20来岁的加德纳读书不多,任职医疗物资推销员,并且还要照顾妻子和年幼儿子。1981年,他在旧金山一个停车场,看到一名驾着红色法拉利的男人正找车位,他回忆道:“我对他说:‘你可用我的车位,但我要你答两个问题:你做什么工作和怎样做?’”对方自称是股票经纪人,月薪达80000美元,比加德纳年薪多一倍。加德纳于是辞职转行,并且成功获得证券公司的聘请,但还未上班,请他的人就被解雇了。于是,新工作泡汤了。应征新工作前,他和妻子吵架,惊动警员上门调解,加德纳被警方追讨1200美元的违例停车罚款。因为无力还钱,他被判入狱10天。但是噩梦还未完,出狱后他发现妻子同儿子都消失了,他变得一无所有。几个月后,妻子再次现身,但不是想重修旧好,而是她不想带着儿子了 。
“任何可能发生的糟糕事情,一时间居然一股脑儿地都降临在我的身上。我花了10个月的时间,希望在华尔街谋求一份工作,最终找到了一个人,他说他将会给我提供这样一个机会。我辞去了我的工作,一门心思地追求那个工作机会。等我来到华尔街,结果发现向我做出承诺的那个人,在此前的那个星期五被炒了鱿鱼。这样一来,我没了工作,没了收入,带着刚出生不久的小宝贝和妻子。妻子看着我说:‘你这是在做什么?’”加德纳说,那件事发生后不久,他的婚姻解体,他成为一个无家可归的人:
“我的前妻带着我的儿子走了。我住进了寄宿公寓。几个月之后,她把儿子带回来交给我。我和我的儿子立刻成为无家可归的人,因为寄宿公寓不允许住进孩子。但是,那是我得到我孩子的一次机会。对我而言,那是世界上最重要的事情。”
加德纳需要抚养孩子,不能再住单身宿舍,所以和孩子一起被迫流浪街头。廉价旅馆、公园、火车站厕所、办公室桌底,都成了两父子的栖身之所,一年后他才存够钱拥有自己的小窝。
加德纳努力赚钱,当上股票经纪后,事业一帆风顺。1987年他在芝加哥开设经纪公司做老板,成为百万富翁,致力在南非扶贫。
“The future was uncertain, absolutely, and there were many hurdles, twists, and turns to come, but as long as I kept moving forward, one foot in front of the other, the voices of fear and shame, the messages from those who wanted me to believe that I wasn't good enough, would be stilled.”
“The world is your oyster(爱好的东西) . It's up to you to find the pearls.”
“It was right then that I started thinking about Thomas Jefferson on the Declaration of Independence and the part about our right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. And I remember thinking how did he know to put the pursuit part in there? That maybe happiness is something that we can only pursue and maybe we can actually never have it. No matter what. How did he know that?”
“Walk that walk and go forward all the time. Don't just talk that talk, walk it and go forward. Also, the walk didn't have to be long strides; baby steps counted too. Go forward. ”
“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.”
“Wealth can also be that attitude of gratitude with which we remind ourselves everyday to count our blessings.”
“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.”
“But if you don’t take the necessary steps to make them happen, dreams are just mirages(海市蜃楼) that mess with your head!”
“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.”
“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.”
“If you have a dream and a desire to pursue it with every fiber of your being, but can’t move past excuses or circumstances that seem to be standing in your way, there is a life lesson ahead with your name on it. If you are tired of the status quo and are dying to shake up your life, reinvent yourself, and find a pursuit you love doing so much that you can’t wait for the sun to come up in the morning, you’ve come to the right place."
“Every time he came back, apologetic, contrite, he'd start off being real nice. But he was as predictable as rain. No body knew when he'd go off, but at some point everybody knew he would.”
“sometimes the only way we can discover our true power is by living through the crisis we feared. "
“no matter where you are, only you have dominion over your mind, your beliefs, and your attitudes. So if you look at your situation and let go of excuses or blame, and you choose to believe that you can alter your position on your own, you’ll deprive the system, the man, or the ism controlling you."
美国百万富翁克里斯·加德纳(Chris Gardner)1954年2月9日出生于美国威斯康辛州·密尔沃基市,家境贫寒,从小没有父亲。为了获得更好生活的机会,他加入了美国海军。 也曾经流浪、入狱,但从未放弃自己的理想——当一名股票经纪人,并最终获得成功。
公司名为:美国加德纳理财公司。
职位:执行长。
人生最怕的就是一生都碌碌无为,或许在我们的一生中会遇到影响一生的贵人而改变人生轨道,有时候也会因为看了一部电影而激发你的潜力。接下来我们一起来和 戏剧文化 看看励志电影排名前十的电影是哪些电影。
《当幸福来敲门》是由加布里尔·穆奇诺执导,威尔·史密斯等主演的美国电影。影片取材真实故事,主角是美国黑人投资专家Chris Gardner。该影片讲述了一位濒临破产、老婆离家的落魄业务员,如何刻苦耐劳的善尽单亲责任,奋发向上成为股市交易员,最后成为知名的金融投资家的励志故事。影片获得2007年奥斯卡金像奖*男主角的提名。
电影剧情
克里斯·加德纳(威尔·史密斯饰),生活在旧金山的黑人男青年,靠做推销员养着老婆还有幼子。克里斯从没觉得日子过得很幸福,当然也没很痛苦,就跟美国千千万普通男人一样过着平淡的生活,直到有一天,一系列突如其来的变故才让克里斯知道,原来平淡的日子有多珍贵。
首先,他丢了工作,公司裁员让他丢了饭碗。克里斯从此遭遇了一连串重大打击,妻子因忍受不了长期的贫困生活愤而出走,连六岁大的儿子(杰登·史密斯)也一同带走。没过多久,妻子又把儿子还给了克里斯,从此克里斯不仅要面对失业的困境,还要独立抚养儿子。没过多久,克里斯因长期欠交房租被房东赶出家门,带着儿子流落街头。在接下的两三年中,这对苦命父子的住所从纸皮箱搬到公共卫生间。克里斯坚强面对困境时刻打散工赚钱,同时也努力培养孩子乐观面对困境的精神,父子俩日子虽苦,但还是能快乐生活。
一次,克里斯在停车场遇见一个开*跑车的男人,克里斯问他做什么工作才能过上这样的生活,那男人告诉他自己是做股票经纪人的,克里斯从此就决定自己要做一个出色的股票经纪人,和儿子过上好日子。完全没有股票知识的克里斯靠着毅力在华尔街一家股票公司当上学徒,头脑灵活的他很快就掌握了股票市场的知识,随后开上了自己的股票经纪公司,最后成为百万富翁。
一路上克里斯经历了不少挫折,但是年幼的儿子每次都能给予他*的鼓励,父子俩相互扶持,最终完成了又一个美国梦。
6000到7000万美元。克里斯加德纳是一个美国商人、投资家,克里斯加德纳从小家境贫寒,没有父亲,靠母亲自己养活,是一个从0到身价千万的商人。现在克里斯加德纳身价已知有6000到7000万美元。
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