“Always do your very best!” This is the is the theme that inspired Colin Powell throughout his life. He learned to live this mantra from his determination, his job at Sicksers, and his diverse living conditions. Colin Powell was determined to do his job right and earn the pay he thought that if you did not do the job right you should not get paid. That now brings us to the point of which Powell says “If you take the king’s coin, you give the king his due.” During some of Powell’s jobs he never stopped and he always gave all of his effort. Powell worked at Sickser’s for a good deal of time after he was hired of the streets walking past the shop. He worked for many hours unpacking boxes, he earned fifty cents an hour. Then he was advanced
