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Just finished first year at LSE - was definitely concerned about these stereotypes, especially the career-oriented ones but I think its just like every uni in the sense that every uni has every type of person (I was honestly surprised at the kinds of people who exist here for better or for worse), and the uni experience ultimately comes down to who you choose to surround yourself with.

Does your company let you set up a Ltd company?

Hi Anastasia interesting tips,take care

Very nice video, I really enjoyed it. Thank you!

Omg this was such a beautiful video, and I love the soundtrack 🥹

Looks beautiful there Anastasia ,love to see more of your travels,take care

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you are too perfect!

Hi Anastasia,have a great weekend

Hi Anastasia.good to hear your doing well, Congratulations on your promotion ,take care

Just found your channel and I relate on so many levels - corporate gal, introvert, and juggling professional dance jobs with my 9-5 role.... lovely to find somebody else doing the same! 💃💖 I'm also considering a move into a consultancy firm, so thank you for your great content ✨️

Hi Anastasia,your looking well,hope your project your working on is going well .intresting q&a ,take care

Hi Anastasia looks a nice place nice day and not so busy,i like traveling solo ,get to see more ,i usuly go to Scarbrough or Blackpool have you ever been Scarbrough is nicer ,hope you projects going well,take care

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Hi Anastasia,good to hear you can carry on with your dancing with the work you do ,seen some of your dancing videos they look great,can you say what the movie is or will it be secret for now,if it is not to worry if it is,i did see you won a few awards as well ,talented lady ,have you ever done acting or not intrested in that ,hows you project hope its going well and hope your family are well and ok with what happened the other week and you are ok ,take care

i think is great to have multiple incom indeas and hobbies , thanks monetize our passion is the way to go in this economic times👍👍

You have a very interesting accent. To me you definitely sound like someone from the UK more than what I think of as Russia. To my (non-UK) ears I think you sound like....maybe you are from Newcastle or something. Unrelated to the video, which I'm sure is very helpful for some, but I'm trying to understand what someone who moved to the UK from Russia might sound like. Hope all has been good for you in the 2 years since you posted this. Random weird exit stage left.

Hi Anastasia,nice quick tour not been to london for years ,i must get down some time ,looks very busy ,hope you show us around some more soon ,good luck with what ever project your working on ,take care

i would think 25-45 minutes would be optimal for a focussed topic eg management, sales, the 80/20 rule etc

Hi Ana, i dont think one can effectively outline the activities of a consultant in 6 minutes. Consultants get paid a lot of money. Why? Can you outline some tools you use to manage your day? Tools you use to analyse problems? What personality traits are effective in life? An example of a difficult problem that you solved. How was it solved? How does one work smart? How does one maximize the amount of work one can do in a day? (If that is optimal.) How does one manage work relationships? How does one manage multiple projects in a dynamic environment? Etc. 🙂

Hi Anastasia looking great ,smarties on your cereal diffrent,dancing looked great glad it went well ,good luck with the rest of your project your working on take care

Hi Anastasia ,good luck on your new project hope its not too stressful and you manage to take plenty of breaks as it sounds like you have a lot on ,i like your t shirt have you got one for each day?look after yourself and take care

Thank you for this informative video! As a uni student who's rlly lost in deciding her career and deciding what to major in/to switch courses altogether, your direct and concise explanation really aided my understanding of consulting. What did u study in uni to get into consulting?

Hi Anastasia,looking lovely ,nice sunny day,looks like spring is coming there early still like winter up north,hope you not to busy with work,take care

Hy Anastasia how r u? Its nice to see u always smilling😂.

Why don't Russians mingle with native Americans?

Hi, I found this when struggling with mine. Your advice considerably improved the clarity of my statement. Thank you!

Hello And thank you for the new Vlog!! 😤🙆👌👍

Hi Anastasia nice quiet day for you,I know it's not always like it,sun looks nice I forgot what it looks like as we seem to have dull rainy days for weeks up in Yorkshire 😅,your looking well after your holidays ,take care

while living in Moscow a friend in I ran a test to see how many people would hi back - it was one out 12 people would say hi back - My Russian told me Russians would think there is something wrong with you if you were to say hello to a complete stranger .

Good advice, thanks.

My dad did his phd from what was Leningrad in Soviet Union .he went there when I was few days old.when he returned back I was a few years old and it took many years (infact decades! to be honest) for me to relate to this “man” who never smiled or cuddled me.

Do Russians laugh or tell jokes. I've never seen this either. This is one weird country

There is not a lot to smile about when you have a serial murderer who's stealing the nation's wealth at the helm. Nicer people are more easily scammed as is evidenced in Russia. I lived in Europe many years and met several Russians who'd escaped that sad place and I thought they were great people.

