Bonjour everyone how you doing I am great I am in the south of France and I'm doing

this recording from a very fancy iPhone.

Honestly, I did not want to bring my podcasting equipment because it's so heavy and I needed to bring some shoes instead. And so, yeah, it's just me and the iPhone but it works and that's

what's important in life just do what you can with what you have but truly it's so nice to be back. I love being here because it just

reminds me of how important French Kiss Life is, you know, being in a culture that is all about living fully and well and being reminded of how that really helps you to create true success in life because what is success is it burning yourself

out is it making yourself miserable to get to your goals I don't think so. I think true success is being aligned with your dreams and I think

dreams are very important but it's also having the tools to enjoy the journey along the way, which is why I'm sending

you this because I am going to be hosting a free Swaré all about how French Hedonism can help you create true success.

That's right, I said, heatinism.

I consider myself to be a heathenist and I find that the word gets a really bad rap because most people, when

you think of a heedness, you think of someone who is guzzling down wine and just over

indulging and rich foods and maybe even having an orgy in between, I don't know.

But typically, hedonism is not something that is encouraged.

But when you think about the Greek philosophy of hedonism,

it simply means to maximize one's pleasure

to the greatest good. Really think about that. Maximizing your pleasure.

Pleasure is not over-indulging. Pleasure is not over indulging.

Pleasure is not sitting at home procrastinating and

binging out on donuts in front of Netflix.

Pleasure is not worrying 24-7 and walking around this playground of life thinking you're not good enough.

That is the antithesis of pleasure. True pleasure, true success is about showing up.

It is about enjoying good food and good wine. It is about feeling and building that confidence in yourself that no matter what happens, you know you will be able to handle it with grace and grit.

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