At age
five, his Father died
At age
16, he quit school
At age 17
he had already lost four jobs
Between
18 and 22, he was a railroad conductor and failed.
He joined
the army and washed out there.
He
applied for law school but was rejected.
He became
an insurance sales man and failed again.
At age 19
he became a father
At age
20, his wife left him taking their children with her, because he couldn’t hold
a job.
He became
a cook and dishwasher in a small cafe.
He
eventually convinced his wife to return home.
At age 65
he retired.
On the
1st day of retirement he received a cheque from the Government for $105.
He felt
that the Government was saying that he couldn't provide for himself.
He
decided to commit suicide, it wasn't worth living anymore; he had failed so
much.
He sat
under a tree writing his will, but instead, he wrote what he would have
accomplished with his life.
He
realized there was much more that he hadn't done. There was one thing he could
do better than anyone he knew and that was how to COOK.
So he
borrowed $87 against his cheque and bought and fried up some chicken using his
recipe, and went door to door to sell them to his neighbors in Kentucky.
Remember
at age 65, he was ready to commit suicide but at age 88 Colonel Sanders founder
of Kentucky Fried Chicken Empire was a billionaire.
Colonel
Sanders (1890-1980) created the Kentucky Fried Chicken fast food chain at the
age of 66.
Pride in
his product, high standards, and brilliant marketing help to establish him as
an innovator in the fast food industry.
It is
Never too Late to start all over.
Never
give up no matter how hard it gets.
You have
what it takes to be successful.
Go for it
and make a difference.
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