12 CHRIS GARDNER POWERFUL INSPIRATIONAL MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES
CHRIS GARDNERAMERICAN BUSINESSMAN
"THE WORLD IS YOUR OYSTER. IT'S UP TO YOU TO FIND THE PEARLS."
IN 1987, CHRIS GARDNER LEFT HIS JOB AT DEAN WITTER TO START HIS OWN FIRM, GARDNER RICH. AND IN 2006, HE SOLD A MINORITY STAKE IN A MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR DEAL. TODAY, HIS NET WORTH IS $70 MILLION.
"NO ONE EVER LAID OUT THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS THAT LED TO MY MOTHER BEING PROSECUTED AND IMPRISONED FOR ALLEGED WELFARE FRAUD".
HE BECAME A STOCKBROKER AND EVENTUALLY FOUNDED HIS OWN BROKERAGE FIRM GARDNER RICH & CO IN 1987. IN 2006, GARDNER SOLD HIS MINORITY STAKE IN THE FIRM AND PUBLISHED A MEMOIR.
"THEN AGAIN, WHAT SEEMS LIKE NOTHING IN THE EYES OF THE WORLD, WHEN PROPERLY VALUED AND PUT TO USE, CAN BE AMONG THE GREATEST RICHES."
IN A RATHER INTENSE SCENE IN THE MOVIE, WILL SMITH'S CHRIS GARDNER IS STRUCK BY A CAR AS HE CHASES AFTER A STOLEN BONE DENSITY SCANNER. THIS IS AN ELEMENT OF FICTION ADDED BY THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS SCREENWRITER STEVEN CONRAD.
"SOMETIMES THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DISCOVER OUR TRUE POWER IS BY LIVING THROUGH THE CRISIS WE FEARED. AS"
WHAT IS CHRISTOPHER GARDNER'S NET WORTH? CHRISTOPHER GARDNER IS AN AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR, AUTHOR, MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER, AND INVESTOR WHO HAS A NET WORTH OF $70 MILLION. CHRISTOPHER GARDNER'S LIFE STORY WAS POPULARIZED WITH THE RELEASE OF THE FILM "THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS," WHICH STARRED WILL SMITH.
"DON’T LISTEN TO THEM,” I SAID. “IN FACT, DON’T EVER LET ANYBODY TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN’T DO SOMETHING. NOT YOUR PARENTS, YOUR TEACHERS. NOBODY."
THEY HEAD TO A BART STATION, WHERE CHRIS MANAGES TO TURN THE OUTING INTO AN ADVENTURE (AND THE MEN'S ROOM INTO AN EXCITING "CAVE"). MOST OF THEIR BELONGINGS ARE LEFT BEHIND; THERE'S JUST NO WAY FOR THE TWO OF THEM TO CARRY THEM ALL.
"WE ALL HAVE THE POWER OF CHOICE IN DETERMINING WHO WE ULTIMATELY BECOME. THIS"
HOWEVER, IN THE DAYS BEFORE THE INTERVIEW AT DWR MR GARDNER WAS ARRESTED AND JAILED FOR NON-PAYMENT OF PARKING TICKETS. HE WAS ULTIMATELY ABLE TO MAKE THE INTERVIEW, BUT ONLY IN THE CLOTHES HE WAS WEARING WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED, WHICH INCLUDED TRAINERS AND A VEST.
"THE IRONY IS THAT WHILE SLEEP SOMETIMES BRINGS NIGHTMARES, IT’S THE REALITY OF MY WAKING HOURS THAT CAN CAUSE ME THE GREATER FEAR."
"I USED TO THINK THAT I KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT POVERTY. YOU HAVE NOT SEEN POVERTY UNTIL YOU’VE SEEN IT IN AFRICA."
HOW DOES CHRIS INITIALLY RESPOND TO HIS SON WHEN CHRISTOPHER SAYS HE IS GOING PRO? CHRIS TELLS HIS SON HE WILL PROBABLY BE BELOW AVERAGE LIKE HIS DAD, AND HE DOESN'T WANT HIM TO PLAY BASKETBALL ALL NIGHT AND DAY.
"STILL A DREAMER, YET MORE OF A REALIST THAN EVER BEFORE, I KNEW THIS WAS MY TIME TO SAIL. ON THE HORIZON I SAW THE SHINING FUTURE, AS BEFORE. THE DIFFERENCE NOW WAS THAT I FELT THE WIND AT MY BACK. I WAS READY."
CHRISTOPHER PAUL GARDNER WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 9, 1954, IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. HIS CHILDHOOD WAS FAR FROM BEING A FAIRY TALE; HE HAD AN ABSENT FATHER, AND HIS MOTHER, BETTYE JEAN, MARRIED A MAN NAMED FREDDIE TRIPLETT, SOMEONE WHO WOULD DEEPLY MARK CHRIS'S LIFE. TRIPLETT WAS ABUSIVE TO HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN.
"THERE WAS A LANGUAGE SPECIFIC TO ALL THINGS. THE ABILITY TO LEARN ANOTHER LANGUAGE IN ONE ARENA, WHETHER IT WAS MUSIC, MEDICINE, OR FINANCE, COULD BE USED TO ACCELERATE LEARNING AND OTHER ARENAS, TOO."
TWO IMPORTANT VALUES TO CHRIS WERE, HIS LOVE FOR HIS SON, AND HIS DETERMINATION, NEVER GIVING UP EVEN THOUGH HE WAS DOWN ON HIS LUCK.
"SIZING UP SUCCINCTLY HIS LACK OF FORMAL EDUCATION COMPARED WITH HIS DETERMINATION TO LEARN FROM OTHERS, THE AUTHOR WRITES, "I WENT TO COLLEGE WITH EVERY PERSON I EVER MET."
CHRISTOPHER'S GOAL IS TO PROVIDE A BETTER LIFE FOR HIS SON. THE ACTIONS HE TAKES DURING THE DIFFICULT TIMES HELPS HIM ACHIEVE THE AMERICAN DREAM (EVENSVOLD, "THE AMERICAN DREAM: STORIES FROM THE HEART OF OUR NATION").
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