EE046- How to Survive as a Road Warrior

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EE-046 – How to Survive as a Road Warrior

At first you don’t have enough work, then you start accepting everything … you are a road warrior.

I started out in KV’s car getting changed (even cleaned up) in gas station wash rooms. Eventually leading to 110 events a year, 80 of those I did the presentations.

Things are a bit different now. 5 yrs ago, I increased prices and dropped to 45 events a year.

Here are 5 lessons I learned from years as a road warrior.

5 Lessons to Excel as a Road Warrior:

realize it comes with the territory.
- like the tourism industry
- you get paid a lot for little time
- block dates for no-work time
create lists:
- Download the checklist – before/during/after
- packing
- presentation set up (training and keynote)
have an exercise routine
- even if its only 15 minutes
plan night before:
- timing
- prep
- exercise
- time to eat
- time to leave room
- use alarms! (had client call me in room)
get sleep/keep TV to min.
- even if you haven’t fully prepped – get sleep