Episode 045- Seven Things I Do On Every Flight

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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