Enroll in Car CollegeWritten by Rachelle Disbennett-Lee, PhD
One of most overlooked opportunities for learning and personal growth is time we spend in our cars. There really isn't much we can do safely in our car but drive. I know I see people doing all kinds of things such as curling their hair, putting their makeup on and talking on telephone. All of those things are distracting. There is something we can do in our cars to make any commute worth time. That is what I call Car College - otherwise known as listening to some form of audio.I was chatting with my friend Kathryn. She shared how she had begun listening to a set of tapes and was amazed at how many tapes she has listened to in one week's time. In a week, she had listened to half of a set of tapes she thought was going to take a month to get through. She calls her education Auto University. I also have renewed my interest in listening to tapes in car and have been amazed at how much I learn in a relatively short amount of time. The wonderful part about learning while commuting is it is so effortless and doesn't distract me from my primary responsibility, that of driving.
| | There Are Always More Nos Than YesesWritten by Rachelle Disbennett-Lee, PhD
Although it may not seem true, if we think about it, we will come to realize that there are always more nos than yeses. We will be turned down more often than not. The good news is that more nos we get more yeses will increase. It is a numbers game. The more often we ask more our chances of success increase.If, just for fun, we took a jar and put a penny in it for every no we received and took out a penny for every yes, we would never empty jar. The nos will far exceed yeses. There is of course one way to limit number of nos one receives, and that is to never ask. No comes from putting ourselves out there, being brave and taking risks. The good news is that being brave and taking risks usually doesn't call for any extra human capabilities. It could be as simple as asking someone out on a date or applying for a new job. A simple yes is easy, but most likely not. It is never easy to stretch our comfort zone and take risk of being rejected. Thankfully, no one dies from rejection, and no simply means next opportunity. In an interview with actress Christina Applegate, she shares how being a teen star actually made it more difficult to break into adult acting. After ten years starring as Kelly Bundee on television sitcom "Married with Children," Applegate found it difficult to land adult acting parts. "You give everything you have and it's “No!. You hear no so many more times than yes.". Fortunately, Applegate did not give up, and ten years after her teen success, she has created a successful adult acting career. For Applegate, as with rest of us, no doesn't mean stop, it means keep going. No is just one more hurdle closer to yes.
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