THE MAN BEHIND THE KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN
I
was inspired to remember a very famous gentlemen call Harland Sanders.
You probably ask Harland Who? You may know him as Colonel Sanders… of
Kentucky Fried Chicken. So what is it about him that made him so
special? Let me give you a truthful rundown of his life.
Born on 9th September 1890
At age 5 his Father died.
At age 12 he quit school.
At age 13 he left home by himself.
At age 16 he has worked in 4 different jobs.
At age 20 he became a lawyer and ended it with a courtroom brawl with his own client.
At around mid-20s, he became an insurance salesman but he got fired for
insubordination. Soon after, wife left him together with his baby girl.
At age 32 he resigned from yet another job as a secretary after less
than a year and failed in another business dealing with lamps.
At age 34 he lost another job as a salesman at Michelin Tire Company due to the closing of manufacturing plant.
At age 40 he lost another job to run a petrol service station due to the Great Depression.
At age 42 son died due to Tonsillitis.
At age 49 his restaurant and motel were razed to the ground in a fire.
At age 51 he was forced to shut down his motel due to World War 2.
At age 65 he was forced to sell his North Corbin restaurant due to the drastic drop in customer traffic and 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.
So, he started franchising Kentucky Fried Chicken aggressively.
But at age 90, before he died, Colonel Sanders, founder of Kentucky
Fried Chicken (KFC) Empire died much richer than most people when he
failed most part of his life.
