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Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes.

-Benjamin Franklin

Welcome back to Mid-Day Motivation with @JustLibby! Every day I provide inspiring quotes by some the world's most influential men and women of all time!

Benjamin Franklin earned the title "The First American" for his important role in unifying the colonies and his help to drafting the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. He was vital in the ending of the Revolutionary War and negotiating the 1783 Treaty of Paris.

Besides being a Founding Father of the United States of America, he was a prolific polymath, inventor, scientist, writer, politician, and diplomat. "His scientific pursuits included investigations into electricity, mathematics and mapmaking. He is a writer known for his wit and wisdom, Franklin also published Poor Richard’s Almanack, invented bifocal glasses and organized the first successful American lending library." Source

If that's not enough credibility, he also invented the rocking chair and American Penny! What I find so fascinating about Benjamin Franklin, is his rise to his astonishing achievements. He was born one of seventeen children to a soap and candle maker in Boston. Despite learning to read from an early age, he stopped his formal schooling at 10 to work full-time to help support the family.

When he was 12 years old, he began a newspaper print shop apprenticeship with his older brother James. After years of abuse and disagreements with his brother, he fled to Philadelphia. From there, the 18-year old Franklin traveled to London. With his cultured experience of the city life, he returned to Philadelphia and spent his life uplifting the young nation with his involvement in politics, city development, and technology.

Clearly, Franklin was a motivated man. Even though he was a big dreamer with an incredible imagination, he had the innate ability to bring his thoughts to action. Motivation isn't only about creating plans is about putting our strategies into movement.

Simply put, the conceptual becomes tangible. So, put your work clothes on and make your dreams something you can experience outside of your head.

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