Getting Rid of a Defect
There was an early American who spent some time observing himself and came up with twelve defects which troubled him. He resolved to rid himself of them, ‘Not by hunting ten hares at once, in which case they all run free, but by hunting them one at a time.’
For a period of two months he worked exclusively on one defect at a time. At the end of two years he had eliminated his twelve worst features, which allowed him to proceed in life with much success and happiness.
This man was Benjamin Franklin.