At age 5, Dave's father died. He had to raise and care for his younger siblings while his mother worked all day at a tomato canning facility. At age 16 he dropped out of the 7th grade. At age 17 he had already lost four jobs. At age 18 he got married. He falsified documents and joined the army. In one year he was discharged. At age 20 his wife left him and took their baby. He became a cook at a small cafe and convinced his wife to return home. In 1920, he founded a ferry boat company. He cashed this business in to start a lamp manufacturing company. It also failed. At age 40 he was selling chicken out of a service station. But, when World War 2 started this business also closed. His recipe for chicken was rejected 1,009 times. At age 65, he was finally able to franchise his chicken recipe and he worked until his death at age 90. We know him today as Colonel Sanders.
You are never too old to settle or too old to try something new!!
"I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labor, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best there was in me," Colonel Sanders. "One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better."
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