The Way of the Road Warrior: Lessons in Business and Life from the Road Most Traveled

For anyone who travels for a living or takes business trips. This is a fantastic book filled with insight, poignancy, humor and wisdom. Robert Jolles is a self-employed consultant and trainer who has earned his stripes, not to mention frequent flyer miles. Anyone who has been degraded by what passes as airline "service" (an oxymoron?) these days, will relate. Yet, the book is not a diatribe on airline imbecility. It is a rumination on the highs and lows of business travel and how it can become a dysfunctional addiction that ravages one's soul and family. The kind of book I was sad to see end - the ultimate compliment a reader can pay!

I read Rob's book cover to cover on a flight from the east coast to the west. There are more pages "dogearred" than I have ever folded before. Rob understands, speaks from the heart and has a genuine, sincere interest in helping people improve their lives. One idea I implemented immediately. I blocked out all three of our children's birthdays on the calendar as non-travel days. This book is a keeper and must-have for anyone who practically lives on the road!

This is an extraordinarily personal book. Within the first dozen pages, Author Rob Jolles has shared moments of extreme personal embarrassment with us, gently encouraging us to laugh with him rather than at him. And later on, he shares very personal issues like losing confidence in himself, and going through emotional slumps, as well as showing times when he behaved less than perfectly to other people. However, although the book is written in the first person (ie 'I') form, it isn't a self-centered ego-trip of a book. Rob's humanity, kindness, and concern for his reader glows through every page. One can't help but feel a tremendous respect for him, and one quickly comes to appreciate Rob's generous sharing of his own problems - something he has done in the hope we can learn from his own challenges and how he confronted and resolved them In addition to helpful hints about travel and business in general, the book goes well beyond the obvious, giving advice on issues such as how to keep on keeping on even when afflicted by illness, pain, grief or depression, and touches on surprising topics such as the addiction to travel which some people end up experiencing (often without consciously realizing this). Truly, there's something in this book for all of us, whether we travel or not.

I've been a road warrior for many years. I work for a sports agency and I spend many nights and weeks away from my family. I have risen very high in my profession and I think I could go higher. I had also forgotten what was important. Robert Jolles helped remind me. The book starts a funny, witty series of tales about lessons learned on the road. It was wonderful up to this point and I was already happy I read it. Then I reached the part about overcoming the addiction to travel. I realized that this book was speaking to people like me. I have since started traveling less and spending more time with my family. Robert Jolles has truly changed my life and I can't thank him enough for writing this. I recommend this to anybody, anywhere who travels. There are so many wonderful lessons in this book. A must read for all of us road warriors!!!

Wow! I was lucky enough to get a galley preview of this book sent to me. Talk about taking you on a voyage you didn't think you were going on, I could not put this book down... and neither could my wife. You'll certainly learn how to get your bags on board, and handle delays, but this book goes a whole lot further than that. Rob Jolles not only takes you into the world of the Road Warrior and the ups and downs that world creates, he takes you on a compassionate journey into those who wait at home, what they must endure, and solutions to this most difficult way of life. Hands down, this is one of the most important reads for anyone who travels for business, whether for one day or 365