“Distractions are everywhere. And with the always-on technologies of today, they take a heavy toll on productivity. One study found that office distractions eat an average 2.1 hours a day. Another study, published in October 2005, found that employees spent an average of 11 minutes on a project before being distracted. After an interruption it takes them 25 minutes to return to the original task, if they do at all.” IfsTodayFoundHoursTechnologyStudyMinutesReturnOfficeProjectsTasksOriginalsAverageHeavyProductivityEmployeeDistractionDistractedOctoberTollsInterruptions Author:David Rock
“I went to Columbia University because they were doing a study on people who suffered from panic attacks, and because I suffered from panic attacks my whole life, I decided to be a part of it. They had this questionnaire where they asked, How many units of alcohol do you have in a month? The top answer was 40 or more, and I got really scared because I was having on average 60 or 70 drinks a week. And I realized that that was a bad sign.” PeopleWholeAnswersStudyWeekMonthsDrinkDecidedUniversityAverageScaredAlcoholI RealizedWhole LifePanicUnitsColumbiaPanic AttacksColumbia UniversityQuestionnaires Author:Moby
“Study after study shows that the very best designers produce structures that are faster, smaller, simpler, clearer, and produced with less effort. The differences between the great and the average approach an order of magnitude.” ShowsOrderDifferencesEffortStudyProduceApproachStructureAverageFasterDesignerMagnitude Author:Fred Brooks
“The Lawyers' trade is a trade built entirely on words. And so long as the lawyers carefully keep to themselves the key to what those words mean, the only way the average man can find out what is going on is to become a lawyer, or at least to study law, himself. All of which makes it very nice -- and very secure -- for the lawyers.” MenWayMeanLongLawStudyNiceKeysBuiltTradeAverageLawyerSecureVery NiceAverage Man Author:Fred Rodell
“As part of my research for An Anthology of Authors' Atrocity Stories About Publishers, I conducted a study (employing my usual controls) that showed the average shelf life of a trade book to be somewhere between milk and yoghurt.” BookStoriesStudyResearchTradeAverageUsualMilkShelvesPublishersAtrocitiesAnthologyEmployingShelf Life Book:Uncivil liberties Source: Uncivil liberties