DAILY THOUGHTS:

• People have up to 60,000 thoughts per day. [National Science Foundation 2005]
• 80% of them are negative (48,000). [National Science Foundation 2005]
• 95% of them are repetitive (57,000). [National Science Foundation 2005]

CONSCIOUS/SUBCONSCIOUS THINKING:

• We use deliberate, on-purpose, conscious thinking, over which we have complete control, only 5% of the time (typically less than 1 hour per day). [Dr. Bruce Lipton, American Developmental Biologist]
• We use automatic, reactive, subconscious thinking, over which we have virtually no control, 95% of the time (typically more than 16 hours per day). [Dr. Bruce Lipton, American Developmental Biologist]
• Our subconscious minds are formed and functional by the age of six or seven. [Dr. Bruce Lipton, American Developmental Biologist]
• Our subconscious functions at a speed that is two hundred and seventy-five thousand times faster than our conscious thoughts [Penn State Introduction to Cognitive Psychology]
• Science has referred to our subconscious as a semi-autonomous robot because it lacks voluntary control [Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario; Daniel Kahnemann, Nobel Prize Winner and author of the book, “Thinking Fast and Slow;” Scientific American]

ANGER

• Anger management problem affect 1 out of 5 Americans [ucdmc.ucdavis.edu]
• 80% have experienced road rage in the last year. [AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety]

DEPRESSION

• Depression contributes to over 20,000 suicides in the US every year (almost 7 times the number of people who died on 9/11 – every year). [American Psychological Association]
• 70% of the people in the US complain of being depressed. [National Complaints Culture Survey]

SUICIDE

• 1.4 million people attempted suicide annually. [National Institute for Mental Health]
• 10.6 million adults (4.3% of all adults in the U.S.) had serious thoughts about suicide in the past year. [National Institute for Mental Health]
• 47,123 people died by suicide. [National Institute for Mental Health]
• The numbers of suicides have increased every year since 2003. [National Institute for Mental Health]
• Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death for people ages 10-34. [National Institute for Mental Health]
• Suicide is the 4th leading cause of death for people ages 35-54. [National Institute for Mental Health]

DRUGS AND ALCOHOL

• More than 30.5 million Americans 12 years and older (11.2% of the population) use illicit drugs or misuse prescription drugs. [Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health]
• More than 66 million people binge-drink each month. [Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health]
•  $249 billion is the cost for alcohol misuse. [Surgeon General’s Report on Addiction]
• $193 billion is the cost for illicit drug use. [Surgeon General’s Report on Addiction]

CHILD ABUSE AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

• $249 billion is the cost for alcohol misuse. [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services]
• $193 billion is the cost for illicit drug use. [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services]
• 676,000 children are victims of child abuse and neglect. [National Coalition Against Domestic Violence]
• 1,700 children die annually from abuse. [National Coalition Against Domestic Violence]
• More than 10 million people are victims of domestic violence annually. [National Coalition Against Domestic Violence]
• In almost 20 percent of all marriages, couples slap, shove, hit, or otherwise assault each other. Emotional abuse—verbal threats, humiliating or degrading remarks, and controlling behavior—is even more common. [American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy]

RAPE AND STALKING

• More than 10 million people are victims of domestic violence annually. [National Coalition Against Domestic Violence]
• 20% of women are raped during their lifetime. [National Coalition Against Domestic Violence]
• 44% of women are sexually assaulted during their lifetime. [National Coalition Against Domestic Violence]
• 19.3 million women have been stalked annually. [National Coalition Against Domestic Violence]
• 5.1 million men have been stalked annually. [National Coalition Against Domestic Violence]
• In almost 20 percent of all marriages, couples slap, shove, hit, or otherwise assault each other. Emotional abuse—verbal threats, humiliating or degrading remarks, and controlling behavior—is even more common. [American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy]

SUICIDE

• 8% of all high school students have attempted suicide (1 out of every 12 kids). [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
• Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death among young people. [National Institute for Mental Health]

BULLYING

• Up to 49% of all kids in the U.S. are being bullied. [stopbullying.gov]
• 20-30% of all kids who are bullied talk to an adult. [bullyingstatistics.org]
• 70-80% of all kids who are bullied never talk to an adult (they suffer in silence). [bullyingstatistics.org]

ANGER

• Nearly 2 out of every 3 adolescents in the U.S. have a history of anger attacks. [Harvard Medical School]
• 1 in 12 (~6 million) adolescents experience uncontrollable anger. [Archives of General Psychology]

INEFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

• 69% of all managers are uncomfortable communicating with their employees. [Harvard Business Journal]
• 96% of executives cite a lack of collaboration or ineffective communication for workplace failures. [Salesforce]

LACK OF ENGAGEMENT

• 70% of employed Americans report that they are not engaged at work. [Gallup]

WORKPLACE CONFLICT

• Workplace conflict costs U.S. companies $359 billion per year (385 million working days). [Myers-Briggs]

POOR TEAMWORK

• 70% of employees cite being part of a dysfunctional team. [University of Phoenix]
• 97% of employees and executives believe lack of alignment within a team impacts the outcome of a task or project. [Clear Company]
• Lost sales productivity and wasted marketing budget costs companies at least $1 trillion a year. [The B2B Lead]

STRESS

• Over 80% of the United States’ workforce has admitted to feeling very stressed about their jobs or over their work. [Everest College]

ANGER

• 65% of office workers have experienced office rage. [15Five]
• 45 % of staff regularly lose their temper at work. [Mental Health Organization’s Boiling Point Report]

DEPRESSION

• Depression is the #1 cause of disability in the US today. [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]
• 10.6 million adults (4.3% of all adults in the U.S.) had serious thoughts about suicide in the past year. [National Institute for Mental Health]

BULLYING

• 75% of employees had been affected by workplace bullying, whether as a target or a witness. [University of Phoenix]

HISTORICALLY

• The corporate and personal training industries have statistically failed to improve these key challenging issues. The problem is, none of them get to the root cause of the negativity companies and individuals face every day.