Start Where You Are

by Gardner, Chris

• ISBN13: 9780061537127
• ISBN10: 0061537128
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-01-01
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

Since Chris Gardner's remarkable transformation from homeless single father to millionaire-chronicled in his number one New York Times bestseller The Pursuit of Happyness, which inspired the movie of the same name-he has been inundated with two questions: "How did you do it?" and "How can I do it too?"

Author Biography

Chris Gardner is the chief executive officer of Gardner Rich Company, a multimillion-dollar brokerage with offices in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco. An avid philanthropist and motivational speaker, Gardner is a recipient of the Father of the Year Award from the National Fatherhood Initiative. He has two children and resides in Chicago and New York. Mim Eichler Rivas is the author of the acclaimed Beautiful Jim Key, as well as the coauthor of more than eighteen books, including The Pursuit of Happyness and Finding Fish with Antwone Fisher.

Table of Contents

Author's Note	p. xiii
Overture-C'mon In	p. 1
Start Where You Are	p. 9
Universal Lessons for Pursuit
Without a Plan, a Dream Is Just a Dream (the C-5 Complex)	p. 14
We All Have the Power of Choice	p. 24
The Cavalry Ain't Coming	p. 30
Start with What You've Got in Your Hand	p. 37
Baby Steps Count, Too, as Long as You Go Forward	p. 41
Stop Digging Your Potatoes	p. 46
What Would the Champ Do?	p. 52
Say "Peace Be Still"	p. 56
Even Lewis and Clark Had a Map	p. 62
Find Your Button	p. 69
The Thorny and Golden Past	p. 75
Personal Lessons Drawn from the Past
Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Yesterday?	p. 82
In Your Library of Resources, Value All Experience	p. 88
Draw the Line of Your Life	p. 95
Whose Child Are You?	p. 100
Check Out Your Own Version of Genesis	p. 104
Who's Who in Your 'Hood?	p. 107
The Red or the Yellow Bike?	p. 112
Sometimes You Gotta Give Up Christmas	p. 116
No Test, No Testimony	p. 120
Hitting the Anvil	p. 127
Marketplace Lessons for Success
The Law of Hard Work Is No Secret	p. 134
Core Strengths Forged on Your Anvil	p. 142
Wizards Begin as Blacksmiths	p. 148
Are You Bold Enough to Go Back to Basics?	p. 155
Supply and Demand Ain't Rocket Science	p. 164
Truth Is a Hit	p. 170
Learn the Ropes First, Then Conquer Rome	p. 175
Who's Who at the Office and in Your Spheres of Influence?	p. 180
It Takes as Much Energy to Bag an Elephant as It Does a Mouse	p. 186
Share the Wealth	p. 190
Your Empowerment Zone	p. 195
Life-Changing Lessons for Mastery
Seek the Farthest Star	p. 201
Seeing Ghosts, Reading Signs	p. 206
Opportunities, Like Pancakes, Are Best Served Hot, but Sometimes You Gotta Set the Table Before You Can Eat	p. 212
Stay Open, but Don't Wing It	p. 216
Mo' Money, Mo' Options, Mo' Problems	p. 223
Money Is the Least Significant Component of Wealth	p. 229
Conscious Capitalism: A Personal and Global Primer	p. 234
Make Your Dream Bigger Than Yourself	p. 238
Spiritual Genetics	p. 243
Spiritual Lessons for Connecting to Your Higher Power
Embrace the Best of Your Spiritual Genetics	p. 247
Breaking Generational Cycles	p. 253
Your Divine Inheritance	p. 259
God's in the Details	p. 263
Passing the Torch, Raising the Bar	p. 268
The Good Old Everyday	p. 275
Ordinary Lessons for Happyness
Don't Postpone Joy	p. 277
Claim Ownership of Your Dreams	p. 282
Finale / Takeaways: Get 'Em and Go	p. 287
Creating Your Own Start Where You Are Notebook	p. 299
Acknowledgments	p. 311
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