The Elite Road Warrior Podcast

Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, not traveling this week and the Fam is thrilled. 
This episode will focus on energy habit #4: PERFORM. Scott has been a road warrior for years and although sharp, he struggles with conversation on the road. 
ERW Research has found the following types of people who travel in relation to conversation:

All business talk all the time
Never asks questions and answers any non-business questions with a short and straight answer
Rarely asks questions but will answer any questions asked of them 
A hybrid of business and personal talk
The challenge is too many business travelers really don’t connect with people on the road and either:

Don’t have a clue
Don’t care
Don’t know what to do about it

Conversation is the oil that keeps relationship smooth.

This episode’s energy habit focus is PERFORM - why we’re on the road.

Level One - Phatic 

Level Two - Factual 
Level Three - Evaluative
Level Four - Gut-level
Level Five - Peak

What levels do you implement?
Where do you stop and why?

I would encourage you to check out the show notes for the main points, links, and time stamps. Go to ERW.com/045

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• 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, a suffering Chicago sports fan, and committed each and every trip to becoming and remaining an ERW. 

David Vasquez is a Global Practice Lead in Verizon’s CMO organization.

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

• How often do you travel and what does that look like for you?
• Tell me about your morning routine on the road.
• How important is exercise on the road for you and what do you do?
• How challenging is eating healthy on the road and how do you handle it?
• How do you connect with your family when away from home?

You are one of the rare guests I’ve interviewed twice. Mad kudos and I’m excited to hear how you’ve grown in the three focus areas of ERW:

• Work
• Health
• Home Life

Question One:How often do you travel and what does that look like for you?

Question Two:Tell me about your morning routine on the road.

Question Three:How important is exercise on the road for you and what do you do?

Question Four:How challenging is eating healthy on the road and how do you handle it?

Work question… #5 How do you handle interruptions on the road?

Question Six: How do you connect with your family when away from home?

Question Seven:What is an area of struggle that needs to grow for you on the road?

Question Eight:Any closing thoughts or challenges for those on the road?

How you can reach David Vasquez will be in the show notes: 

[email protected] or www.linkedin.com/in/innovatewithdavid

You can find this episodes, questions, time stamps, quotes, and links in the show notes at www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/046
You can also access the free resource: 10 Business Travel Hacks Guide in the show notes at  www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/046

ERW podcast is brought to you by the book, Beyond Travel by Marcey Rader. An absolute must read for a business traveler from my mentor and now friend. https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Travel-Warriors-Survival-Guide/dp/0996376305/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1570632166&sr=8-1

Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, Chicago sports fan, and committed each and every trip to becoming and remaining an ERW. I would love nothing more than for you to join my master evil plan and join this road trip.

This episode’s energy habit focus is energy habit #4, and the 1st of the mental energy habits: PERFORM. Perform is WHY we’re on the road. But too many of us are just there. But not ERWs.

The ones that stand out as the business traveler use their time doing three primary things:

1. Work
2. Watch Something
3. Sleep

Create Your Flight Plan.

And I’ve found there are four arguments going on with business travelers on who’s time it really is on a flight:

1. The company time and no matter what time you’re on a flight (I’ve worked for companies like that and despised it by the way)
2. The company’s time during normal business hours (and is there such a thing on the road?)
3. The company and your time as long as you get your work done
4. YOUR time and only your time unless you choose to use YOUR time for work - after all, business and personal hours are easily blurred on the road

The ERW Flight Plan which has the following three elements:

1. What you’re going to do
2. The order you’re going to do it
3. Approximate times

If you work, you know...

1. What you’re going to do
2. The order you’re going to do it
3. Approximate times

If it’s a blend (between work and your time), you know…

1. What you’re going to do
2. The order you’re going to do it
3. Approximate times

If it’s only your time…

1. What you’re going to do
2. The order you’re going to do it
3. Approximate times

And remember, our Flight Plan exist of:

1. What you’re going to do
2. The order you’re going to do it
3. Approximate times

It’s asking this very critical question:

Where Do I Want This Time to Take Me in the End?

Where Do I Want This Time to Take Me in the End?

Here are Seven Things I Do On Every Flight

Read / Listen

Drink Water

Most people avoid water on the plane for a couple of reasons:

1. They say they don’t want to have to get up to go to the bathroom but then will have two cokes or an adult beverage or three.
2. They just don’t drink water normally when they’re on the ground and it’s just not part of their Road Routine.

Think Space

What is Think Space? Taking time to think and putting your thoughts on paper.

Ideas:

• Your trip
• Follow-up
• Your goals
• How to connect with fam/freinds

I have a blog post at ERW.com about Think Space along with an entire chapter in the ERW book for more details, examples, etc.

