Because I subscribe to the Harvard Business Review newsletter, I get several emails of different types from HBR each day. Some are management tips, some are ads, but the one I've come to enjoy receiving is "The Daily Stat." You never know what seemingly random, but useful information will pop up.
In the last week, these are some of the stats that have been sent.
Today's stat was timely, given the excitement over the World Series in town. Researchers found that younger brothers are 10.6 times more likely to try to steal bases in baseball and 3.2 times more likely to be successful at it. Looking at Christian and Connor, Connor is definitely more willing to take risks than his big brother.
If a consumer is relaxed, they consider a paper shredder 39% more valuable than someone who is not relaxed...it is kind of relaxing (and fun) to shred and get rid of annoying paper clutter.
Did you shave today? Pay attention to your personal hygiene and appearance? I hope so, because good grooming generates a boost in wages of 4%-5% for young men. It affects women too, but not as much.
I don't really think this is surprising, but in politically liberal areas, "green" office buildings command a rental premium of nearly 6%. Anyone remember the "green" initiatives that Pelosi implemented when she was Speaker of the House...and which were scaled back with Speaker Boehner took the gavel?
What's up for next week, I wonder?
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