COLONEL SANDERS

COLONEL SANDERS

He is an outstanding example for the words that "If there is a will there is a way" or to every farewell there is always a hidden hope. He proved these sayings with his hard work. He was so loyal and passionate to his work. Colonel Sanders (Colonel Harland David Sanders) belonged to a low class family. At his early stage he started working as a sweeper in hotel and worked there for many years. The only thing which was excellent in his personality that he was so hardworking and loyal with his work. Whenever he worked the people were perfectly satisfied with his work.

After some years the hotel was permanently closed due to some finance issues. Colonel also lost his job. That time he and his family were dying of hunger. They were suffering from very bad experiences. He lived jobless for nine months or more and later on he got a job on a bus stand as a bus conductor. There he continued his job for more than twelve years. During this time period he also got married and became father of three children. As being a conductor he was not able to manage his house expenses so easily. Many times he and his family slept without having food. But still he didn't loose his hope. Since he couldn't easily afford house expenses he started searching for another job. It took some time but finally he got a job which was somehow more profitable than the last one. He got a job of a dishwasher in a five star hotel. This was not a worthy profession in sense of both respect and money but was considerably enough to manage his daily expenses. Thus he started working there. He worked their till he was 54 years of age like round about fifteen years of contribution to the job.

Then he got retired from that job.

During these fifteen years his wife also left his home as he was still not able to give her a luxurious life as she wanted. When he got retired from his job he only had $70 which was the final payment by the hotel at his retirement. He was so disappointed and tired. Once he was sitting under a tree and thinking about his hardships and shortcomings in his life. While sitting there he realized that the only thing he was expert in making was fried chicken. While working in hotel he had made that fried chicken many times and everyone loved to eat that. So he went to a nearby market and brought a chicken of sixty dollars and cooked it by his own recipe and started selling it door to door.

The reaction was more tha
n he expected. Everyone loved that crispy chunks of fried chicken.

Later on by saving the income he was able to established a shop in city of Utah in 1952. He named his shop as KFC (Kentucky fried chicken). With the passage of time he started establishing the franchises of KFC all over the city which eventually globalized all over the world and he became a millionaire.

Through his hardships, hard work and will he became one of the richest person of the world. His family also reunited with him and they started living happily ever after. This was only possible because he never lost hope and gave up. He had a will to do something for himself and for his family. He faced all his shortcomings and overcame with happiness and patience. He always had a hope of a new and brighter day. Hence through his hard work he became the owner of a billion dollar empire.