肯德基的创业故事（英文）

Question

就是桑德斯上校的创业道路，最好有中文翻译，简短一些。

Answer 1

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肯德基的创业故事（英文）
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Born and raised in Henryville, Indiana, Sanders passed through several professions in his lifetime. Sanders first served his fried chicken in 1930 in the midst of the Great Depression at a gas station he owned in North Corbin, Kentucky. The dining area was named "Sanders Court & Café" and was so successful that in 1936 Kentucky Governor Ruby Laffoon granted Sanders the title of honorary Kentucky Colonel, in recognition of his contribution to the state's cuisine. The following year Sanders expanded his restaurant to 142 seats, and added a motel he bought across the street. When Sanders prepared his chicken in his original restaurant in North Corbin, he prepared the chicken in an iron skillet, which took about 30 minutes to do, too long for a restaurant operation. In 1939, Sanders altered the cooking process for his fried chicken to use a pressure fryer, resulting in a greatly reduced cooking time comparable to that of deep frying. In 1940 Sanders devised what came to be known as his Original Recipe.

The Sanders Court & Café generally served travelers, often those headed to Florida, so when the route planned in the 1950s for what would become Interstate 75 bypassed Corbin, he sold his properties and traveled the U.S. to sell his chicken to restaurant owners. Sanders entered into franchise agreements paying him five cents for each piece of chicken sold. The first to take him up on the offer was Pete Harman in South Salt Lake, Utah; together, they opened the first "Kentucky Fried Chicken" outlet in 1952. By the early 1960s Kentucky Fried Chicken was sold in over 600 franchised outlets in both the United States and Canada. One of the longest-lived franchisees of the older Col. Sanders' chicken concept, as opposed to the KFC chain, was the Kenny Kings chain. The company owned many Northern Ohio diner-style restaurants, the last of which closed in 2004. Sanders sold the entire KFC franchising operation in 1964 for $2 million USD. Since that time, the chain has been sold three more times, most recently to PepsiCo, which made it part of its Tricon Global Restaurants division, which in turn was spun off in 1997, and has now been renamed to Yum! Brands. Additionally, Colonel Sanders' nephew, Lee Cummings, took his own Kentucky Fried Chicken franchises (and a chicken recipe of his own) and converted them to his own "spin-off" restaurant chain, Lee's Famous Recipe Chicken.

参考资料：http://memorial.moonlightchest.com

Answer 2

肯德基创始人桑德斯上校六十五岁开始创业，他创业成功给我们很多启示：成功的秘诀，就在于确认出什么对你是最重要的，然后拿出各样行动；不达目的誓不休。在此，我要跟各位举个例子，不知道你是否听过桑德斯上校的故事?他是“肯德基炸鸡”连锁店的创办人，你又知道他是如何建立起这么成功的事业吗?是因为生在富豪家、念过像哈佛这样著名的高等学府、亦或是在很年轻时便投身于这门事业上?你认为是那一个呢?

上述的答案都不是，事实上桑德斯上校于年龄高达六十五岁时才开始从事这个事业，那么又是什么原因使他终于拿出行动来呢? 因为他身五分文且孑然一身，当他拿到生平第一张救济金支票时，金额只有一百零五美元，内心实在是极度沮丧。他不怪这个社会，也未写信去骂国会，仅是心平气地自问这句话：“到底我对人们能做出何种贡献呢?我有什么可以回馈的呢?”

