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And if there’s a few extra minutes, button up a yard project to avoid erosion while gone…
Rushing to stay organized…
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Had a longer than usual layover…customs was a breeze this time
he was traveling with two others with similar chairs
Not sure everyone reads the photo captions on these blogs. Significant thought goes into making the caption(s) thought-provoking. People are busy and distracted (squirrel). Yesterday’s message was in the captions.
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hurry
not much really....
they come and they go
just another day in paradise
i watched it all go down...
he didn't sign up for this, not really
so easy to forget
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Balance is my friend with exercise too. Some days you get to, some days you don’t.
Please don’t get me wrong, on this week’s trip to Greensboro, North Carolina, I ate at MacDonald’s three times. Not proud of that, but it happened. Eating healthy as a road warrior is a balancing act of time, energy, price, convenience.
PS. I sincerely hope the common sense insights these small examples reveal aren’t invisible to you. Every single day is a constant struggle for me to make more good choices than not good. You get this, right?
I guarantee you struggle with this too. Or is it, “Denial, party of one, right this way please”. Peace. 
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My Greensboro, North Carolina hotel room is the one with the light on (upper right).
This is where I ate three healthy dinners and one healthy lunch.
This is how close it was.
Focused and disciplined people make common sense look easy. We all know if it was easy, everyone would be doing it. Eating healthy while traveling is common sense. But it ain’t easy.
It’s also not impossible. Especially when the service is fast and friendly. Especially when the menu is varied, tasty and reasonably priced, say, like a certain Greensboro, North Carolina Ruby Tuesday.
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Traveling Is Awesome! But the paradox it creates with work life balance can almost negate the positives. The good news is that being decently organized helps overcome the inevitable temptations.
I'm trying to control cholesterol without medication.
Arriving to the hotel last night near 8pm, I started driving to McDonalds. There was a perfectly good Ruby Tuesday’s adjacent to the hotel. A combo meal would be quick (and cheap), but not healthy.
A sit-down dinner would be healthy (and cost more) but not quick…
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Lee Cockerell was EVP Walt Disney World Operations and has a window on Main Street, USA
Lee is now retired and inspired!
Lee Cockerell gave me three indispensable public speaking tips: Be passionate. Tell stories. Use personal examples.
Last year I flew over 100 flights. Traveling is a great excuse to avoid doing important things to manage work life balance challenges…
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Mind, body, spirit, money, and hq...
You see four of them below. The fifth is the "box" the holds the other four...
America's unheralded work life balance expert. jeff noel, is a Servant, Husband, Dad, Boomer, speaker, author, runner. He believes work is only work if you'd rather be doing something else. Allergic to most pollens and mediocrity, he can't wait for the alarm clock to go off every morning.