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Travel for Success Helping entrepreneurs, business owners, and professionals boost productivity through purposeful travel every 6 weeks. Work smarter. Live better.

Welcome to Travel for Success – where productivity meets purpose. I’m Jim Carmichael, a commercial real estate entrepreneur, author, and business owner who discovered something powerful:
🔥 The most productive weeks of my year happen right before and after I leave town. In 2022, I committed to a strategy—leave town every 6 weeks, reset, recharge, and come back sharper than ever. Since then, I’ve grown multiple companies, improved my health, and helped others do the same. This page is dedicated to helping you:
✅ Build a business that runs while you’re away
✅ Reclaim your energy and mental clarity
✅ Use travel as a strategic tool to level up your life
✅ Learn how to plan trips that fuel success (not drain you)

If you’re an entrepreneur, executive, or growth-minded professional, this is your space. Whether you're looking for tools, inspiration, or proof that stepping away can actually move you forward—you’ll find it here. Because success doesn’t come from grinding 24/7—it comes from stepping back, refocusing, and showing up better than ever. Let’s travel for success—together. 🌍✈️

I want to ask business owners a question.Why did you go into business for yourself?Was it to create financial independen...
10/27/2026

I want to ask business owners a question.

Why did you go into business for yourself?

Was it to create financial independence?

Have more control over your schedule?

Build something meaningful?

Provide a better life for your family?

Maybe it was all of those things.

Now here's the more difficult question.

Has owning your business actually given you more freedom?

Or have you created a job that demands more of your time than the one you left?

There's nothing wrong with working hard. I've spent my career doing it, and I don't intend to stop pursuing opportunities.

I enjoy business.

I enjoy solving problems, meeting people and putting transactions together.

But I also enjoy traveling, experiencing new places and spending time with the people who matter to me.

I don't believe those interests need to compete.

The real challenge is building a business that supports the lifestyle you want.

That requires systems, planning, relationships and sometimes the willingness to let someone else handle responsibilities you've always managed personally.

It also requires being honest about what success means to you.

A business can generate significant revenue and still leave its owner with very little control over their time.

Is that the outcome you wanted?

When I wrote Travel For Success: How To Increase Productivity By Leaving Town Every Six Weeks, I wanted to challenge the idea that we must postpone living until some undefined point in the future.

Travel is the vehicle for the conversation, but the principles reach into leadership, productivity and personal priorities.

I'm not suggesting you abandon your responsibilities.

I'm suggesting you examine whether the way you're operating is producing the life you intended to create.

If you're an entrepreneur, business owner or professional who's been asking that question, I encourage you to read the book.

You can find it at amazon.com/author/jimcarmichael.

Here's my question: Has your business given you the freedom you originally wanted?

Or is that still something you're working toward?

Every January, people make resolutions.They're going to exercise more, spend more time with family, take better care of ...
10/26/2026

Every January, people make resolutions.

They're going to exercise more, spend more time with family, take better care of themselves and finally start traveling.

By March, many of those commitments have been pushed aside.

Business gets busy. Life gets complicated. Something unexpected happens.

And before they know it, they're making the same promises the following January.

I've never been a big believer in waiting for a particular date to start living differently.

If something is important, why wait?

That's one reason I advocate traveling every six weeks.

It's not about taking six or eight elaborate vacations every year. It's about establishing a recurring commitment to experience life beyond your everyday routine.

When you schedule travel regularly, it becomes something you plan around instead of something you hope to squeeze in.

Think about how we manage our businesses.

We schedule recurring meetings, establish deadlines, review financial performance and make plans for future opportunities.

We understand that important things require consistent attention.

Why should our personal lives be any different?

I've spent much of my career in commercial real estate, investing and entrepreneurship. I understand that business doesn't always cooperate with our plans.

Transactions change. Problems arise. Opportunities appear unexpectedly.

That's reality.

But if we allow every unexpected development to cancel our personal commitments, those commitments will never become priorities.

The solution isn't rigid scheduling. It's creating a structure flexible enough to accommodate business while still protecting the experiences that matter.

Here's my challenge.

Don't just plan your next trip.

Look beyond it.

Identify the approximate dates for the following two trips as well.

You don't have to know where you're going yet. Just begin creating the rhythm.

The objective is to stop starting over and start building a lifestyle you actually want to maintain.

Have you scheduled your next trip? What about the one after that?

Live Life Abundantly.

This 20 day trip is coming to an end. Homeward bound! Be glad to get home to our own bed and see the family.We had a ver...
10/23/2026

This 20 day trip is coming to an end. Homeward bound! Be glad to get home to our own bed and see the family.
We had a very successful trip to say the least.

