“All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea”
(Napoleon Hill)
“To accomplish great things we must, not only dream but believe,
not only believe but act.” (Anonymous)
Let me cut the story short: Colonel Harland David Sanders (September 9, 1890 – December 16, 1980), who at the customary age of 65 received his first old age pension social security payment felt so dissatisfied that he decided to do something about it. Taking full responsibility for himself and with an idea in his mind he changed his life with the only asset he had – a family recipe for fried chicken.
At 65 he started to try and find restaurant owners who would pay him a share in their increased profits for their fried chicken sales that used his special recipe. 1,007 times he was told “No!” (Maybe if he were to come to me with this idea, I would probably say no too). The 1,008th said “Yes!” 9 years later he sold his business for USD2,000,000. That was a huge amount of money… the rest is history. Today his influence of idea is greatly known as Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC).
He said, “I could have just complained about the system, cursed my luck and blamed everyone else, but I would have still been trying to live on that social security income, I had got me in that position. It was up to me to get me out.” If he never got the idea, take the action, persevere in the midst of 1,000 rejections, relentlessly achieving his dream – we will probably never taste his famous fried chicken. I will never his great idea. “One sound idea,” writes Napoleon Hill, “is all you need to achieve success.”
Lord, Give Us Today Our Daily Idea(s)
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