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1 Question 10 Different People
Social Experiment With Random People On The Streets Of Vienna
I traveled to most of the big European cities like Paris, Rome, Munich, Berlin, Kraków, Brno, Zürich, and on and on — and I always felt something was missing, that I haven’t really got a feel for the city, a feel for the society. And ever since I arrived in Vienna (Austria) I wanted to change that and challenge myself to do something different — and I surely didn’t expect this to happen.
I went on a Friday walk down one of the most crowded streets in Vienna — Kaerntner Strasse and I set a goal to ask 10 people of different ages, cultures, and races a simple but yet in my opinion powerful question:
What advice would you give to yourself in your early 20s?
The answers were inspiring, deep, fruitful, and regretful but most importantly they were HONEST and SPONTANEOUS.
Attractive Lady [37 years, Cuba]
To not overthink it too much about how I look and what will happen with me when I get older.
Police officer [58 years, Austria]
That education is really important and not only that — It’s also important that you love what you do, love what you study, and like the idea of who…
