The Elite Road Warrior Podcast

Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, author, and on a mission to help business travelers eliminate burnout and exceed results.
Most business travelers have one thing in common: airplanes.

When I first started traveling for work, I was trained inside-and-out on the product. Sound familiar?

And the only information I was given on the travel part was: “keep it as cheap as possible.”

CHEAP RESULTS

And hence learning the most effective ways to travel that yield for consistent results.

Consideration One: Hometown major airlines

Key Action: Know your primary hometown airlines options around you and find out if you have more than one choice

Consideration Two: Willingness to connection flights 

Consideration Three: Reward programs

Key Action: Do your research on your airline options rewards programs

Consideration Four: Do you like their experience?

Key Action: Notice with a high level of critique how is your potential preferred airlines overall experience with their service.

Consideration Five: Have a strong secondary option

Key Action:  All of the above considerations should be used on choosing your preferred secondary airlines

You can find everything reference in this episode in the show notes at www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/089

Along with the free resource: 10 Business Travel Hacks Guide in the show notes at  www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/089

I’d love to hear from you so connect with me on my primary social media sources:

• LinkedIn - Bryan Paul Buckley
• LinkedIn Company Page - Elite Road Warrior 
• Instagram - EliteRoadWarrior

Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, (yeah five), and on a mission to help business travelers eliminate burnout and exceed results.
Business travel has many misconceptions. Someone who lives in the 9-to-5 office only world truly does not understand our world. At all.

Two specific groups of people within our inner circle of business travel, need to know the truth:

Future business travelers - whether you’re in a company that is grooming you to travel or you want to switch jobs or even careers to begin to travel for work

Leaders of business travelers - those that oversee and influence the work life of a road warrior

Why these two specific groups?

Lie #1 - Business Travel is a luxurious life

Here’s an Elite Tip: Find something to look forward to “doing or seeing” on every single trip:

• Go to a ballgame
• Visit a cool site in the city 
• Eat at a local favorite restaurant

Lie #2 - It’s hard to eat healthy on the road

And this journal is now available and called the Not Forgotten Journal. Go to EliteRoadWarrior.com/Store today to purchase your own copy for your significant other today.

The first two lies about business travel were:

Lie #1 - Business Travel is a luxurious life

Lie #2 - It’s hard to eat healthy on the road

Lie #3- I have no control of my time on the road

Lie #4 - My family is not affected when I’m on the road

For the rest of us, do you know who is really affected?

• Your spouse who is left to take care of everything on their own 
• Your kids who now have to rely on just one parent

(Here’s an) Elite Tip: three tangible “change my ways” products to help you stay connected with your family on the road…

• Not Forgotten Journal - learning to take just two minutes to write something to my wife each day in a journal I would one day give to her
• Flat Kiddos - colored characters that I take pictures of them in my world
• Connect Cards - creative cards made by kids for kids that I leave and send to my kids writing words of meaning

You can find all three of these products (and many more) at www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/Store

Lie #5 - There are no temptations with business travel

The phrase came from the teachings of Socrates and popularized by Plato. It was the first of three maxims inscribed in the forecourt of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. The two maxims that followed "know thyself" were "nothing to excess" and "surety brings ruin”.

You can also find everything reference in this episode in the show notes at www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/087

Along with the free resource: 10 Business Travel Hacks Guide in the show notes at  www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/087

I’d love to hear from you so connect with me on my primary social media sources:

• LinkedIn - Bryan Paul Buckley
• Instagram - EliteRoadWarrior

Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, author, and absolutely love the study of habits which we’re going to unpack in this episode.The process of finding a guest to interview for the Elite Road Warrior Podcast can sometimes be a challenge. I want to bring relevant content to the life of a business traveler so if and when I find great content, the question always comes down to one simple question:

Can the content be translated to a road warrior’s life on the road?

Garland earned a Doctorate in Leadership and Spiritual Formation from Denver Seminary. There, he researched the effects of busyness on leaders and how to overcome both individual and organizational overcommitment. 

In a moment I’ll be asking the following questions:

• What is the Busyness Vortex on the road?
• What is the CORE4 and how can we implement them on the road of all places?
• What are some productivity suggestions that help us to become unbusy we should apply on the road?
• How do we become unbusy on the road?
• Where are you and how are you?
• Before we go too far into the business travel side, we had a conversation about a Miami Canes fan turned Florida Gator who lives in Tennessee Vols enemy grounds. 

Question One: Would you give us the backstory of why you wrote the book, Gettin’ UnBusy and a 30K foot overview of the book?

