At the age of ten Colonel Sanders was
fired from a job and told by his boss,"Your not worth a doggone boy".
Back then, the belief was that telling s child the truth about how inadequate
they were would give them incentive to settle for a lesser job or skill, which
matched their lack of a talent. His mother would tell him,"I am afraid
that you are just no good. I guess I will never be able to count on
you".
For most of his life, the Colonel worked
low skilled jobs. He never believed that he could amount to much. He even had
one job where he cleaned cigaret ashtrays. At the age of sixty five he worked
twelve hours a day pumping gas. But his perception changed. He would eat fried
chicken at restaurants and it always tastes like toothpaste to him. He believed
that he had the best recipe. He believed that he had what it took to sell the
most and best fried chicken he believed in himself. He developed a very
positive attitude.
It was not easy. He went to 1009
restaurants and everyone one said "NO!" to his recipe. A few years
later he sold his stores for two million dollars. That was seventy years
ago.
"Don't quite at sixty five. Maybe
your boat hasn't come in yet, mine didn't". That was a quote from
Colonel Sanders. He was broke at sixty five but he had a positive attitude and
as a result his life changed.
By Mauro Libi
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