His philosophy about choosing your own personality, and how he was creating a mastermind group at age 21 to achieve financial independence, was all good anecdotes that are as relevant today as ever before.

I think my one take-‐away was Franklin’s personal leadership and actions to better himself. To read this book, you have to be extremely fascinated not only by Benjamin Franklin, but also about the time period it was written. In terms of business I think I learned very little, and while I might relearn about certain events from the American Revolutionary War, it was not the book I was looking for. From a learning point, I got to say that I’m not that impressed. Billionaires like Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, and Elon Musk have all endorsed this specific book. It’s rare that we find a book and a personality that has been endorsed by such prominent people. PRESTON AND STIG’S GENERAL THOUGHTS ON BENJAMIN FRANKLIN – AN AMERICAN LIFE Read more to know how Franklin contributed to forge a unique identity for America in this book: Benjamin Franklin – An American Life. Currently serving as the CEO of Aspen Institute, he has also served as the Managing Editor at Time and CEO and chairman of CNN. As a student at the Isidore Newman School in New Orleans, Isaacson went on to get his BA degree from Harvard University. Apart from this book about Benjamin Franklin, he has also penned biographies on Steve Jobs, Henry Kissinger and Albert Einstein. Walter Isaacson, born on 20th May, 1952, in Louisiana, is an American journalist and writer.

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