Question Two: Just as Elite Road Warrior has three focus areas: Work / Health / Home Life, you do as well. Would you share them?

Question Three: Right out of the gate, how do you define busyness? 

Question Four: What is the Busyness Vortex on the road?

Question Five:What is the CORE4 and how can we implement them on the road of all places?

Question Six: What are some productivity suggestions that help us to become unbusy we should apply on the road?

Question Seven: What are the different type of constraints and how do we handle them on the road?

Question Eight: (Road Lightening Round)

• Preferred Airlines 
• Window or Aisle
• Preferred Hotel Chain
• Rental Car or RideShare / Preferred Vendor
• Least Favorite Airport
• Favorite City to Frequent
• Biggest Road Pet Peeve

Question Nine:As we close, anything from the book you want to make sure we know? 

Question Ten: How can we find out more about you?

You can find the transcript and everything referenced in this interview in the show notes at www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/086

Along with the free resource: 10 Business Travel Hacks Guide in the show notes at  www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/086

I’d love to hear from you so connect with me on my primary social media sources:

• LinkedIn - Bryan Paul Buckley
• Instagram - EliteRoadWarrior

Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, Chicago sports fan, and understand all too well the dark side of business travel which we’re going to unpack in this episode.I’m going to go dark in this episode so I’m warning you up front - listener beware!

I’ve learned the reason many open up to me is for the following reasons:

1. I ask questions
2. I listen to their answers
3. I’m honest
4. I try not to rush them
5. I don’t judge
6. I try to give hope

The caution here is listening and learning not dismissing and judging.

If you lead business travelers in your company, you have a huge responsibility to both those above and below you in leadership.

It’s hard to do it all especially when you have limited time. 

But should you be doing it all anyway?

We provide on-site consulting where we literally come to you to provide one or more of the following:

• Business travel strategy - how to create consistent results, decrease costs, keep current talent, and attract top talent
• Business travel culture - how to make your business travel team culture healthy and effective
• Business travel workshops - we train your road warriors on how to do road life that eliminates burnout and exceed results

Visit EliteRoadWarrior.com right now for that complimentary conversation and analysis.

Five Downward Spiral Choices Into the Dark Side of Business Travel

ONE - The Choice to Become the Road Grinch

Everything is negative. Every aspect of the road:

• Airport / Airline / Flight
• Rental car or Rideshare
• Hotel
• The food
• Customers

CALEB: Sound effect of the Charlie  Brown teacher (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_BU5hR9gXE)

TWO - The Choice to Experiment 

THREE - The Choice to Develop Bad Habits

FOUR - The Choice to Feed Addictions 

And the road is a perfect place for two things:

• Developing and feeding that addiction
• Hiding that addiction

FIVE - The Choice to Make Bad Moral Decisions 

One Word: Integrity

Our integrity matters no matter where we are but especially on the road. 

Action Items:

1. Be honest with yourself and own up to your dark side
2. Find someone to tell (close friend / counselor)
3. Know Thyself - put boundaries in place on the road and have someone hold you accountable.

You can find everything reference in this episode in the show notes and the full article at www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/085

There is also free resource: 10 Business Travel Hacks Guide in the show notes at  www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/085

I’d love to hear from you so connect with me on my primary social media sources:

• LinkedIn - Bryan Paul Buckley
• Instagram - EliteRoadWarrior

Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, and love me some podcast interviews! And as always committed each and every trip to becoming and remaining an ERW. 

Jake Kelfer is a lifestyle entrepreneur, life elevator, and coach to ambitious entrepreneurs and freedom seekers helping people create incredibly impactful and profitable businesses. 

• Why is connecting with people on the road important?
• What are some key principles of connecting with people on the road we should apply?
• How do we make networking part of our routine without feeling overwhelmed or wasting time?
• How do you elevate your elevator pitch?
• How do you get drinks the right way?
• Where are you and how are you Jake?
• Tell us more about your work with the Professional Basketball Combine 
• Give us a brief overview of your two books: Elevate Beyond and Elevate Networking

Question One: Why is connecting with people on the road important?

Question Two: What are some key principles of connecting with people on the road we should apply?

Question Three: In Elevate your Network, you have 25 "Kelf Keys” to build extraordinary relationships in life and business. I’d like to hit on a few:

• Elevate Your Elevator Pitch
• LinkedIn is the Goat of Business Networking
• Get Drinks the Right Way
• Do Your Research? (If time allows)

Question Four:  How do we make it part of our routine without feeling overwhelmed or wasting time?

