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1. Who Do You Hang Out With?

2. I used to work with this guy who was
an ultra machine shop wizard.

3. He could take a hunk of metal and turn
it into anything, provided he had
specific details.

4. Even without specific details, if I told
him what I needed it for, he could
figure it out, through a couple runs of
trial and error, until it was right.

5. I never really thought about his line of
work until I got to know him.

6. One thing that surprised me was that
top notch machine shop guys have
their own sets of tools.

7. Meaning if they leave one company
and go work for another, they bring all
their tools with them.

8. Sure, those huge machines that are
several hundred thousands of dollars
stay put, but their huge toolbox filled
with every tool imaginable goes
wherever they go.

9. There's a few games where you
imagine you're stranded on a desert
island, and you've got to pick three or
four things from a list to take with you.

10. Sometimes it's supposed to tell you
something about your personality,
sometimes there are actually things
that'd make a difference. (Like a
parachute to use to make some kind of
shelter).

11. Linguistics tell us that when we speak
of tools, we think of them
subconsciously as companions.

12. Based on the prepositions we use with
nouns, it gives us an idea of how we
think of those nouns.

13. "I went to the mall with my friends."

14. "I cut the bread with a knife."

15. Since both use the word "with," it
suggests we think of them as the same
thing.

16. A companion. A helper. A friend.

17. Skills are also the same way.

18. I got the job "with" my conversational
skills.

19. I got her number "with" my friendly
demeanor.

20. I finished the project on time "with"
my attention to detail.

21. They say the friends you keep
determines the life you have.

22. If you surround yourself with decent
friends, you'll always be motivated to
keep up your game.

23. If you surround yourself with lazy
bums who play video games and eat
microwave food all day, you might not
ever get that corner office.

24. Which "friends" do you bring with you
everywhere you go?

25. Helpful ones, or ones that hold you
back?

26. Inhibitions or strengths?

27. If you always carry top notch skills with
you, these "friends" will help you
achieve anything you want.

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