LESS ENERGY THAN EVER

These days our lives are busier than ever and as Americans we are lacking the energy we want to do what matters most. Simply put, were in the midst of a Human Energy Crisis. Youre not alone.

AMERICAN

S HAVE

WORKING MORE THAN EVER

01
2

LONG

HOURS

Americans who work 40 hours/week Americans who work > 40 hours/week Americans who work > 50 hours/week

40%
40%

48%
2008
TOP CAUSES: JOB PRESSURE

of Americans feel that stress has increased over the past 5 years

STRESS

31%
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
MONEY HEALTH RELATIONSHIPS POOR NUTRITION MEDIA OVERLOAD SLEEP DEPRIVATION

20%

9%

MAJOR SYMPTOM OF STRESS:

3

LOW ENERGY

WORK = STRESS

51%
ZzZz

of people cite fatigue as one of the physical manifestations of stress

75% 25% 

of Americans say that work  stressful is say it is the most stressful thing in their lives

CHRONIC FATIGUE = -$$

of American workers arent sleeping enough to function at peak levels, and that chronic fatigue costs billions in lost productivity

SPENDING MORE TIME ONLINE

02
noun

HOUR BY HOURAVERAGE DAILY SCHEDULE

7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

29%

of mobile device users say their mobile phone is the rst and last thing they look at each day

No mo pho bi a (no-mobile-phone phobia)

1.  the fear of being without a mobile device

GLOBAL INTERNET USERS

7, 8

8.8% Y/Y growth

~361,000,000
2000
9

2,400,000,000
2012
10

67%
18%

of cell owners nd themselves checking their phone for messages, alerts, or callseven when they dont notice their phone ringing or vibrating

AMOUNT OF GLOBAL DIGITAL INFORMATION CREATED AND SHARED (DOCUMENTS, PICTURES, TWEETS, ETC.) IN ZETTABYTES
2 zettabytes = 1 trillion gigabytes

of cellphone owners say that they do this frequently

9x
2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016
11

billion people will log on to social networking sites at least monthly in 2013
Log in

ESTIMATED NUMBER OF SOCIAL NETWORK USERS (BILLION)

14.2%
2012

GAIN

2.33
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
12, 13

SOCIAL CONNECTIONS

DUNBARS NUMBER: T HE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SOCIAL CONNECTIONS A PERSON CAN HAVE IS 150
of LinkedIn users have

49.7% 301+

rst-degree connections

130

is the average number of Facebook friends

On average, people have accounts on 2 social networks

AND ALL OF THIS CONNECTEDNESS IS LEADING TO DIGITAL EXHAUSTION

PER TOPSY...

@
@

IN THE LAST

people tweeted about being tired (16.8k/hour)

HOURS

404,519
107,915
25,258

people tweeted about being energetic

161,848

people tweeted about being exhausted

430,278

tweets mentioned awake (4.5k/hour)

tweeted the word exhausted (1k/hour)

CONNECTEDNESS AFFECTS RELATIONSHIPS

14

THIS IS IMPORTANT TO ME...

say there are signicant gaps between what they say is important in their life and how they actually live
15

03 58%

THIS IS HOW I ACTUALLY LIVE...

61%
30min

of Americans feel addicted to the Internet

16, 17

INTERNET OBSESSED

FAMILY TIME

When families do get together, 7 in 10 parents say the time is spent in silence in front of the TV because they are...

QUALITY TIME TOGETHER DURING THE WEEK BECAUSE OF THE DEMANDS OF MODERN LIFE

TOO TIRED TO TALK

PLAYING COMPUTER GAMES

READING

OF AMERICANS WISH THEY HAD MORE TIME TO SPEND WITH FAMILY

BEING HEALTHY IS HARD

18 19

04

TAXES VS. HEALTHY FOOD

of Americans turn to caffeinated beverages sometimes or always when tired or drowsy during the day

64%

52%

of Americans polled believed doing their taxes was easier than guring out how to eat healthy

19

40% 20%
of all American meals are eaten in the car

of adults reported overeating or eating unhealthy foods because of stress in the past month

PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS OF STRESS

20

45% 41%
IRRITABILITY FATIGUE
SOURCES
1 2

38%
LACK OF ENERGY OR MOTIVATION

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/december_2013/just_31_work_a_40_hour_week http://www.statisticbrain.com/stress-statistics/ 3 http://mashable.com/2012/03/02/work-death-infographic/ 4 Harvard Medical School 5 http://www.statisticbrain.com/mobile-device-cell-phone-statistics/ 6 http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/N/nomophobia.html 7 http://www.kpcb.com/insights/2013-internet-trends 8 http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm 9 http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Best-Worst-Mobile.aspx 10 http://www.kpcb.com/insights/2013-internet-trends 11 http://www.emarketer.com/Article/India-Leads-Worldwide-Social-Networking-Growth/1010396 12 http://brandongaille.com/average-number-linkedin-first-degree-connections/ 13 http://www.radicati.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Social-Media-Market-2012-2016-Executive-Summary.pdf 14 http://theenergyproject.com/key-ideas 15 http://mashable.com/2012/02/22/internet-addiction-numbers/ 16 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2363193/No-time-family-You-Parents-children-spend-hour-day-modern-demands.html 17 http://205.153.117.210/about/polls/timepoll.php 18 http://www.researchscape.com/health/sleep-habits-survey 19 http://www.dosomething.org/tipsandtools/11-facts-about-american-eating-habits 20 http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/2010/national-report.pdf

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