Mar 09 2008
19 Listen to Audio CDs During Your Commute
It has been my observation that successful people get ahead in the time that others waste - Henry Ford
Every time I catch the tube in London I look around to see people consuming junk media - The Metro or other free rags handed out at the station. Headlines read “disease, war, sex pests, Paris Hilton, property crash, terrorism, murder”. Why do we read this junk? How can we class this as “news” when we’ve heard it all before? Same applies to radio in many ways.
Use your commute wisely.
30 minutes commute a day is 250 hours a year. 250 hours a year is over 100 audio books. Think what you could learn in that time.
I used to encourage my employees to read books on the train to work. The smart ones would. The dumb ones always found an excuse as to why they couldn’t do it that day. Their problem was that they thought it for my benefit, not theirs as they were still stuck in the “homework” mindset.
If you’re driving buy audio book CDs, turn the radio off. Okay, I listen to the radio once in a while because I need a break. Better still I drive without any noise, it’s good meditation.
There are 100s of audio books out there you can listen to and make better use of your commute. Brian Tracy, Stephen Covey, Jack Welch, Zig Ziglar, Tony Robbins are to name but a few. Purchase them on Itunes - they are an investment in you, not just listening material. I spend about £500 a year on audio books from Itunes and other sites because the returns on these long term are significant.
30 minutes with one of these on the train or 30 minutes reading about a psychopath who murdered his girlfriend? We’re all infinite choice makers. Just as our health reflects the food we ingest, our mental wellbeing is a mirror of the content we consume.
