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The Pursuit Of Happyness
In the movie, Chris Gardner is a single father, struggling in poverty. Unable to sell the products he invested his life savings into, he finds himself struggling to pay rent. Within one year, he manages to become a stockbroker at a top firm and goes on to run his own multimillion dollar firm.
People gravitated to this story because it's the ultimate success story: the story of the underdog. It's about perseverance, determination and hard work.
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"The Cavalry Ain't Coming, You Got To Do This Yourself"
While trying to sell one of his bone scanners downtown, he meets Jay Twistle, a manager for Dean Witter, whom he impresses after solving a Rubix cube puzzle in a taxi ride. After securing an interview with Dean Witter to become an intern stockbroker, he is arrested for unpaid parking ticke...
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"Ready Or Not, Tell Yourself To Jump"
Chris often struggles to find a place for him and his son to sleep while maintaining the illusion at work that he is the most put together, normal candidate for the possible job at the end of the internship. At one point he even lends his last $5 to a coworker f...
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"Doing Things Is Tough, Do Something You Love"
Chris Gardner never let anything stop him because it was his passion. He knew how hard and special it was to find something he not only loved doing, but that he understood.
You must find your path, your focus. It's important that you keep your dream alive and keep a clear eye on the end ...
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“You got a dream... You gotta protect it. People can't do somethin' themselves, they wanna tell you you can't do it. If you want somethin', go get it. Period.”
CHRIS GARDNER, THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS
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Based on Chris Gardner’s true-life story, the ‘Pursuit of Happyness” is the story of a single father and his journey from homeless unpaid intern to owning a brokerage firm.
The film shows how the single struggling salesman manages to sustain the expenses of himself and his son in th...
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- Being an entrepreneur means facing challenges. Despair not, keep trying, your lucky break may be close.
- Have high aspirations. Chris dreamt of being a stockbroker even when he was struggling as an intern.
- Never show your weaknesses. Chris was a homeless...
The Pursuit of Happyness
The movie presents a real-life story - the journey of Chris Garder who had it all planned, from his life, his happiness and finances. But somewhere along the way, he isn’t able to make enough money to keep his family together. Thus his wife walks away and leaves him alone with his s...
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