Pizdej eto vse

I heard it was because life was so bad in Russia, that people who go around smiling must be idiots.

Maybe they believe they've got nothing to smile about. I mean Russia . . . . Everything I see about Russia gives even me a dull, cold and great feeling.

Some amazing responses here. As an American who lived in Europe for 9 years and Asia for 2.5, I never considered a smile as a detriment. I’m an American, I must be wrong. The smile is going away though. Nowhere in the world does the radical left have a sense of humor or decent social demeanor. Usually dour, angry, effete. The left is ascendant in America. You’ll soon see. Comedians will be the first cancelled. Oh, shoot, that part is over. Now they’ll be fired. They tried Chapelle, then Rogan, now Koy. Remember the Oklahoma rodeo clown who wore an Obama mask. He got fired. Of course, Kathy Griffin holding a picture of a severed head of Trump was just hilarious. Darn, people are going to think I don’t have a sense of humor.

Very interesting points discussed, good job!

Great video. As an American, I would say that people reflexively smile here and that smiling is even, effectively part of politeness. I also have French citizenship from my father and I would say that there politeness is mostly in using the appropriate words. This has led to French and Americans finding each other rude. Russian politeness? Bringing a gift... complimenting the food when done... enjoying a good drink together... using the patronymic. That's my experience for what it's worth.

I am Russian American. My wife tells me constantly I never smile. I never did understand why. I just don't see it as something i do 😂

Де усе руские. Я специально так написал чтоб американцы не поняли, хехе

Ironically Anastasia smiles a lot while she explains this, this makes her relateable, and seem friendly and therefore also prettier, undermining the point she makes, if she delivered it with the dead-eye dry delivery of an average Russian she would have less fans. I live in Bulgaria, and they are the same, but it is not a good thing, everyone always look dour and depressed, and it actually makes people grumpier overall like a self fulfilling prophecy, they are friendly when you talk to them and engage them, but they look very unapproachable, makes me in general feel like the most unfriendly country I have ever been in, and Russians too, and it doesn't help that the environment is ugly, what Americans call commie blocks, here is called Panelki and in Russia is called Khrushchevka, no regard for beauty, pure pragmatism, but nobody takes pride in it, the pavements are uneven, there is mud everywhere, everything looks ugly and depressing, and the people with this dour expression adds to the general miserable impression. It is only the pre-communist era architecture and nature that is beautiful, whatever the communist touched they made grey and depressing. Whilst I understand the argument of authenticity it is not better if people are authentically grumpy all the time, it feels much nicer in places where people are warm and friendly like in Asia (more so in Bali, Indonesia etc), everyone you meet has a smile and easy going attitude and they have authenticity too, so I don't think they are all less authentic unless it is like in American shops where it is fake for the customer, you can smile and be authentic, you can also be dour and authentic, I know which I prefer.

Russians don't smile because they are afraid to be located by the FSB Killer

Anastasia, was it worth it going to LSE, I mean, I suppose in Moscow there is high quality universities that teach finance / economics? I´m curious why your decision to go abroad to study.

Thank you so much for showing us your country. I really enjoy your videos. Keep it up!!!

All due to fear and suspicion...Stalin's legacy

Americans dont look at smiling when in contact with strangers isnt a "fake smile / politeness" but rather is being friendly and social vs unfriendly and anti social. Of course every society is different and there is no right or wrong with these behaviors

I was born and raised in USA. It was 6 months ago that I was visiting a popular tourist sight not far from my home. On the busy street, as I tried to move around a tall man, I excused myself as I squeezed by him. -- I am a small man. When I looked up to his face, he appeared very confused. I really thought nothing of it and began to move around him once more. Then, the little woman beside him spoke up: "So sorry.... He does not speak English well. We are from Russia." My eyes lit up and I smiled brightly to them. I reached out and shook his hand then hers and welcomed them to USA. "I hope you have a good time and that you enjoy yourselfs very much, etc...." I told them. Both of them smiled to me and nodded their heads. Then it came to me, I think I do know a single word of Russian. I looked from his face to hers and told them that I speak one word, as I held up a single finger. They looked at me curiously and then I shrugged my shoulders and told them "Spa -see -ba"? (Spelling?) They both smiled, laughed and nodded their heads. (-- I think, or I hoped, that I was telling them "Thank you") I shook both their hands, wiished them a "Good day!" -- All of us smiled then turned and went our seperate ways. I hope they enjoyed all the nice things to see at Put in Bay, on Lake Erie in the state of Ohio. I also hope that the next day or the day after that they were able to visit the large amusement park, Cedar Point. This park claims to have the largest collection of Roller Coasters in USA.... Possibly the world! 😀

Old Hawaiian saying; Smile..IT NOT BREAK YOUR FACE..