从本杰明-富兰克林身上学到的10个成功之道

If you have never made a pros and cons list to make an important decision, you should start. Whether it is expanding your business, promoting a certain employee or even taking a mortgage – making such a list helps you arrive at a solution faster. And who should be the one to have first brought this into effect but Franklin himself?
如果你从来没有在做出某个重要决定时列过利弊清单，那么你可以试试。无论是扩展业务，提升某个员工还是仅仅做个小抵押——列个清单可以助你更快找到解决方法。除了富兰克林，谁还能想到这么好的办法呢？

7. Importance of Perseverance
坚持的重要性

Entrepreneurial success is more than just luck – it is pure hard work, tenacity and never giving up in face of obstacles. And when Benjamin Franklin said, “Diligence is the mother of good luck”, this is what he meant. An unwavering decision to stick by his work and values led him to become one of the founding fathers of USA – and it can work wonders for everyone.
企业家的成功绝非仅仅靠运气——这绝对是努力工作、韧性以及面对挫折时的坚持。富兰克林说过”勤奋是好运的母亲“，这就是他的本意。对工作和价值观坚定不移的决心使得他最终成为美国开国之父——每个人都可以靠这一美德来创造奇迹。

8. Seizing Opportunities
抓住机会

Benjamin Franklin became a pioneer in demographic studies at a time when it was still new. He was anyway making his personal notes on the population growth in the 1740s – and he took the opportunity of a study in the matter. Centuries later, we still remember him for his discoveries. Being an opportunist and making the most of your chances will help you grow professionally by leaps and bounds.
在人口统计学形成初期，富兰克林已经是该领域的先行者了。18世纪40年代他就已经对人口增长进行了个人统计——然后抓住机会来进行研究。几个世纪之后，他的发现仍然被我们铭记于心。成为一个机会主义者，好好利用一切机会能让你大幅度的前进。

9. Learning From Mistakes
从错误中学习

Another huge lesson that can be learnt from the American scientist’s life is not to get disheartened about failure before even trying and to make mistakes without apprehension. Only by trying something new with the risk of failure can you also find the path to success. Franklin did that with a number of his scientific discoveries – and this applies to every entrepreneur as well.
另外一个能从这位美国科学家身上学习到的便是不畏惧失败，对错误要有反思。冒着失败的风险尝试新鲜事物才有可能找到成功之路。富兰克林就是靠这个得出了很多科学发现——这也同样适用于企业。

10. Welcoming Change
乐于改变

The last but not the least relevant lesson to learn from Franklin’s life is acceptance of change. Franklin brought about a colonial unity at a time when individual colonies functioned independently – and this was an important move that went to establish the geopolitical superpower that is USA now. To stick to the old is to regress – adapt yourself to the changing times to steer yourself towards success.
最后也最重要的课程就是要接受改变。当单个殖民地独立运作时，富兰克林提出了殖民社区的概念——这对建立地缘政治大国是个重要举措，也成就了现在的美国。固守陈规就是倒退——让自己顺应这个变化的时代才能让你走向成功。

These are some key attributes that went into building the character of one of America’s founding fathers. Taking a leaf out of his book is almost half the battle won for the entrepreneur striving for success.
这就是我们能从美国成立之父身上学到的一些关键品质。从他的书中随便学习一页，你的企业就成功一半了。