Maximize Learning with Audiobook Multitasking, an art in many aspects, takes the one mind that ought to focus on one activity to handle two tasks. Nevertheless, it is an abiding skill one should have toward higher efficiency in meeting goals. While podcasts are a great medium, I find myself more in tune with a curated list of learning activities that enable passive engagement sans the need for real heavy cognitive processing or writing.
Language Learning
Perhaps the most effective multitasking is done while learning new languages: From Spanish, French, and German to Chinese and Japanese, you can easily work out your vocabulary through repeated word association by listening to audio courses and hence pick up the language more or less along with your day.
Survival Skills
Building survival techniques and learning to live off the grid should provide a person with practical knowledge that could be useful in an emergency. Audiobooks within this category give you insight into what one needs to do in these particular scenarios, adding enriching skills as you go about your everyday tasks.
Sales and Self-Help Mindsets
Confident or not, if you are looking to sell something, then developing your confidence and sales techniques could prove helpful, especially in today’s dog-eat-dog environment. Self-help audiobooks on the development of your mindset will help you cope with life and develop a good attitude without making too much of an inner reflection.
Religion and Esoteric Studies
While the research of religious and esoteric topics is enlightenment in and of themselves, I advise keeping it light and either memory work or quick insights. Deep philosophical discussions might be better suited for a dedicated listening session rather than multitasking.
History
History is interesting, though the application to success is not as clear-cut unless one works in a business environment. That does not mean it cannot be entertaining and act as some form of background as to what occurs around us today.
Law
Learning the principles and concepts of law can be quite enriching; at least that would be the case if a person wanted to understand the legal backbone of all issues.
Sports Podcasts
Such podcasts will help the sports enthusiast or a person who bets on sports learn about current trends in sports. Also, such information will keep you up to date.
History of Art
Those who love art can get inspiration through listening to audiobooks on the history of art and learn a lot from them. Such audiobooks will not be out of place in your playlist.
The beauty of an audiobook lies in its science-enriching topics, like geology and simple circuit analysis, none deeply mathematical. Therein lies a great deal of terminology and concepts that are easily absorbed while doing something else.
Personal Preferences
I personally enjoy language learning and survival. I don’t listen to audiobooks about self-help because I like my present mind, and I don’t want it to change so much. Also, I find geology quite interesting. What I would want in the future is that audiobooks should include images too. For example, if someone listened to a botany course, then he or she should be able to have pictures of plants, or in geology, actual pictures of rocks, so if a person wanted to refer to them, they can, without breaking their flow.
The bottom line is, while multitasking and learning may be a little challenging, it is quite a rewarding task. Focusing on relevant and interesting subjects will provide maximum learning potential while balancing other daily activities. Until next time, stay curious, and keep learning!