Think KFC Before Quitting

Have you ever felt like quitting? Throwing in the towel? Like you've just had about enough?

STOP!

Have you heard of the KFC story?
If not, you must read this before deciding to give up.

Harland Sanders was quite contended with his little restaurant, where he served his fried chicken for a living. Things were going so well, he added a motel by his restaurant. When he was 45, the Governor of Kentucky awarded him with a Colonel title for his fabulous cooking skills. Things were going so well!

Then, IT happened. The government decided to build an expressway just in front of Sanders' restaurant and motel, making accessibility to the restaurant, an impossibility. He had to shut down, in fear of irrecoverable losses. So, he sat at home and received government support in the form of a meagre $105 a month.

During this time, Sanders' felt that there was definitely more to life than just sitting at home doing nothing. It was then, that Sanders' decided to do something he knew how to do so effortlessly - fry chicken! He grabbed a pan, some oil and lots of chicken, threw them into his car and drove off, he didn't know where to.

Quite directionless, he decided to stop at the first restaurant he came upon - and he tried to sell his chicken. "Just take them" he'd say, "and pay me if the customers like them". The restaurant owner tasted the fried chicken, agreed that is was amazing - but said no to him. No to free chicken.

So, he went back into his car and approached the next restaurant. Here too, the owner loved the fried chicken - but said no thanks to Sanders.

So Sanders went back and repeated this to every restaurant he came across that day.
But the days turned to weeks and the weeks to months, and months to years - no one wanted to sell his fried chicken. He continued the same routine - sleep in his car at night, and sell chicken in the daytime.

Let me ask you a question now :
If you were Colonel Sanders, how many restaurants would you have approached before quitting?
How many NOs would have been too much for you? 10? 50? 100?
How many days would you have stayed in your car before you decided that you've had just about enough and drive home to that $105 a month pay check?
How many more people would you have approached?

Do you know how many restaurants Colonel Sanders approached before finally hearing a YES?
1009. That's correct. He approached 1009 restaurants persistently until a restaurant bought his fried chicken. And he kept on going!

This is not just a success story to read and feel warm about.
Think about it - this man almost quit. He could've been satisfied just living by with the $ 105 check he received. But he didn't.

It's all about how far you will go.

How far will you go to lose that stubborn kilos off your body? Daily exercise? Eating only healthy food?

How far will you go to get that job of your dreams, no matter what 'people' tell you?

Ask yourselves:
How far will you go before you quit..
And when you decide to quit, think KFC.

Good luck!