The rewards of hard work refer to the benefits of working very hard. People who work hard almost always derive the following benefits.

1. They have a competitive edge over others at workplace.
2. They stand charismatic and commands respect.
3. Since, they are having determination and perseverance, most often they are successful.
4. They turn to be people more capable of meeting and overcoming challenges.
5. They are goal oriented and are able to achieve many a milestones.
6. The achievements keep them motivated.
7. It raises their confidence and self esteem.
8. The struggles and setbacks in their journey make them grateful in their accomplishment.
9. They get habitual with work, enabling a life centred on hard work for progress, profit and prosperity.
10. They draw attention of others and always gain a lot of opportunities for professional progression.
11. The hard work that they do always benefits and blesses others.
12. They remain free from the too worldly distractions.
13. They remain passionate about work and life.
14. They are in general strengthened by great character. 
15. They remain optimistic and happier.

Story

Sanders was born in 1890 in Henryville. When he was six years old, his father passed away leaving Sanders to cook and care for his siblings. In seventh grade, he dropped out of school and left home to go work as a farmhand.

At 16, he faked his age to enlist in the United States army. After being honorably discharged a year later, he got hired by the railway as a laborer. However, he got fired for fighting with a co-worker. While he worked for the railway, he studied law–until he ruined his legal career by getting into another fight. Sanders was forced to move back in with his mom and get a job selling life insurance. And guess what? He got fired for insubordination. But this guy wouldn’t give up.

In 1920, he founded a ferry boat company. Later, he tried cashing in his ferry boat business to create a lamp manufacturing company only to find out that another company already sold a better version of his lamp. Poor guy couldn’t catch a break.

It wasn’t until age 40 that he began selling chicken dishes in a service station. As he began to advertise his food, an argument with a competitor resulted in a deadly shootout. Four years later, he bought a motel which burned to the ground along with his restaurant. Yet this determined man rebuilt and ran a new motel until World War II forced him to close it down.

Following the war, he tried to franchise his restaurant. His recipe was rejected 1,009 times before anyone accepted it. Sander’s “secret recipe” was coined “Kentucky Fried Chicken”, and quickly became a hit. However, the booming restaurant was crippled when an interstate opened nearby so Sanders sold it and pursued his dream of spreading KFC franchises & hiring KFC workers all across the country.

After years of failures and misfortunes, Sanders finally hit it big. KFC expanded internationally and he sold the company for two million dollars ($15.3 million today). Even today, Sanders remains central in KFC’s branding and his face still appears in their logo. His goatee, white suit and western string tie continue to symbolize delicious country fried chicken all over the world.

At age 90, Sanders passed away from pneumonia. At that time, there were around 6,000 KFC locations in 48 countries. By 2013, there were an estimated 18,000 KFC locations in 118 countries. WOW.

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What rewards do you expect through your hard work?

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Quote

“Hard work beats talent if talent doesn’t work hard “~ Tim Notke.

Takeaways

1. The rewards of hard work refer to the benefits of working very hard
2. Avail all the 15 rewards by working very hard.