BpB, father of five, tired of the Chicago long winter, sports fanatic who’s ready for baseball since my Chicago Bulls are one of the four worst teams in the NBA, and working on my winter tan in warm places on the road.

And just introduced the first of the three mental energy habits: PERFORM (why we’re on the road)

In this episode we’ll address the 2nd of the three mental energy habits, DEVELOP.

For these following reasons:

Most people feel they’re just way too busy to even get their work done let alone have time for any type of self-improvement.

It’s not a priority to them at home so it’s definitely not going to be a priority to them on the road

They rarely if ever hear or see others prioritizing self-improvement

They simply don’t know where to even begin

Right out of the gate, and quite possibly an airplane gate, let me address the two key areas to develop:

Professionally

Personally

PREMISE STATEMENT: We MUST grow internally and intentionally to stay sharp and to stay ahead.

SIMPLY WHY: Most business travelers do not prioritize or value self- development, and as a result, they stop growing as a person. 

REMEMBER: You alone are responsible for your professional and personal growth.

Sharpen the mind 
Process the thoughts 
Monitor the heart 

Let’s Dive Deep into the first element of the Develop Energy Habit - Sharpen the Mind..

TWO KEYS TO SHARPEN THE MIND BY READING 

1. FIND SOMETHING YOU ENJOY 

2. FIND SOMETHING YOU WANT TO LEARN 

THEY LEARN FOR SURVIVAL, NOT FOR SUCCESS.
HOW DO YOU PULL THIS OFF WHILE ON THE ROAD? 

1. WHAT DO YOU WANT TO READ? 

2. WHERE CAN YOU FIND WHAT TO READ? 

It is definitely worth checking out and you can do so at www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/

3. IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN LISTEN TO AUDIBLY?  

4. WHEN CAN YOU MAKE TIME TO READ?

BABY STEP TO SHARPEN THE MIND 

I’m your host and interviewer for today, Bryan Paul Buckley - fellow road warrior, sports junkie, father of 5, and finally getting my girlish figure back and on the road of all places. It can be done, travel fans, and I have quite the story to prove it.

AlanStein, Jr. is a coach, speaker and author of the new book, Raise Your Game: High Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best.  He spent 15+ years working with the highest performing basketball players on the planet… including NBA superstar Kevin Durant.

I’m honored to interview Alan Stein, Jr the following questions:

• What does it mean to perform at a high level or even the highest level?
• Explain the quote: your environment may change but your habits don’t and especially your commitment"
• How do you live present on the road and why does that matter?
• How does a RW move from “just getting by” to “getting results”?

Question One: 

What does it mean to perform at a high level or even the highest level?
Question Two:

Explain your quote: “your environment may change but your habits don’t and especially your commitment

 Question Three:

In the book you talk about “living present” and putting their full attention in three things:

1. The next play
2. The controllables
3. The process

Question Four:

Many Road Warriors live in two worlds on the road in regard to their performance: just getting by or getting results.  How do they move from “just getting by” to “getting results”?

Question Five:
What sacrifices do I need to make?

What skills do I need to acquire?

Whose help would I benefit from?

What challenges should I expect?

What habits do I need to change?

Question Six: Any Closing Thoughts?

I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, big fan of cool rental cars, and high end meals but also gained the weight to prove it. I lost 40 lbs and got my girlish figure back, biz travel fans. It can be done. You can leverage the road to become who you want, who you need to be for your work, your health, and your home life.

I do this every flight out of town - BYOM - bring your own meal AKA: MTHC (make the healthiest choice)  

The point is we were both on the 1st day of a business travel trip and we both made a key decision how we’re starting off our trip. 

Would you consider yourself a Creature of Habit?

The challenge is getting out of our bad habits we’ve found ourselves in especially after years of travel.

1. Social - those everyone shared: Mondays / New Month / New Quarter / Holidays
2. Personal - unique to the individual: birthdays / anniversaries / job changes.

