What are you doing when you are working out, what are you doing when you are taking a walk in the park, what are you doing when you are having lunch alone in your office or home or wherever, what are you doing when you got some free time after doing all the (un)important stuff in your daily life, what are you doing when you finish your office work . These are just examples . What you do in these times (simultaneously) does matter.
Of course we are doing something, but when we are doing something that does not need intellect and when we are doing some repeated stuff which does not need mental effort, we may definitely choose to do something in parallel to the main work . Like listening to something that is useful and adds value to us.
Reading and listening to inspirational talks of high performers and great personalities, reading or listing to inspirational books will work to an extent. They may not transform your lives but it does have an positive impact. If you take a book or a inspirational talk or a motivational speech you may not relate everything with you but for sure you might strike a chord with an instance or two which could lead you to a constructive path. Among hundred motivational videos you watched or 10 books you have read, there might be a few instances and sentences that could ignite the spark in you.
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