I have been commuting into Auckland from Orewa or nearby, for some 23 odd years. Over this time I have used various distractions to take my mind away from the ‘drone of the drive’ which range from: loud loud music (this will NEVER go out of fashion in MY car) to classical singing training (5 years of this & some very perplexed stares from fellow commuters) to learning Spanish (short lived I’m afraid), arranged audio conference calls (many) to talk back (especially Marcus Lush) … am sure you get the picture…
In recent months I decided to enter a new communte-phase, turn my car into a ‘learning pod’ and spend time listening to audio business books.
To date I have tuned into 3 and loved every minute of it. The books range from several hours of listening time to 6 hours+
As expected, I tend to end up playing the same ones a couple of times so as not to miss the key messages (old age perhaps!?) but what an easy way to have the mind extended into the latest thinking on a particular topic.
Latest book in the earphones: ‘The Referral Engine’ by John Jantsch. Wall Street Journal, Inc magazine, and 800CEOREAD – have cited this as a bestselling book and it’s well worth the download!
Perhaps business books are not your thing? No problem – here is a list of www.audible.com favourite books of the week…
