One Of The Best Investments You'll Ever Make

"You input determines your outlook; your outlook will determine your output; your output will determine your future" Zig Ziglar

What we allow to come into our lives (input) will greatly determine what comes out of our lives (output). When you sit around every night allowing trash TV to be dumped into your consciousness, is it any surprise that you'll end up with bunch of time wasted with nothing to show for it?

How can this be turned around?

The one thing we all have the same amount of whether we be rich or poor, young or old, highly educated or a dropout is TIME. What we do with it will determine where we go. And one of the best things to come along to help us make use of that time is none other than: the Apple I-Pod.

"Have you lost your mind preacher?", I can hear you say.

Hear me out. I am certainly not a disciple of Apple (I am still a devoted Intel-Windows user) but this little device has definitely helped me to make the most of my time. I received my 2gb I-Pod Nano as a Christmas gift in 2006 and it has definitely been utilized (in fact, I need to upgrade it given the improvements Apple has made to newer generation I-Pods). Sure you can load up your entire CD collection and listen to must but the bigger benefit to me has been in listening to podcasts from around the nation.

One of the best things you can do with your time is to learn new things. The wonderful world of podcasting opens up so many additional opportunities to learn something new. Developing and expanding my faith is something that is important to me and with a 35 minute commute to work in the morning, I have been able to take advantage of that driving time by allowing the In-Touch and Insight For Living podcasts to prepare me for the day by allowing the Word of God to be planted into my spirit.

But in addition to those programs I also get inspiration and motivation from Zig Ziglar who also has a weekly podcast that is always uplifting. In fact right now (for the next two weeks), Zig is giving away some free gifts to his podcast subscribers so be sure to take advantage of this opportunity.

The beauty of podcasting is even if you don't have an I-Pod, you can still take advantage of the vast sea of learning that is available for FREE (the strongest word in marketing). Just download I-Tunes from Apple and that world of podcasting will be open to you. Secure an I-Pod or MP3 player from E-Bay or Amazon or your favorite electronics store and then you can take your learning on the road. As time goes on, I'll share with you some additional links to podcasts that I think you'll enjoy.

Some podcasting directories:
C-Span Podcasting, Podcast Bunker, NPR Podcast Directory, Fox News Podcasts, MSNBC Podcasts