It's Louise from Team Forleo and this is the Marie Forleo podcast.

We're sharing a powerful episode we did about a huge realization Marie had on a past summer vacation.

Leave it to her to find life-changing advice while renting scooters in Italy.

You've got to give this one a listen right now.

Enjoy!

You know, last year on vacation, something kind of scary and embarrassing happened to me.

But as with most things that seemed kind of negative, there was this hidden lesson inside.

So Josh and I were on Selena, which is a beautiful little island off the coast of Sicily,

where the best way to really get around is by scooter.

Now, I hadn't ridden a scooter for at least 20 years, but I was super excited to get back on one.

So it was this blazing hot day, it was in the summertime, and I had shorts on.

And we walked from our hotel over to the rental place.

Now, I don't speak much Italian, and the women at the rental place didn't really speak much English.

But after a few minutes with Google Translate, we were ready to just hop on our scooters and start exploring the island.

So the folks at the rental place asked me if I was familiar with riding scooters, and I said,

no, not really, so they wanted to give me a little tutorial.

Essentially, they said that you go like this to give it gas, and that you squeeze the handles to break it.

Now, I ride my bike quite a bit, and it seemed really similar.

And I said, okay, this sounds easy enough, and in Italian, that's fachile.

So I put on my helmet, I turned on the ignition, and I got ready to ride off into paradise.

Now, here's the thing. What I didn't quite realize was that the right lever was for the brake on the front of the bike,

and the left lever was for the brake on the back wheel.

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