The 10 simple secrets to Benjamin Franklin’s success:
A few of Benjamin Franklin’s achievements:
• Founding father
• Played harp and guitar
• Wrote best-selling books
• Invented the lightning rod
• Founded the University of Pennsylvania
Here are 10 secrets he used to live such a productive life:
• Founding father
• Played harp and guitar
• Wrote best-selling books
• Invented the lightning rod
• Founded the University of Pennsylvania
Here are 10 secrets he used to live such a productive life:
1) Tidy up
It’s easy to leave our workspace messy when we finish work.
It only takes 5 minutes to clean up your desk.
But it helps you get going faster the next day.
It’s easy to leave our workspace messy when we finish work.
It only takes 5 minutes to clean up your desk.
But it helps you get going faster the next day.
2) Make a sleep routine
A mantra from the man himself:
“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”
Create a regular sleep routine so your body’s circadian rhythm can become consistent.
A mantra from the man himself:
“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”
Create a regular sleep routine so your body’s circadian rhythm can become consistent.
3) Spend quiet time alone
After a shower, Franklin would spend time “addressing Powerful Goodness.”
This is essentially:
• Prayer
• Meditation
• Breathwork
Do whichever works best for you.
These help you visualize exactly what you want and who you want to be.
After a shower, Franklin would spend time “addressing Powerful Goodness.”
This is essentially:
• Prayer
• Meditation
• Breathwork
Do whichever works best for you.
These help you visualize exactly what you want and who you want to be.
4) Keep it simple
Never overcomplicate your schedule.
Franklin used to split his time into 6 blocks.
1 of those was dedicated to sleep - something many people don’t prioritize.
Divide your day into sections and focus on completing 1 major task per section.
Never overcomplicate your schedule.
Franklin used to split his time into 6 blocks.
1 of those was dedicated to sleep - something many people don’t prioritize.
Divide your day into sections and focus on completing 1 major task per section.
5) Set your intention and plan
If you don’t already, create a schedule.
Without limits, our minds will wander.
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Set a firm time for working and don’t allow yourself to slip.
If you don’t already, create a schedule.
Without limits, our minds will wander.
Another YouTube video, 10 more minutes on TikTok...
Set a firm time for working and don’t allow yourself to slip.
6) Dedicate time to learning
Set aside time to learn something.
Make this separate from your work.
Study something you’re interested in.
You could:
• Play an instrument
• Learn programming
• Paint, draw, or create digital art
• Discover how something mechanical works
Set aside time to learn something.
Make this separate from your work.
Study something you’re interested in.
You could:
• Play an instrument
• Learn programming
• Paint, draw, or create digital art
• Discover how something mechanical works
7) Reflect on your day
If you don’t already, do this:
1. Buy a journal
2. Get a nice pen
3. Start journaling for 15 minutes in the evening
Daily journaling will:
• Clear your mind
• Highlight your wins
• Show the areas you can improve
If you don’t already, do this:
1. Buy a journal
2. Get a nice pen
3. Start journaling for 15 minutes in the evening
Daily journaling will:
• Clear your mind
• Highlight your wins
• Show the areas you can improve
8) Do deep and shallow work
Remember the time blocks I mentioned?
Set aside 2 blocks for deep work on your biggest goals.
Set aside 1 for shallow work on day-to-day tasks like reviewing finances.
Remember the time blocks I mentioned?
Set aside 2 blocks for deep work on your biggest goals.
Set aside 1 for shallow work on day-to-day tasks like reviewing finances.
9) Schedule down time
There’s nothing wrong with Netflix or YouTube.
Just do it at the end of the day to give yourself a break.
You will feel like you’ve earned it - like a reward for a hard day’s work.
It’ll be more enjoyable than endlessly consuming whenever you want.
There’s nothing wrong with Netflix or YouTube.
Just do it at the end of the day to give yourself a break.
You will feel like you’ve earned it - like a reward for a hard day’s work.
It’ll be more enjoyable than endlessly consuming whenever you want.
10) Don’t aim for perfection
Perfect is the enemy of good.
I’ll finish this thread with a great quote from Franklin:
“I was surprised to find myself so much fuller of faults than I had imagined; but I had the satisfaction of seeing them diminish.”
Perfect is the enemy of good.
I’ll finish this thread with a great quote from Franklin:
“I was surprised to find myself so much fuller of faults than I had imagined; but I had the satisfaction of seeing them diminish.”
10 ways you can achieve maximum productivity like Benjamin Franklin:
1) Tidying
2) Sleep routine
3) Quiet time alone
4) Scheduling simply
5) Setting intentions
6) Dedicated learning
7) Reflecting each day
8) Deep and shallow work
9) Scheduling down time
10) Forgetting perfection
1) Tidying
2) Sleep routine
3) Quiet time alone
4) Scheduling simply
5) Setting intentions
6) Dedicated learning
7) Reflecting each day
8) Deep and shallow work
9) Scheduling down time
10) Forgetting perfection
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