Last leg of this long trip. But the next stop feels like a second home. Vegas baby!
10/17/2026

Last leg of this long trip. But the next stop feels like a second home. Vegas baby!

10/12/2026

There's something you need to decide before your next trip.
What are you NOT going to do while you're gone?
This is an important question because booking a trip doesn't automatically mean you're going to experience it.
You can spend thousands of dollars traveling somewhere new and still spend the entire time mentally sitting behind your office desk.
I've seen how easily business can consume your attention.
Between clients, transactions, employees and unexpected problems, there's almost always something requiring a decision.
But not every issue requires an immediate response.
And not every trip serves the same purpose.
When I travel for a professional conference, business is obviously part of the experience. Meetings, education and networking are among the reasons I'm there.
When the purpose is personal, the expectations should be different.
That's why I believe you need to define the purpose of each trip before leaving.
If you're traveling to spend time with your spouse, what does that actually mean?
Does it mean answering business calls throughout dinner?
Does it mean checking emails every fifteen minutes while exploring a new city?
Or does it mean establishing reasonable boundaries so you can be present?
Here's what I recommend.
Before your next trip, identify who will handle routine issues while you're away.
Establish what constitutes an actual emergency.
Communicate your availability to the people who need to know.
If necessary, schedule a limited time to address essential business matters.
Most importantly, make sure your expectations match the purpose of your trip.
There's nothing wrong with conducting business while traveling.
I do it regularly.
But there's a difference between choosing to work during a trip and allowing work to control every moment of it.
You need to recognize that difference.
Today's challenge: Write down three things you will NOT do during your next personal trip.
Then share one of them in the comments.
Live Life Abundantly.

San Diego bound. Dana Point was nice, we'll be back.
10/10/2026

San Diego bound. Dana Point was nice, we'll be back.

TRAVEL DOESN'T HAVE TO BREAK THE BANK.Want to leave town every six weeks?Start with what you can afford.A weekend road t...
10/04/2026

TRAVEL DOESN'T HAVE TO BREAK THE BANK.

Want to leave town every six weeks?

Start with what you can afford.

A weekend road trip.

A nearby city you've never explored.

An extra day attached to a business conference.

A short getaway with your spouse.

The destination doesn't have to impress anyone.

The purpose is to experience something beyond your everyday routine.

Here's my challenge for this weekend.

Find three places within driving distance.

Compare the costs of spending two nights in each location.

Choose one that fits your budget and your calendar.

Don't go into debt trying to create an abundant life. Build experiences that make sense for the life you have today.

Where would you go for an affordable weekend getaway?

When the lobby of the hotel is on the 70th floor. This is the tallest building west of the Mississippi.
10/03/2026

When the lobby of the hotel is on the 70th floor. This is the tallest building west of the Mississippi.

This is our longest trip ever. Four cities packed with work and time for some R&R in between. Follow along for this adve...
10/03/2026

This is our longest trip ever. Four cities packed with work and time for some R&R in between. Follow along for this adventure and improvement events happening over the next three weeks. First stop Los Angeles.

Yesterday, I challenged you to consider leaving town every six weeks.Today, we're going to take the first step toward ma...
10/02/2026

Yesterday, I challenged you to consider leaving town every six weeks.
Today, we're going to take the first step toward making that happen.
Open your calendar.
I'm serious. Before you finish reading this post, look at the next six weeks and identify a time when you could get away.
It doesn't have to be a vacation. It doesn't have to involve an airplane, an expensive hotel or an entire week away from your business.
Start with two or three days if that's what your schedule allows.
The important thing is to actually schedule it.
One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs and business owners make is treating personal time as something they'll get around to when everything else is finished.
I've got news for you. Everything else will never be finished.
There will always be another client, another transaction, another meeting and another problem requiring your attention.
If you wait until your calendar is empty, you might be waiting the rest of your life.
That's why I approach travel differently.
I don't view it simply as time away from work. I view it as part of how I structure my life and business.
Some trips involve conferences, networking and professional development. Others create opportunities to spend time with family, experience new places or simply change my environment.
The common denominator is intentional planning.
Here's your assignment for today.
Choose a destination. Identify your departure and return dates. Put them on your calendar.
You don't have to book anything yet. But you do need to make the commitment visible.
Once those dates are on your calendar, you can begin figuring out what needs to happen in your business to make the trip possible.
Don't start by listing all the reasons you can't leave.
Start by deciding when you will.
My question: Have you identified the dates for your first six-week challenge trip?
Let me know in the comments.
Live Life Abundantly.

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