Not sure if you've noticed but more and more information on the internet is either in the form of audio or video. I believe this is because reading the written word on a computer screen is very hard on the eyes, time consuming and just plain boring.

Here are my reasons why every business woman should have one.
Reason #1 - Less strain on the eyes, we spend enough time at our computers, we don’t need to be reading pages and pages on it as well.

I know I cannot read more than a couple paragraphs on my screen without getting starting to feel stress behind the eyes. So audio and video provide a simple easy way to be informed or learn about a subject without a lot of effort or strain on the eyes.

Continuous strain can lead to headaches, neck aches and even more long term effects.

Reason #2 - Allows us to do what women do best: multi-task.

I personally like audio over video for longer pieces because it's, what some term, passive learning.

 If you download an audio file to your MP3 player you can listen and learn while doing dishes, cutting the grass, driving (which is a huge time saver if you drive a lot) or just about any other activity that doesn't require listening.

I personally use my MP3 player almost every day when traveling to meeting or just doing stuff around the house. I love the fact that it helps me do two things at once, which is pretty normal for us women. One is usually something I’d rather not be doing (ie: doing the dishes), but yet I can take full use of that time to sneak in some training.

Reason #3 - It’s there for enjoyment when we need it to wind down, whether that’s meditation or audio books.

If you’re anything like me, you have a very busy life and without downtime we can get run down quite easily. So remember to take quite time out for yourself. Grab your MP3 player and listen to some soft music or some mediation.

Once in a while we really need some lively music to get us in a great mood. Music is a powerful thing - use it help your mood.

The five things I always have on my MP3 player are:

• Training - If it's the first time you are listening to a training audio file, be sure to be doing some thing where grabbing a pen is easy, because if you're driving and you want to take notes, it may be dangerous.
• Mediation - Please don't listen to these while driving. I prefer to listen to these just before bed or early in the morning.
• Interviews - This is a great thing to listen to while driving. Because it's more of an inspirational conversation, you may not want to take as many notes, but if you're like me, your mind will still race.
• Music - sometimes you just need to feed to auditory sense with some pick me up music so keep a couple of these on the MP3 as well.
• Audio Book - These are great for long trips and for just chilling out. We all need this time and honestly I wish I had more of it. If you’ve ever wished you could read a book a week or a book a month, an MP3 player would be real easy way to do it.

So with all that, you can see that incorporating an MP3 player into your business and personal life can be a great tool in so many ways.