Stand and Stretch

Challenge: commit and take just one stand and stretch break during your next flight

Work

If and when I work, I try to leverage this unique time: 

• No phone calls
• No work chat or texts
• No stop by your office to chat
• No WiFi if you want to - if I want to be officially “off the grid”, I can be and ain’t nobody can do anything about it

My guidelines for working on a plane:

Have Rules - how long

Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, Chicago sports fan, and committed each and every trip to becoming and remaining an ERW.

TV Talent, Athlete, Model and Producer, Sara Keara-cony has a professional background in both advertising, art direction, health coaching, and yoga. 

 a moment I’ll be joined by Sara and will be asking her the following questions:

What are the Five Elements of Live Free?
What do you personally do in the day in the life of business travel
What are some tips for de-stressing after a long travel/work day?
What are ways with dealing with addictions/choosing a different, healthier path than other co-workers when on the road

Question One:Let’s dig into your backstory and why you're excited to encourage wellness across the travel sector (combining the two) 

Question Two:What are the Five Elements of Live Free?

Question Three:What do you personally do in the day in the life of business travel (first thing I do when I land)

Question Four:Let’s talk about movement, which is energy habit one of ERW, what are some tips for mobility/stretches that you MUST do

Question Five:How do you handle eating healthy on the road? Do you have a personal go-to travel meal?

Question Six:What are your recommendations for sleeping better in a hotel? (Oils / habits / rituals)

Question Seven:What are some tips for de-stressing after a long travel/work day? (breathing exercise)

Question Eight:What are ways with dealing with addictions/choosing a different, healthier path than other co-workers when on the road?
Question Nine:Any closing thoughts or challenges for those on the road? How do we find out more about you or follow you?

To find the show details such as the time stamps of the questions, links, and quotes, check out the episode show notes: ERW.com/044

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. 

Work focuses on the energy habits: PERFORM / DEVELOP

Health focuses on the energy habits the three physical energy habits: MOVE / FUEL / REST

Jeff McMahon

 - do you need a fitness center or gym to get in a good workout?

 - how long do you need to get in a good workout?

Treva Thompson
- why is so hard to eat healthy on the road?

Terry Cralle
 - why do we view sleep as a sleep inhibitor instead of a sleep enhancer?
Alan Stein, Jr.

- what does it mean to perform at a high level?

Scott Mawdesley
- We say we don’t have time to personally develop not he road, is that true?
- why putting things down on paper is critically important

Megan Bearce
 - what are the expectations you came into with a relationship and how felt things should be

Dr. Nick Howard

- Why is it so hard for those we leave back home?

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.

As always, you can find the links to the referenced resources, time stamps of the questions, etc in the show notes: EliteRoadWarrior.com/042

If you’ve not downloaded the Top 10 Business Travel Hacks Guide,  You can also find it at ERW.com/042 for absolutely free!Follow me on Instagram at Elite Road Warrior, for pictures and videos of how I do life on the road.

So, wherever you are on the road, do something, anything, just not nothing to master the business travel life like my dad.

This episode is brought to you by two of the Buckley kids. 

I’m Kole Buckley.

And I’m Kaleb Buckley.

And you’re listening to (our DAD) on the Elite Road Warrior Podcast.

This episode is brought to you by the book, 

Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day

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Welcome to the ERW Podcast. I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one and father of father, and have learned over the years the value of professional and personal development. It’s become so important to me it’s one of the six energy habits.

What they want or need from you 

What they want to tell you

What they want you to buy

The two largest of my morning energy habits are:

1. MOVE - Increase M4X - stand more / walk more / run more / lift more
2. DEVELOP - Sharpen the Mind / Process the Thoughts / Monitor the Heart

And my motto, my theme is two phrases which you may have heard me say over and over:

• Consistency Over Length
• Something, Anything, is Better Than Nothing

Hydrate - (Fuel - Continually Hydrate) with 16 oz water, lemon, sea salt, and greens powder

1. Read -  (Sharpen the Mind and Process the Thoughts) - Bible / something inspirational (if it’s the day of a flight, I save this reading for the 1st 20-30 minutes of the flight which you’ll learn in the podcast episode Seven Things I Do on Every Single Flight)

Once those two habits are done of hydrate and read, I move on to my ERW Journal. It has two portions:

1. Think Space (Process the Thoughts) dotted page Notebook
2. Eight Questions Journal (Monitory the Heart) blank page Notebook

Here are some initial questions asked of my personal process:

How long do you take to journal your questions?

Where do you journal?

What do you write with?

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For the record, there will be a branded leather case for the pens and the pens included in the very near future. Just go to EliteRoadWarrior.com for details.

