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very modest and very hopeful:‘reader, if thou wilt do the same, thy profit
will be as great as mine,’ he says, knowing that the ‘profit’ in question is a
short-term saving on a new coat, and an attitude that will stand you in good
stead for life.

So don’t go away thinking that Franklin’s wisdom is all very well but
barely workable. He himself concedes that while ideally you should go to
bed early, work harder than everyone else, borrow nothing and purchase
nothing but necessities, life isn’t so straightforward. Instead if you take just
one little tip from his ideas and apply it to your life that will be precisely
the kind of small step that leads towards wealth. Or, to put it another way:
one good idea can change your life.

HERE’S AN IDEA FOR YOU…
If you don’t have time to put in practice all the ideas and themes of
The Way to Wealth then go to Idea 8, To Thine Own Self be True
(p.17), and begin by working out your finances. If you did that and
nothing else you would be on the path to prosperity.