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Hi Chris and Susan here...

Welcome to our weekend newsletter from the French Alps

Bet you're wondering what oysters and jumping off a mountain have in common?

Yesterday Chris and I decided on a spur of the moment to go paragliding

That's when you jump off a mountain ⛰️ in tandem with an experienced pilot and fly through the air...

Truly amazing experience but admit it did take courage but worth every moment

We can testify to that

Here's the moment we jumped

Now you are probably wondering what the heck has jumping off a mountain and oysters have in common 

Gary Vaynerchuk one of the most successful entrepreneurs we know and follow describes it like this 

Every day he gets emails from people telling me why things won’t work out:

I can’t do that… I don’t like that… That wouldn’t work for me… I could never achieve that… 

What’s ridiculous is that so many of these people are crippled by negativity around things they’ve never even tried. They won’t post their content because they think no one will watch, they won’t launch that business idea because they think it will fail, they won’t apply for that job because they think they won’t get it. The Oyster Rule is a framework I came up with to hopefully help people navigate this problem. Let me explain.

A lot of people out there say, “I don’t like oysters,” but three out four times when I ask whether they’ve actually tasted one, the answer is no. My question for everyone reading this is, how can you know what you like or don’t like, or what works or doesn’t work, if you don’t at least try it out? The Oyster Rule is about tasting new things; it’s about saying “yes” or “maybe” instead of defaulting to “no.”

That being said, I’m incredibly empathetic to why people say “no.” “No” makes people feel safe when they’re navigating unknown territory, but I promise you – it’s holding you back. You want to start a podcast but you’re not sure if anyone will listen? Record an episode and post it. You’re curious about a new market or product idea? Test it. The trick is learning to reverse engineer yourself to lean into curiosity instead of cynicism. Instead of saying “no,” leave 20% to the curiosity of wondering what could happen if you just try.

We can endorse what he says 100% because every day we hear from people who follow us and would love to do what we do 

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But of those number very few will try the oyster 🦪

And by the way yes we have tried oysters and neither of us like them

But we tried

Now not everyone of you reading this will want to jump of a mountain

But what would you like to do?

Maybe its as simple as saying YES to discovering how to start a lifestyle business just like Chris and I 

Maybe its travelling across the world to meet a friend of relative 

Shoot us back an email and let us know 

We're curious what it would take to make that dream a reality 

Setting goals and finding a way to make them a reality is just the best thing you could do 

So why not start right here

Thanks for reading and whatever you do, always go for your dreams!

And remember what Will Smith said 

"the best things in life are on the other side of fear"

Have a great week ahead 

Saturday August 31st - the view from our apartment before we left to meet our pilots to jump off the mountain behind us 😱