WEBVTT - Turn a work trip into an adventure

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's

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<v Speaker 1>tip is that when you are traveling for work, if

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<v Speaker 1>you are able to consider adding on just a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit of time for fun, you will get to explore

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<v Speaker 1>a place without much additional expense, and you might also

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<v Speaker 1>make your working life a little more enjoyable. Now that

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<v Speaker 1>work travel is back, you may find yourself in another

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<v Speaker 1>city for a conference or a meeting or training. I

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<v Speaker 1>realize that work travel can be challenging. Both my husband

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<v Speaker 1>and I have traveled a lot for work over the years,

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<v Speaker 1>and I know how hard it can be to arrange

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<v Speaker 1>kid coverage and then deal with flight delays, loud people

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<v Speaker 1>in hotel hallways, over air conditioned hotel conference rooms, and

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<v Speaker 1>so forth. Of course, the reason we get on planes

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<v Speaker 1>despite these woes is that there are a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>benefits to work travel too. You get to build relationships

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<v Speaker 1>and collaborate in person. You learn from experts that you

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't encounter in your hometown. You get to share your

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<v Speaker 1>ideas more broadly and meet a wider variety of people.

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<v Speaker 1>And with a little planning, you might also get another

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<v Speaker 1>benefit the opportunity to explore a new place without investing

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<v Speaker 1>as much time and money as you'd need to in

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<v Speaker 1>order to visit separately. I'm really not talking about staying

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<v Speaker 1>another week. Often you just need to take a slightly

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<v Speaker 1>later flight, or stay one more night in your hotel.

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<v Speaker 1>Or maybe you can even free up space in between

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<v Speaker 1>events for exploration. If you plan your time well, you

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<v Speaker 1>can see something really cool and turn your work trip

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<v Speaker 1>into an adventure. With that in mind, I once got

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<v Speaker 1>to see a CERC du Solet show in Las Vegas

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<v Speaker 1>in between two talks I gave there. I have run

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<v Speaker 1>along the Embarcadero in San Francisco multiple times when I've

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<v Speaker 1>been up bright and early due to the time difference.

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<v Speaker 1>Once in Chicago, I purposefully chose a hotel right near

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<v Speaker 1>the Art Institute of Chicago so I could see the

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<v Speaker 1>miniature rooms there after my event. Perhaps your work travel

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<v Speaker 1>involves a lot of back to back meetings, but still

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<v Speaker 1>it might be possible to add on an adventure scope

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<v Speaker 1>out the town where you will be staying. What looks

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<v Speaker 1>cool that is within an hour radius, or in other words,

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<v Speaker 1>an uber ride from your hotel. What does your schedule

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<v Speaker 1>look like? Maybe there will be some down time, or

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<v Speaker 1>you could arrange down time with some strategic effort. If not,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe you can take a flight the day after your

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<v Speaker 1>meeting's end and use your hotel points to tack on

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<v Speaker 1>a night spend the morning of the day you leave

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<v Speaker 1>having your adventure and go home refreshed. Now, to be sure,

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<v Speaker 1>you need to be judicious with this. If you travel

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<v Speaker 1>a lot for work, thus requiring your spouse to take

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<v Speaker 1>on a lot of extra duties on the home front,

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<v Speaker 1>you probably don't want to tack on adventures in addition

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<v Speaker 1>to your travels every time. You should just consciously book

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<v Speaker 1>a long lunch break one day and go see that museum.

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<v Speaker 1>But if you only travel a few times a year,

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<v Speaker 1>which is probably the case for many people, then tacking

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<v Speaker 1>on a little time might be a different matter. In

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<v Speaker 1>many cases, you might not wind up going to these

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<v Speaker 1>locations except on work trips, so if you want to

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<v Speaker 1>see what is there, you are going to need to

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<v Speaker 1>seize the occasion. I will add that the same mindset

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<v Speaker 1>can help you wring some pleasure out of locally necessary

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<v Speaker 1>travel too. Maybe your dentist is thirty minutes from your

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<v Speaker 1>house but near a specialty grocery store. Schedule an extra

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<v Speaker 1>half hour after the appointment so you can pick up

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<v Speaker 1>some of your favorite items before heading home. Or maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you are dropping off a kid at a birthday party

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<v Speaker 1>that is far enough away that going home doesn't make

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of sense. Check to see what's nearby. You

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<v Speaker 1>could find yourself at an outpost of your favorite sushi bar,

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<v Speaker 1>enjoying a little treat instead of spending all afternoon in

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<v Speaker 1>the car. Sometimes we are inclined to automatically separate work

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<v Speaker 1>and pleasure. You are single mindedly focused on the task

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<v Speaker 1>at hand, be that attending a conference or going to

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<v Speaker 1>that faraway dentist. But be on the lookout for opportunities

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<v Speaker 1>to add some pleasure to things that need to be done.

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<v Speaker 1>Usually it doesn't add much time, and it can change

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<v Speaker 1>the experience entirely. In the meantime, This is Laura. Thanks

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<v Speaker 1>for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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