随之，他便思量起自己的所有，试图找出可为之处。 头一个浮上他心头的答案是：“很好，我拥有一份人人都会喜欢的炸鸡秘方，不知道餐馆要不要?我这么做是否划算?”随即他又想到：“要是我不仅卖这份炸鸡秘方，同时还教他们怎样才能炸得好，这会怎么样呢?如果餐馆的生意因此而提升的话，那又该如何呢?如果上门的顾客增加，且指名要点用炸鸡，或许餐馆会让我从其中抽成也说不定。”

好点子固然人人都会有，但桑德斯上校就跟大多数人不一样，他不但会想，且还知道怎样付诸行动。随之他便开始挨家挨户的敲门，把想法告诉每家餐馆：“我有一份上好的炸鸡秘方，如果你能采用，相信生意一定能够提升，而我希望能从增加的营业额里抽成。”很多人都当面嘲笑他：“得了罢，老家伙，若是有这么好的秘方，你干嘛还穿着这么可笑的白色服装?”

这些话是否让桑德斯上校打退堂鼓呢?丝毫没有，因为他还拥有天字第一号的成功秘方，我称其为“能力法则”(Personal Power)，意思是指“不懈地拿出行动”：在你每当做什么事时，必得从其中好好学习，找出下次能做得更好的方法。桑德斯上校确实奉行了这条法则，从不为前一家餐馆的拒绝而懊恼，反倒用心修正说词， 以更有效的方法去说服下一家餐馆。

桑德斯上校的点子最终被接受，你可知先前被拒绝了多少次吗?整整一千零九次之后，他才听到了第一声“同意”。在过去两年时间里，他驾着自己那辆又旧又破的老爷车，足迹遍及美国每一个角落。困了就和衣睡在后座，醒来逢人便诉说他那些点子。他为人示范所炸的鸡肉，经常就是裹腹的餐点，往往匆匆便解决了一顿。

在历经一千零九次的拒绝，整整两年的时间，有多少人还能够锲而不舍地继续下去呢?真是少之又少了，也无怪乎世上只有一位桑德斯上校。我相信很难有几个人能受得了二十次的拒绝，更遑论一百次或一千次的拒绝，然而这也就是成功的可贵之处。 如果你好好审视历史上那些成大功、立大业的人物，就会发现他们都有一个共同的特点：不轻易为“拒绝”所打败而退却，不达成他们的理想、目标、心愿就绝不罢休。

华德迪斯尼为了实现建立“地球最欢乐之地”的美梦，四出向银行融资，可是被拒绝了三百零二次之多，每家银行都认为他的想法怪异。其实并不然，他有远见，尤其是有决心想实现。今天，每年有上百万游客享受到前所未有的“迪斯尼欢乐”，这全都出于一个人的决心。

当我还住在那间寒伧的单身公寓并在浴缸中清洗碗盘的日子里，就不时提醒自己上述那些感人事迹，我对自己说任何问题都不会长久存在，也不会一直影响我的人生，只要我能不断拿出行动，积极且有建设性的行动，那么那些问题就会迎刃而解。此外，我也这么想：“纵使我此刻的情况不佳，但依然有些值得感恩的地方，例如还有两位好朋友、脑筋也没错乱，甚至于还能呼吸”

我不断地提醒自己留意所想要的，别只看见问题却不见解决的办法。我更告诫自己，即使那些问题此刻困扰着我，但绝不会一辈子缠着我而不去。 因此，我决定不管在金钱上或心情上有多么不顺遂，都绝不让生命再陷在其中。同时我也认定，自己的命运并不是真那么糟，只是好时光尚未到来罢了。

我相信，只要能不断辛勤灌溉所种下的种子－－持续去做对的事情——那么就会走出人生的冬季、进入春季，多年看似不见成效的努力就终必有收成的一天。我不会再那么死心眼，一再重复做那相同的事，却寄望会有不同的结果；相反的，我要不断另辟新径，直到找着自己所想要的答案。

多方且一致地去尝试，凭毅力与弹性去追求所企望的目标，至终必然会得着所要的，可千万别在中途便放弃希望。这句话说来简单，但我相信你一定会从内心同意，就从今天起拿出必要的行动，哪怕那只是小小的一步。很多人会接受这个道理，但为何不马上拿出行动来呢?答案是他们害怕失败，在此我就要告诉各位，失败的另一层积极意义……