Stress-free travel

Over the years the Gorse Fox has made many hundreds of business trips to destinations across the western hemisphere. he has a few words of advice for the inexperienced traveller...

• Do not agree to last minute changes
• Allow plenty of time to get to the Airport
• check-in early and watch the world hustle by.
• Write patronising entries in your blog.

Simple really.

The GF has a thing about being on-time. Being on-time means arriving everywhere earlier than necessary. he would rather be two hours early than one minute late. this has resulted, before now, in him arriving at JFK 5 hours early because there was a weather warning of snow and he didn't want to be stuck in a blizzard when heading south for his flight. Stupid, yes. Stress-free - absolutely.

As you age certain things become more clear:

• Agreeing to every request does not help - only agree to do what you can achieve in the hours you have available
• The number of hours that make up your life is finite, final, and unknown - do not squander them on things that don't matter.
• Working smarter is better than working harder
• limiting your working hours does not damage you career, not limiting them does damage your health and family.
• Cherish silence

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