Traveling frequently for business can be really tough on relationships. Your family or friends may think it’s all sightseeing, fancy meals and luxurious hotels. While it sometimes can be those things, more often it is flight delays, microwaveable hotel pantry food and walls so thin you can hear your neighbor flush.
Putting personal tasks like calling people or visiting friends on your list isn’t impersonal. I’ve been told by several of my friends that I’m really good at getting people together and maintaining relationships. That’s because it’s really important to me, but also because I actually make time for it. I make sure I see at least one friend socially every week.
In my first interview of the MoPro series on healthy and productive mobile professionals, road warriors and business travelers, I knew I had to interview Ken Lubin. Ken is the Managing Director of ZRG Partners and Founder of Executive Athletes, which has over 15,000 business and athlete professionals who train at a high level in sports. Ken was the co-winner of the 2013 Death Race and winner of the Team Ultra Beast World Championships in 2012, among other athletic accomplishments.
We all have friends (or at least I hope you do!). We all have family. We have colleagues, peers and acquaintances. We have Accountability Partners. Wait – what? You don’t have an Accountability Partner? You don’t even know what that is?
Being Hangry is no joke. Hungry + Angry is Hangry and Hangry is irritable, frustrated, unhealthy and unproductive. Assignment: Pack your luggage, car, briefcase, purse or murse with Hangry Snacks this week. Snacks that won’t perish, melt or freeze. Your children, coworkers, partner and clients will thank you.
The takeaway from this article and study on sitting? Get off your ass and move a few minutes every hour. I like the Pomodoro technique and take a break every 25 minutes.
Get Shit Done isn’t a double meaning for checking email on the toilet.
Are you like this woman? Most people go to the bathroom as soon as they wake up in the morning and right before bed. Are you so busy that within mere minutes of waking up, still bleary-eyed and stumbly, you grab your phone or laptop on the way to the bathroom and start checking your email?
No? Hmm….let’s see.
I like to believe a Bike Fairy will come along and wash my bike, the Papa Spud’s Fairy will wash and prep all of my CSA produce or the Poo Fairy will come and scoop The Pele’s litter box. On more than one occasion I have asked ‘when will the Dishwasher Fairy come and put the dirty dishes from the sink into the dishwasher?
How many of you come home from travel and get in discussions with your partner/spouse about what should be done while you are away?
Do you ever walk in the door and immediately start cleaning or tasking because stuff isn’t done?
Do you feel like your partner/spouse should have done this while you were away?
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