With the amount of business miles I’m doing growing considerably in recent months (don’t worry, I’ll make it carbon neutral next April), I’ve had less time to spend absorbing the written word.
So I’ve been buying the odd audio book for the car, and this has grown to regularly consuming a book a week in transit, which is great. Of course I still pick up the printed copy cheapo like so I can make some notes, it just means that by the time I’ve listened to it, photoread it and made notes, I know that book back to front. Why listen to it if I photoread it later? Well think of it as a preview exercise that I can do with my hands on the wheel!
And so I’ve been looking around and decided to take the plunge and join Audible.
Audible is an audiobook website that gives you the option to buy one-off audio books for a fair discount, or join them as a monthly member where you get one or two credits per month to download whatever you want, irrespective of individual price.
So if you want to source good audiobooks for a knock-down price this is the place. And if you plan to listen to a lot of audiobooks, then you, like me are likely to get a bit of a bargain.
So as part of my joining introductory offer (£7.99 a month) I got:
Emotional Intelligence (Unabridged) by Daniel Goleman, a book about how the emotional mind works, and why we are wired to respond to it quicker than the rational mind. Understanding this will help you to be more empathic towards people, understand their reactions and therefore help to better manage and motivate people that work for you or you spend time with. £16 for 15 hours of audio if you buy it on its own, so I’ve already saved a bundle!
Success Mastery Academy - Brian Tracy
Brian Tracy’s programs are absolutely fantastic, yet up till now I’ve only been able to afford the small programs. This one is for sale at £200 on his website, and yet I got it for free. A complete transcript of a 2 day seminar, with workbook, this is as close to being coached by Brian Tracy as most of us can get, over 15 hours of audio for free.
A pretty good bargain I think. My temptation is to go ahead and subscribe to the 2 audiobooks a month (£14.99) programme, however I think that I will certainly be able to sustain 1 a month and I can always upgrade if I am ploughing through. As I already have a wishlist of 6 or so books, this looks like a good way for me to make the most of otherwise wasted time.
Incidentally Audible books work on all mp3 players, and you can burn the tracks to CD if you live in the dark ages!
