He did it every day, every week, every year. Living frugally not only keeps you humble, but it teaches you the value of money.Time is money. The following are those virtues, which are as relevant today as they were in the 1700’s. Having cleanliness of body and home is a representation of your attention to detail and discipline. The outcome was 13 Virtues that would guide his daily life. Related to frugality, Franklin believed that being ever useful was the key to success. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. At the beginning of each week, he would bring out a fresh form. The Circles are modeled after Franklin’s “junto,” a “mutual improvement” club that Franklin founded and which met once a week in Philadelphia to discuss his 13 virtues.
Being deliberate in how you spend your time can define the outlook of your life.Don’t gossip, spread rumors, or be deceitful.
Ben Franklin attributed most of his success and happiness to having attempted to become a virtuous man. I’m currently listening to It’s filled with interesting details about the enigmatic Franklin and how he lived his life. A friend pointed out Franklin’s weakness when it came to pride. Since he focused on one virtue per week, he’d complete 4 cycles each year (13 virtues, 52 weeks).
An individual should not overindulge in food or drink. This is essential to any habit development.
Ben Franklin developed this virtue system early in his life, and aspired to live into these 13 virtues on a daily basis. From these books, I’ll share insights, conclusions, and questions from history’s greatest thinkers and doers on finding purpose, meaning, and fulfillment. Ben Franklin sought moral perfection. To that effect, Franklin decided on thirteen virtues which he found particularly desirable.
Ben’s booklet w/ 13 Virtues. Last week, the Wall Street Journal ran an article detailing our efforts to get Circles launched around the country.
It never works.Instead, we need to make small changes, one at a time, until they transform from forced tasks into effortless behaviors.Just as important was his method of tracking his progress. Not many people know that Benjamin Franklin was on a path of self development.
How often do we try to change our entire routine at a moments notice? Learn to be tranquil and at peace with issues that are clearly out of your control. Each time he disobeyed a virtue, he’d mark it in his booklet.
This is my second Good Life guide. Temperance.
Franklin believed that temperance allowed the mind and body to work at an optimal level, making the other virtues possible.Franklin learned the importance of listening at his self organized junto (club) meetings. Too lazy, don’t want to read: download my 2-page PDF guide to Ben Franklin’s 13 Virtues. Here’s my (loose) interpretation of his virtues:9 Highlights from Peter Thiel’s Startup Class Notes In my quest to study the journals of successful people, Benjamin Franklin has not only been near the top of my list but also has been most request by many of you who kindly write to me.Franklin has intrigued me due to his self-made success, start starting from humble beginnings and rising to become a successful printer, writer, musician, inventor, and, of course, Founding Father of United States.
When Benjamin Franklin was 20 years old, he wrote up a 13-point “plan” for how he would live his life.
There’s not much to love about a daily commute, but I certainly enjoy listening to a good audio book.It makes the intermittent fits of road rage far more tolerable. We focus more on careers and personal gains than we do personal enrichment and being good people.Maybe we could all benefit from a list of virtues to build our character. He wouldn’t make any progress and fail repeatedly.Instead, he devised a simple system that would allow him to focus on a single virtue every week over 13 weeks. His ideas, methods, and techniques are used everywhere today.Moreover, his ambition of achieving moral perfection is something that we often overlook in our daily lives. More importantly, he realized that practice was the key to progress.By repeating the cycle four times a year on an endless loop, he ensured that he would always be improving and striving for his goal.While Franklin never achieved perfection, he still believed that the effort had changed his life for the better.
Big news in the land of the Ben Franklin Circles! In fact, it would be easy to name Franklin as the father of many self-improvement ideas we still use today.You don’t need to go any further than some of his most famous maxims to realize the mark he made:Even his daily routine has been celebrated as a good approach for optimal productivity.At the age of just 20, Franklin worked towards creating a set of rules that would allow him to essentially be a better person.The outcome was 13 Virtues that would guide his daily life. He kept track of his progress in a notebook, where he marked his success or failure on every day of every week.Rather than attacking all 13 habits at once, Franklin took them on, one at a time, week by week. We need to keep our pride in check and not be over-confident in ourselves or our actions. Take the time to take care of yourself and your environment.Don’t get upset about the little things, as it does more harm than good.
He could easily talk for hours, but it offered little in the way of learning.