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KFC's mastermind Colon Sanders followed an unlikely path to creating a multi billion-dollar international company. Like most successful entrepreneurs Sanders has a story behind his success and like many he experienced some real hardships in life and describes feeling like a failure . Best known for founding the fast-food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken, Colonel Harland David Sanders was born on September 9, 1890, in Henryville, Indiana. One summer afternoon in 1895, his father came home with a fever and died later that day. After his father died when he was 6 years old, Sanders became responsible for feeding and taking care of his younger brother and sister He felt like a failure & decided to commit suicide. He sat writing his will, but instead, he wrote what he would have accomplished with his life & thought about how good of a cook he was. So he borrowed $87 fried up some chicken using his recipe, went door to door to sell. This was all during the time of the Great Depression. At the age of 40, Sanders was running a popular Kentucky service station that also served food? so popular, in fact, that the governor of Kentucky designated him a Kentucky colonel. At age 88 Colonel Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Empire was a billionaire. Nearly 60-years-old, he would spend days at a restaurant, peddling his chicken technique, cooking for customers, and often sleeping in the back of his car Kentucky Fried Chicken went public in 1966 and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1969. More than 3,500 franchised and company-owned restaurants were in worldwide operation when Heublein Inc. acquired KFC Corporation in 1971for $285 million LIFE IN BRIEF - At age 6 his Father died, - At age 16 he quit school - At age 17 he had already lost four jobs - At age 18 he got married - He joined the army and washed out there. - At age 20 his wife left him and took their baby - He became a cook in a small cafe and convinced his wife to return home. - At age 65 he retired.

MARCO ROBINSON Marco?s childhood was traumatic; at 2 years old, his mum left his dad, due to his addiction to gambling. Every week his mum would have to work four jobs just to pay the bills and put food on the table while his dad blew his salary on gambling. Marco and his mum would regularly move between towns and schools, and not really make any friends. They even had to sleep in the park at times to survive. Then his mum entered a relationship in the hope there would be stability. Unfortunately, it regularly turned violent and abusive and they were on the road again. Marco didn?t have any much schooling and left his last school at 16, getting a cleaning job and shared a friend?s house to survive. His mum found the right guy eventually, but through all his struggles as a kid, he knew he was the only person who could take responsibility for his own life. He moved from job to job, eventually settling in direct sales, but he was the worst salesperson as he simply had no confidence at all. One day the company?s top salesman said to him, ?You have something inside of you, some fire, you have real talent, you can?t see it, I do. I want you to read this book I read that helped me overcome my fears, but tell no-one, just read it and read it again until you get the message.? Marco read the book 8 times and became salesperson of the year. He had so much confidence, he told his first clients he was going to sell them timeshare, to which they declined. Four hours later, they bought and handed over $10,000. Marco was shocked to the core and asked his buyers why they bought from him, which they replied that they saw that he believed in the product, so they wanted it. He never forgot that moment. He went on to succeed, but not without tremendous struggle and hardship. Although he reached the top of the corporate ladder, he lost his job and struggled to become an entrepreneur with failure after failure. His 15-year marriage failed even though he has two beautiful children who were doing well. He left his wife after trying many times to save his marriage and all he had was a 20 year old Volvo and an old laptop. He wrote a book about his life, ?Close the Deal & Suddenly Grow Rich?, which became a #1 bestseller and he was again shocked to the core. He wrote it based on his past success as a salesperson and selling a billion dollars?worth of products in 10 years.

KFC's mastermind Colon Sanders followed an unlikely path<br />

to creating a multi billion-dollar international company.<br />

Like most successful entrepreneurs Sanders has a story<br />

behind his success and like many he experienced some real<br />

hardships in life and describes feeling like a failure .<br />

Best known for founding the fast-food chain Kentucky Fried<br />

Chicken, Colonel Harland David Sanders was born on<br />

September 9, 1890, in Henryville, Indiana. One summer<br />

afternoon in 1895, his father came home with a fever and<br />

died later that day. After his father died when he was 6<br />

years old, Sanders became responsible for feeding and<br />

taking care of his younger brother and sister<br />

He felt like a failure & decided to commit suicide. He sat<br />

writing his will, but instead, he wrote what he would have<br />

accomplished with his life & thought about how good of a<br />

cook he was. So he borrowed $87 fried up some chicken<br />

using his recipe, went door to door to sell. This was all<br />

during the time of the Great Depression.<br />

At the age of 40, Sanders was running a popular Kentucky<br />

service station that also served food? so popular, in fact,<br />

that the governor of Kentucky designated him a Kentucky<br />

colonel.<br />

At age 88 Colonel Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried<br />

Chicken (KFC) Empire was a billionaire.<br />

Nearly 60-years-old, he would spend days at a restaurant,<br />

peddling his chicken technique, cooking for customers, and<br />

often sleeping in the back of his car<br />

Kentucky Fried Chicken went public in 1966 and<br />

was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in<br />

1969. More than 3,500 franchised and<br />

company-owned restaurants were in worldwide<br />

operation when Heublein Inc. acquired KFC<br />

Corporation in 1971for $285 million<br />

LIFE IN BRIEF<br />

- At age 6 his Father died,<br />

- At age 16 he quit school<br />

- At age 17 he had already lost four<br />

jobs<br />

- At age 18 he got married<br />

- He joined the army and washed<br />

out there.<br />

- At age 20 his wife left him and<br />

took their baby<br />

- He became a cook in a small cafe<br />

and convinced his wife to return<br />

home.<br />

- At age 65 he retired.

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