The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

What it's about

A runaway apprentice becomes a printer, a scientist, and a founder — and writes it up with more self-deprecation than self-regard. Franklin's thirteen virtues and his method for practising them invented the self-improvement genre.

Who it's for

- Anyone building something from nothing - Readers who like practical, unsentimental memoir - Anyone curious where habit-tracking came from

What’s inside

1. 1

   I

   17 min
2. 2

   II

   17 min
3. 3

   III

   13 min
4. 4

   IV

   14 min
5. 5

   V

   7 min
6. 6

   VI

   22 min
7. 7

   VII

   26 min
8. 8

   VIII

   19 min
9. 9

   IX

   22 min
10. 10

    X

    19 min
11. 11

    XI

    12 min
12. 12

    XII

    15 min
13. 13

    XIII

    23 min
14. 14

    XIV

    4 min
15. 15

    XV

    6 min
16. 16

    XVI

    19 min
17. 17

    XVII

    14 min
18. 18

    XVIII

    6 min
19. 19

    XIX

    55 min

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