Last week I watched the biography of Colonel Sanders on TV. I recommend watching it if you get the chance. I found it inspirational and motivating. I did not realize that the Colonel, whose real name was Harland David Sanders, was 65 years old and broke when he started Kentucky Fried Chicken. He held numerous jobs over the course of his life before buying a gas station and going into business for himself. He lost that business, and all his money, when he was 65.
That's when he decided to start KFC. In an interview the Colonel said, "everyone talks about retiring at age 65. People should stop thinking like that. At 65 I was just getting started!" What great advice. Rather then focusing on retiring early, it seems like a better plan would be to try and find something we enjoy so much that we don't ever want to retire! I believe that was the Colonel's true secret to success... not the 11 herbs and spices that he used to make his chicken.
Another interesting thing about the Colonel is that he was a GREAT self promoter. To be successful in business you need to set yourself apart from the competition. This is especially true in photography. The Colonel didn't always look like the Colonel. He took on that persona, even changing his appearance, to set himself apart, and it worked like a charm.
Today I am running short on time, but tomorrow I want to take a closer look at how I might be able to set my new photography studio apart from the competion. There's a lot we can learn from the Colonel. Hopefully you can stop back by.
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