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Susan Sussman

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AN IDIOT'S GUIDE TO KEEPING YOUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS: A PHILANTHROPIST'S STORY

Weekly Contest #360

AN IDIOT'S GUIDE TO KEEPING YOUR NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS: A PHILANTHROPIST'S STORY INTRODUCTION I'm Benjamin Franklin Brown. Ben Brown. Yes, named after that Benjamin Franklin. My mother's idea. She had high hopes. I'm a philanthropist worth about $400 million. Made my fortune as a self-help guru. Over the past twenty-five years, I've made exactly four New Year's resolutions each year and kept zero. But I've helped thousands achieve their goals — addiction recovery, job training, financial literacy — with a documented success rate of 73%. M...

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