Americans and Their Time at Work and Home

The results of a survey conducted by Day-Timers yielded some interesting information about American attitudes related to personal management, including time at work, time at home, goals, success, and happiness.  There’s so much information in there, but here are a few tidbits that stood out to me:

• One-third of American workers (32%) [sic] never plan their daily work. While 45% make a daily plan at least once a week , only 9% accomplish everything they set out to do. The higher the income, the more likely the worker is to make a written schedule and prioritize tasks.
• 40% listed reduced stress at work as a personal goal .
• Exactly half of the workforce said they seldom or never prepare an action plan for achieving their goals. Only 22% said they always or frequently did.
• In order to work an additional 10 hours each week for extra pay, 27 % said they would sleep less and 17% said they would exercise less.
• Extremely or very successful tend to work longer hours and plan their days during their daily commute.
• Men work an average of 50 hours per week while women work 42 hours a week

I had several “Ah-ha” moments when I read the survey results, but also had many red flags raised.  Take a look at the list and we’ll take a few days during the rest of this week to hit some highlights from the results.

Link:  Day-Timer - It's all about you

Comments

[Anonymous]

Actually,one third is 33.333333333...3% [sic]

[Note from Bert: Thanks for pointing out the typo. The indented, bulleted section were direct quotes from the Day-Timers web site. If I bring in a quote from another source, I don't like to correct other authors' work. I will, however, add a notation that, yes, we all know that 32% is close, but not right on the money. The infamous [sic] will be added. However, your comment was truncated because your one-third was incorrect as well, even though it went to the 145th decimal place. We all know one-third, written in decimal form, would go on to infinity. Since you stopped at the 145th decimal place, you missed it as well. I had to add a [sic] to your comment as well. Hmmm. Those who live in glass houses...] :)

[Mikolaj]

and 59% of Americans begin their work day by reviewing a daily action plan; 62% of American workers feel they are always or frequently rushed to do the things they have to do. Only 5% rarely or never feel rushed.