What are your attributes?

I was recently listening to the “How to take over the world” podcast episode that discussed the life and values of basketball legend John Wooden, and there were some amazing things shared during the show.

One area that host Ben Wilson spent some time on was sharing the attributes of Wooden, with a brief comparison to Benjamin Franklin, and then Wilson shared some of his own. I’ve spent a while digging into the attributes of all three, as well as some that have been shared about Charlie Munger.

The interesting thing I found is that so many of them are the same. I don’t think any of them used the same words, but it was a lot of the same concepts. I’ll share all of theirs, and then end with some of mine.

Ben Wilson

Ben himself shared this list on the podcast:

• Puposeful
• Diligent
• Joyful
• Active
• Honest
• Frugal
• Assertive
• Creative
• Grateful
• Fast

Benjamin Franklin

Here is Franklin’s list, as found via the Farnham Street blog:

• Temperance: Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.