Principles of Execution

Warning: Following Benjamin Franklin's Productivity Secrets Will Increase Your Effectiveness

 

"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get." Dale Carnegie 

His Life

* Born on January 17, 1706 (or according to O.S. January 6, 1705) [Link to Old Style below. Very interesting.] Died April 17, 1790.

* Benjamin is the eighth child of his father’s second wife, the tenth boy, and the last boy among seventeen children. (Four from the first wife of Josiah Franklin, and thirteen from the second wife.)

Insights From Steve Jobs On Visionary Leadership

 “The leader has to be practical and a realist yet must talk the language of the visionary and the idealist”. Eric Hoffer

What did he have to overcome growing up?

• He was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs who lived in Mountain View California. 

 

Visualize Your Outcome

“Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.” Henry Ford

• He turned a last place organization into one of the world’s most popular sports brands with 28,000 employees and $15 Billion in worldwide sales.