NSA Voices of Experience - Toolie the Travel Guide #2
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EnglishVoice Age
Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
North American (General)Transcript
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Hi. This is to lead the travel guide with some tips for you to make life on the road a little less bumpy. This month's travel tip. Maximizing your productivity while traveling as to leave the travel guide. I talk a lot about productivity on the road being the key to success, whether you work for a big company or you're the boss of your own business. But where does productivity live? When exactly am I going to be productive? Close your eyes for a moment up. Don't close them If you're driving and mentally, walk with me through all the times you spent waiting during your last business trip. Here's an itinerary. Transit time to the airport. Wait time during check in and in the security line. Wait time after clearing security time on the plane until takeoff time on the plane after takeoff. Taxi after landing transit time to the hotel. Spare time in the hotel transit time back to the airport, time on the plane until takeoff time on the airplane after takeoff. Taxi after landing and transit time to home. When you think about it, it's surprising how much time you spend in this suspended animation as you go to and from your destination. You probably already have plans for the biggest blocks of free time, which are time after you've cleared airport security time on the plane after takeoff and spare time in the hotel. But what about those little snippets of time when maybe you can't get to a computer or you don't have an Internet connection? How can you be productive with those times while I have some ideas for you? Number one. Bring a book to read, whether you make room in your carry on bag for a paperback novel or the latest business book, or you buy e books to read on your P D. A. Books are great for redeeming those pesky 10 to 20 minute blocks of time that we usually spend staring into space number two starter reading file. I used to flinch before I cut an article out of a magazine because I felt bad ripping it up even when it was my magazine. Not anymore. I'm ruthless when it comes to removing Onley, the useful articles and recycling the rest. The articles I keep going to a folder that I talk into my carry on bag When I have a few minutes to wait, I pull out an article and read it. If I liked the article, I initial it and put it back in the folder to file when I get home. If I don't, I pitched the article pages in the nearest recycling, or waste bin. Number three. Subscribe to a service on your P D A. Services like MSN Mobile, CNN Mobile and AvantGo lets you choose what news and articles to retreat, and you can read them on your disconnected PD a or mobile phone at your leisure. And if all else fails, number four make lists on paper. I keep a small, spiral bound notebooks slash journal for this very purpose. Yes, I know it would be better to thumb type your list into your P d A. But sometimes it's just easier to brainstorm on paper and type your ideas into your laptop once you get settled. It's amazing how many ideas I can scribble on paper while I munch on a sandwich before I board my plane. Besides, I won't get mail on my mobile phone. If I'm scrolling on paper, you can do it. You can maximize your time. If you just plan ahead a little bit, you'll be amazed how much you get done this way. This is to leave the travel guide reminding you that getting there is half the fun. The other half is. When the paycheck clears, I'll see you on the road.