MBA2701 Everything I Pack to Work While Traveling
Episode
24 min
Read time
2 min
Topics
Remote Work, Investing, Leadership
AI-Generated Summary
Key Takeaways
- ✓Quality investment pays off: The Manal carry-on bag purchased in 2017 remains in excellent condition after eight years of heavy use, demonstrating how investing in quality gear eliminates repeated purchases and provides reliable performance during constant travel.
- ✓Battery management system: Carry two power solutions—a MagSafe battery pack for phone use while charging (one full recharge) and a larger power bank providing three full phone charges for twelve-hour days, ensuring devices never die during extended travel days.
- ✓Hydration forces movement: Intentionally drink excessive water during flights using a refillable CamelBak bottle to force bathroom trips every thirty minutes, which circulates blood, prevents muscle stiffness, and maintains freshness during twenty-five-plus hour journeys from Sydney to Europe.
- ✓Fresh clothes strategy: Pack one complete change (t-shirt, socks, underwear) in carry-on to shower during layovers at airport lounges, transforming ten-to-fourteen-hour flight segments by allowing complete refreshment rather than enduring entire journeys in same clothes.
What It Covers
Omar Zenholm details his complete travel setup for working remotely, covering specific tech gear, comfort items, and packing strategies refined over eleven years of running a podcast while traveling extensively worldwide.
Key Questions Answered
- •Quality investment pays off: The Manal carry-on bag purchased in 2017 remains in excellent condition after eight years of heavy use, demonstrating how investing in quality gear eliminates repeated purchases and provides reliable performance during constant travel.
- •Battery management system: Carry two power solutions—a MagSafe battery pack for phone use while charging (one full recharge) and a larger power bank providing three full phone charges for twelve-hour days, ensuring devices never die during extended travel days.
- •Hydration forces movement: Intentionally drink excessive water during flights using a refillable CamelBak bottle to force bathroom trips every thirty minutes, which circulates blood, prevents muscle stiffness, and maintains freshness during twenty-five-plus hour journeys from Sydney to Europe.
- •Fresh clothes strategy: Pack one complete change (t-shirt, socks, underwear) in carry-on to shower during layovers at airport lounges, transforming ten-to-fourteen-hour flight segments by allowing complete refreshment rather than enduring entire journeys in same clothes.
Notable Moment
Omar reflects that entrepreneurs several years into their journey are already living the dream their past selves imagined, urging listeners to appreciate the privilege of working while traveling rather than treating it as burden.
Episode Transcript
Working while traveling is one of the greatest perks of running your own business. And today, I wanna walk you through everything I pack in my carry on bag when I travel. I've been traveling for years and running this podcast, this show with Nicole for eleven years. At one point, we were publishing this show seven days a week and still were traveling quite extensively. So I'm gonna share with you what's in my bag, how I keep my business running on the go, what are my essentials. And, this is an episode I've been wanting to do because it's quite fun and I like to kinda compare notes. So let me know either in the comments on YouTube or send me an email over at Omarz@100mba.net, and let me know what you put in your bag. Welcome back to the $100 MBA show. I'm your host, Omar Zenholm, where I deliver practical business lessons three times a week, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to help you start, grow, and scale your business. Real quick. If these episodes help you in any way, hit the follow button on this podcast app. It helps us to keep bringing you practical business insights three times a week for free. Thanks. So I wanna start with this, with the actual bag itself. Right? This is my, bag that I take with me on the plane. This is my travel bag. And basically, what I'm gonna put in this bag, which is a Manal carry on, I bought this bag in 2017, and it still is in incredible condition. The quality is incredible. I absolutely love it. It's, one of the best purchases ever made in my life. Probably gonna be due for another one in a couple of years, but still going strong. I absolutely love it. And I love this bag because it's carry on size, and it fits all my essentials. And everything I'm gonna show you today is what I put in this bag when I travel. And I like to have it on me because these things are quite important to me, and I need to be able to access them at any time. Whether I'm on a plane, I'm at a gate, I'm at a train station, whatever it might be, I wanna be able to pack it perfectly and access it easily through this bag. So let's dive in. I'm gonna share every item I put in this bag before I travel. I'm actually going to embark on, about a four week trip in Europe, for work and a little bit of pleasure. So I wanna make sure that, I pack along with you to make sure I don't forget anything before I go on my trip. Let's start with the absolute essential thing that you need, your laptop. Okay? This is my laptop. This is my MacBook Air. I used to be a MacBook Pro hardcore person. This should be my main computer, but then I …
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Gear
- CamelBak refillable bottleRecommended
by CamelBak
“Intentionally drink excessive water during flights using a refillable CamelBak bottle to force bathroom trips every thirty minutes, which circulates blood, prevents muscle stiffness, and maintains freshness during twenty-five-plus hour journeys.”
Products
- Manal carry-on bagRecommended
by Manal
“The Manal carry-on bag purchased in 2017 remains in excellent condition after eight years of heavy use, demonstrating how investing in quality gear eliminates repeated purchases and provides reliable performance during constant travel.”
- MagSafe battery packRecommended
“Carry two power solutions—a MagSafe battery pack for phone use while charging (one full recharge) and a larger power bank providing three full phone charges for twelve-hour days.”
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