lessons from siberia: 1-month, irkutsk, 2007

{ Lessons from Siberia: 1-month, Irkutsk, 2007 }

Stephanie RexrothPrincipal & Senior Consultant

O Th Vi A C ti C ll tiOn The Vine: A Creative Collectivehttp://onthevinecreative.blogspot.com/

Disclaimer + Setting the Stage

{ Lesson No. 1 }

Courage = being @#$%ing scared to death and doing it anywayto death and doing it anyway.

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Be careful what you wish for…

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Culture shock is an understatement.

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Russians are hardcore.

{ Lesson No. 5 : Russians are crazy drivers! }

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Women-to-men ratios matter…

{ Lesson No. 7 }

My 3+ Russian almost-husbands.

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Challenge everything (you think) you know.

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The human spirit is amazingly resilient.

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Appreciate what you have in the US.

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Absolute relativism…

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People are people.

{ Last but not least… Victor. }