Organizing Statistics

ORGANIZING STATISTICS & QUOTES

"The average U.S. executive wastes 6 weeks per year searching for
missing information in messy desks and files. (Translates into 1
hour per day.)" (Source: Wall Street Journal)

"White collar workers waste an average of 40% of their workday.
Not because they are not smart, but because they were never taught
organizing skills to cope with the increasing workloads and
demands." (Source: Wall Street Journal)

"70% of white collar time is spent processing paperwork." (Source:
EDPP)

"68% of US executives polled from the 1000 largest companies
said they are working more hours today than five years ago.
And 27% report they log significantly more hours." (Source:
Accountemps)

"60% of Americans feel they do not have enough time to get
everything done." (Source: Vital Stats)

"59% of all Americans say they are too busy." (Source: Wall
Street Journal)

"Time spent mishandling paperwork detracts from the
company's ability to service customers, increase sales, and
improve the bottom line." (Source: Small Business
Administration)

"Executives waste 7.8 hours each week in meetings." (Source:
Accountemps Survey)

"Workers productivity decreases by 20-40% everytime they multitask
or task-switch." (Source: University of Michigan)

"About 80% of the clutter in your home is a result of
disorganization, not lack of space." (Source: National Soap &
Detergent Association)

"Getting rid of excess clutter would eliminate 40 percent of the
housework in the average home". (Source: National Soap and
Detergent Association)

"Realtors regard 'first impression' improvements such as
decluttering
closets to be one of the smartest ways to spruce up your
home before putting it on the market."

"From coast to coast, 'staging' homes is quickly becoming the
industry standard in a highly competitive real estate market."
(Source: AFP)

"One of the 10 Questions to ask yourself before going into business: Am I a good
organizer? Am I organized?" (Source: SCORE)

"Executives were asked, “Which one of the following qualities do you consider
most important in a successful administrative assistant?” The top response, at
44%, was organizational skills."

"Technologies that changed the business world:
1939: ATM
1950: Credit card
1952: Barcode
1978: The spreadsheet program"
(Source: Document Magazine, 2004)

"Americans' garages are filled with stuff, stuff and more stuff. Just one thing is
often missing: cars." (Source: Associated Press )

A study showed that 50% of homeowners rate the garage as the most
disorganized place in the house and a place the entire family uses regularly.

"Out of 1011 individuals questioned, 38% indicated that the garage was the
messiest room in their home." (Source: Eliminate Chaos.com )

"The US Department of Energy reports that 25% of people with two-car garages
don't park any cars in there and that 32% parked only one."

"The irony is that people are leaving their expensive cars in the driveway or on the
street, yet their garages are full of worthless junk." (Source: Bary Izsak, President
National Association of Professional Organizers)

Garage Makeover

"The typical US worker is interrupted by communications technology every 10
minutes." (Source: Institute for Future and Gallup)

"71% of white collar workers feel stressed by the amount of information they must
process and act on while doing business. 60% feel overwhelmed." (Source: Institute
of the Future)

"About 25% of workers save things in piles rather than files." (Source: Taylor Nelson
Sofres Intersearch)

"Average number of messages received in a day by the typical US office worker:
Phone Calls 52; Email 56; Voice Mail 23; Postal Mail 18; Interoffice Mail 18; Fax 14;
Post It 13; Pager 8; Cell Phone 4; Express Mail 3." (Source: American
Demographics, 1999)

"80% of what we keep we never use." (Source: Agency Sales Magazine)

"96% of business people are frustrated by their company's information management."
(Source: Harte-Hanks)

Information Overload Management