1. They allowed people to open “new mental accounts” in the same way a business closes the books at the end of one year and opens new books in the next year.
2. They also interrupt attention to the everyday minutiae causing people to take a big picture view of their lives and focus on achieving their goals.
And I call this concept Anchor Days
Here’s my definition of an Anchor Day:

“(An Anchor Day is) Key behaviors done on a specific date to serve as a kickstart for a period of time”

What does an anchor do?

There are THREE Key Aspects of an Anchor Day to be effective and be powerful:
1. Set Date - there must be a CLEAR starting date - This is the WHEN - a "specific day"

2 Catalyst Behavior - Key actions you need to do - This is the WHAT

3. Specific Triggers - reminders or cues / IF this, THAN that = WHERE

Here are my own personal on-going anchor days on a consistent basis:

1. Mondays 

2. New Month

3. New Quarter

4. 1st day of a business trip
Business Travel
Every single road warrior has this one thing, the same thing in common for absolutely every one of us and on every single business trip.

1. Taking my Breakfast with me - don’t leave to chance (AND if I have a healthy breakfast I’m FAR more likely to have a healthy lunch / dinner) 

2. Snacks - bringing / buying (stopping somewhere to get fresh snacks) - finding a Whole Foods / Trader Joe’s, etc.

3. Hotel Room - I found this to be a big one for me because it’s my Home Away From Home on a trip and certain behaviors can really set me up - they’ll be an upcoming episode on this topic leveraging the acronym HOME to leverage this aspect of an anchor day

4. Connect - Check in with Home - this is done by early morning videos / audio / text messages so my family has them from me before they even wake up (we’ll talk much more about that in the 6th energy habit of CONNECT)

5. Rest - Early Bed Time - this is SO key the 1st day because most of the time I have an early flight and changing time zones AND if I start out sleep deprived on day one, I rarely if ever make up that sleep and we all know where that leads affecting our performance then coming home absolutely blitzed and exhausted useless to anyone back home and our 1st day back from a business trip

Now, remember, after the Set Date and Catalyst Behavior, is the 3rd aspect of the Anchor Day which is...

• Specific Triggers  reminders or cues / IF this, THAN that = WHERE
• Water bottle / tupperware / snack bag out the night before
• Apple Watch alarms - stand / drink water
• and the example I gave in detail: Hotel Key hitting the room door - trigger for the H.O.M.E. acronym to kick i

Terry Cralle, MS, RN, is a certified clinical sleep educator based in Washington, DC.  

As the cofounder of a four-bed sleep disorders center and a nationally recognized sleep health and wellness consultant, educator, advisor and advocate, her work in the field of sleep medicine has spanned over 20 years. 

We’re going to discuss:

What is sleep debt and sleep banking 
What is the number one performance enhancer on the road most of us are not currently using
How to improve your sleep before you increase your sleep
How to get a better night of sleep in a hotel room

NOTES NEEDED

I’m your host and interviewer for today, Bryan Paul Buckley - fellow road warrior, sports junkie, father of 5, and finally getting my girlish figure back and on the road of all places. It can be done, travel fans, and I have quite the story to prove it.

In Episode 005 and this episode we’re focusing on the 2nd of the Six Energy habits called FUEL. 

Food is Fuel and Fuel is Energy. But it is SO incredibly hard on the road to properly FUEL and this is where two nutritional professionals come into the picture.

Treva Thompson is a holistic health practitioner and a Functional diagnostic nutrition specialist working primarily with people who struggle with energy depletion, GI struggles, and autoimmune diseases through functional lab tests, food as medicine, targeted supplements, and lifestyle management.  

I’m honored to interview Treva the following questions:

• Why is it so blasted hard to eat healthy on the road?
• What does it mean to eat Clean and Green?
• Does hydration really matter that much on the road?
• Should we snack on the road and if so, on what?

Question 1:

Why is it so blasted hard to eat healthy on the road?

Question 2: 

FUEL is the 2nd of the six energy habits and I teach in order to be an ERW, we must eat Clean and Green. As a nutritionist and doctor, definite Clean and Green.

Question 3:

What are some tangible easy and next steps to begin to eat healthy on the road?

Question 4:

Does water matter THAT much to us especially on the road?

Question 5: Should we snack on the road and if so, what should that look like especially learning to eat Clean and Green?

