Welcome to the Elite Road Warrior Podcast Episode 058 show notes! This week on the podcast, answers to eight questions from real road warriors about the Six Energy Habits of the Elite Road Warrior.
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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
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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.
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Often, I can get a good and sometimes even better workout due to two variables:
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The Time Crunch
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A Specific Plan
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- Increase M4X Formula
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Stand More – think up on your feet not down on your butt
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Walk More – think forward not still
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Run More – think getting your heart rate up
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Lift More – think strength training
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Locations and Ways to workout while on the road:
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Hotel Fitness Center
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Hotel Room
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Outside
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- For more info, check out: Episode 056 andEpisode 018
- Question #3: How do you survive a trade show or conference day?
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Keys for Trade Shows and Conferences:
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Sleep is absolutely critical
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Workout in the morning even if you’re going to be on your feet all day
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At all costs have a HEALTHY and SUBSTANTIAL breakfast
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Have your own water bottle (ERW style)
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Bring a snack
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Do intel for lunch
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Take an Energy-Refueling Break
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- For more info, check out: Episode 020
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- 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
- “I’m Bryan Paul Buckley and I’m a wake-a-holic.”
- 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
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Here’s how I get things done in the margins:
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Block and Tackle
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Choose Email
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Choose Calls
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Lay off social media during the day
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- For more info, check out: Episode 022
- Question #6: How do you find any time to read on a business trip?
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Energy Habit 5: Develop – growing professionally and personally.
- Develop windows to read
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Let me give you some examples:
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Drive/Ride to the airport
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Walk to the gate
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1st Hour of morning in the hotel
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- For more info, check out: Episode 011
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- 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.
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I leverage five means to connect in meaningful ways:
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Pre-recorded videos
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Postcards
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Connect Cards
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Flat Kiddos
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- 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:
- Leverage all three focus areas – Work / Health / Home Life
- Master the six energy habits
- For more info, check out: Episode 051 andEpisode 057
