{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "The main thing I retained from Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, a pioneering work of self-help, was if you want to recruit...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/652587901650157568/", "html": "<p>The main thing I retained from Benjamin Franklin&rsquo;s <i>Autobiography</i>, a pioneering work of self-help, was if you want to recruit someone as a friend and ally, don&rsquo;t volunteer favors for <i>them</i>, ask <i>them</i> to do initially petty favors for <i>you</i></p>"}