The last few months I have been listening to audio books on my iPod while driving to work in the car.

This has had a drastic impact on the quality of my trip. It used to be chore driving to work listening to the radio or a random .NET podcast. The drive to work is now the highlight of my day.

In the last few months I have listened to:

1. “The four hour workweek” by Timothy Ferriss
2. “The 48 Laws of Power” by Robert Greene
3. “The art of war” by Sun Tzu
4. “The magic of thinking big” by David J Schwartz
5. “Getting things done” by David Allen
6. “The twelfth card” By Jeffrey Deaver

All the books are business related except “The twelfth Card” By Jeffrey Deaver - that was just for fun.

With a young family, I would never have had the time to read all these books. It took me no extra time out of my day and I have already implemented a few strategies from “Getting things done”, that have drastically improved my efficiency at work.

There is a great site called www.Audible.com which sell these audio books. My local library is also a great source to find many titles.

Some of my colleagues at work have also started and we have a had some great conversations discussing and debating many ideas from these books.

I highly recommend “The 48 laws to Power” to spice up lunchtime conversation. It is very thought provoking and controversial.

I am not happy listening to my iPod for extended periods of times in my car due to the potential for hearing loss.  am looking at purchasing a new car stereo which I can plug my iPod into so I can listen to the audio books using the car speaker.