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At the age of 88, he finally succeeded

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At the age of 88, he finally succeeded

There is a person who lost his favorite father at the age of 5, and he lacks his father's love, and the hardships of life can be imagined. At the age of 14, he skipped school and began a wandering life, then went to work on a farm and make ends meet. But this kind of life made him feel very unhappy, and then he became a conductor, which was not satisfactory. When he was 16 years old, he signed up for the army, but after only a year as a soldier, he went to Alabama, where he opened a small blacksmith sales business, intending to start a small business, but it didn't take long to close. He then went to the South and worked as a locomotive furnaceman in a railroad company, thinking he would be able to work in this position for the rest of his life until his retirement.

At the age of 88, he finally succeeded

At the age of 18, he got married and thought a happy life had begun, but on the day he learned that his wife was pregnant, he also received a notice of dismissal from the company, and he was once again unemployed. In the days that followed, he was busy looking for work outside, and what he didn't expect was that after his wife sold all her possessions. Ran back to his mother's house and abandoned him. Immediately after, the Great Depression that swept through the entire U.S. economy began. Finding a job became more difficult, but he didn't give up his life because of the difficult circumstances. Friends around him also think that he is really trying very hard. Even in such difficult days, he studied law through correspondence, but because his later life was too poor, he finally had to give up.

At the age of 88, he finally succeeded

Later, forced to make a living, he sold insurance, sold tires, ran a ferry, and drove a small gas station, but these entrepreneurial actions ended in failure. The people around him watched him fall down again and again and get up again and again, and they all advised him: "Forget it, this is your destiny, no matter how hard you try, you will not succeed in this life." He heard such words and was greatly shocked. In this way, he lived in a muddy way, and in the blink of an eye, he reached retirement age. That is to say, in his old age, he still achieved nothing, of course, in this world, there are many people like him, he is not the first, nor the last.

At the age of 88, he finally succeeded

Time flew by, seeing that his life was coming to an end, he received the first social security check, at this time his muddy life suddenly began to wave, was his life just like this? He made a decision to make one last investment with more than $100 on that Social Security check and started his own business. He succeeded, and now people can see his smiling face in every corner of the world, and surprisingly, when he was successful, he was already 88 years old. This person is Harland Sanders, the founder of KFC.

At the age of 88, he finally succeeded

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