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audio-learningBooks on tapes, audio books, and other audio learning devices are fast gaining popularity in the education field. According to a US Marketdata Enterprises market report, more than $2 billion in audio books were sold during the course of 2005 in the USA alone. One should make a habit of listening to educational audio programs every day. You can even listen to audio programs while you are shopping, exercising, preparing meals, or just walking around. Load up your iPod/MP3 player to capacity, so you’ll always have them on hand.

One of the best ways to listen to audio programs is in your car while you drive from place to place. The average person sits in his/her car 500-1000 hours per year. This is the equivalent of 12-24 forty hour weeks, or as much as 3-6 months of working time that you spend in your car. This is also the equivalent of 1-2 full time semesters at the university. Turn your car into a learning machine; turn it into a university on wheels. Never let your car motor be running without an educational audio program playing. Many people have become millionaires through the miracle of audio learning. This is why audio learning is often called the greatest breakthrough in education since the invention of the printing press.

You don’t even have to pay for audio learning programs. There are tons of free educational podcasts online. Your local public library should also carry a selection of audio programs that you can check out for free.

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“Do what you love to do” is one of the most basic productivity tips of all.  The fact is that you’ll be much more productive when you do work you enjoy. Unfortunately, this tip is as obvious as it is ignored.

Doing work you love is not remotely the same thing as doing work you find moderately pleasant either. When you’re working in a field you love, your motivation is usually high because you feel passionate about what you’re doing. You don’t have to push yourself just to get going each day. You wake up in the morning already motivated and certain that you are going to do something you love.

One usually works at a fast tempo when you enjoy your work. You’ll also do better quality work, and high-quality work is more efficient than low-quality work. Low-quality work generates inferior results and often has to be redone.

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Did you know that most successful people are known to have very high levels of energy. Since energy is the fuel with which everything is achieved, there seems to be a direct relationship between energy levels and levels of accomplishment. It is hard to imagine a tired, burned-out person achieving much in life. On the other hand, energetic, positive, forward-moving individuals seem to get and enjoy far more of the things life has to offer than does the average person.

We have been led to believe that there is basically one kind of energy, and we supposedly replenish this energy by sleeping at night, and during the day, we use it up again. It’s like we’re machines powered by batteries, and each night we recharge our batteries for seven or eight hours. However, there are some problems with this view of energy. The biggest problem is that it doesn’t deal with the fact that there are actually three different kinds of energy, each of which is necessary for maximum performance.

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