What do you write in?

What does your layout look like?

But WHY do I journal these questions and what comes as a result?

1. Clarity - What do I want out of my life
2. Themes - What’s happening on a consistent basis in my life - what are the patterns I wouldn’t normally see without reflecting 
3. Focus - where should I spend my time 

MONITOR the HEART, the 3rd part of the Invest in You Formula of the Develop Energy Habit has three Checks of the Heart Engine: (think of check lights coming on your dash about your engine)

1. PULSE CHECK 
2. Learning to ask: “How am I REALLY doing?” 
3. GRATITUDE CHECK 

Learning to ask: “Who or what am I grateful for right now?” 

Welcome to the ERW Podcast brought to you by Write One Line Journals found at http://writeoneline.com/. I’m your host, BpB, husband of one, father of five, heavy fall travel schedule and enjoying the change of the seasons in Chicago as long as they don’t change too fast.

Scott has over 24 years of experience as a spiritual leader and entrepreneur. His passion for developing others has allowed him the privilege of being on staff at 5 of the largest churches in America including his present role as the Director of Outreach at 12Stone Church.

In a moment we’ll be joined by Scott and I’ll be asking him the following questions:

• Most road warriors push back on “I don’t have the time to personally or professionally develop”, what’s your response?
• Why is “time to think” what we call Think Space, so critically important?
• What have you seen through the years working with people on their personal journey of lives and how reflection has played a small or big part?
• What makes journaling so challenging?
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Develop leverages the Invest in You Formula which has three parts:

1. Sharpen the Mind
2. Process the Thoughts
3. Monitor the Heart

Question One:Most road warriors push back on “I don’t have the time to personally or professionally develop”, what’s your response?

Question Two:Why is “time to think” what we call Think Space, so critically important?

Question Three:What have you seen through the years working with people on their personal journey of lives and how reflection has played a small or big part?

Question Four:What makes journaling so challenging?

Question Five: “asks how am I REALLY doing?"

Question Six:Any closing thoughts or challenges?

As always, you can find the links to the referenced resources, time stamps of the questions, etc in the show notes: EliteRoadWarrior.com/040

If you’ve not downloaded the Top 10 Business Travel Hacks Guide,  You can also find it at ERW.com/040 for absolutely free!

Welcome to the ERW Podcast brought to you by the book, Keto Diet by Dr. Josh Axe. If you’ve struggled with your weight, this may just be the plan for you but Dr. Axe’s approach is not like the other keto plans. I lost 20 pounds on it and so has my wife. 
I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one and father of five, avid Chicago sports fan, and a huge desire to see business travelers master the business travel life leveraging the six energy habits. 

And this podcast episode energy habit focus is the 2nd energy habit and the 2nd of the physical energy habits: FUEL

However, each decision can be easier if you view eating out on the road with the following lenses:
Food is Fuel

Fuel is Energy

The energy to….

• finish that proposal
• review the presentation
• Get to bed at a decent time

This is why Elite Road Warrior has three focus areas:

Work

Health

Home Life

Five Key Decisions You Must Make at Every Restaurant on the Road

These five decisions are naturally in order. They shouldn’t surprise you but somehow we act surprised when the server comes by and asks us these five questions.

Decision One - What I Will Drink

Here are some suggestions:

• Always and I mean always order a glass of water if one is not already provided for you then here’s the key: drink as much as you can to start. Why?

1. Most of us are more dehydrated than we even think so getting some water into your system is always a smart decision
2.  Water fills us up and hopefully detours us from over-eating
3. Join the Free WMP - water match program so whatever drink you do order, make sure you match it 1:1 with water. This will keep you hydrated the rest of the night and especially save you from waking up overly-parched and feeling like you’ve swallowed cotton balls that seem to multiply throughout the night

• Think about what you’re really drinking and how much you plan to or should drink. Are you going to stay with one type of drink or hop all over the place? For me, when I start hopping, I start paying for it and I don’t mean the tab. Through the years, I’ve become a vodka tonic guy and it’s served me well.

Decision Two - Will I Order or Eat an Appetizer

Here are some suggestions:

• Always pre-decide - this means don’t base your decision on what looks and/or smells good. If you do, you’re going down like a Mike Tyson punch. 
• If you choose, eat the cleaner and greener appetizer.
• If you’re a moderator, which means you can take just one bite and stop, stick to the plan
• If you’re an abstainer, which means if you start, hide the women and children, it’s going to get ugly quick and the appetizer will disappear, Know Thyself, and don’t start.
• Order a dark green salad - this is my go-to-choice for a few reasons:

1. I avoid the tempting and fattening appetizer
2. It allows me to get in healthy clean greens - just be smart with the toppings and dressings

Decision Three - What Is My Main Course
There are two main choices here:

1. The main course needs to be Clean - look for the cleanest meat possible whether beef, chicken, eggs. If it’s really clean, it will list “grass-fed or organic” which means this is your easiest choice. If not, your 2nd main choice becomes all the more important 
2. What goes ON the main course - we can make a great clean decision with the main course then go five step backwards by all the heavy sauces, etc. 

