Founders

What I learned from reading Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership by Edward Larson.----Get access to the World’s Most Valuable Notebook for Founders at Founders Notes.com----[0:59] Both men have been called The First American but they were friends first and never rivals.[1:32] Leadership at this level is a rare quality and well-worth study.[1:53] The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin. (Founders #62) and  Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson. (Founders #115)[3:53] He was bookish and inquisitive. Franklin quickly displayed a seemingly inexhaustible capability for hard work and was self-taught by reading.[5:36] Franklin was convinced that acts mattered more than beliefs.[6:06] Franklin advised fellow tradesmen. The way to wealth depends chiefly on two words: Industry and Frugality. Waste neither time nor money. Make the best use of both.[7:06] The years roll around and the last one will come. When it does I would rather have it said he lived usefully than he