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Lessons Learned In Greg Mortenson's Three Dope Of Tea
Three Cups Of Tea Throughout his experiences Greg Mortenson learned some life changing lessons. On of the most notable of these is when Greg learns from Haji Ali that Americans think that everything has to happen very quickly and that America thought by using a shock and awe tactic towards the war that they could end it before it event began. Also Haji Ali teaches Greg to share 3 cups of tea to slow down and make relations ships and as important as building things. This quote is very striking in that Haji Ali helps Greg see a major difference between the two cultures: that Americans constantly think that everything has to happen now, oppose to the culture Haji Ali was raised in, they value slowing down and focusing on the important things.
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