THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS

Linda and Chris Gardner lives in a small apartment with their son who was 5 years old, Christopher. Chris is a salesman who spent all the family savings to buy a franchise to sell scanners bones (Bone Density Scanner) portable. This scanner is capable of producing better images than X-rays, but most doctors who met Chris thought that the price was too expensive. Linda, his wife, worked as a laborer in a laundry.

Linda was always complained about the family's economic situation. Complained about the apartment, their debts, and about the work of her husband. One day, Linda decided to get out of the house and left her husband and her son, who was named Christopher. Linda went to leave everything because she was not happy with Chris. At first she wanted to bring Christopher, but she canceled it because demand’s Chris.

In desperation, Chris accidentally met someone who brings a red Ferrari. Chris asked him, what his job so he could buy a luxury car? The man replied that he was a stockbroker. Since then Chris decided to pursue a career as a stockbroker.

After a few days later, Chris met with that person again. His name is Jay Twistle a manager of Dean Witter. Chris tried to attract attention Jay with rubik that can not be solved by Jay. Chris also successfully finish the Rubik. Unfortunately though successful, Chris does not have enough money to pay for a taxi. Chris fled from the taxi driver. Again though managed to escape, portable-scanner-bone lagged his at the train station. And tools were taken by bum stress thought-bone-portable scanner owned by Chris is a time machine.

Because he was ever attracted the attention of Jay twistle, he was could followed the internship program. Chris managed to get in Dean Witter without unpaid internship program. Chris received an offer unpaid internship at a brokerage firm Dean Witter Reynolds that promises employment for best apprentices.

however, Chris still sell all portable-bone-scannernya remaining. Until finally the bank where Chris kept his money, took all the money belongs to Chris because he was did not pay taxes. Chris became insolvent, with just pocket the money as much as 21 dollars.

Moreover, in the period that an unpaid internship, Chris began to run out of money. Eventually he was expelled from his apartment. For several days he was sleeping in public places, but then he was decided to sleep in a halfway house Glide Memorial Chruch. Because the limited space, they should to queue up to get a room. Sometimes they succeed, sometimes failed and forced to sleep

Well, Chris was finally again met with bums who ever took portanle-bone-his-scanner and take it back. Unfortunately, the tool was broken. But Chris managed to fix it and he gets the money from the sale of such equipment.

Because of poverty he experienced, he was compelled to carry out the task vigorously. In the end, Chris managed to be the best participant and accepted to work there. Several years later, he founded his own brokerage firm, Gardner Rich. In 2006, he sold most of his shares and managed a small gain millions of dollars from the sale.