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Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Karl has never felt that he had a true vocation, and has moved from job to job without following any particular plan. He says that he thinks it would be terrible to be one of the best people in the world at something, because it would mean that you are so indispensible that you could never quit even if you became bored with doing it; he thinks it is better not to aim high, and instead to merely do something useful. Nonetheless, Karl travels overseas to explore how people find their vocations. In Tokyo, Japan, he spends time with an 85-year-old inventor who shows him his various inventions, has him sit with his head under a "Cerebrex" hood to stimulate his memory, and attempts – without success – to teach Karl how to be a genius by sleeping and eating less, having a brain-friendly diet, keeping busy, and holding one's breath underwater for as long as possible to stimulate the brain to come up with good ideas. Karl then tries out the career of a traditional Japanese odd-job man. His first assignment, to rescue a cat from a roof, is cancelled, so instead he assists in cleaning a womans house. He then reports for duty as a nude model for students in a drawing class. He balks at posing nude, but does pose wearing jeans and shoes but no shirt; he is pleased at how good he looks in the drawings, but disappointed that the male students have drawn him to look better than the female students have. He flies to Johannesburg, South Africa, to meet Kenny Kunene, who was born in the slums but has become a self-made millionaire. After passing through extensive security checks at Kunenes home, he hangs out by the swimming pool with Kunene and several beautiful young women in bikinis. Kunene shows him his collection of expensive liquor and luxury automobiles, takes Karl on a drive in a new sports car, scares Karl by driving it at very high speeds, and gives Karl a aerial tour by helicopter of the slums. Karl is not sure he approves of Kunenes lifestyle, so Kunene has him fly to Cape Town to stay in a luxury hotel room with his own butler, chef, masseuse, and proivate rooftop swimming pool, and to meet a sales representative to look at very expensive watches. Karl decides that his favorite thing is the view, and that nature – which is free – is better than the expensive hotel amenities. Karl meets Kunenes business associate, Gayton McKenzie, who shows him how Kunene and McKenzie got started in business by "hustling," purchasing fresh fish at a fish market and selling it on the streets of the slums at a profit. Karl fails completely as a fish salesman and finally is reduced to giving the fish away. McKenzie credits him for trying, but Karl says that trying was not worth it because he actually has lost money. That night, Kunene and McKenzie take Karl clubbing in Cape Town and encourage him to eat sushi off of a beautiful young woman in a bikini lying on a table; Karl objects, and instead strikes up a conversation with the woman about her pay, benefits, and work conditions, and he concludes that jobs like hers exist because all of the normal jobs are already taken. His final stop is the United States, where he visits the Los Angeles area to see what it is like to be a catwalk model in a Hollywood fashion show. After an awkward performance in practice, he makes a good impression in the actual show, and he learns that his success at modeling means that it is good to give anything a try, because you don't know what you will be good at. At the party following the show, he lies down on a table wearing only shorts so that guests can eat sushi off of him.. }

• The_Moaning_of_Life shortsummary "Karl has never felt that he had a true vocation, and has moved from job to job without following any particular plan. He says that he thinks it would be terrible to be one of the best people in the world at something, because it would mean that you are so indispensible that you could never quit even if you became bored with doing it; he thinks it is better not to aim high, and instead to merely do something useful. Nonetheless, Karl travels overseas to explore how people find their vocations. In Tokyo, Japan, he spends time with an 85-year-old inventor who shows him his various inventions, has him sit with his head under a "Cerebrex" hood to stimulate his memory, and attempts – without success – to teach Karl how to be a genius by sleeping and eating less, having a brain-friendly diet, keeping busy, and holding one's breath underwater for as long as possible to stimulate the brain to come up with good ideas. Karl then tries out the career of a traditional Japanese odd-job man. His first assignment, to rescue a cat from a roof, is cancelled, so instead he assists in cleaning a womans house. He then reports for duty as a nude model for students in a drawing class. He balks at posing nude, but does pose wearing jeans and shoes but no shirt; he is pleased at how good he looks in the drawings, but disappointed that the male students have drawn him to look better than the female students have. He flies to Johannesburg, South Africa, to meet Kenny Kunene, who was born in the slums but has become a self-made millionaire. After passing through extensive security checks at Kunenes home, he hangs out by the swimming pool with Kunene and several beautiful young women in bikinis. Kunene shows him his collection of expensive liquor and luxury automobiles, takes Karl on a drive in a new sports car, scares Karl by driving it at very high speeds, and gives Karl a aerial tour by helicopter of the slums. Karl is not sure he approves of Kunenes lifestyle, so Kunene has him fly to Cape Town to stay in a luxury hotel room with his own butler, chef, masseuse, and proivate rooftop swimming pool, and to meet a sales representative to look at very expensive watches. Karl decides that his favorite thing is the view, and that nature – which is free – is better than the expensive hotel amenities. Karl meets Kunenes business associate, Gayton McKenzie, who shows him how Kunene and McKenzie got started in business by "hustling," purchasing fresh fish at a fish market and selling it on the streets of the slums at a profit. Karl fails completely as a fish salesman and finally is reduced to giving the fish away. McKenzie credits him for trying, but Karl says that trying was not worth it because he actually has lost money. That night, Kunene and McKenzie take Karl clubbing in Cape Town and encourage him to eat sushi off of a beautiful young woman in a bikini lying on a table; Karl objects, and instead strikes up a conversation with the woman about her pay, benefits, and work conditions, and he concludes that jobs like hers exist because all of the normal jobs are already taken. His final stop is the United States, where he visits the Los Angeles area to see what it is like to be a catwalk model in a Hollywood fashion show. After an awkward performance in practice, he makes a good impression in the actual show, and he learns that his success at modeling means that it is good to give anything a try, because you don't know what you will be good at. At the party following the show, he lies down on a table wearing only shorts so that guests can eat sushi off of him.".