Benjamin Franklin’s Success Ingredients: Sincerity
It is always better to be sincere than to be a phony or to be sarcastic. Sincerity is a great trait for anyone to exude whether at work, or with loved ones, and we need more sincerity in the world. If people were more sincere and more genuine, imagine what a better place the world would be.
For many years, we have ended many letters with the word “sincerely,” followed by our name. Or we have sent a thank you card that may have said “sincerest thanks.” We have seen sympathy cards with “sincerest sympathies,” or “sincerest condolences.” Sincerity is a key ingredient in decent manners and cordial human relations.
Ben was wise to include this word in his list of thirteen virtues, and was sincere about compiling a list that could help others. He was quite the writer, publisher, printer, and many other things.
If you have never read his autobiography, it is highly recommended!
He actually wrote things, at times like a diary, and many years after his death, someone compiled all of those writings into what we now call his autobiography. Whether or not he intended it to be an autobiography is actually unknown to us, but we can all learn many great things about him, and more importantly, we can have timeless words of wisdom and excellent advice from this great man!
You can show an attacker your sincerity by introducing him to a high voltage stun gun!