The Attitude For Success Benjamin Franklin is America's poster child for how to make it big in the United States. He is proof that with hard work, perseverance and a little bit of luck anything is possible in the land of opportunity. As the son of a soap maker and having seventeen siblings, Ben knew from an early age nothing would ever be given to him and he would have to work hard for anything …showed first 75 words of 720 total…

…showed last 75 words of 720 total…man, with hard work ethic and determination to succeed can become in this land. Franklin is a man who was never given anything and worked his whole life for everything he owned, and never gave excuses to failure. His college and philosophical society still exist today as well as his American spirit of helping our neighbors and community. Franklin died on April 17, 1790 at the age of 84. His electric character, however, still lights the world today.