U.S. shipments of office paper increased 33% from 1986 to 1997 according to the American Forest & Paper Association. In 1982 there were about two dozen document shredding companies compared to between 500 and 600 now. (Source: St. Petersburg Times, 2/1/02)

The average one-way commute to work for the nation is 24.3 minutes. (Source: U.S. Census Bureau 2003 data, as reported in the OC Register, 4/2/05)

Average executive wastes 4.3 hours a week - 6 weeks a year - looking for items that have been misplaced, misfiled or mislabeled. (Source: Accountemps)

Americans as a whole waste more than 9 million hours each day looking for lost and misplaced articles -- amounting to a national loss of nearly $150 million per day.

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.

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

55% believe small businesses have a better chance to succeed if they use the latest technology. (Source: VISA USA)

Office paper consumption: US, 1995, 24.4 million tons; 2000, 27.3 million. A 12% increase, while PC use at work increased 5%. Increase attributed to printing out e-mails and attachments. (Source: "Can you Print it for Me, Here's Why the Spread of PCs Causes Us to Use More Paper", Time Magazine)

Paper consumption jumps 40% when an office first gets e-mail. (Source: "The Myth of the Paperless Office" by Abigail Sellen and Richard Harper)

42% of adults report that too often they feel that ‘life is a treadmill and I can’t get off’. (Source: Franklin Covey)

81% of people consider themselves organized, yet 83% say that getting MORE organized is among their goals.

It costs $120 in labor to track down a misplaced document or $250 in labor to re-create it.

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

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)