 Raymond Albert Croc was born in Oak Park, Illinois, United States on the 5th of October, 1902. His biological parents, Aloys Lewis Croc and Rosemary, were Czech Americans who lived in Illinois, not too far from Chicago. From his childhood, until he became a young adult, Raymond resided within Oak Park, not traveling to other cities or making acquaintances. While growing up, his parents were never poor, yet he was always eager to work and wished he could get paid employment. He didn't care much about school, so he dropped out to seek a job. During the First World War, Raymond was recruited as a Red Cross ambulance driver. There was no way he could get that job if he had not lied about his age. He was just 15 then. When the war ended, he lost the job and was sent home. Raymond, however, was a young man who believed in deriving pleasantness from difficult situations. He sought for a variety of jobs that he could do, but didn't secure an employment offer. Raymond later learned how to play the piano and was being hired by different bands to help them play. He also sold disposable cups during his working time as a real estate agent in Florida. Raymond was still engaged in the sales of disposable paper cups when he made an acquaintance with a client, Earl Prince. This client of his invented a machine for mixing milkshakes. It was called the Multi-Mixer. It was a very fast and efficient machine that engrossed Raymond's interest. Raymond knew he could leverage on this device to build a successful business. At age 37, Raymond acquired the machine as well as its exclusive marketing rights and he began peddling the Multi-Mixer to those who needed it. His typical clients were restaurants and drugstore soda-fouting business owners. Raymond's business flourished for a decade and a half after which things began to go bad. Patronage was decreasing drastically and he was on the verge of losing his establishment in no time. Raymond discovered the reason his business was failing to thrive. Residents were leaving the cities and relocating to the suburbs and this occurrence made almost all the neighborhood soda fountains to go out of business. Raymond was bothered about this and decided he would venture into a different business. In the course of his contemplation on the preferred business to operate, he received a call from a small restaurant in San Bernardino, California ordering for 8 Multi-Mixers. Raymond was intrigued by this order. He led for California not just to deliver the machines but to actually see what kind of restaurant that needed to utilize eight of his machines at a time. When he arrived at the restaurant, he was astonished to see that it was just a hamburger stand operated by two brothers, Dick and Mac McDonald. The McDonald Brothers restaurant had a very distinct setting. It wasn't a big place. They had a limited menu offering only hamburgers, fries, cheeseburgers, milkshakes and drinks. Moreover, the McDonald Brothers had a pretty fast method of preparing the meals, making it easy and possible for customers to place an order and receive their food in about two minutes. Raymond was an intelligent man. He knew that with the McDonald Brothers distinct method of operation, their business could thrive anywhere in the United States. He thought of expanding the business by setting up hundreds of restaurants across the country. After proposing his idea to the brothers, they bluntly refused. Although this was a roadblock for Raymond, he wasn't discouraged. He kept trying to convince them until they agreed, but they weren't interested in operating another restaurant other than the one they already had. Brothers gave Raymond the exclusive rights to start up a restaurant using the McDonald's method of operation and business name. After opening the first McDonald restaurant in 1955, the business began to go well. However, Raymond had to remit a certain percentage of his profit to the McDonald's brothers, since he was operating the business with their brand name. This continued for a few years, and Raymond wasn't making much money due to the steady remittance. With the help of a friend who was a financial genius, Raymond was able to take the brothers off his way. He bought the exclusive right to their name, McDonald's, and the brothers had to rename their restaurant. Within a few years, McDonald's now owned by Raymond became one of the most popular restaurants in the United States. Raymond had nearly a thousand restaurants in at least 44 states in the country. McDonald's is currently one of the world's largest employers, and it's also enlisted among the biggest establishments by revenue. If only some people knew how to get the best results out of the worst situations, they would stop languishing in their problems. When bad things happen, there are effective and logical ways you can derive something good out of them. You only need to focus and ponder on it. Joyce Meyer said and I quote, Being negative only makes a difficult journey more difficult. You may be given cactus, but don't sit on it. You may be poor as you watch this video. Being negative only makes your poverty worse, because you won't have the space in your mind to find a creative way out of it. You might have lost your job or experienced some setback. If you're negative about your experiences, you'll never have the inspiration to overcome them. Instead, get up on your feet and turn your challenges into beautiful changes. Karen Somsonson said, You gotta look for the good and the bad, the happy in your sad, the grain in your pain and what makes you grateful, not hateful. Every entrepreneur is an opportunist, and by definition, opportunists look for the good in every situation. Opportunists look up no matter what they are going through. Opportunists look for ways to make profit out of their problems. Nikolas Spark said, Sometimes the most ordinary things could be extraordinary. Simply by doing them with the right people. Turn your ordinary life into extraordinary by being less negative and more positive. By focusing on what you can control, not what is controlling you. By looking for ways to turn your problems into profits. Learn from Raymond Albert Croc.