Question Five: I heard you have a new group coaching program, can you tell us about it?

Question Six: Any closing thoughts you want to leave us with today?

Question Seven: How do find out more about you?

You can find the transcript and everything referenced in this interview in the show notes at www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/084

Along with the free resource: 10 Business Travel Hacks Guide in the show notes at  www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/084

Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, author, and absolutely love the study of habits which we’re going to unpack in this episode.

If you’ve not heard my full story, you can find it way back in episode 002 of the Elite Road Warrior podcast, read it on the About Page on the website, or the chapter in the Elite Road Warrior book called, My Story.

Let me ask you a question I asked road warriors all of the time. What is more important on the road: Time or Energy?

 You have the time but how’s your energy? And how much do you actually get done or should I say what is the quality and the results from your energy-less time?

But what if you had energy and limited time, how much can you get done? A surprising amount. Why?

Elite Road Warrior Group runs on the premise of Three Focus Areas:

1. Work
2. Health
3. Home Life

The two critical factors combined are what create the potential for your road superpower: your energy and your habits.

Did you catch the word “potential?” And this episode is to help you combine both your energy and your habits.

Energy Habit - a sustainable, repeated behavior that brings energy designed to produce desired results 

Three Physical Energy Habits:

1. Move
2. Fuel
3. Rest

Three Mental Energy Habits:

1. Perform
2. Develop
3. Connect

Why You Must Implement Energy Habits on the Road
Your energy is not a guaranteed resource and must be recharged - I learned this the hard way so learn from me and recharge your energy on the road

Your energy must be channeled into more than just your work - don’t be “that guy” or “that girl” that loses their health and home life for their career

Your best way to create long-term results is leveraging the Six Energy Habits Framework - Elite Road Warrior has done the work for you so all you need to work the system

To this point we’ve learned the following:

• Energy is more important than time
• The definition of an energy habit
• Why you must implement energy habits on the road

Two-Step Process:

1. Decide the type of person you want to be
2. Prove it to yourself with small wins

I want to be a road warrior who:

• Moves consistently
• Fuels properly
• Rests strategically
• Performs optimally
• Develops personally and professionally
• Connects thoughtfully and creatively

James Clear says this: "All BIG things come from small beginnings. The seed of every habit is a single, tiny decision. But as that decision is repeated a habit sprouts and grows stronger. Roots entrench themselves and branches grow. The task of breaking a bad habit is like uprooting a powerful oak within us. And the task of building a good habit is like cultivating a delicate flower one day at a time."

The process of building a habit can be divided into four simple steps:

1. Cue. A piece of information that suggests there’s a reward to be found, like the smell of a cookie or a dark room waiting to light up.
2. Craving. The motivation to change something to get the reward, like tasting the delicious cookie or being able to see.
3. Response. Whatever thought or action you need to take to get to the reward.
4. Reward. The satisfying feeling you get from the change, along with the lesson whether to do it again or not
5. Make it Obvious
6. Make it Attractive
7. Make it Easy

James Clear talks a lot about Environment Design.

He’s a big advocate that "You don’t have to be the victim of your environment. You can be the architect of it."

1. Make it Satisfying

You can find everything reference in this episode in t

Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, enjoying a little break from the road but always committed each and every trip to becoming and remaining an ERW. 

Nick is a business and career coach, with 20 years of background in financial services. Originally from London, England, Nick has also worked in the Philippines, Florida, New York, and now calls Charlotte, NC home. Over the past 4 years, Nick has shifted his focus on creating his purpose and now helps people and businesses through coaching. He is trained through Tony Robbins coaching and is also a certified health coach.

How is your perspective enhanced by traveling?

• Why is it so important to understand our own behavior and why we do the things we do in business travel?
• How much of a difference does your habits and routines make on the road?
• How can you create focus while traveling for business?
• How do leverage the power of connection as a business traveler?
• As a coach, what difference do you see in those that prioritize personal development and those that don’t?

Where are you and how are you Nick?

So, a business and career coach, huh?

Question One: How is your perspective enhanced by traveling?

Question Two: Why is it so important to understand our own behavior and why we do the things we do in business travel?

Question Three: How much of a difference does your habits and routines make on the road?

Question Four: How can you create focus while traveling for business?

Question Five: How do you leverage the power of connection as a business traveler?

Question Six: What are some ways we can improve in the area of connection with people on the road?

Question Seven: As a coach, what difference do you see in those that prioritize personal development and those that don’t?

Question Eight: Any closing thoughts?