Question 6: Any closing thoughts?

You can find the full show notes with time stamps, quotes, and links at ERW.com/006

Lastly, If you’ve not checked out the Road Warrior Assessment called What Level of Road Warrior Are You? I encourage you to do so today. It’s free and only takes a couple of minutes - go to Elite Road Warrior.com/006 today!

As a reminder, today’s episode highlighted the 2nd of the energy habits, FUEL. In episode 003 we discussed the 1st energy habit, MOVE. Both MOVE and FUEL fall under the physical energy habits which is the core content of becoming an Elite Road Warrior.

And lastly, if you’ve not checked out the Road Warrior Assessment called What Level of Road Warrior Are You?, I encourage you to do so today. 

It’s free and only takes a couple of minutes. Mad intel in mere moments, travel fans. Go to ERW.com today!

I’m your host, Bryan Paul Buckley - fellow road warrior, sports junkie, father of 5, and finally getting my girlish figure back and on the road of all places. It can be done, travel fans, and I have the story to prove it.

Allan Misner is a National Academy of Sports Medicine Certified Personal Trainer, a Functional Aging Institute and Certified Functional Aging Specialist. He is the creator of the thriving 40+ Fitness Community, providing one-on-one and group fitness coaching, nutritional guidance, and personal training for clients over the age of 40. 

I’m honored to interview Allan and will ask him the following questions:

• What was in your backstory that changed your life?
• What did your life look like as a business traveler and staying in shape?
• How does a business traveler 40+ begin to get in shape on the road?

Question 1:

You’ve been a business traveler, aka: a Road Warrior, in your past, can you quickly tell us about that experience?

Question 2: 

I absolutely love the power in your backstory that you have in the beginning of your book that changed your life, can you tell us about that?

Question 3:

What did your life look like as a business traveler and staying in shape?

Question 4:

How does a business traveler 40+ begin to get in shape on the road?

Question 5:

In your book, The Wellness Map, you have a methodology of GPS / STREETS/ and CARGo. Can you give us a brief overview and how they translate to the road?

Question 6:

if you were to go back to the “brand new road warrior you”, what would you tell him?

Question 7:

Any closing thoughts?

Check out his book, The Wellness Map and his podcast, 40+ Fitness along with his link for you - all are found in the show notes and of course, at no additional charge!

One of the staples you’ll hear on the Elite Road Warrior Podcast is the Six Energy Habits. These six energy habits are core content to becoming an elite road warrior. There are three physical energy habits and three mental energy habits.

MOVE, is the 1st of the Six Energy Habits and was the episode today and will also be the interview in the next episode.

As a reminder, today’s episode highlighted the 2nd of the energy habits, FUEL. In episode 003 we discussed the 1st energy habit, MOVE. Both MOVE and FUEL fall under the physical energy habits which is the core content of becoming an Elite Road Warrior.

It’s free and only takes a couple of minutes. Mad intel in mere moments, travel fans. Go to ERW.com today!

Welcome to the Elite Road Warrior Podcast where we believe you can leverage the road to transform your work, health, and home life while on business travel to ultimately master the business travel life

I’m your host, Bryan Paul Buckley - fellow road warrior, sports junkie, father of 5, and finally getting my girlish figure back and on the road of all places. It can be done, travel fans, and I have the story to prove.

But this week, Jerome Wade, international speaker, author, and fellow business traveler, interviews me on my backstory. 

He’ll ask me the following questions:

• How long I’ve been traveling and what type of travel?
• How the road affected my health
• How the road affected my relationships

Question: How long have you been a business traveler?

Question:  What type of travel do you do?

Question: One of your energy habits is PERFORM, how have you been able to perform at a high level on the road?

Question: Now I know you as the Energizer Bunny - have you always had this much energy?

Question: How did the road affect your health?

Question: How did the road affect your home life?

Question: if you were to go back to the “brand new road warrior you”, what would you tell him?

It’s always a challenge being vulnerable and I hope you understand more of my backstory and why this topic of becoming an elite road warrior is so important to me.

If you’re interested in a deep dive of my personal story, check out ERW.com/about