six thousand islands

Popi Skagia loves BTS, traveling, learning new things and she runs Greece's biggest stationery company, the one her father founded 70 years ago. There isn't a single greek person in the last three generations that doesn't know or love SKAG.
Having Mrs. Skagia on the podcast is a privilege and a joy, but most of all it's a masterclass in gratitude and humility whilst serving the people around you in the best possible way.

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American Football is a subject I was completely unfamiliar with. I’ve always watched the Halftime Show because I need to know if someone can do it better than Beyoncé, Shakira, Kendrick and Lady Gaga but other than that, I had never paid attention to the sport itself. BUT OH BOY, IT’S FASCINATING. Each game lasts forever but it somehow manages to be thrilling, and my friend and student Jake explained the game as well as the culture surrounding it. SO FUN!

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Some people were born to be singers because they live and breathe music. Others were born to be doctors. My darling husband Stamatis was born to be an anthropologist, a science we both adore so much. I’ve always had so many questions, some of which he answers in this episode.

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‘Business’ behaviour has never come naturally to me. What is a KPI? An MVP? A target audience? A pitch? A pivot? Competitive advantage? Are these basketball terms??? Because they sure do sound like basketball terms. Someone years ago told me to ‘watch my competitors’ and I did like my life depended on it but let’s be real, we’re not talking about the stock market here, we’re talking about intermediate greek teaching. My niche is so niche that most students and teachers know each other’s name, occupation and home address; most of us hang out online AND in real life. And you can’t compete with that.

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I met Stamatis and I instantly knew I’d marry him, and three months later, I did. The greatest love story of all time is mine.

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Some ‘‘language teacher’’ tried to scam me into joining their MLM scheme which is hilarious in hindsight but OOOO I was angry when it happened. Fraud exists everywhere but it sucks even more when it targets language teachers or students. What we do is important, we have a duty of care to our students and to the languages themselves IT’S ALL SO PRECIOUS PLEASE STOP BEING YUCKY.

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Have you ever watched Yu-Gi-Oh? The protagonist is a timid boy who sometimes gets possessed by a Pharaoh spirit that makes him more intimidating and THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS TO BORDER COLLIES WHEN THEY GO INTO ‘WORK MODE’. Inside the house they are the silliest cutest puppies but the moment they step outside they lock in and there’s nothing you can do. So no more Yu-Gi-Oh dogsitting for a while, thank you. I’m sticking to cats for a while. Or forever.

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Because *I live in a society*, there’s a part of my brain that seems to think that Doing Things All the Time equals Worth, or something. Then Rheumatoid Arthritis came with some VERY persuasive arguments (chronic pain and fatigue) and I have now achieved a more mindful and slow lifestyle, namaste.

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Life in Britain has spoiled me greatly, because it has set my expectations very high when it comes to how efficiently I can do government-related things, and I always forget that in Greece, government-related things are a Herculean task, or, better, a Sisyphean task: endless and futile. We’re all very good at lifting boulders in this country.

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