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Unlocking the Secret to Optimal Health: The Surprising Benefits of Standing Desks
A man from Sri Lanka has the Guinness world record for the longest time spent sitting in one spot. He finished with 69 hours and 48 minutes. This...
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The Pressure of Working Mobile
I've often thought about how hard it must be to have a career as a pilot or military personnel and have constant pressure to maintain health. Still, the traveler part of me can empathize because they are in one of the toughest jobs a person can be in when it comes to maintaining or improving health. They have to undergo routine exams to prove they are healthy, but what if they aren't? Wouldn't you be scared to get examined if you thought you might have a blood pressure problem and it might affect whether or not you can go in to work that day?
Energy Giver vs. Energy Sucker
I was recently in an amazing course led by Jerry Bergner called Life Business. If you are local to the area I highly recommend it. One of the things we looked at were the tasks, events and people in our lives and asked ourselves if we were getting energy from them or having it sucked away. Most of what I wrote was not surprising but it was interesting to see how many activities and people both gave and took energy from me.
Standing Desk for Health & Productivity
If your boss won't spring for a standing desk or you can't put up the cash right now to buy one yourself, I recommend moving your laptop to a table or bar or stacking it on top of books during the day. There are also great tutorials on how to make your own for cheap. Start out in short intervals, maybe 25 minutes and go back to sitting.
Timecap Your Timesuck
I live by the timer. I don’t have Attention Deficit Disorder but I definitely have my own form of ADD – Attention Distraction Disorder (there is also a third form – Attachment Deficit Disorder, when a person sends an email and forgets to attach their document). I am very easily distracted and understand my triggers and what I need to do to overcome them. One thing that helps is the timer. I use the Pomodoro Technique and Timecap my Timesucks™.
Five Things I've Learned About Packing For Travel
1) You probably don’t need it. Be realistic with how much time you'll have, where you are going and what you will do. If you are going to be in meetings from 8am-8pm, you probably don’t need a casual outfit beyond what you wear on the plane.
Do you have an A-Team?
Think for a moment….who is on your A-Team? Do you surround yourself with people you can learn from? Who are better than you at whatever aspect of your life you are trying to improve on, i.e.business, finance, public speaking, health?
quick hotel meeting break workout
Have a 10 minute break during your all day conference meeting? Try these exercises that won't wrinkle your clothes or get you too sweaty!
Hotels Marketing to Women – Positive or Negative?
Looking at the two makeup remover towelettes made me think of an article a business traveler sent me this week. Some chains are starting to market to women business travelers but I can’t help but think that men are behind it in determining what woman want.
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