成功一次就足够了

　　ONE SUCCESS IS ENOUGH

　　成功一次就足够了

　　When he was thirty-five, misfortune befell on him. When he was driving across a hugebridge, the steel ropes along the edge of the bridge were broken and he fell into the river with hiscar. He suffered such severe injuries that he could no longer continue his job of promoting tires.

　　When he was forty, he opened a gas station in a town. However, he came into disputebecause he beat his rivalries due to the billboard hanging problems.

　　When he was forty-seven, he divorced his second wife, which had deeply stricken his threechildren.

　　When he was sixty-one, he campaigned for a senator but failed at last.

　　When he was sixty-five, his on-growth restaurant was dismantled by the government due toroad renovating . He was compelled to sell out all his facilities at a very low price.

　　When he was sixty-six, he made a living by promoting his chicken-frying technics to variousrestaurants in different places.

　　When he was seventy-five, he felt powerless to maintain his company, so he transferred hisbrand and patent to others. The new owner suggested giving him ten thousand stock shares as partof the purchasing price. But he turned down the suggestion. Later the price of the stocks of thecompany soared and he lost the chance of being a billionaire.

　　When he was eighty-three, he opened another fast-food restaurant but fell into a lawsuit dueto trademark and patent issues.

　　When he was eighty-eight, he achieved great success and became well-known to the wholeworld.

　　He was exactly the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Harland Sanders. He often said,“People always complain about the bad weather. Actually the weather is not bad at all. As long asyou are optimist and confident all the time, you will have a good weather every day.”

　　他三十五岁的时候，厄运降临。当时他正开车通过一座大桥，桥边的钢索断裂，他连人带车掉进河里。他伤得很严重，只能放弃推销轮胎的工作。

　　四十岁的时候，他在镇上开了一家加油站。可是，因为悬挂广告牌的问题打了竞争对手，他卷入了纷争。

　　四十七岁时，他跟第二任妻子离了婚，三个孩子备受打击。

　　六十一岁的时候，他竞选参议员，最后没能当选。

　　六十五岁，餐厅生意蒸蒸日上的时候，政府因翻修道路，下令拆除，一应设备被迫以超低价出售。

　　六十六岁的时候，他以向不同地方的各式餐厅推广炸鸡工艺为生。

　　七十五岁时，他自感无力维持公司生意，将商标和专利转让给他人。对方提出要给他一万股抵算部分收购价格，他回绝了。后来，该公司股票价格疯涨，他与成为亿万富翁的机会失之交臂。

　　八十三岁的时候，他又开了一家快餐店，因为商标和专利的问题吃了官司。

　　八十八岁，他大获成功，名字家喻户晓。

　　他就是肯德基的创始人哈兰·桑德斯。他常说：“人们经常抱怨天气糟糕。其实天气一点儿也不糟糕。只要你时刻保持乐观和自信的状态，天天都是艳阳天。”

 

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