At the age of 40, Harland David Sanders had a small service center (gas station) and was cooking food for travelers too. He would cook his chicken with his secret recipe and served this to travelers. Later on, people would go to his service station not for petrol, but for his food.

His business boomed so much that he purchased a new place which could house 142 people and served his fried chicken.

But his fortune ran out, around 1950, an interstate bypass was built and this bypass completely bypassed his town and his restaurant. He went bankrupt, sold his restaurant and paid off his debts.

By that time, he was already 65 years old, was living on his social security paycheck and was left with his secret recipe. He was not expected to work anymore. But this did not stop him from living his life.

Together with his wife, they traveled to many restaurants to make business with them. His term was that he would give his secret recipe and in return, for every chicken sold, he would get 5 cents each.

Amazingly a lot of restaurants rejected his offer, according to other sources, he got rejected 1009 times. At the age of 65, that is not easy to take. But Col. Sanders was something else, he still continued to market his recipe.

Finally, he got his YES, and the rest is history. His recipe was so successful that his restaurant is a world wide franchise known as KFC.

If Col. Sanders gave up at the age of 65 and just decided to live by his Social Security paycheck, then we would never taste and know KFC. If he had the mindset of "I am old and cannot work" he would never be a big success!

What is important is that we should BEGIN doing what we should do to reach our dreams. We should start achieving it. Starting something and taking the risk is better than doing nothing at all.

You want to get rich? Start now! Want a successful business? Make it happen and start now! Do you want a healthy family relationship? Start doing it now. Make things happen, don't wait for things to happen.

Just like Col. Sanders, before that YES and before that success, he had to endure so much pain but at the end, it all went well, if not for all the pain, KFC would not be born.

Start creating your success, start enduring the pain, at the end, you will be rewarded graciously.

God Bless You!

(Most probably now you want to eat at KFC hehe)

1st picture on top is not mine, credit goes to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harland_Sanders.jpg
2nd picture is not mine, all credit goes to http://colonelsanders.com/bio.asp