Difference in culture

Thanks to Albanian Blogger and one of its wonderful posts, I cannot help sharing also with my American friends the very succinct, straightforward, and so true, quote from a well-informed Peace Corps worker in Albania: 

When I met last Friday with my friend John, working at Peace Corps in Albania, he made an astute observation that other Peace Corps volunteers had passed along to him about the difference of Albanian culture with the United States one: “In America, we build our relationships through work by showing responsibility for the assigned job first and in the aftermath of it we may develop a friendship, while in Albania it is important to develop first the relationship through coffee drinking time, then afterwards along the lines you do business.”

There is always time.....

...to volunteer, and this article says it all!

Free self education

Thanks to the benefits of the great online networks and their wonderfully sharing communities, although  I was not in search mode for this particular type of information, I just came across this fantastic posting and its amazing collection of available free help for self development that can serve a variety of needs and tastes.

I warn you it's a long list, but worth referring to it, if interested.  Enjoy it!