Typically, when people are in their car driving to and from work or running errands, they listen to their favorite radio station, CD’s, mp3′s or satellite radio. Nothing wrong with this, but it is just another form of passive entertainment.
When I can, I like to turn my car into what I call a “mobile university”. I go to the library and pick out different audio books on subjects that I want to learn more about (or have my wife pick them up when she’s there). I’ve listened to books on stock investing, real estate investing, entrepreneurship, business and other success books. It helps keep me motivated and focused on my goals. I’m also able to learn all about different subjects that interest me.
Another benefit from doing this is that I’m introduced to things that I’d never even heard about before, and I’m able to go and find out more. It makes things really difficult when you don’t know what you don’t know.
I’m also able to get all this information for free, and I can listen to it over and over again. The library is a wonderful thing. I can even go online and look at everything that’s available and put things on hold for me. They let me know when they’re available and I just go pick it up.
Now, this past week has been quite mind numbing at work. I haven’t been really all that busy, and the things that I needed to do didn’t really require all that much concentration. I could just relax and take it easy at work, content to just have my job and not be too busy. But, since I wasn’t too occupied I was able to bring in an audio book and listen to it during work. In this instance, I’m getting paid to learn what I want to learn.
When I told a guy at work what I was listening to, he just laughed and said that he’d never seen anybody wanting to better himself so much. I just laughed, knowing that there’s a reason why I won’t be working in the same job in 25 years.
So take it for what you will, but maybe try it out sometime. Turn your car into a “Mobile University”. You never know how what you learn will benefit you.
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