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"I hope, therefore, thatsome of my descendants mayfollow the example and reap the benefit." ~BenjaminFranklinWhen it comes to personaldevelopment very few know that the great grandfather or the great,great grandfather of PD isBenjamin Franklin.It's hard to find a moreprolific American than Benjamin Franklin yet most people don't knowthat at a young age Ben believed himself to be abrasive, brash andargumentative and wrote about this in hisautobiography.He outlined thirteen virtues hehoped to assume as he matured. He was determined to start trackingeach virtue, one per week, and would move to the next virtuerotating through all thirteen throughout the course of eachyear.1. Temperance.2. Silence.3. Order.4. Resolution.5. Frugality.6. INDUSTRY.7. Sincerity.8. Justice.9. Moderation.10. Cleanliness.11. Tranquillity.12. Chastity.13. Humility.YES! The path to virtueis via HABIT and this story got Martin thinking a lotabout the similarity of tracking habits to achieve goals and Ben'sprocess of tracking habits to devel