As a business leader you cannot avoid travels even being aware of it’s negative impact on health. I have been experimenting and finding out from fellow passengers to travel healthy.
As noted by Tomas, CEO and Professor of Business Psychology, risks of business travel are accelerated aging, increased chances of stroke, deep vein thrombosis, pathological germs, radiation.
And if it were not enough frequent travel also lead to poor diet, lack of exercise, increased consumption of alcohol, jet lags, sleep problems, and gastrointestinal problems.
Peter Bregman, CEO and consultant to CEOs advises to use the strategies of ‘athletes’ while travelling. Athletes are conscious of their travel and have an objective of staying in their best shape despite frequent travels. Peter advises to have ‘discipline’ mindset of an athlete while traveling.
Based on Peter’s advice and some from my own experiments there are 3 simple things (apart from exercise) that we frequent travelers can do to reduce the risks.
- Lots of Water: Start drinking extra water a day before the travel and one bottle (500ml) every 30-45 minutes while flying. Have an alarm on your phone.
- Sleep 7-8 hours: Prepare your presentations before and make sure to sleep properly the night before the travel.
- Own food: Carry your meals to avoid eating flight and airport food, one of the worst culprits.
Think like an athlete when you take that business travel - be conscious of the health risks and be disciplined to take all possible actions to reduce it just like we take steps to reduce risks our businesses face.
Author: Vishal Tulsian is Director of PT Bank Amar Indonesia and CEO of Tunaiku, a FinTech Startup. He is Harvard Alum, has Master from Uni of Liverpool, ACA, ACS, CWA (Int), DBF.
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