When it comes to social media, I tend to jump right in and not worry so much about what the 'experts' say I should be doing. So it's a bit odd that I took so long to get into blogging. Nevertheless here I am. I do hope that you enjoy reading of my exploits as much as I enjoy writing of them.
At my summer internship, I've gotten into a rhythm of printing out a Thought of the Day and hanging it on my cubicle divider. I've found most of the them to be insightful, though a few here and there are just plain funny. Today's Thought comes courtesy of the website Art of Manliness. This is one of those sites I like to browse around and just see what I can find. Through my searching, I found the following poster:
This got me thinking. Everyone strives to be around good people- people that make you smile, people that make you a better person. In reality though, what lengths are we willing to go to? Mr. Soboleski was driven to be a paratrooper, just to have an elite group of men around him.
Confucius once said, "Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself." The idea here is constant personal improvement. Whether that improvement be as a person, student, parent, teacher, friend; it's all the same. The people you surround yourself with makes a difference. With that in mind, how do the people in your life help you in that mission of constant improvement?
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