1009次被拒

1009 Rejections（转载自 I reading)

Once, there was an old man, who was broke, living in a tiny house and owned a beat-up car.

曾经有一位破产的老人，他住在一个小房子里，有一辆破旧的汽车。

He was living off of $99 social security checks.

他靠每月99美元的社保支票维持生活。

At 65 years of age, he decided that things had to change.

在65岁的时候，他觉得自己需要做出改变。

So he thought about what he had to offer. His friends raved about his chicken recipe.

所以他开始想他能做些什么。朋友们都对他的炸鸡配方赞不绝口。

He decided that this was his best shot at making a change.

他决定这就是做出改变的最好机会。

He left Kentucky and traveled to different states to try to sell his recipe.

于是他离开肯塔基州，到各个州去推销他的炸鸡配方。

He told restaurant owners that he had a mouthwatering chicken recipe.

他告诉餐馆老板他有令人垂涎的炸鸡配方。

He offered the recipe to them for free, just asking for a small percentage on the items sold.

他可以免费向他们提供配方，只要求从他们的利润中拿到一点分成。

Sounds like a good deal, right? Unfortunately, not to most of the restaurants.

听起来是笔好买卖，对吧？但不幸的是，大部分餐馆老板并不这么想。

He heard NO over 1000 times.

他听到过1000多次的“不”。

Even after all of those rejections, he didn't give up.

虽然被拒绝了那么多次，他依然没有放弃。

He believed his chicken recipe was something special.

他坚信自己的炸鸡配方不同寻常。

He got rejected 1009 times before he heard his first yes.

在被拒绝了1009次后，他终于第一次听到了“好”。

With that one success, Colonel Hartland Sanders changed the way Americans eat chicken.

因那一次成功，哈兰德·桑德斯上校改变了美国人食用鸡肉的方式。

Kentucky Fried Chicken, popularly known as KFC, was born.

肯德基（肯塔基州炸鸡）诞生了，人们一般称之为“KFC”。

Remember, never give up and always believe in yourself in spite of rejection.

记住，绝对不要放弃，即使多次被拒绝也要相信你自己。