<story><title>The Benjamin Franklin Method: How to Be a Better Writer</title><url>http://marketmeditations.com/benjamin-franklin-learn-to-write/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>liquidise</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;And the secret sauce is obsession.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Correct. Above all else, passion and continued perseverance are the hallmarks of anyone truly successful at their trade. There is an excellent quote from Saint Francis of Assisi that, quite honestly, explains the software engineering field about as well as it did masonry in the 13th century (or writing in the 18th century).&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.&lt;/i&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jgraeme</author><text>That quote appears to be misattributed. Should be Louis Nizer (1948).&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikiquote.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Francis_of_Assisi#Misattributed&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikiquote.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;Francis_of_Assisi#Misattribute...&lt;/a&gt;
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<story><title>The Benjamin Franklin Method: How to Be a Better Writer</title><url>http://marketmeditations.com/benjamin-franklin-learn-to-write/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>liquidise</author><text>&amp;gt; &lt;i&gt;And the secret sauce is obsession.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Correct. Above all else, passion and continued perseverance are the hallmarks of anyone truly successful at their trade. There is an excellent quote from Saint Francis of Assisi that, quite honestly, explains the software engineering field about as well as it did masonry in the 13th century (or writing in the 18th century).&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.&lt;/i&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>_chu</author><text>I climbed back out of bed just to upvote this. It&amp;#x27;s going in my little file of quotes that give me &amp;quot;the tingles&amp;quot;. Thanks.</text></comment>