Business Travel!!

I thought I would do a change of pace for my readers here and touch on a subject that is on everyones mind these days. That is the cost of travel in perticular business travel which I as a Executive happen to know a lot about since I have and still do travel a lot for work as a executive of my own company. I just got to doing some research on this over the last few days and wanted to share soome interesting data on business travelers and their attitudes. Like for instance did you knoiw that the average business person is online on a weekly basis almost 12 hours a day every day of the week and on weekends the mobile phone with mail etc. is a constant useage. How about the fact the fact that on average business people travel about 30,000 plus miles a year by ground and air travel. Well that shows you how much the pace of business has changed to be more demanding and faster pace. This is why the averaage executive in a high level position now a days only lasts only ten years and they are burned out both physically and mentally. The sad thing is business people suffer the worst decline in average life span because of stress and worry which in turn effects their overall attitude and proformance. Being constantly moving and juggling too many things at the same time does have a short and worse long term effect on your body. Technology has made it so you have no time off in most cases and this is why so many get to mid life and look like they are 100 years old yet they are olny 45 or 50 years old. Statistics are sometimes not always accurate but the facts speak for themselves that the higher the level is in business the faster the burnout rate is with corporate types of people. We live in a day in age of conastant change and the only way to succed is to becoe one of the movers and shakers in business or be left behind by your business peers. I know how most CEO's are feeling cause I talk to them all the time and they have the same list of certian compliants as I have but if you want to succeed then you go to either go with the flow or get off the moving train that is the facts that everyone in modern business has to deal with now. The reality is being is business and a growing company is a challenge in of itself but you add the daily problems and other things like email and board meeting and constant phone calls and more then you begin to see the strain by the time friday morning comes to having to go to the office. That is not the half of it to for many people in business just end up losing it on customers or employees because they are so tired by the end of the woork week that they only think about when is my next vacation and where am I going to get away from this maddness hectic job. Yes vacations are great but you know that will only solve the problem for a short time and the only way for it to stop burning you out is to retire. The sad part is most peopele in business today don't have the luxury of retiring because of the economy being so poor and have a family and bills to pay so they are forced to keep working well into the age 70 or above now a days. It is the sad situtaion that most business people now that retirement is only a far fetched dream that they hope to achieve some day before they die. To be in businees is a full time comitment but it can be fun and intetrewsting to if you pace yourself and take short breaks during your day that is the only way to become less stressed out and more a effective leader in your company. Trust me your employees and customers will apreciate you more for it and being level headed makes the decision making process better and quicker which helps everyone have a better understanding of where your going and who your networking with on a weekly basis. Take time on your business travel to smell the flowers and enjoy where you are evevn if it is just getting a cup of coffee and a short walk t the local store if there is one close by your area as this will help you refocus your mind on the tasks at hand in your work day ahead. Allways book your travel plans in advance so you can change them if you need to and be on time for everthing is the best way to be a good corporate traveler and a executive of your company.. Have a really great day now and enjoy your week end!!!