Six Sigma for Your Life focuses on stress in order to improve the Quality of Your Day because stress can be easily measured, but even more so because it is among the most detrimental factors to living a joyous and healthy existence.

Consider the following facts:

 

• 40% of employee turnover can be attributed to stress-related issues
• One Third of the American population makes New Year's resolutions to begin a stress management program
• In highly stressful times, your biological age can be about 32 years older than your actual age. By building strong social networks and adopting stress-reduction strategies, you can reduce the aging by 30 of those 32 years
• The 4th disabling workplace injury are neurotic reaction to stress
• Ten million Americans see a psychiatric consultant for stress related issues each year 
• Annually, over US$800 million dollars are spent on anti-anxiety pills. The U.S. accounts for 5% of the world's population and consumes 33% of the pills 
• Approximately 50% of all admissions to a medical facility are the result of stress.
• By using body-mind-techniques, women with severe PMS have about a 57% reduction in psychological and physical symptoms
• Job related stress creates home problems which add to job stress affecting productivity
• The way you think, the way you behave, and the way you eat, can influence your life by about 30 to 50 years
• Lack of control, high demands, and repetitive work lead to job stress which further more can lead to health problems 
• About half of all deaths between the ages of 1 and 65 result from stressful lifestyles 
• Nearly 1/3 of diabetes patients who regularly practiced breathing and relaxation stress reduction techniques lowered their blood sugar level by 1% or even more. This change is nearly as large as someone would expect to see from diabetes-control drugs 
• One third of business professionals in the U.S., Great Britain, and Asia say that they have suffered from stress-related health problems brought on by too much information 
• 100% of insomnia patients reported improved sleep and 91% either even eliminated or reduced sleeping medication using body-mind-techniques 
• Workplace fatigue costs American businesses at least US$77 billion per year-National Sleep Foundation 
• More than 30% of U.S. adults experience enough daily stress to impact their performance at home or work

 

A recent research study conducted on stress management showed that Six Sigma for Your Life significantly improved stress coping behavior resulting in less stress and a perceived improvement in the quality of life in all participants of the course.