You know what makes work even more stressful than having to put out a surprise fire at 5PM on a Friday? No, not Gary’s off-color sense of humor or Maggie’s inability not to burn her microwave popcorn (even those are two very good methods to frustrate you). The correct answer is work travel. Be it by plane, train, or automobile, it’s a guarantee that something will go wrong, testing your patience and making you wish you could just teleport to your location like they do in Star Trek. But, regardless of the means of travel, you can’t let others and their improper traveling behavior get the best of you nor should you fall victim yourself.
So, before you witness—or even worse, become—a viral “sensation” for a public flip out on the tarmac, check out Modern Manners Guy's 3 Rules For Proper Business Travel:
1) Easy on the alcohol 2) Look the part...or at least try 3) Party properly
Modern Manners Guy gives his advice for business travel. Listen here.
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High Times in the Low Parliament
For readers of Fair Play by Eve Rodsky and Burnout by Emily Nagoski and Amelia Nagoski comes a scathing, deeply-researched foray into the invisible, uncompensated work women perform every day.
Emotional labor is real, but it no longer has to be our burden alone. By recognizing its value and insisting on its shared responsibility, we can set ourselves free and forge a path to a world where empathy, love, and caregiving claim their rightful power.
