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The Cost of Enjoying Change

Travis Austin — Thu, 13 May 2010 03:49:37 +0000

I love to travel. I really do. I like to see new places, meet new people, and just get away from my normal routine in favor of something new and different. I’m told that I’m a serial entrepreneur, and my enjoyment for travel is probably rooted in the same thing that causes me to be an entrepreneur: I enjoy change. I enjoy travel because I like the change of scenery, people, climate, schedule, and pace that comes with each new destination. Very little remains constant or settled when I travel.

I just did the math, and from January to April, 2010, I went on 21 trips to 16 different places and I was gone a total of 43 days. Over the course of these four months, 36% of my days were spent on the road. Many of trips were back-to-back (I had several trips which were comprised of 3-4 destinations back-to-back without going home in between).

All this travel meant I gave up on many of my daily and weekly disciplines: I went to gym only twice in those 4 months, I gave up on healthy eating, I spent little to no time to myself, I let my personal bills get behind, and my house get quite messy. Now, it’s May, and I find my life quite out of balance.

If the first 4 moths of the year were defined by my travel schedule, I hope to make the next few months defined by my lack of travel. I will go to the gym regularly, to focus on eating more healthily, to not work constantly, and to keep up with my personal affairs. I will spend many days quietly in my office working quietly by myself, with my phone on do-not-disturb and my Outlook closed (I’ll check these a few times a day). If the first 4 months of the year could be described as crazy and unpredictable, the next few months will be defined as regimented and predictable.

I like change, a lot… but now it’s time to change my pace and slow down, a lot. Just for a little while, though. It will soon be time to travel again, but, in the meantime, I am going to enjoy some normalcy and predictability in my life.

Rezitech CEO Awarded “Most Innovative Contributor” at Autotask Community Live 2009

admin — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:20:24 +0000

During Autotask Community Live 2009, a national event held for the IT Services industry, Rezitech CEO Travis Austin was named the “Most Innovative Contributor” by Autotask CEO Bob Godgart and CMO Bob Vogel.

“What a great honor,” Austin said. “I am humbled by the feedback I received throughout the entire event. It’s encouraged me to continue to drive Rezitech towards invention and innovation in an industry that all-to-often follows the next guy instead of developing new solutions.”

Brielle Whittaker, of Tulsa based IT Services firm Ace Net Consulting, said “I just wish I could think like this man, he doesn’t see road blocks, its like toys to him.”

Austin led a presentation on developing custom integrations using the Autotask Web Services API and other developer tools, and is available for speaking engagements and consulting.

Rezitech CEO Quoted on MSPmentor.net and worksWithU.com

admin — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:29:42 +0000

Travis recently met up with industry media mogul Joe Panettieri at the Autotask Community Live 2009 event. Joe was impressed with Rezitech’s use of open source technology to provide a rock-solid backbone to Rezitech’s enterprise customers.

Read about it: MSPmentor.net or worksWithU.com

Rezitech CEO Quoted by ChannelWeb Regarding Autotask’s New Release

admin — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:28:34 +0000

Travis recently spoke with ChannelWeb’s Scott Campbell regarding Autotask’s newly-released Outsource Management, Client Access Portal, and TaskFire software.

Read about it: crn.com