Welcome to Let It Be Easy with Susie Moore.

I had a fascinating Uber ride the other day and I had such a great conversation with my driver, but I was like, oh, let me just jot this down in my notes on my phone so that I can remember

to record an episode on this.

So this gentleman who was driving me had come over from Europe and his plan was to work in

Miami teaching kite surfing.

And you would think that Miami would be a place to kite surf, right? Because we're surrounded by water.

Miami is known for its beaches. And yet, he explained to me that Miami actually doesn't vibe so well

with a kite surfing for a couple of reasons. People tend to come here more for the scene,

for the vibe, for sunbathing and going out

for dinner and dressing up and even going to the club, if that's what you care about, versus coming

to participate in water sports. There are plenty of places all over the world where water sports

is the thing. Miami has water, but water sports isn't really at the epicenter of

Miami action. It's really not what people care about, so to speak, majority speaking.

Also, if you want to kites off, see, I was getting an education, this is another thing I recorded

a podcast. I mentioned this on another podcast recently.

When we talk, when we're the ones talking, we learn nothing. But when we listen, we learn a lot.

And everyone is our teacher. There is so much that we can learn from any single person we meet,

including children. In fact, children are the most interesting of all. But the other thing about

kitesurfing, so I stay on track with this, is that it requires some training, right? There's some

safety rules. There's some practice, I suppose you have to do before you're alone, set out to kitesurf,

Miami Beach. And he said, you know, people don't really want to spend

three or four days doing the work when they're really only here for three or four days before they

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