Pack Like a Pro

摘要

Business travelers have this in common with pro athletes: They must learn to play hurt Can't play hurt, you're not a pro. Here's a test: Can you deliver a keynote speech or one of those bet-your-job client presentations at 3 a.m. (on your body clock) on four hours of sleep while battling a cold, a hangover, a dislocated back, dry mouth—in a room that feels too hot, the lights too bright? If you can't, you're strictly an amateur. Road warriors must prepare themselves for the worst Assume that you will catch the flu on the first day of a ten-day business trip. That you will have too little sleep. That your bad back will flare up on a crummy hotel bed. That you will have diarrhea or it's opposite. That the stage lights will give you flop sweat or a migraine. That your audience will be bored, even hostile.