video tapes purchased are not used.
-97% of workers, if they became financially independent, would not continue with their current employer or in their current occupation.
-20% of the average workday is spent on "crucial" and "important" things, while 80% of the average workday is spent on things that have "little value" or "no value".
-In the last 20 years, working time has increased by 15% and leisure time has decreased by 33%.
-A person who works with a "messy" or cluttered desk spends, on average, 1 1/2 hours per day looking for things or being distracted by things or approximately 7 1/2 per workweek. "Out of sight; out of mind." When it's in sight, it's in mind.
-The average reading speed is approximately 200 words per minute. The average working person reads 2 hours per day. A Speed Reading course that will improve the reading rate to 400 words per minute will save an hour per day.
-90% of those who join health and fitness clubs will stop going within the first 90 days.
-9 out of 10 people daydream in meetings.
-60% of meeting attendees take notes to appear as if they are listening.
-40% of working people skip breakfast. 39% skip lunch. Of those who take a lunch break, 50% allow only 15 minutes of less.
-It takes approximately 30 days to establish a new physical or emotional habit.
-The average worker sends and receives 190 messages per day.
-The average American watches 28 hours of television per week.
-78% of workers in America wish they had more time to "smell the roses".
-49% of workers in America complain that they are on a treadmill.
-Angry people are twice as likely to suffer a heart attack as a person in better control of their emotions.
-75% of heart attacks occur between the hours of 5:00 a.m.-8:00 a.m., local time.
-More heart attacks occur on Monday than on any other day of the week.
-25% of sick days are taken for illness. 75% of sick days are taken for other reasons.
-95% of the things we fear will occur, do not occur.
-Taking 5 minutes per day, 5 days per week to improve one's job will create 1,200 little improvements to a job over a 5 year period.
-1 out of 3 workers changes jobs every year.
-1 out of 5 people moves every year.
-70% of American workers desire to own their own business.
-75% of American workers complain that they are tired.
-The average worker gets a 6 hours and 57 minutes of sleep per night.
-80% of "Crisis Management" events are preventable.
-The average worker spends 35 minutes per day commuting.
-When someone is asking for our time for a meeting, 80% of the time, there is an alternate date and time that will be acceptable.
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