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Bolton, UK – Btravel

A little business travel and a bunch of writing, just finished a piece on the plane which I have to submitt later today.  I could just press send, but I have 18 hours to think about it before I hit send.  Timezones can be good things and bad things.  Today, it is a good thing.

The Villiage of Bolton in the UK

 

Where? Bolton UK - Just outside Manchester

Bolton: 53°.31’N 2°16’W approximately

February 5, 2008 by
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How to not get behind when on the road and be more efficient

Business travel represents one of the most challenging things for most folks when it comes to time management. Whether it’s a conference, an off site or customer visit, being on the road can pile up work and that’s just not good. I’ve just finished one the biggest travel years yet and 2008 has risk of being even more travel and effective time management is becoming far more important than ever.

Don’t get me wrong – the security lines, delayed flights and airports lines are fun and all, but work continues to accrue when in transit and it is effectively a continuous reality. I don’t have a list of tips per se only areas for consideration:

  • Work doesn’t Stop – This is a common pitfall, some folks think that being on the road alleviates, or at least postpones the daily administivia – wrong! Your customers still need service. Carve out time to email, return calls and touch base with key workplace constituents.
  • You Can Take a Meeting – This is the most interesting one to me. I find than many folks don’t take meetings on the road. Why not? 8 out 10 conference tracks are useless, 30 minutes out of an all day meeting can be refreshing and being on mute most of the time is ok. So why is it you decline most requests? Diversify and balance your day when possible.
  • Be the Timezones – If you are typically an East Coast worker and you go west you have at least 2 hours of free time in the morning to stay on top of things. If you go from the west coast to the east coast you can wrap up yesterday’s west coast work by 10AM ET. The challenging ones are the 5+ hour time changes, it almost seems that the work never ends – so pick a time to end and manage to it.
February 2, 2008 by
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Top 5 Posts: By Genres

The following is a Top 5 list of several genres.  These are posts I wrote and I liked, Emily wrote and I wrote and no one seemed to like.

[tag]Top 5 Posts[/tag] I wrote for 2007 in my opinion

  • The Collaborator – Part of the stuck in the middle series, but I think this could standalone outside of the [tag]humor[/tag]ous series on [tag]middle management[/tag] impact.  I only have like 4, possibly 5 left which I will go back to in January.
  • [tag]Market Sizing[/tag] – A piece I did on a friends blog @ Launch Clinic, David is a very cool cat and a great product marketer.
  • Meeting Maxims – A random gram on [tag]running an effective meeting[/tag].
  • Thesis Fodder – A general observation on [tag]blogging styles[/tag], not sure it’s right, but it helped me understand better this blog thing.
  • The Geologist – This stuck in the middle piece as a homage to a friend

Top 5 Emily Wrote, while she’s not necessarily a blogger, she carves out time now and then to do things of interests.

Top 5 I liked, but no one appeared to like

  •  Geographic 25 – A set of topics to encourage posting by others.  I met Edward V. because of this, so it was great because of that alone.
  • Mosaic – I thought it was fun, but a friend of my referred to it as being just a little conceptual and obscure, but I know one person got it.
  • The 5th P – A proctor friend referred to this as blasphemy, but I think portfolio management is the 5th p.
  • B-Travel and General Travel Posts – I like these, but I think they are all about me and that’s ok.

This is more than likely it for 2007, see you in 2008.

December 23, 2007 by
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Sign: Caution Wilderness Bowling

wilderness bowling

 

A sign I saw on a dirt road in [tag]Canada[/tag] where basically NO traffic exists.  Just remembered I have this after thinking about my travel.

December 6, 2007 by
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