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..or: how to like Vienna in 3 easy steps Someone said that Austrians may look cold(er) towards foreigners at first, but then they warm up. So I guess my take on Vienna was very Austrian. Here's the recipe: Step 1. Get your company to send you there on a training and also make sure that you have an important paper to write (50+ pages). This helps occupy all your waking hours: you will work non-stop with no more than 5 hours sleep for 5 days. If you want to be extra cruel (to yourself), go by coach - after 24 hours stuck in a chair you'll be in the perfect state to start your experiment. Step 2. Have a short walk, preferably after 2-3 days

or, why Romania will never grow out of poverty. Five simple words: we don't like to work. It's much easier to live off the pity of others. Example 1. Beggar in subway. Assuming s/he makes a minimum of 1RON/carriage x 6 carriages/hour x 8 hours/day x 20 working days/month = 960RON net earning/month. And they always make more than 1RON. Multiply that and cry. Example 2. Windscreen washer at traffic light. 1RON/car x 12 cars/hour x 8 hours/day x 20 working days/month = 1920RON net earning/month. I think they make more than 12 cars an hour. Multiply that and ... you get the idea ;) Here's the catch. The average net salary in December 2009 w

Took me a year and a half to crack it. This is the essence of market research: all projects are complicated, except those that seem simple - those are very complicated. I'm still testing the theory, but so far it's holding.