Travel

Traveling for work can be exciting at first. Expense accounts, new sights and frequent flyer miles. But the 'wow factor' quickly turns to the mundane. Traveling sales professionals understand this. There's only so many airplane movies to watch and only so many unfamiliar toilets one can use before the depression of travel sets in. Sure the pandemic has made our virtual selling much more efficient and the need to travel lessen, but there is still huge value in sitting face to face with a client. 

Recently I found myself in a hotel at 6p with nothing to do. The timezone was ahead so I wasn't ready for the routine Chipotle dinner nor was I wanting to open the laptop and work as I'd been up since 4a getting ready for the flight. Loneliness set in quick. In response I called the family. They were, of course, happy to take my call, but they were busy with normal Wednesday afternoon activities. So rather than let the fog of travel set in I hit the gym. It was a crappy, small gym, but it had free weights so I did a quick routine to boost the heart rate. This helped, but like I said the gym was crappy and small. I needed to get out. 

Now, I'm not a runner by any standards, but once outside in the 80 degree warmth it just felt right. The feet starting moving down a rough road and I just started to run. Very slowly, but an onlooker would still consider it running. Twenty minutes of this and my attitude lifted off the charts. I felt great.

Moral of the story is to not let the monotony of travel take you off your game. When you travel you have to be hyper-efficient. You're on the company dime and you likely would rather be home anyway so my tip of the day is to cram as much productive activity into your travel window as possible and when those idle hotel hours set in, get the hell out of there and exercise. Do something physical to change your mindset. A healthy mind and a healthy body let your personality flourish and when that happens sales happen baby!

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