058 – Live Questions from Eight Different Business Travelers

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What You Will Learn In This Episode:

• Question #1: What is your key to eating healthier on the road?
  • Food as Fuel and Fuel as Energy
  • MTHC – Make the Healthiest Choice
  • Eat CLEAN and GREEN
  • For more info, check out: Episode 043 andEpisode 054
• Question #2: How do you workout when traveling?
  • Movement Creates Energy
  • Consistency Over Length –  It’s more important THAT I workout instead of HOW LONG I workout.
  • Often, I can get a good and sometimes even better workout due to two variables:
    1. The Time Crunch
    2. A Specific Plan
  • Increase M4X Formula
    • Stand More – think up on your feet not down on your butt
    • Walk More – think forward not still
    • Run More – think getting your heart rate up
    • Lift More – think strength training
  • Locations and Ways to workout while on the road:
    • Hotel Fitness Center
    • Hotel Room
    • Outside
  • For more info, check out: Episode 056 andEpisode 018
• Question #3: How do you survive a trade show or conference day?
  • Keys for Trade Shows and Conferences:
    1. Sleep is absolutely critical
    2. Workout in the morning even if you’re going to be on your feet all day
    3. At all costs have a HEALTHY and SUBSTANTIAL breakfast
    4. Have your own water bottle (ERW style)
    5. Bring a snack
    6. Do intel for lunch
    7. Take an Energy-Refueling Break 
  • For more info, check out: Episode 020
• Question #4: How can I get better sleep in a hotel room?
  • “I’m Bryan Paul Buckley and I’m a wake-a-holic.”
    • I’ve seen the consequences on the other side and don’t want to be THAT GUY anymore.
  • Think improve than increase
  • Have a bedtime ritual
    • Sleep Kits! (Episode 036)
  • Gauge your energy levels
  • For more info, check out: Episode 008 andEpisode 053
• Question #5: How do you get anything done while traveling?
  • When I got really honest with myself, I realized I was always working because I was literally and figuratively all over the place.
  • I went from doing Marginal Work to Road Margin
    • Road Margin – working in the seams on the road
  • Here’s how I get things done in the margins:
    • Block and Tackle
    • Choose Email
    • Choose Calls
    • Lay off social media during the day
  • For more info, check out: Episode 022
• Question #6: How do you find any time to read on a business trip?
  • Energy Habit 5: Develop – growing professionally and personally.
  • Develop windows to read
    • Let me give you some examples:
      • Drive/Ride to the airport
      • Walk to the gate
      • 1st Hour of morning in the hotel
  • For more info, check out: Episode 011
• Question #7: What’s your secret to staying connected with your family back home?
  • Energy Habit 6: Connect
  • I had to change my mindset to how I could leverage the road to connect with my wife and kids in very intentional, thoughtful, and creative ways.
  • I leverage five means to connect in meaningful ways:
    • Pre-recorded videos
    • Postcards
    • Connect Cards
    • Flat Kiddos
    • Not Forgotten Journal
  • For more info, check out: Episode 056 andEpisode 038
• Question #8: If you were a new business traveler, what would you focus on?
  • The road is all about your habits – Your Road Rhythm
  • If I could do it all over again:
    1. Leverage all three focus areas – Work / Health / Home Life
    2. Master the six energy habits
  • For more info, check out: Episode 051 andEpisode 057