Ben Franklin's Guide to Wealth: Being a 21st Century Treatise on What It Takes to Live a Rich LifeIt isn’t all about the Benjamins! A revolutionary way of looking at money and value, based on the writings of the Founding Father. Ben Franklin’s Guide to Wealth is the modern version of the treatise The Way of Wealth by Richard Saunders—one of Ben Franklin’s many pseudonyms. Franklin practiced what he preached in the treatise, and it made him rich enough to have a full life, travel extensively, and follow his intellectual musings, which in turn led him to become an accomplished scientist, inventor, political activist, diplomat, and writer. Franklin wasn’t born rich. He built his legacy using his intelligence, curiosity, natural good sense, and proclivity for thrift and hard work. When he died, he left a fortune. Now the authors bring practicing what Franklin preached up to date for today’s busy lifestyles, with sage advice on a range of financial basics including debt, thrift, the value of work and business, developing financial responsibility, money and time, and preparing for the future. It’s time to think about what “rich” really means. It’s time to get back to financial basics. It’s time to look for guidance from America’s original financial guru—Ben Franklin. |
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... laziness are two things. Dare we say it? Doing work for yourself is not only good for your pocketbook, but it's good for your soul as well. True, you can pay somebody to prepare your food (either directly or indirectly by using ...
... laziness are two things. Dare we say it? Doing work for yourself is not only good for your pocketbook, but it's good for your soul as well. True, you can pay somebody to prepare your food (either directly or indirectly by using ...
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... labors . What you do with that downtime - use it or waste it is the difference between leisure and laziness . Plough deep , while sluggards sleep , and you shall have corn to sell and to keep . How much of your budget do you spend on food?
... labors . What you do with that downtime - use it or waste it is the difference between leisure and laziness . Plough deep , while sluggards sleep , and you shall have corn to sell and to keep . How much of your budget do you spend on food?
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... against our own worst impulses, our excuses and scapegoats will be simply empty fulminations. Furthermore, as Franklin observes, our own laziness, pride, and folly costs us more than we think. Section 2: Slothfulness.
... against our own worst impulses, our excuses and scapegoats will be simply empty fulminations. Furthermore, as Franklin observes, our own laziness, pride, and folly costs us more than we think. Section 2: Slothfulness.
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... laziness, pride, and folly costs us more than we think. If we spent as much energy diminishing these unproductive traits as we do trying to reduce our taxes, we'd be richer indeed. It is true that willful inactivity is bad for body and ...
... laziness, pride, and folly costs us more than we think. If we spent as much energy diminishing these unproductive traits as we do trying to reduce our taxes, we'd be richer indeed. It is true that willful inactivity is bad for body and ...
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... Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him. Laziness can drain your economic well-being in a dozen ways: Laziness can make you decide to forgo opportunities for better jobs or promising projects because they seem to be ...
... Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him. Laziness can drain your economic well-being in a dozen ways: Laziness can make you decide to forgo opportunities for better jobs or promising projects because they seem to be ...
Contents
Attention to Detail | |
Not Trusting Too Much | |
Thrift Through Right Effort | |
Thrift Through Smart Savings | |
Living Simply | |
Break the Chains of Debt | |
The Future | |
One Last Thought | |
The Way to Wealth | |
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