"One American study found that interruptions take up 2.1 hours of the average knowledge worker’s day. This, it was estimated, cost the US economy $588 billion a

"One American study found that interruptions take up 2.1 hours of the average knowledge worker’s day. This, it was estimated, cost the US economy $588 billion a year." There's this myth in America that it's possible to work non-stop for 8 straight hours a day. Distractions maybe unhealthy and negatively impact productivity, but this statistic certainly does not demonstrate that.