Benjamin Franklin

A titan in the self-help literature, Stephen Covey’s The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People argues that the quality of success literature, taken as a whole, has declined in recent history. In particular, Covey argues that modern self-help tends to promote quick-fix solutions that leave the underlying deep-seated problems to…

In his Autobiography, Benjamin Franklin attributes the “principal means” of his success to one skill — his writing. Franklin, the self-made man who rose from humble obscurity to become a genius polymath. …

England’s American colonists were a serious problem for the British Empire by 1774. Mad old King George was pretty…well…you know. (If you’d rather listen than read, check out this episode of History’s Trainwrecks). 044 - Ben Franklin in the Cockpit, Part II | History's Trainwrecks on Acast The most famous American in the world was about to have one of the worst days of his life, and everyone who was anyone…play.acast.com

Time management strategies that anyone can use from the man that spent his life mastering productivity and task execution. What do you need to do to be immortalized on a one-hundred-dollar bill? Devise master plans and stick to them, evidently. Benjamin Franklin was outstanding at getting things done. So much…

A PRESIDENT THAT AMERICA DID NOT HAVE When a country is first forming, its residents are often seen to be illiterate, out of touch, or primitive. When the great American experiment began to take form, however, the reverse was true. The world did not perceive America as provincial or unsophisticated…

Kurucu Baba, Bilim Adamı, Üretken Mucit Benjamin Franklin’in başarıları sayıca çoktu ve muazzam büyüklükteydi… — Benjamin Franklin, Amerikan tarihi açısından inanılmaz derecede önemli bir bilim adamı, mucit ve politikacıydı. Hayatı boyunca elde ettiği başarılar çok ve geniş kapsamlıydı ve eğer hiç var olmasaydı belki de Amerika Birleşik Devletler’inin bugün çok farklı bir yer olacağı tartışılabilir.

As I scrolled through my Twitter account, inflation and recession reports filled my social media account’s news feed. I understand the working middle class feel panicked as they and the working poor are the hardest hit by the economic crisis.

Silence Dogood: The Beginning of Benjamin Franklin, the Writer T​he Background of the Silence Dogood Letters As one of the oldest founding fathers, Benjamin Franklin’s introduction to the public eye came much earlier than most, both chronologically and in his younger life. A wide audience was introduced to Silence Dogood…