‘Diligence Is the Mother of Good Luck’

This advice from Benjamin Franklin is still fresh and valuable.
‘Diligence Is the Mother of Good Luck’
“Franklin and Electricity,” circa 1860, by Alfred Jones, for the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Public Domain
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Benjamin Franklin’s words about diligence appeared in his “Poor Richard’s Almanac,” which he issued annually for 25 years. Almanacs were popular among 18th-century readers, and this enterprise proved his greatest commercial success. But it wasn’t just “Poor Richard’s Almanac” that brought Franklin wealth and fame.

It was, in fact, diligence.

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