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>>Erik: What non business experience has done the most to bolster your self confidence?
>>Slava: What I would say, this is a really tricky question. What I would say, the truth
of the matter isÉ Well, my dad died when I was 13 and it`s as simple as my brother
was four and a half years older than me, so my brother was just going to college so he
wasn`t at home, so it was just my mom and me. You know my mom did great, she`s a wonderful
person but no one deals very well with having their husband die or the father of their children
and you know my mom had some tough times but really I was there with her and we dealt with
some tough times together. I think we figured out that you know all these other things like
hitting the ball into the right part of the court or getting an A on a test or cleaning
up the leaves correctly or asking a girl out were really no big potatoes compared with
hanging with my mom and growing with the issue of having my dad pass away. So I think that`s
the main factor, not that I wish that for anyone to have their parent pass away because
that really sucks, but before that I was saying that my parents just really instilled a lot
of confidence in me, they told me I could do whatever I want, my parents were smart,
they put disciple in me and they said if I work hard, you should be able to accomplish
it.