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Natarajan
‘Finger Licking’ ….a Good Story…
This Story is Special because it’s an Example
of how Perseverance, Dedication, and Ambition
along with Hard Work ,with a bit of Luck, can
Create Success; regardless of Ones Age.
“Young Colonel Sanders”
When Colonel Harland Sanders retired at the age
of sixty-five, he had little to show for himself,
except an old Caddie Roadster, a Hundred and
five Dollars Monthly Pension Check and a
Recipe for Chicken.
Knowing he couldn’t Live on his Pension, he took
his Chicken Recipe in Hand, got behind the Wheel
of his Van and set out to make his Fortune.
His First Plan was to Sell his Chicken Recipe to
Restaurant Owners, who would in turn give him
a Residual for every Piece of Chicken they Sold-
Five Cents per Chicken. The First Restaurateur
he called on turned him down.
So did the Second.
So did the Third.
In fact, the First One Thousand and Eight Sales Calls
Colonel Sanders made ended in Rejection. Still, he
continued to Call on Owners as he travelled across
the U.S.A., Sleeping in his Van to save Money.
Prospect Number One Thousand and Nine gave him
his first “Yes.”
After Two Years of making Daily Sales, he had Signed
up a total of Five Restaurants. Still the Colonel pressed
on, knowing that he had a great Chicken Recipe and
that Someday the Idea would Catch on.
Naturally, you may know how the Story Ends. The idea
did Catch on. By 1963, the Colonel had Six Hundred
Restaurants across the Country selling his Secret
Recipe of Kentucky Fried Chicken
(with Eleven Herbs and Spices).
In 1964, he was bought out by the future Kentucky
Governor, John Brown. Even though the sale made
him a Multi-Millionaire, he continued to represent
and Promote Kentucky Fried Chicken until his death
in 1990.
Colonel Sanders’ Story teaches an Important Lesson –
it’s never Too Late to Decide to never Give Up. Earlier
in his Life, the Colonel was Involved in other Business
Ventures but they weren’t Successful. He had a Gas
Station in the Thirties, a Restaurant in the Forties
and he gave up on both of them.
However, at the age of sixty-five, Harland Sanders
decided his Chicken Idea was the Right Idea and
he refused to give up, even in spite of repeated
Rejections.
He knew that if he kept on Knocking on Doors,
Eventually someone would say “YES.”
KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) is now a Global
Chain of Fried Chicken Fast Food Restaurants…
with Millions of Ardent Fans for Finger Licking
Good Chicken Recipes…Worldwide.. 
Old Col.Sanders, died at the age of 90 in Dec, 1980!!
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