How I Ran My Businesses In 1 Hour A Day While Traveling Through India

Having the luxury of owning a business and traveling is something very few people have, but many want to achieve. With the right processes and systems in place, you can have a lifestyle business of your own. In this post, I shared with you how I ran my businesses in 1 hour a day while traveling through India.

I recently had the amazing opportunity to visit my family, take time off and travel through India. While most people love traveling, the challenge has always been finding enough time off. I faced that same dilemma for many years and rarely ever took a trip.

However, I have recently made some organizational and lifestyle changes to give myself more opportunities to travel. I went to India for two weeks and had the pleasure of enjoying some amazing experiences with my family while still being able to manage all of my businesses.

In this post, I’ll share with you how I ran my businesses in 1 hour a day while traveling through India:

1. Create A Great Team Around You 

Without my partners and employees, I would not be able to successfully manage my business in just an hour a day. The truth is that without my team, I probably wouldn’t be able to manage my business at all without being home. For the last few years, I’ve learned one very important skill.

I’ve learned to hire intelligently and to trust others with important operations in my businesses. By doing this, I reduce my own workload while having awesome individuals focus on their greatest talents. While I was gone, my team was not only able to continue managing my businesses but they were also able to take on additional tasks that I wasn’t able to look into while I was traveling.

2. Stop Trading Hours For Dollars 

The beauty of all of the businesses that I’m running right now is that I am no longer trading hours for dollars. Yes, it’s true if I put in more hours, I should be generating more revenue. However, none of my businesses are service-related. Whether I work 8 hours in a day or 0 hours in a day, I will still get paid.

When you trade hours for dollars, it makes it very hard to have a lifestyle business. So while I was in India, my businesses were still profitable and generating income whether we all worked on it or not. Focus on ways to maximize your earnings without having to maximize your hours.

3. Let People Know 

Whether it was my employees, potential partnership deals I was working on or my partners, I notified everyone that I would be traveling. I’m sure you have all seen the automatic email responder that you see where it says “I will be unavailable until Tuesday June 20th. If you are in need of something urgent, contact my colleague at Blah@Blah.com”.

However, I did the exact opposite of that. I was still able to spend an hour a day on my business and most of that time was spent dealing with email inquiries. I notified everyone that I would be traveling, but I would still be available. The only thing was that I wouldn’t be as responsive as usual, but I was still reachable.

4. Document Everything

Regardless of whether you’re planning a vacation soon, this is a good measure to take for any business you have. You should always document how to operate and manage your business so that in the case of an emergency, someone can take over. Try to create an owners manual as best as you can.

If you’ve ever worked on any technical project, you’ll know that any good developer will document all the code they write. Why do they do this? Well, if you need changes or updates in the future and you want to hire a new developer, it’ll be easy for them to take over by reading the previous workers documentation.

Conclusion 

Having the luxury of owning a business and traveling is something very few people have, but many want to achieve. With the right processes and systems in place, you can have a lifestyle business of your own. In this post, I shared with you how I ran my businesses in 1 hour a day while traveling through India.