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Statistics
Email Statistics
The IQ of workers who juggle email messages and work falls by 10 points -- the equivalent to missing a whole night's sleep and more than double the 4-point fall seen after smoking marijuana! CNN.com "Emails 'Hurt IQ More than Pot'" Study conducted by Dr. Glenn Wilson, a psychiatrist at King's College London University.
55% of workers surveyed said they open e-mail immediately or shortly after it arrives, no matter how busy they are. Basex, a NY based business research firm "The Cost of Not Paying Attention"
Time Management Statistics
Office workers spend 28% of the workday dealing with interruptions (2.1 hours on average). TIME Magazine "Staying Sharp: Help I've Lost My Focus!" Ref study conducted by Basex, a NY based business research firm "The Cost of Not Paying Attention"
Employees devote just 11 minutes to a project before being sidetracked. TIME Magazine "Staying Sharp: Help I've Lost My Focus!" Study by Gloria Mark and Victor Gonzalez of the University of California at Irvine.
Document Organization Statistics
The average executive wastes 180 hours per year looking for misplaced and misfiled documents. NAPO.net Wall Street Journal, Esselte Study
It costs about $25,000 to fill a four drawer filing cabinet and over $2,100 a year to maintain it. NAPO.net Gartner Group, Coopers & Lybrand, Ernst & Young
