It Ain't Over Unt il It 's Over ! Lessons in Tenacity Victories in Uncertainties Reflection by Jim K illon Have you ever had "One of those days?"
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Every traffic light is red, you button your shirt
Colonel Harland Sanders was down to just his $105 a month social security check after he was forced to close his restaurant when the state rerouted the highway bypassing his place. He was out of the chicken restaurant business but he still had the essence of his success. The recipe. At 62 years old he went from restaurant to restaurant with his special recipe trying to convince owners to use it and pay him just four cents for every piece of chicken they sold. Over 1000 times he was rejected.
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Then finally someone said yes. And another, and another. In 1965, Colonel Sanders sold his interest in Kentucky Fried Chicken for 2 million dollars (over $15 million in today's dollars) He retained a seat on the board of directors, received a $75,000 lifetime salary and remained the brand ambassador. Imagine if he quit when he reached his 999th rejection. Whether business, personal, non-profit or in sports, persistence in the face of upsetting defeats and disappointments will help you to find a new and even better direction for your efforts. 2018 has been one tough year and it would be easy to accept defeat after defeat and walk off into the sunset. Changes for New Hope is my secret recipe and when rejected a thousand times I will re-adjust, jettison what doesn't work, find what does and do it bigger and better going forward. If you are with us, feel the love. After all, it ain't over until it's over.
feet? How about one of those years? 2018 has provided more than its share of kicks in the head and I have been getting dizzy from them, let me tell you. Spoiler alert, this does have a happy ending, as all my stories do. I will even share the reason, in advance, that I am writing this story for you and that is, never give up. If you have a project, a business, a relationship or a passion in your life that suddenly, and inexplicably goes horribly off the rails, ask yourself if the idea was worth your effort to begin with (of course it was) and how horrific it would be to walk away from it, if that would be your choice. (of course it isn't) 2018 arrived on the heels of December's 2017's final disappointment with the benefit rock concert I had planned for the victims of the El NiĂąo phenomenon which devastated the coast of Peru and left thousands homeless. Planners, the bands scheduled to play and the publicity organizer, just vanished, without a note or goodbye, into thin air and it had to be canceled. Those who lost everything in the devastation, still have not recovered and I was absolutely sick over it. Solutions were available and were just shrugged off. Apathy is humanity's most profound humiliation.
