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How travelling can benefit your business

Lachlan Nicolson
4 min readOct 1, 2019

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Why extended time off makes you a better leader and boosts business grow.

As business leaders, we tend to be motivated and energised by our work, which can make us resistant to taking time off. The more we work, the more we get caught in the nonstop race of activity. As the days, weeks and months go by we end up feeling mentally drained, physically exhausted and largely in-effective as a leader.

Without rest, we suffer, then our business suffers as a cause effect. “Everything rises and falls on leadership” says leadership expert John C Maxwell.

If planned well, travel can be a powerful rejuvenation tool that helps you reclaim your rest, focus and even give you a competitive advantage in your business.

Airplanes can be a great place to focus on one idea or topic, i.e podcast or book.

The process of travel helps you make better decisions

One of the essential leadership traits the ability to make decisions. Travelling encourages you to make more decisions independently than you would need to in your home environment.

Researchers at Columbia University and the University of Pittsburgh have confirmed with studies that people improve…

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Lachlan Nicolson
Lachlan Nicolson

Written by Lachlan Nicolson

Business Coach at LeaderGuide.com.au • Director of Waymaker Finance • Thoughts on business, leadership & finance • Brisbane 🇦🇺

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