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**5. Choice of Role Models:**
The people we admire and look up to
can profoundly impact
our choices and aspirations.
When we have inspiring figures in our lives
who exemplify the qualities we desire,
we are more likely to set ambitious goals
and work towards achieving them.
Evaluate your relationships,
seek out positive influences,
and invest in nurturing connections
that align with your values and goals.
Your social circle can be a powerful force
that propels you toward success and well-being.
The Circle's impact
Swirling Visions
“I’m sick of writing everything in numbered order,” Tom said, listlessly
For Many Years I’ve Been Collecting Tom Swifties and Croakers...
Adam Sharp
The Tralfamadorians, according to Salo, manufactured each other.
No one knew for certain how the first machine had come into being.
The legend was this: Once upon a time on Tralfamadore there were creatures who weren’t anything like machines.
They weren’t dependable.
They weren’t efficient.
They weren’t predictable.
They weren’t durable.
And these poor creatures were obsessed by the idea that everything that existed had to have a purpose, and that some purposes were higher than others.
These creatures spent most of their time trying to find out what their purpose was.
And every time they found out what seemed to be a purpose of themselves, the purpose seemed so low that the creatures were filled with disgust and shame.
And, rather than serve such a low purpose, the creatures would make a machine to serve it.
This left the creatures free to serve higher purposes.
But whenever they found a higher purpose, the purpose still wasn’t high enough.
So machines were made to serve higher purposes, too.
And the machines did everything so expertly that they were finally given the job of finding out what the highest purpose of the creatures could be.
The machines reported in all honesty that the creatures couldn’t really be said to have any purpose at all.
The creatures thereupon began slaying each other, because they hated purposeless things above all else.
And they discovered that they weren’t even very good at slaying.
So they turned that job over to the machines, too.
And the machines finished up the job in less time than it takes to say, "Tralfamadore."
The Sirens of Titan
Kurt Vonnegut
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