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I’m less than $100 away from reaching the financial goal of adding a Rode Rodecaster Pro to The Yellow Studio. Your donations warrant a special, “Thank you!” And now I’m going to stop behaving like a carnival barker. And I’m very grateful to all the people who have contributed.

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This is it…my final update and last mention of the opportunity to make a financial contribution. YOUR story of a time when somebody encouraged you in a meaningful way – a way that made a big difference in your life. Visit /craving to learn how you can participate in this project (NO MONEY REQUIRED).

Chastity – Rarely use venery (sexual indulgences) but for health and offspring, never to dullness, weakness or injury of your own or another’s peace or reputation.

Tranquility – Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.

Cleanliness – Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, clothes or habitation.

Moderation – Avoid extremes forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.

Justice – Wrong none by doing injuries or omitting benefits that are your duty.

Sincerity – Use no hurtful deceit think innocently and justly, and if you speak, speak accordingly.

Industry – Lose no time be always employed in something useful cut off all unnecessary actions.Frugality – Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself i.e.Resolution – resolve to perform what you ought perform without fail what you resolve.Order – Let all your things have their places let each part of your business have its time.Silence – Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself avoid trifling conversation.Temperance – Eat not to dullness drink not to elevation.Here’s what Franklin wrote about these 13 subjects…and in this order: Little doubt Franklin thought by concentrating on these things he’d be able to escape the mediocrity and failure of his current life.

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By the end of a full year, he would have spent four full weeks on each item. He’d devote one full week to each subject. Franklin formed the list while he was a printer in Philadelphia swimming in debt. He created a list of 13 things he wanted to work on to escape his status quo and go to new heights of achievement. Recently I revisited the 13 subjects crafted by Benjamin Franklin. “We’ll find economy and rebuild.” Without knowing the end of the story, we believe her because she seems determined to build enough momentum to escape her present reality. It’s a powerful declaration of a character determined to escape the misfortune that had befallen her.

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“I won’t feel sorry for myself,” said Elizabeth the character in Poldark, an Amazon Prime TV series about who lost everything including house and status. And perhaps more importantly, the complete person that is who we want to become.

It’s the total thing – every aspect of our lives. We’re thinking about our lives, which very well may include business and careers, but it’s more than that. We’re talking about leaning toward wisdom.

Getting off the ground.īut we’re not talking about business. A business enterprise needs runway – cash and capital – to get lift-off. If a big plane is going to achieve lift-off, it needs a longer runway than some little lightweight single-engine plane. The visual is easy for anybody to understand. The bigger the plane, the longer the required runway. In business, we often talk about runways. Similar comparisons have been made to other forms of flight. Thanks to the brainiac physicists and other scientists we know the speed required – 7 miles per second. Technically, it’s escape velocity – the speed required to get beyond the earth’s atmosphere. If you’re flying high, like a spacecraft, then you have to get to orbit where you can safely fly without fear of crashing. And in order to avoid crashing, you have to keep flying. But what does that mean? Well, it means you don’t crash. Business success, I learned, relied on having a successful launch (take off). When the Eagle landed on the moon on July 20, 1969, I was 12. I started in sales so I suppose I did it because I sat through too many “sales meetings” where technical details, product details, and all the other dry, boring stuff was presented with all the panache of a cardboard box. Early in my career, while leading and managing sales teams I intended to make things easy to understand and relatable. I formed the habit of using metaphors and hyperbolic language to convey ideas in business. Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Email | RSS | MoreĪccording to the Northwestern website, a spacecraft leaving earth needs a speed of 7 miles per second or about 25,000 miles an hour to leave earth’s atmosphere without falling back.

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