Benjamin Franklin 'S Method of Habit Formation.

Benjamin Franklin, founder, government official, writer, publisher, and economist recounts in his history that early in his life he decided to focus on achieving moral perfection. You've made a list of 13 good qualities, sharing each page. Under each power, he wrote a summary that gave a full explanation. He then rehearsed each one for a while.

To make this beauty a habit, Franklin can use the method of measuring himself in his daily actions. In the journal, he drew a table with a line of all the elements and a column for every day of the week. Each time he made a mistake, he would mark the correct column. Each week she focused on a different beauty. In time, over and over again, he hoped that one day he would enjoy “looking at a clean book.”

He says he has done this human test for years. In order to do the job well, he decided to try the beauty and unity of its value - one at a time. He started with self-control, which includes the measure of all happiness or the tendency to develop unhealthy habits, self-control.

“Often results in the coolness and openness and the much-needed headship where constant vigilance is monitored. Of ancient practices and the power of endless temptations. ”

Other virtues developed by the Franklin sequence are peace, order, resolution, absence, industry, integrity, justice, balance, cleanliness, peace, purity, and humility. With a summary order, he followed a small plan to use his time each day. From five to seven every morning he sat and focused on his body, said a short prayer, thought about the day's business and decisions, read and ate breakfast. From eight to twelve he worked at his job. From twelve to one he read or ignored his accounts and ate. From two to five he worked in his business. Evening 10 to spend the night in music, or at a distraction of some kind.