Book: 20240626 to 20241106, "Benjamin Franklin : an American life" by Walter Isaacson
20240626 - Chapter One - Benjamin Franklin and the Invention of America 20240627 - Chapter Two - Pilgrim's Progress: Boston, 1706-1723 Is it so tightly related to gene? Why those famous people's ancestors were all so smart and brave? By asking what seemed to be innocent questions, Franklink would draw people into making concessions that would gradually prove whatever point he was trying to assert. p27 The better approach: assuming that I could be wrong, and asking questions to confirm it. 20240628 - Chapter Three - Journeyman: Philadelphia and London, 1723-1726 "......it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do." p37 True. But how did Franklin find that? People are more likely to admire your work if you'are able to keep them from feeling jealous of you. p40 Maybe, this is the reason that most celebrities insist that their success mainly came from luck. A secret to being more revered than resented, he learned, was to display a self-d