Could MMM actually be authored by 18th century time-traveling genius Benjamin Franklin? Go read the first essay, the one titled THE WAY TO WEALTH, at this address:
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/40236/40236-h/40236-h.htmDoes that not sound eerily familiar? Here are some of the choicest bits.
On debt: "He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing" and "Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt."
On insourcing: "If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself."
On wasting money on luxuries: "Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse; Ere fancy you consult, consult your purse."
On complainy-pants-ism: "Industry pays debts, while despair increaseth them."
On Badassity: "Diligence is the mother of luck, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep." and "Be ashamed to catch yourself idle when there is so much to be done for yourself, your family, and your country."
On getting rich with Good Old-Fashioned Honesty: "Lying rides upon Debt's back, whereas a freeborn ought not to be ashamed nor afraid to see or speak to any man living. But poverty often deprives a man of all spirit and virtue. It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright."
On Starbucks: "You may think, perhaps, that a little tea, or a little punch now and then [...] can be no great matter; but remember, Many a little makes a mickle."
