We live in a time where the default is to use your real name for writing. This was not always the case, as I learned in Benjamin Franklin’s biography. 300 years ago the default was to use a pen name. For good reason, as speaking your mind could be dangerous. This got me thinking. Why…
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Be a Useful Member of Society
Every morning, I answer the question “What is important to me?” One of the answers is “Be useful”. Benjamin Franklin has been teaching it 300 years ago. Charlie Munger is teaching it today. The idea is simple: Be a useful member of society. Remember Charlie Munger’s Three Basic Rules: Don’t sell things you wouldn’t buy…