Here are some suggestions:

• Always do your research - every restaurant now has an online menu so do some intel. Why? Avoid impulse choosing.
• Put the sauce on the side - sometimes when it’s doused all over the place, you’re forced t

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I’m your host, BpB, husband of one, father of five, finally getting my elusive girlish figure back and on the road of all places. 

Today is a rare treat for you, Road Warrior Nation. I’ll be interviewing my wife! Our Energy Habit Focus for this episode is CONNECT and you’ll hear the unfiltered, unrehearsed interview with “my lady friend” and the love of my life.

Susan Buckley is an elementary educator with her master degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a focus in curriculum and instruction by day and a wife, mother, and part-time superhero on nights and weekends.
In a moment we’ll be joined by Susan and I’ll be asking him the following questions:

• How hard is the 1st day for you personally when I leave for a business trip?
• When are we the most likely to have conflict and argue?
• How did you and still do from time to time handle when I come home exhausted and help very little around the house or engage with you and the kids?
• What are some of the changes you’ve seen in me going from a Check-In Guy to a Connect In Guy” engaging with you and the kids more on the road through the years?

Question One:How hard is the 1st day for you personally when I leave for a business trip?
Question Two: How do you handle doing everything yourself as a single mom when I’m gone?

Question Three: How do you handle meals when I’m gone?
Question Four:When are we the most likely to have conflict and argue?
Question Five:How did you and still do from time to time handle when I come home exhausted and help very little around the house or engage with you and the kids?
Question Six:What are some of the changes you’ve seen in me going from a Check-In Guy to a Connect In Guy” engaging with you and the kids more on the road through the years?
Question Seven:What would you tell a Road Warrior who is not connecting with those back home?

As always, you can find the links to the referenced resources, time stamps of the questions, etc in the show notes: EliteRoadWarrior.com/038

If you’ve not downloaded the Top 10 Business Travel Hacks Guide,  You can also find it at ERW.com/038 for absolutely free!

Welcome to the ERW podcast brought to you by the Sleep Score Labs where you can find all types of sleep resources such as blue-blocker glasses and eye masks that I endorse and actually carry in my RW sleep kit.
I’m your host, BpB, fellow RW, husband of one, father of five, and on a break-neck fall travel pace. Not sure about you, but fall is hustle time and all the more important I live by the six energy habits on the road to keep getting better not just getting by.

This episode Energy Habit Focus is FUEL.

THE POWER BEHIND THE CONCEPT IS TWO PARTS AND IN THE NAME:
1. Carrying - You bring it with you/carry it along with you. I can already hear the whining 

2. Controlled - This is the opposite of Russ because it is not reactionary but controlled.

Here’s the point of this podcast episode is minimizing and ultimately eliminating being caught off guard.

For those of you who are visual whether seeing the image or in your mind’s eye, you can go to the show notes, ERW.com/037 to get a visual of the subject. You can also see it with additional intel in the free PDF: 10 Business Travel Hack Guide found in the show notes of ERW.com/037 as well.
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Let Me Give You THREE WAYS YOU CAN CARRY A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE 

1. YOUR FIRST MEAL 

2. YOUR GREENS 

HERE ARE THREE QUICK WAYS TO KEEP THE GREENS COMING DURING YOUR DAY: 

• ASK

• BRING 

• BUY

Mine is mixed nuts (peanuts and fillers sold separately and for the record, I used to work for peanuts, so I don’t need to eat them!). It’s one of two fuel foods I purchase every time on the road (the other being mixed greens). Here are my choices of mixed nuts confirmed by the research of Dr. Axe and you can find the link in the show notes:

• Almonds 
• Walnuts 
• Brazilian Nuts 
• Cashews 
• Pistachios 

https://draxe.com/nutrition/nuts/healthiest-nuts/

PRO TIP:

Key Items to Maximize the Lunch Box

1. Spork - but wait, there’s more. The one I use has a knife option as well. I know, right?

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1. Tupperware - I geeked out on this one after thinking any kind would do. 

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1. Pink Sea Salt / Pepper Grinders 
2. Individualized Wet Wipes - Why? Have you seen me eat? Just kidding. 

Wet Ones Antibacterial Hand and Face Wipes Singles, 24-Count (Pack of 5)

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