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The Pursuit of Happyness by Chris Gardner biography
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The Pursuit of Happyness
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The story of Chris Gardner is in many ways a story of the adult he found himself broke, homeless and with a young son to care for. However, through hard work and extreme resilience, he managed to realize his dreams and so much more. He became a Gardner Rich & Company, in addition to a motivational speaker, author and philanthropist. “I’m Chris Gardner. I’m an Entrepreneur, Single Parent and the Author of the ‘Pursuit of Happyness.’” 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 Find the topic sentence. → Tell back this paragraph. → VurderingseksemplarFind the topic sentence. → acclaimed, iconic and perhaps is more relevant today then when it Tell back this paragraph. → 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 Find the topic sentence. → should have crashed me and did crash others. I found myself once Tell back this paragraph. → 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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decisions that I ever made in my life were about to be tested to the GLOSSARY Nth degree. The first and most important decision that I ever made in my life was that, my children would always know who their father was. Without knowing the names, circumstances, social or social conditions I consciously chose to break every cycle that I was born into. Child abandonment, Child abuse, alcoholism, domestic violence, fear, poverty, and illiteracy. The second most important decision that I ever made in my life was that I would become WORLD CLASS as whatever I did in my life. This decision led me to a career on Wall Street. In fact 30 years in the financial services industry and wouldn’t trade a day of it for anything in the world. I’d also never go back! Ha! As Mom’s would say “Boy, you’ve got to know when to leave the party!” A very big part of what I want to do with the rest of my life is simple; a want to help create the next ‘Chris Gardner.’ The message is equally simple; If I can do this, then you can do that. SOURCE Gardner, C. 2019. Biography. Chrisgardnermedia.com ACTION 30 Make a list of important words from this text. 31 Make a mind map of this text, with one title bubble in the middle and surrounding bubbles for each paragraph. Find the main ideas in each paragraph that you noticed while reading. 32 In pairs, discuss what is meant by: ”everyone who had the opportunity to quit but didn’t”, “break every cycle that I was born into”, and “I would become WORLD CLASS at what ever I did”
circumstances omstendigheter/ omstende consciously bevisst/medviten child abandonment forlate barna domestic violence vold i hjemmet 33 What can you learn from Chris Gardner? Make a short presentation about what you can do to make dreams come true by including Chris / vald i heimen illiteracy analfabetisme trade bytte bort / byte bort ← Find the topic sentence. ← Tell back this paragraph. ← Find the topic sentence. ← Tell back this paragraph. Vurderingseksemplar Gardner quotes. Search online for more quotes and listen to some of his speeches for help. Structure your presentation like this: introduction: The road to success. Use images of success and the quote above. main part: Five things you should do in order to succeed, such as “work hard”, “never give up”, etc. conclusion: Suggest how you can learn from this when creating your own future.
