After a bit of a hiatus, I'm back with a quick update that will hopefully inspire entrepreneur’s who are just starting out and think it's impossible to become successful.
Chris Gardner told his incredible rags to riches story to the public a few years ago.
We hear many stories of single mothers struggling to raise their kids against all odds, but rarely do we ever hear of single fathers going through the same type of struggle.
After a leaving the navy, he set his began to pursue a medical career, but one day he was struck by the sight of Wall Street broker getting out his brand new sports car.
Gardener approached the man and commented on how nice his car was. Then he asked, "What do you do and how do I do it? "began pursuing his goal to become a stockbroker, Armed with his new found information Gardener began training as a stockbroker but through a series of unfortunate events and personal problems he found himself homeless on the on the streets of San Francisco struggling to raise his young son. Gardner who was raised by his stepfather and grew up with the emotional void of not knowing his father was determined to not let it happen to his son.
Gardner, who had no education beyond a high school degree, defied impossibilities and eventually pulled himself up to become a stockbroker and built his own multi-million dollar business through a combination of determination, will power and action steps.
Now Gardner's saga is being made into a motion picture event with Will Smith starring as the role of Gardener, the film is scheduled to be released this December. You can view the trailer here.
For those who can't wait for the release of the film you can purchase the book The Pursuit of Happyness at your local book retailer. (for those wondering, the misspelling of "happiness" is intentional) Hope for the hopeless.
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