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Statistics
The statistics listed below
are very important to let you know that you are not alone in facing
the many challenges of today’s work and home environment.
Developing and utilize organizing skills will enhance productivity;
decrease time spent looking for documents, and reduce stress levels
for a more efficient work or home environment.
1. The Centers of Disease Control and Prevention states unequivocally that 80% of our medical expenditures are now stress related.
2. Job
stress is estimated to cost
3.
Managers surveyed
state the following:
a.
49% feel they are
often unable to handle the volumes of information received on a
daily basis.
b.
38% waste
substantial time trying to locate information.
c.
47% stated that the collection of
information distracts them from their main job responsibilities.
4. Managerial and Executives
waste an average of 40% of their workday. Individuals have never
been taught how to organize and to cope with the increasing
workloads and demands to become more productive with their time.
5. It is estimated that 150 hours per year, (low estimate), are wasted on looking for lost documents.
The average hourly rate across the
$25.00 x 150 hours = $3,750 per employee is wasted in lost productivity, increase stress levels,
and a decrease in employee and employer satisfaction.
6.
Paper usage is growing six to eight
percent each year. The number of pages printed between 1995
and 2005 have doubled.
7.
25% of workers keep documents and other
items in piles instead of files.
8.
80% of what we file away for future
references is never reviewed again.
9. 42% of adults report that
too often they feel that “life is a treadmill and I can’t get off
the treadmill”.
10.
A national poll found that 96% of
employees want more flexibility and control over their time.
73% of employees are willing to curtail their
careers in favor for time spent with the family.
11.
We wear 20% of the clothes we own 80%
of the time. The remaining clothes just hang in the closet for
those “just encase” moments.
Life is filled with many precious moments….are you enjoying those
moments to explore life’s beautiful gifts?