Travel

Trip data Days: 21 Flights: 14 Miles traveled: 23,013 Current location: Oranjestad, Aruba Next Stop: Castries, St. Lucia Recap Following a rough trip to and from Bogota, I finally made it to Boston via Orlando. Arriving in Boston haggard after 14 hours of traveling and detention by Colombian and US Customs officials, I made the [...]

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The Bogota Lesson: Bounce Back

September 23, 2010

Trip data Days: 16 Flights: 12 Miles traveled: 19,290 Current location: San Juan, PR Next Stop: Boston, MA Recap I arrived into Bogota at 8:30pm after 22 hours of traveling and was immediately introduced to the mayhem that would be a pervasive theme of my 36 hours in the city. A bus crammed full of [...]

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Road Trip Tip: Staying Juiced

September 20, 2010

Trip data Days: 13 Flights: 9 Miles traveled: 13,215 Current location: Orlando, FL Next Stop: Bogota, Columbia Recap I made a quick trip to Seattle (Friday night to Sunday night) to touch base and to fulfill my Navy Reserve duty for the month. After a whirlwind of laundry, honey-do chores, military training and packing, I [...]

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Road Trip Video: Costa Rica

September 14, 2010

Trip data Days: 7 Flights: 4 Miles traveled: 5,390 Recap Work: Document review/drafting, e-mail and software interface design while bouncing along the Costa Rican countryside in a bus. Someone needs to invent a gyroscopic lap desk for those of using a laptop in these conditions. I don’t know how much money it would make, but [...]

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Road Trip Tip: Pay It Forward

September 12, 2010

Trip data (as of September 10th) Days: 4 Flights: 4 Miles traveled: 5,220 Recap Work: On the flights. I get so much done when left to my own devices. Work-out: Multi-mile mud march in torrential rain. The first day in Costa Rica reminded me of how unpredictable traveling abroad can be and also of how [...]

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The First Road Trip Post and a Business Tip

September 9, 2010

My one-bag mobile set-up Trip data Days: 3 Flights: 2 Miles traveled: 2676 Recap Work: On the flights (of course), at Starbucks, and acted as a gaffer for a photo shoot at a location outside New York City. Work-out: Track intervals, jump-rope, bleachers The trip started off with a whimper as I was hit with [...]

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Just Start

September 7, 2010

“We have a strategic plan; it’s called doing things.” – Southwest Airlines CEO Herb Kelleher “The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But [...]

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The Art of Business Road Trip

September 3, 2010

Illustration by Hugh Macleod Let others lead small lives, but not you. Let others argue over small things, but not you. Let others cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else’s hand, but not you. – Jim Rohn Lifestyle Entrepreneurship I am a lifestyle entrepreneur. I punched out [...]

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