Question Nine:How can we follow you or learn more about you?

You can find everything reference in this interview in the show notes at www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/082

Along with the free resource: 10 Business Travel Hacks Guide in the show notes at  www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/082

Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, author, and loving some extra time over the summer to play sports with my kids. Through the years, I’ve met many a business travel team leader whether a director or VP of sales, HR, employee development, etc. that have one universal struggle with their business travelers: INCONSISTENT RESULTS!

1. The business traveler
2. The company
3. Lack of boundaries with work hours
4. Feeling overwhelmed by the daily road demands
5. Diminishing or inconsistent results 

Lack of boundaries with work hours

1. Feeling overwhelmed by the daily road demands
2. Diminishing or inconsistent results 
3. Frequently coming back tired from a business trip
4. Neglect of eating properly on a consistent basis
5. Lack of any type of exercise on the road
6. Missing those back home

Business Travel Burnout is Real No Matter if it’s Ignored or Not

That’s it. Go to www.EliteRoadWarrior.com and click on Complimentary Analysis.

You can find everything reference in this episode in the show notes at www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/081

Along with the PDF of this episode as a reference guide in the show notes as well at  www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/081

I’d love to hear from you so connect with me on my primary social media sources:

• LinkedIn - Bryan Paul Buckley
• Instagram - EliteRoadWarrior

Or email me directly: [email protected]

Buckley Kids Season 2 promo

Welcome to the ERW podcast. I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one and father of five, and always looking for creative ways to keep the ERW podcast fresh.

As a result, today’s episode is unique and we’ve only done this a few times. 

I’ve taken clips from the five interviews:

• Keynote speaker and hypnosis - Wayne Lee in episode 064
• Author and productivity expert - Marcey Rader in episode 066
• World renown entertainer and impersonator - John Di Domenico in episode 074
• Road warrior - Justin Pugh in episode 076
• Author and keynote speaker - Jake Thomson in episode 078 

Wayne Lee

• 17:56 - 23:08

Marcey Rader

• 5:46 - 7:32 (if time allows)
• 7:46 - 9:28 (on email)
• 11:54 - 13:26 (on calendar)

John Di Domenico

• 10:54 - 13:05 (movement)
• 14:57 - 17:49 (food)
• 22:04 - 23:30 (top level performance)

Justin Pugh

• 14:34 - 18:02
• 31:29 - 32:40 or so (end after "And you rest you rest"
• 40:25 or so (start with “there’s a quote in your book…”) - 14:24. (Note - make this the last of the mash-up answers before the end of the interview)

Jake Thompson

• 10:47 - 13:37
• 14:48 - 18:10

I hope you found this unique episode not only helpful and I challenge you to go back and listen to the full interview from each of the interviews in episodes:

• 064
• 066
• 074
• 076
• 078

Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, author, and recently tested to go o a business trip hence this episode.
I thought for sure back in March when the health pandemic intensified that I would be traveling by this summer and definitely having a family vacation where we load my basketball team of kids and wife on a plane to go somewhere but even that was canceled.

I’ve talked to countless business travelers and the series of questions and comments goes like this:

1. Do you know when you’re going to be allowed to travel again?
2. How are you doing your job without traveling?
3. Will they make you travel any less when you finally go back?
4. What are you missing about the road?

Question #1

Why was I so disappointed I couldn’t go on this recent trip?

Question #2

What have I discovered about myself these 1st four months of not traveling?

Question #3

What draws me to the road?

Question #4

What if I can’t travel until September or even January?

Question #5

What do I need to change? (Start / Stop / Do More / Do Less)

• What have you discovered about yourself these 1st four months of not traveling?
• What draws you to the road?
• What if you can’t travel until September or even January?
• What do you need to change? (Start / Stop / Do More / Do Less)

Your action items may be one or more of the following:

• Actually implement Process the Thoughts with these questions 
• Listen or re-listen to the six-part podcast series on how to leverage home life to prepare you for road life - check out episodes 066-074 to go deeper.
• Make some pre-purchases - Not Forgotten Journal / Flat Kiddos / Connect Cards / Water Bottle / Elite Road Warrior Black Leather Journal

You can find the listed resources at www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/Store

You can find everything reference in this episode in the show notes at www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/079

Along with the free resource: 10 Business Travel Hacks Guide in the show notes at  www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/079

I’d love to hear from you so connect with me on my three primary social media sources:

• LinkedIn - Bryan Paul Buckley
• Instagram - EliteRoadWarrior
• YouTube Channel - Elite Road Warrior