ERW Podcast

015 – How to Immediately Take Control of Your Home Away from Home

Welcome to the show notes for Episode 015 of the Elite Road Warrior Podcast! This week we talk about making a home on the road: The Hotel Room.

What You Will Learn In This Episode:

1:28 – the average business traveler spends between 48 and 74 nights away from home

3:50 – Your home away from home works best for you

4:00 – I was viewing my hotel room as a place to CRASH not a place of ENERGY

4:29 – The Trigger

6:30 – Road Warrior Assessment and ERW Book Promos

8:05 – How to immediately take control of your home away from home

8:30 – H.O.M.E.

8:35 – Hang Up and Unpack

10:53 – Optimize the Space

13:00 – Manage the Room Temperature and Scent

15:45 – Exercise

19:00 – Something, anything is better than nothing

19:25 – My suggestion

20:42 – Episode Recap, Next Episode Preview, Conclusion

A hotel room can make or break a trip, especially that first night. #HOME Share on X Your hotel room is a place of ENERGY, not a place just to CRASH. Share on X Your optimized space should be calming and most importantly, familiar. Share on X Don't believe the lie that you don't have enough time for a hit of exercise. Share on X

Links and Resources:

Elite Road Warrior BOOK
Road Warrior Assessment

014 – CONNECT with Dr. Nick Howard

Welcome to the show notes for Episode 014 of the Elite Road Warrior Podcast! This week we talk with Dr. Nick Howard about the 6th and final energy habit: CONNECT.

What You Will Learn In This Episode:

1:00 – Dr. Nick Howard and CONNECT intro

3:50 – Connecting is vital because we are designed for relationship

5:15 – What do our spouse/partner/kids long for the most?

5:30 – HOMEOSTASIS

10:00 – The Leaving Phase

11:35 – Leaving is hardest for most kids between 3 and 7

14:30 – The Gone Phase

16:50 – Empathy is your best friend

17:55 – They need to feel like I am with them

19:20 – Be as consistent as you can

20:00 – Reconnecting Phase

20:30 – Maturity and Empathy

23:50 – Celebration!

27:50 – How do you want to be remembered at the end of the day?

You don't just empathize once, you empathize as much as they need you to. #CONNECT Share on X Relationships thrive when we can be more mature and empathetic. How do we love and serve well? Share on X GOAL: Create stability so there is more peace and calm when I am away. Share on X How did I show them they are important to me? Share on X

Resources from Today’s Podcast:
Road Warrior Assessment
Elite Road Warrior Book
Dr. Nick Howard

013 – 3 Mindsets to Shift to Stay CONNECTED With Those Back Home

Welcome to the show notes for Episode 013 of the Elite Road Warrior Podcast! This week we introduce the 6th and final energy habit: CONNECT.

What You Will Learn In This Episode:

1:47 – Review of the 5 previous Energy Habits

2:50 – The Connect Energy Habit was one for me that I developed over time.

4:15 – Those at home only see highlights of your time on the road.

4:45 – They quickly grow weary of updates that only seemed to highlight their mundane life back home…

8:25 Often you can get your health back in order because that’s solely in your control. But your spouse, significant other, or kids, they can choose to never bounce and re-connect.

8:40 – Book and Assessment Promos

10:25 – The Three Mindset Shifts

15:47 – At some point on the road, we need to move from the Check-In Guy or Girl to the Connect-In Guy or Girl.

17:53 – The Three Critical Aspects of CONNECT

Respect may look more like asking and listening than impressing. Share on X Knowing when and how to involve those back home in your life on the road. Share on X The obvious hard reality is the road limits us on how and when we reach out. Share on X

Resources for today’s episode:
Andy Stanley

Road Warrior Assessment

012 – Reading to Lead (On the Road) with Jeff Brown

Welcome to the show notes for episode 012 of the Elite Road Warrior Podcast! This week we spoke with Jeff Brown of the Read to Lead Podcast about the importance of reading to the development of our personal and professional lives.