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Self-Improvement Insights from the Journals of Benjamin Franklin

Jawwad Siddiqui
Jul 28, 2017 · 8 min read
Benjamin Franklin by David Rent Etter, after Charles Willson Peale, after David Martin (1835). Source: NPS

Of all the successful Founding Fathers of United States, I’m most inspired by Benjamin Franklin. He was famously a self-made success, starting from humble beginnings and rising to become a successful printer, writer, musician, inventor, and, of course, Founding Father.

Many people have heard that Franklin was a voracious reader. But I wondered what other…

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