a survival guide for too much business travel
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Business travel is fun. Except when it's not. Here's what made a crazy travel schedule more tolerable for me during the winter and spring of 2011.TRANSCRIPT
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A Survival Guidefor Too Much
Business Travel
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Traveling rocks!
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Except when it doesn’t.
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Things that help make it tolerable….
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Hanging with friends.
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Seeing virtual colleagues.
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Puerto Rican rum. (Thanks, Raul!)
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Finding creative places to tuck the mic.
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Checking luggage.*
*(What’s the big deal?)
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Taking an iPhone photo as solution to: ‘I think I’m on the 5th floor…. Wait. Maybe not.’
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Showing up when no one thinks you will.
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An occasional Coke (and a smile).
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Not taking things quite so seriously.
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Finding the humor in the everyday…
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…And being wowed by the ‘Wow’ moments.
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Being thrilled by the unexpected.
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Seizing respite when you chance upon it.
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Charging when you get a chance.
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Having someone
else do the driving.*
*(And not just anyone, either. Someone you
like a lot helps.)
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Surrounding yourself with people who matter.
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Finding art.
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Never passing up an opportunity to do something you might never have a chance to do again.
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Having a few laughs.
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Ice cream.
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Remembering that
sometimes, it’s worth waiting for someone to get
back from break.
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Resting when you can.
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Sampling the local cuisine
(and hardware services.)
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Connecting with old friends.
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Getting chauffeured
from the airport.
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Making new friends.
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The quirky charm of
South Dakota.
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Food that smokes.
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Drinks at one of the
oldest pubs in the US.
(In Philly. I think.)
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Finding the best crepes
in the world at an unexpected
place.
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Looking up.
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Chicago pizza.
(When the pizza came, I was too busy
eating to take a photo. Here’s
the graffiti wall instead.)
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Philly cheese steaks.
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Bar games with colleagues.
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Almost anything
about London.
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Forcing your kids to smile
for photos when you
ARE home.
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And coming home again.
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