WEBVTT - Business trip adventures

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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're talking about travel tips and how to

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<v Speaker 1>use time well on the road. Today's tip is to

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<v Speaker 1>build little adventures into your business trips in order to

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<v Speaker 1>make them more fun and memorable. I travel a fair

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<v Speaker 1>amount to give speeches, and in general I like to

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<v Speaker 1>fly in and out. It turns out that if I'm

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<v Speaker 1>giving a midday speech, I can fly to most of

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<v Speaker 1>the eastern half of the US in the morning from

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<v Speaker 1>Philadelphia and fly out in the evening. My one day

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<v Speaker 1>trips have taken me everywhere from Orlando to St. Louis.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, this doesn't always work. A morning speech has

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<v Speaker 1>me flying in the day before, and if the last

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<v Speaker 1>direct flight goes in early afternoon, there will be extra time.

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<v Speaker 1>Or else I'm giving two speeches on two days in

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<v Speaker 1>one location, which is efficient from a travel perspective, but

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<v Speaker 1>this means there will be downtime. Since I have trouble

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<v Speaker 1>sleeping on red eyes, I tend not to take them

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<v Speaker 1>unless I have to. That means any trips to the

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<v Speaker 1>West Coast will most likely involve two nights in any case,

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<v Speaker 1>I often find myself with some extra time. While your

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<v Speaker 1>life might not look exactly like mine, I'm guessing your

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<v Speaker 1>business travel features at least some of this open space too.

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<v Speaker 1>Your last meeting ends at four pm and your dinner

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<v Speaker 1>is at seven pm. Or else your first meeting is

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<v Speaker 1>at ten thirty am, but you've flown from the East

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<v Speaker 1>Coast to the West coast and you're up at the

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<v Speaker 1>crack of dawn anyway. Or you're visiting two clients in London.

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<v Speaker 1>Again gold star for the travel efficiency, but it's lunch

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<v Speaker 1>with one and dinner with the other. It's definitely smart

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<v Speaker 1>to use some of this time to catch up on work.

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<v Speaker 1>Putting in long hours on the road means you can

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<v Speaker 1>put in shorter hours when you're home. If you've got

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<v Speaker 1>kids and your partner has been covering for you while

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<v Speaker 1>you travel, this is particularly importan for household peace. But

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<v Speaker 1>I think you can also make business travel far more

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<v Speaker 1>enjoyable by seeking out little adventures for some of these

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<v Speaker 1>gaps of time. One of my favorite options is to

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<v Speaker 1>go to a museum. Many are located in the same

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<v Speaker 1>downtown business districts where you're likely meeting or staying. I

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<v Speaker 1>once spent a lovely snowy afternoon visiting the Art Institute

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<v Speaker 1>of Chicago's Thorn Miniature Rooms when my nearby hotel room

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't ready yet. After an afternoon speech in Seattle, but

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<v Speaker 1>before a dinner, I stopped by the Chihouli Garden and

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<v Speaker 1>Glass Museum near the Space Needle. The blown glass creations

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<v Speaker 1>were truly breathtaking. Indeed, I got some great photos of

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<v Speaker 1>the Space Needle through a clear ceiling bedecked with his work.

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<v Speaker 1>The Museum of Modern Art in New York is closed

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<v Speaker 1>for renovations now, but it's been a favorite stop between

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<v Speaker 1>midtown meetings, as is the National Gallery in London for

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<v Speaker 1>anything taking you near Trafalgar Square. While it can be

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<v Speaker 1>used to spend hours in a museum, you can see

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<v Speaker 1>a lot in forty five minutes. If that's what you've got.

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<v Speaker 1>It's definitely more mind opening to look at great art

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<v Speaker 1>for forty five minutes than to delete emails for forty

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<v Speaker 1>five minutes. You can delete emails anywhere you can't really

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<v Speaker 1>look at Vincent ven Goes sunflowers anytime you'd like doing

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<v Speaker 1>something active is also a great option for adventure. One

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<v Speaker 1>of my favorite runs ever involved waking up early in

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<v Speaker 1>Vancouver and running along the waterfront to Stanley Park before

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<v Speaker 1>I went to keynote to conference. The Embarcadero in San

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<v Speaker 1>Francisco is similarly wonderful. Or running around Battery Park in

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<v Speaker 1>New York City or through Central Park. Early morning runs

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<v Speaker 1>are often easier to fit in than museum visits because

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<v Speaker 1>museums tend to be open during the business hours that

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<v Speaker 1>you might be well doing business. But you can run

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<v Speaker 1>early or in that space between the last meeting and

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<v Speaker 1>dinner or drinks. You can also be a culinary tourist.

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<v Speaker 1>I have to confess that I had no idea there

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<v Speaker 1>was any sort of stigma out there about eating alone.

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<v Speaker 1>If I'm in a new city and I don't have

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<v Speaker 1>dinner plans with friends or clients, I love to search

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<v Speaker 1>for the best restaurants and make a reservation for one.

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<v Speaker 1>I've had amazing Peruvian seafood in San Francisco and a

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<v Speaker 1>stunning farm to table meal in Napa Valley, where I

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<v Speaker 1>made sure to visit a wine tasting room too. In

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<v Speaker 1>most cases, the restaurants have been very pleasant to me,

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<v Speaker 1>and it hasn't seemed like a big deal to be

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<v Speaker 1>dining solo. I think that life is too short to

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<v Speaker 1>settle for lukewarm room service, or at least not lukewarm

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<v Speaker 1>room service every night. Maybe one night you put on

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<v Speaker 1>your pajamas, order in and watch a movie. But any

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<v Speaker 1>other night, go explore that hole in the wall Chinese

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<v Speaker 1>place around the corner that somehow has the best ratings

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<v Speaker 1>in town. You'll find out why, and I bet you'll

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<v Speaker 1>be a very happy camper. Do you plan little adventures

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<v Speaker 1>into your business travel. If so, I'd love to hear

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<v Speaker 1>about at them. Let me know your favorite destination or

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<v Speaker 1>places I should check out at Before Breakfast podcast at

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<v Speaker 1>i heeart media dot com. In the meantime, this is Laura.

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

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