Episode 061 - Six Meaningful Words to Communicate Consistently with Those Back Home

The Elite Road Warrior Podcast

Welcome to the ERW podcast, I’m your host, BpB, fellow road warrior, husband of one, father of five, and trying to be husband and dad my family needs and deserves even when I’m on the road.

Each episode highlights one of the six energy habits and today we’re focusing on energy habit #6: CONNECT.

Here’s where I went off road with my thinking - I viewed the road and the limitations:

• I can’t eat healthy on the road
• I can’t get in a good workout on the road
• I can’t do more than just text / call / video chat if that at all while on the road

As well as ALL six energy habits:

Move
Fuel
Rest
Perform
Develop
Connect

The key is two things:

Finding them and then
Leveraging them

Sleep in (especially if I drank too much the night before but of course, never intentionally)

• Checked text and email on my phone in bed
• Watched CNN / Fox News
• OD on coffee and have a sugar-filled breakfast

Here they are and in no particular order:

Word One - Thinking

The Sentence - I’m Thinking of You because...

The Why - Your absence is noticeable

Word Two - Appreciate

The Sentence - I Appreciate You for…

The Why - to show you value their efforts

But I needed to let especially my wife know how much I appreciated her:

• Taking care of the kids while I’m gone
• Taking care of the house while I’m gone
• Handling difficult situations while I was gone

Word Three - Proud

The Sentence - I’m Proud of You for...

The Why - Affirmation must be spoken

Word Four - Miss

The Sentence - I Miss You because...

The Why - We need to be longed for

Word Five - Need

The Sentence - I Need You because...

The Why - We depend on them for everything at home

Let’s not be confused with you being needy. It reminds me of Bob Wiley from the movie with Bill Murray called What About Bob: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrCEhRNgGHY (cut at 12: sec)

Word Six - Love

The Sentence - I Love You because… or I love when you...

The Why - We all want to know we’re loved

Three Ways to Communicate These Six Words

Words are a challenge especially for me. So here are # ways to communicate these words:

Writing
Text -
Postcards -
Connect Cards -

Audio
Pre-recorded
Random through the day

Video
Pre-recorded
Early in the morning
Before bed especially if I couldn’t do FaceTime in the evening

Resources:

Connect Cards -

Not Forgotten Journal -

ERW Branded Journal - Think Space to process your thoughts to be intentional, thoughtful, and creative

There is a ton of useful information in this episode so for all things in this episode, check out the show notes at www.EliteRoadWarrior.com/061

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