My wife is a saint. She often gets asked how she puts up with all the travelling I do, and the people I travel with often ask me how I manage to stay focused. It’s easy really – I truly absolutely love what I do. It’s as simple as that!
So I thought I would share with you a typical day for me when I’m on the road visiting clients and teaching lectures all over North America. This synopsis doesn’t include the travel days that sandwich the work day – sometimes I have to get up at 4:00 a.m. to get to the airport for an early flight, which allows me to arrive on location and check the inventory before we start, and on the travel day back home we usually have to make a drop at FedEx to ship the inventory to the next clinic location for one of our other saddle fit technicians.
5:00 a.m.
At this point of the day I am usually still fast asleep (thank goodness!) especially when I have been shifted out of my usual EST time zone.
5:30 a.m.
Okay, now I’m usually getting up because I like to exercise before heading out to visit clients and start my day. I get dressed and go for a run, chanting my ‘gratefulness’ mantra that I learned from working with Anthony Robbins. “I am grateful for the health of my children and my wife, I am grateful for the love of my wife and my children, I am grateful to have a job that fulfills my passion.” This I repeat for the next 20 minutes while I move – being able to keep saying it keeps me at a speed that allows me to still talk.
6:00 a.m.
Quick shower and morning routine to get dressed and meet with my assistant for this trip and whichever associate I am working with for breakfast. I truly believe breakfast IS the most important meal of the day, especially since our days are usually filled with so many clients and appointments and squeeze-ins that there will be little time after to eat, pee, or even rest.
6:30 a.m.
Breakfast (usually at whatever hotel we’re staying at, or occasionally we’ll splurge and go have a ‘real’ breakfast somewhere in a restaurant).
7:00 a.m.
Last minute check to make sure the car is packed with everything we need and we’re on the road driving to the first appointment, which sometimes can be right next door. Read the full article here.
~ Jochen Schleese CMS, CSFT, CSE, courtesy of Saddlefit 4 Life
