WEBVTT - How to stay productive on the road

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>This week we'll be talking about travel, mostly the work variety,

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<v Speaker 1>but some fun stuff too. Today's tip is about how

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<v Speaker 1>to stay productive on the road. Theoretically, travel presents a

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<v Speaker 1>great opportunity to get stuff done. When you're on an airplane,

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<v Speaker 1>you have a great excuse to disconnect, with no email

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<v Speaker 1>or text coming in at least if you've opted out

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<v Speaker 1>of the airplane WiFi, you can focus without distractions. If

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<v Speaker 1>you're in a hotel, you're away from family responsibilities and

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<v Speaker 1>any house chores that might normally claim your time. Yet

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<v Speaker 1>I know I've often had the experience of getting on

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<v Speaker 1>a plane with the best of intentions and then reading

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<v Speaker 1>magazines the whole time. I shut myself in a hotel

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<v Speaker 1>room intending to get stuff done, and the next thing

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<v Speaker 1>I know, I'm watching four hours of Property Brothers on

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<v Speaker 1>h G t V. It can be hard to stay

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<v Speaker 1>productive on the road. I don't know why time and

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<v Speaker 1>transit seems to burn energy, but it does add in

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<v Speaker 1>jet leg and things can be even worse. However, there

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<v Speaker 1>are a few things you can do to still make progress. First,

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<v Speaker 1>be very specific about what you plan to get done

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<v Speaker 1>while on the road. Keep your ambitions low. Telling yourself

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<v Speaker 1>you'll spend one hour during a three hour plane flight

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<v Speaker 1>working on a presentation feels far more doable than telling

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<v Speaker 1>yourself you'll devote three hours to it. Likewise, getting through

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<v Speaker 1>a two day email backlog in your hotel room might

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<v Speaker 1>be possible. Pledging to get through a two month backlog

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<v Speaker 1>is delusional. Second, identify your high energy times and your

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<v Speaker 1>low energy times. My recent four our property brothers binge

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<v Speaker 1>happened because it was late in the day and I

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<v Speaker 1>was tired, But after I woke up the next morning,

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<v Speaker 1>hit the gym and grab some coffee, I could take

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<v Speaker 1>on the world. It took me twenty minutes to finish

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<v Speaker 1>something that I had been incapable of doing the night before.

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<v Speaker 1>Another good idea focus on interactive work. In most cases,

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<v Speaker 1>you're traveling to meet people, so you can decide that

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<v Speaker 1>you'll really nail those meetings and then not hold yourself

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<v Speaker 1>to anything else. Push the email and memo wrighting to

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<v Speaker 1>some other time. You could also focus on slightly more

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<v Speaker 1>receptive work. Is there a book you've been telling yourself

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<v Speaker 1>would be useful professionally. It might not be the perfect

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<v Speaker 1>plane read, but reading it will feel more productive than

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<v Speaker 1>playing solitaire. You could also clip a bunch of professional

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<v Speaker 1>articles and use travel time to read through those. And finally,

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<v Speaker 1>you might rethink what it means to be productive. Reframe

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<v Speaker 1>travel as less about getting stuff done and more about

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<v Speaker 1>opening your mind. That's the lesson I take from Daniel Scheffler,

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<v Speaker 1>who's the host of the new podcast Everywhere. He tells

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<v Speaker 1>me that working whilst on the road is one of

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<v Speaker 1>the greatest adventures of my life. Whether it's hanging off

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<v Speaker 1>a tree in the Amazon to get some WiFi, or

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<v Speaker 1>crammed into a tiny plane cruising across China and trying

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<v Speaker 1>to file a deadline with my MacBook touching my face,

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<v Speaker 1>or just the classic time zone different stance, it's always

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<v Speaker 1>a thrill, but continues Shuffler, I promise, if you know

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<v Speaker 1>how to do all this right, it is superbly rewarding.

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<v Speaker 1>I like to think about it as an opportunity to

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<v Speaker 1>find creativity or some fresh thinking from a different locale,

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<v Speaker 1>whether it's a transit lounge at L A X A

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<v Speaker 1>beach in Italy or that one night trip to Cincinnati.

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<v Speaker 1>Inspiration is everywhere as long as you're open to it,

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<v Speaker 1>So be open to it. Why not notice the view

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<v Speaker 1>out your hotel room window, even if you're in an

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<v Speaker 1>office parking Toledo. Go for a walk outside, even if

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<v Speaker 1>it just means you're circling the parking lot in a St.

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<v Speaker 1>Petersburg strip mall. You never know when that strange artwork

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<v Speaker 1>your client has inexplicably hung on the conference room wall

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<v Speaker 1>at their headquarters will trigger a mental breakthrough. And if

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<v Speaker 1>that seems a little far fetched, well Shuffler has got

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<v Speaker 1>an answer for the energy part two. When I'm on

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<v Speaker 1>a work trip wherever in the world, the first thing

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<v Speaker 1>I do is get a little exercise, just sweat it out,

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<v Speaker 1>he says. In Singapore, I like to run along the gardens.

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<v Speaker 1>In London, a fast walk in the Regent Park with

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<v Speaker 1>a coffee in hand, and Sala Paulo, a sweat session

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<v Speaker 1>in the gym at my favorite hotel. This just gets

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<v Speaker 1>you back to your body and work always flows better

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<v Speaker 1>after that. Hey, it may even help with the jet lag.

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<v Speaker 1>Watch those scientists and road warriors nod So, how do

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<v Speaker 1>you stay productive on the road? Feel free to let

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening and here's to making the most of

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