The Elite Road Warrior Podcast

The Elite Road Warrior Podcast

If you travel for business, you live in a whole other world most simply don’t understand. They think it’s an easy and glamorous life. But the road can be hard. It can be difficult to be both productive and effective. It’s a challenge to stay healthy and it’s a battle to stay connected with those you love back home.Too many business travelers are on auto-pilot and just plain burned out. But it doesn’t have to be this way.You want to be at your best no matter where you are but especially on the road but rarely are we taught how to master the business travel life.Until now.The Elite Road Warrior Podcast is for the business traveler who wants to leverage the road to transform their work, health, and home life while on the road.

Episodes

November 22, 2023 26 mins


Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, author, and and on a mission to help business travelers eliminate burnout and exceed results.

There are two major elements to business travel packing:


  1. Luggage - aka: Carry On

In episode 091, I listed myself preferred carry-on called the Genius Pack G4 22" Carry On Spinner Luggage and I’ll put the link in the sho...

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    Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, author, and  (yeah five), and on a mission to help business travelers eliminate burnout and exceed results.

    Nick Howard is a seasoned psychologist and leadership coach. For over 15 years, Nick has  helped leaders perform at higher levels while   Intentionally treasuring  their most important relationships.  Nick has traveled national...

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    Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, author, and  (yeah five), and on a mission to help business travelers eliminate burnout and exceed results.

    BRANT MENSWAR is one of the country’s “Top 10 Motivational Speakers,” a critically acclaimed author, award-winning musician, podcast host, and the CEO and founder of Rock Star Impact, a boutique agency that teaches people and o...

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    November 22, 2023 43 mins

    Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, author, and  (yeah five), and on a mission to help business travelers eliminate burnout and exceed results.

    TRACY TIMM is the founder of The Nth Degree® Career Academy, the proven career clarity system that helps high-potential professionals discover, define, and drive careers they love. She has a degree in behavioral psychology from...

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    Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, author, and and on a mission to help business travelers eliminate burnout and exceed results.

    This episode will be unusual for a few reasons:

    1. It discussed my off road life
    2. It’s personal 
    3. It’s something I’ve never experienced and challenging the six energy habits


    Exposed Struggle #1st  - I’m getting little to no movement

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    Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, author, and on a mission to help business travelers eliminate burnout and exceed results.
    Most business travelers have one thing in common: airplanes.

    When I first started traveling for work, I was trained inside-and-out on the product. Sound familiar?

    And the only information I was given on the travel part was: “keep it as cheap ...

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    Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, author, and on a mission to help business travelers eliminate burnout and exceed results.
    Seven Mistakes New Business Travelers Do Wrong and How to Avoid Them

    Mistake #1 - Not signing up for TSA PreCheck

    These situations happen often and TSA PreCheck will save you over and over. 

    (For the podcast: I’ll put the link for TSA PreCheck...

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    November 20, 2023 37 mins

    Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, and love me some podcast interviews! And as always committed each and every trip to becoming and remaining an ERW. 

    Jake Kelfer is a lifestyle entrepreneur, life elevator, and coach to ambitious entrepreneurs and freedom seekers helping people create incredibly impactful and profitable businesses. 


    • Why is connecting with peop...
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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 understand all too well the dark side of business travel which we’re going to unpack in this episode.I’m going to go dark in this episode so I’m warning you up front - listener beware!

    I’ve learned the reason many open up to me is for the following reasons:


    1. I ask questions
    2. I listen to their answers
    3. I’m h...
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    November 20, 2023 43 mins

    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.The process of finding a guest to interview for the Elite Road Warrior Podcast can sometimes be a challenge. I want to bring relevant content to the life of a business traveler so if and when I find great content, the question always comes do...

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    Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, (yeah five), and on a mission to help business travelers eliminate burnout and exceed results.
    Business travel has many misconceptions. Someone who lives in the 9-to-5 office only world truly does not understand our world. At all.

    Two specific groups of people within our inner circle of business travel, need to know the truth:

    Fut...

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    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...

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    November 20, 2023 35 mins

    Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow grounded road warrior at this time, husband of one, father of five, and relationally thankful for this extended time home with my wife and kids. I’ve not been home for this long of time with everyone in decades. Hopefully this time home for an extended period of time has allowed you to re-connect in ways the road dis-connects all of us who travel for work.

    But the key question i...

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    Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, and we’re back in the groove of the even-numbered episodes focus on interviews with subject matter experts and fellow road warriors traveling at an elite level.

    John Di Domenico is an Emmy Nominated, Actor, Writer, Comedian and Impersonator. 

     Di Domenico is also the voice of Trump on the bestselling audio book The Method to the Madne...

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    Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, left-handed, and a sports junkie.

    How many of you are just plain tired?

    Anyone deeply tired?

    And how many more of you can take that a few steps further and would say you’re exhausted?

    Have you been there before?

    A friend of mine, Dennis Mcintee, always says, “You can’t read the label when you’re inside the bottle.”

    HERE ARE THE THREE ...

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    Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, enjoying a little break from the road but always committed each and every trip to becoming and remaining an ERW. 

    Here’s the backstory of Justin Pugh:

    Operation Enduring 

    Freedom Veteran

    Father

    Disgruntled, but hopeful Colts fan, 

    2nd Amendment Democrat

    Lover of Technology

    and a man of faith.

    In a moment I’ll be asking Justin the following q...

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    Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, author, and a recovering workaholic.

    Busy – Can’t Stop Now – I’m hurried and my energy is dispersed

    Beatdown – Can’t Take This – I’m now stressed and my energy is decreased

    Burnout – Can’t Keep Going – I’m officially done and my energy is depleted

    HERE ARE THE THREE PHASES OF THE ENERGY CYCLE:

    PHASE ONE: REST = STOP FOR NOW

    1. ...
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    November 20, 2023 37 mins

    Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, enjoying a little break from the road but always committed each and every trip to becoming and remaining an ERW. 

    Jake Thompson is a professional speaker and the Chief Encouragement Officer at Compete Every Day, a brand he started in 2011 by first selling t-shirts out of the trunk of his car.  Jake works with organizations and indivi...

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    Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, author, and recently tested to go o a business trip hence this episode.
    I thought for sure back in March when the health pandemic intensified that I would be traveling by this summer and definitely having a family vacation where we load my basketball team of kids and wife on a plane to go somewhere but even that was canceled.

    I’v...

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    November 20, 2023 32 mins

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    Welcome to the ERW podcast. I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one and father of five, and always looking for creative ways to keep the ERW podcast fresh.

    As a result, today’s episode is unique and we’ve only done this a few times. 

    I’ve taken clips from the five interviews:

    • Keynote speaker and hypnosis - Wayne Lee in episode 064
    • Author and productivity expert - Marcey Rader in episode 06...
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