Episode 083 - Are You Implementing This One Road Superpower On Every Business Trip?

The Elite Road Warrior Podcast

Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, author, and absolutely love the study of habits which we’re going to unpack in this episode.

If you’ve not heard my full story, you can find it way back in episode 002 of the Elite Road Warrior podcast, read it on the About Page on the website, or the chapter in the Elite Road Warrior book called, My Story.

Let me ask you a question I asked road warriors all of the time. What is more important on the road: Time or Energy?

You have the time but how’s your energy? And how much do you actually get done or should I say what is the quality and the results from your energy-less time?

But what if you had energy and limited time, how much can you get done? A surprising amount. Why?

Elite Road Warrior Group runs on the premise of Three Focus Areas:

1. Work
2. Health
3. Home Life

The two critical factors combined are what create the potential for your road superpower: your energy and your habits.

Did you catch the word “potential?” And this episode is to help you combine both your energy and your habits.

Energy Habit - a sustainable, repeated behavior that brings energy designed to produce desired results

Three Physical Energy Habits:

1. Move
2. Fuel
3. Rest

Three Mental Energy Habits:

1. Perform
2. Develop
3. Connect

Why You Must Implement Energy Habits on the Road
Your energy is not a guaranteed resource and must be recharged - I learned this the hard way so learn from me and recharge your energy on the road

Your energy must be channeled into more than just your work - don’t be “that guy” or “that girl” that loses their health and home life for their career

Your best way to create long-term results is leveraging the Six Energy Habits Framework - Elite Road Warrior has done the work for you so all you need to work the system

To this point we’ve learned the following:

• Energy is more important than time
• The definition of an energy habit
• Why you must implement energy habits on the road

Two-Step Process:

1. Decide the type of person you want to be
2. Prove it to yourself with small wins

I want to be a road warrior who:

• Moves consistently
• Fuels properly
• Rests strategically
• Performs optimally
• Develops personally and professionally
• Connects thoughtfully and creatively

James Clear says this: "All BIG things come from small beginnings. The seed of every habit is a single, tiny decision. But as that decision is repeated a habit sprouts and grows stronger. Roots entrench themselves and branches grow. The task of breaking a bad habit is like uprooting a powerful oak within us. And the task of building a good habit is like cultivating a delicate flower one day at a time."

The process of building a habit can be divided into four simple steps:

1. Cue. A piece of information that suggests there’s a reward to be found, like the smell of a cookie or a dark room waiting to light up.
2. Craving. The motivation to change something to get the reward, like tasting the delicious cookie or being able to see.
3. Response. Whatever thought or action you need to take to get to the reward.
4. Reward. The satisfying feeling you get from the change, along with the lesson whether to do it again or not
5. Make it Obvious
6. Make it Attractive
7. Make it Easy

James Clear talks a lot about Environment Design.

He’s a big advocate that "You don’t have to be the victim of your environment. You can be the architect of it."

1. Make it Satisfying

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