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Business Travel For Success (And Less Stress)

“How do you do it?”

This the question I get asked the most when it comes to my extensive (and often frenetic) business travel pace. Once I break it down, most people realize that life (and business travel) can be a lot less complicated and stressful if you plan, and seek out the advice from others who have paved the way (and paid the price). After one million miles of business travel, and being a huge nerd/fan of everything associated with it (from best travel apps and gear to the perfect luggage and airport comfort), I’m passionate about business travel (and making it a better experience).

So, how do I do it? How should you do it?

I sat down with my old friend, Bryan Eisenberg, who recently started a show called, Business Travel Hacks, to discuss everything… in gory detail… that I have learned about business travel, and how to make it better. Whether you’re on the road for client meetings, to pitch new business, attend trade shows or speak at conferences, these lessons (learned over close to two decades) will (I promise!) make your business travel much better and – in turn – will make your life less stressful at home.

Take a listen… and please feel free to add your best tips, tricks and hacks below in the comments… I’m always hoping to learn more!

Here’s the show: How Metallica inspired Keynote Speaker Mitch Joel Travels for Success.

Mitch Joel

Mitch Joel lives at the intersection of technology, business transformation and consumer culture. He is the Executive Director of Next Era Institute, a strategic intelligence platform helping leaders understand the forces reshaping business, technology, culture and society. The Institute identifies which shifts matter, explores their wider significance and translates them into strategic direction and momentum. Mitch is also a globally recognized keynote speaker. He has delivered thousands of presentations across both B2B and B2C industries to organizations including Google, Walmart, LEGO, Shopify, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and Unilever. Strategy Magazine has called him “one of North America’s leading visionaries.” Mitch built his career by working directly inside the waves of change that reshaped modern business. He founded and built a digital marketing agency that worked with some of the world’s largest brands and was later acquired by WPP, where he served as President of a firm operating in 25 countries with almost 3,000 employees. Mitch is the bestselling author of Six Pixels of Separation and CTRL ALT Delete, and the host of Thinking With Mitch Joel, one of the longest-running business podcasts in the world. His writing and commentary appear in outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fast Company and Inc. Magazine. He is a member of Dr. Marshall Goldsmith’s 100 Coaches and was named to the Thinkers50 Radar. Mitch also hosts Groove – The No Treble Podcast, documenting the oral history of electric bass players. Mitch is also Co-Founder of ThinkersOne, a platform that enables companies to bring personalized thought leadership from world-class experts into meetings, events and off-sites in focused 15-minute bursts.