Average Quote by W. Edwards Deming

Interruptions: The average worker gets interrupted five times each hour. It takes an average of 5 minutes to handle each interruption and 1 minute…

— Alvin Toffler

“Researchers estimate that workers are interrupted every 11 minutes and then spend almost a third of their day recovering from these distractions. And yet…

— Gary Keller

How can you expect someone to get a good day's work if they are interrupted all day?

— Jason Fried

Other people's interruptions of your work are relatively insignificant compared with the countless times you interrupt yourself.

— Brendan Behan

“The majority of people are already working at over 100% capacity at their jobs. According to the Bureau of Labor statistics,in 1999, more than…

— Dennis Crosby

We have a culture that is indirect in the extreme, where by the time you're five years old, you've watched tons of television, and…

— Michael Ventura

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…

— David Rock

People who work 44 hours per week make 50 percent more than people who work 34 hours a week.

— Warren Farrell

I'm not the kind of person who works 24 hours a day, mostly out of laziness; I don't know.

— Michael Giacchino

“2012 survey of employed adults showed that 80 percent of the respondents continued to work after leaving the office, 38 percent checked e-mail at…

— Sheryl Sandberg

Here's why this matters: Studies show that a person who is interrupted takes 50 percent longer to accomplish a task. Not only that, he…

— John Medina

Don't confuse activity with productivity. Many people are simply busy being busy.

— Robin Sharma