A discussion about business ethics, character traits, integrity, and values

Driving home from an appointment, I realized I had been sluggish and frustrated and distracted all week, stuck in traffic mentally. But things are good and I should be peppy. Then, a favorite song came on the radio, Baba O’Riley by the Who, and I had the epiphany: I had listened to Jim Rohn in the car for two weeks, but then had played this great new radio station since last Thursday. I had lost the mental edge.

“One method of lowering your anxiety level is to listen to informative or motivational cassette tapes (or CDs or MP3s) in your car,” says Adam Kahn. “Not only can it lower anxiety, but a study by the University of Southern California found that if you live in a city and drive 12,000 miles a year, you can get the equivalent of a two-year college education every three years by listening to cassette tapes while you drive.

“One thing they didn't study is that the listeners are likely to experience less stress or frustration than nonlisteners. Why? Because the listeners are doing something they want to do rather than feeling helpless and frustrated about being stuck in traffic and unable to do what they want to be doing.”