His colorful life included serious work as an inventor, scientist, printer, postmaster, author, diplomat and musician.
In 1727 (at 21 years old), Franklin created the Junto (Latin for 'meeting') group. Originally comprised of twelve members from diverse backgrounds, the Junto met on Friday evenings and discussed a wide range of topics including business, ethics and politics in the spirit of improving the self and the community.
Benjamin Franklin's 12 Rules of Management:
Finish better than your beginnings
All education is self-education
Seek first to manage yourself, then manage others
Influence is more important than victory
Work hard and watch your costs
Everybody wants to appear reasonable
Create your own set of values to guide your actions
Incentive is everything
Create solutions for seemingly impossible problems
Become a revolutionary for experimentation and change
Sometimes it's better to do 1001 small things right than one large thing right
Deliberately cultivate your reputation and legacy
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The successor institution to the Junto, The Library Company of Philadelphia , founded to share the book collections of the members in 1731, survives still today and is a major independent American research library:
http://www.librarycompany.org/
http://www.librarycompany.org/about/index.htm
Among the objects in the artifacts collection is one of the Electrical Machines designed by Franklin & given by his grandson in 1792:
http://www.librarycompany.org/artifacts/curiosities.htm
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