- More such Quotes will be added over time Benjamin Franklin’s life story involved various interesting twists and turns, but if we were to capture key aspects of his life, his life showcased his self-belief, vision, intellectual curiosity, and continuous/quick learning. If you were to watch the below YouTube videos, those videos show how one of the founding fathers of United States of America was constantly seeking to improve and invent processes and products, self-taught swimming by reading an instructional book, utilized his active and curious mind to understand electricity, and in turn figured out a way to ground lightning to protect people from electrocution. For some of his other inventions, check out the below references. Note: Please remember that Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin's, family environment limited him from furthering his education otherwise, most probably, he would have gone further with his education. The one common theme that comes out of various references in the literature is his curious, persistent, progressive thinking mind, and his indomitable will to implement his ideas into realistic solutions rather than paying or getting $100 for coming up with ideas. His story also shows the need for individuals with curious and thinking minds to take calculated risks to explore, and expand knowledge on top of investing time and efforts to further their ideas rather than getting $100 gift certificates from other sources. On a side note, I read an interesting article about how one presidential candidate while in the role of an executive gave employees $100 for coming up with interesting ideas part of employee-based idea storming work environment, irrespective of how far-fetching those ideas were, and this reward system was appreciated in the same article by a fellow ex-employee. First of, this executive's thought process of engaging and recognizing employees is certainly one way to motivate employees. But, if the person were to be Benjamin Franklin, he would have explored those ideas on his own, and might have tried to create a new company. This thought aligns with what one of the experts in the below YouTube video had mentioned about Benjamin Franklin. |