Principles

Working every day to be a principled leader, a grounded coach and mentor, an optimistic voice and inspiring communicator!

Values and Principles we support:

• capitalism and free markets
• freedom, faith and family
• personal responsibility, leadership courage
• character, compassion, transparency and humility
• property rights, limited government, a strong national defense
• …life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness!

Why the United States is NOT a Democracy

Benjamin Franklin gave credit for his many inventions and business success to these 13 Principles:

• Temperance: Eat not dullness; drink not to elevation
• Silence: Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself, avoid trifling conversation
• Order: Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have it’s time
• Resolution: Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve
• Frugality: Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; waste nothing
• Industry: Lose no time; be always employed in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions
• Sincerity: Use no harmful deceit; think innocently and justly; and if you speak, speak accordingly
• Justice: wrong none by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty
• Moderation: Avoid extremes; forebear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve
• Cleanliness: Tolerate no uncleanness in body, clothes or habitation
• Tranquility: Be not disturbed at trifles, nor at accidents
• Chastity: Be chaste in matters with the opposite sex.
• Humility: Imitate Jesus and Socrates

HISTORY OF GADSDEN FLAG: In the 1750’s, Benjamin Franklin considered the American colonies to be dangerously fragmented. On May 9, 1754 Franklin published this woodcut in his Pennsylvania Gazette stressing the need for the colonies to work together.

The rattlesnake was an early symbol of American independence as featured in the Gadsden Flag. You can read more about this historical symbol here.