Thoroughly enjoyed the article. I’ve been slowly working my way through Walter Isaacson’s Benjamin Franklin.

My take away is: he was a remarkable designer of systems. He faced a problem with access to knowledge, and solved it by forming his “Junto” social club and a paid subscription lending library which sourced books from England.

These ideas show us what is possible if we ask the right questions and do the work. What is different between our world and Franklin’s is the volume of choices.

Larry Winget, the pit bull of personal development, says (paraphrasing): take out a sheet of paper and divide it into 3 columns.

In the first column write down where you are now. In the second, write down where you want to be. In the third, write what you will give up in order to get there (sacrifice).

I think this concept powerful. We can all be a little like our heroes Gates, Musk, Franklin, if we make the hard choice to give something up.

P.s. Thanks for reading this far. Inspiring you inspires me; this is why I write. For more nuggets like this, follow me.