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Note – I am running a rewind today for a few reasons.  One is that the new ducks are coming in either tomorrow or Thursday and I need to get everything ready.

Additionally  I have to go out to Granburry to buy some stock tanks to plumb into our aquaponics system this weekend.  Normally this is a much shorter trip but someone out there bought all the 100 gallon tanks at my Tractor Supply, and you know who you are LOL.

I also need to get all the new stands built for that system this week and need some more lumber to get that done.

Lastly my voice is a wreck from this current cold or flu or whatever it is, I barely got though yesterdays show, so it seems like a good day to rest my vocal cords and get shit done!

Today is an episode of TSP Rewind, commercial free versions of past podcast episodes.

Today’s episode was originally, Episode-845- Ben Franklin on Modern Survivalism and originally aired on Feb 22, 2012.

The notes below are the original notes from that episode.

Reat Franlin’s 8 Tenets at TheArtOfManliness.com

Recently I get a ton of emails on an article called. 8 Personal Finance Lessons from Benjamin Franklin that was published on the very cool blog, The Art of Manliness.

Several dozen of you told me that this article sounded like 8 things I say often on TSP.

So rather than read the article at all I decided to do the show based just on the 8 tenets of Franklin and see how much in sync we really are or are not.  One thing for sure old Ben’s advice seems quite timeless to me.

Join Me Today as we Discuss these 8 Pieces of Advice from one of Our Founders

• Understand the true value of things
• Be self-sufficient
• Invest in yourself
• Surround yourself with friends who share your values
• Don’t compromise your integrity for money
• Steady diligence is the way to wealth
• Time is money (I have changed this to time is value)
• The accumulation of money is an means to an end

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• Ready Made Resources – (sponsor of the day)
• Sawtooth Tactical – (sponsor of the day)
• The Art of Manliness
• 8 Personal Finance Lessons from Benjamin Franklin

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