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I’ve recently taken my newest position and the last job I will ever have in my LIFE! I am the CEO of Happyness and I LOVE my job ... My first book, ‘The Pursuit of Happyness’ became a New York Times and Washington Post #1 Bestseller that has been translated into over 40 languages including 6 dialects. [...] That book was the Story of My Life but I’ve always thought of it as the book of US, meaning everyone who had every opportunity to quit but didn’t. We all embrace the Power of Choice! My book also inspired a film that became the critically acclaimed, iconic and perhaps is more relevant today then when it was first released. Will Smith playing me received a Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Academy Award nomination for his performance. My second bestselling book “Start Where You Are” was published in May of 2009 – a year into the Global Financial Crisis – Man I’ve got the timing thing down! Ha! Having survived and overcome all of the ‘cycles’ that frankly should have crashed me and did crash others. I found myself once again challenged in the early 1980’s when I became a working homeless Veteran with a toddler son. The two most important
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“I’m Chris Gardner. I’m an Entrepreneur, Single Parent and the Author of the ‘Pursuit of Happyness.’”
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