Benjamin Franklin’s Success Ingredients: Industry
Being industrious, being productive, being enterprising, being busy with work, not to mention, focused and hard working and dedicated, were all things that the good Ben Franklin did regularly. We can learn from his good example, and we can be more industrious in our careers and in our personal lives. We shouldn’t be putting things off and procrastinating, and we shouldn’t be doing a half-hearted job. We should put 110% into projects, whether around the house, as a volunteer, or when it comes to our school or work.
The dictionary describes industry as “diligence in an employment or pursuit, especially a steady or habitual effort.” This is something that we have seen in all famous and successful people such as Walt Disney, Ray Kroc, Sam Walton, or William Wrigley, Jr.
It is important for those of us living in a time when we have every convenience, and many distractions, to keep working and plugging along. We have to remember not to put off until tomorrow what we can do today.
In the spirit of Ben Franklin’s humor, Mark Twain once said, “Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can put off until the day after tomorrow.” However, with all kidding aside, we are urged by this great virtue, of the thirteen, to work hard and steady, and keep plugging along, one day at a time.