Content• The Movie• Chris Gardner• The Motivation, The Pursuit• The Determination• The Journey• The Belief• The Happyness• Movie Credits• References

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Chris GardnerChris Gardner has big dreams for him and his family but it doesn’t seem to come together for

him. He invests his entire life savings in portable bone-density scanners. While he is able to sell most

of them, the time lag between the sales and his growing financial demands & the lack of a stable financial state increasingly erodes their marriage.

Chris has an opportunity to be a stock broker but first he has to go through a gruelling internship which means no pay.

He decides to do it but when his wife leaves and he is evicted, he has to take care of his son on his own.

So they find themselves sometimes living on the street and struggling to get by.

But Chris is determined to make it!

The Pursuit of HappynessThe Motivation• Chris Gardner speaks with a wealthy broker and imagines why he couldn’t be

successful and happy as well.

The Pursuit• After failing to pick his son up from day care, Chris’s wife decides to leave him,

which causes Chris to ponder whether a life of happiness is actually attainable.

The Determination• After spending the night in jail for unpaid parking tickets, Chris is forced to run

straight to his prestigious interview in dirty plain clothes. • Despite his appearance, he impresses the interviewers, and lands an internship. He

will be amongst 20 interns competing for a paid position as a broker.

Socially Not Acceptable but Effective Behaviour

The Pursuit of Happyness

The Journey…• Without a salary, Chris and his son are evicted from their apartment and are forced

to sleep on the streets, in homeless shelters and even behind the locked doors of a metro station bathroom.

The Belief…

Socially Acceptable but Not Effective Behaviour

• At one point, Smith tells him that he will probably not be very good at basketball and that he shouldn’t spend too much time on the court. His son is understandably upset. • Smith, who has seen his own dreams shattered over the years, realizes that,

instead of discouraging his son, he should teach him to protect his dreams.

The Happyness…• After months of living homeless and struggling through a grueling internship, Chris

Gardner is offered the sole position at his brokerage firm.• Gardner went on to form his own multi-million dollar brokerage firm.

Movie CreditsMOVIE•THE PURSUIT OF HAPPYNESS (2006)

SCREENPLAY• Steven Conrad

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER• Christopher P. Gardner

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER• Louis D'Esposito, Teddy Zee, Mark Clayman, David Alper

PRODUCER• Will Smith, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch, James Lassiter

DIRECTOR• Gabriele Muccino

ACTORS• Dan Castellaneta, Kurt Fuller, James Karen, Will Smith, Brian Howe, Thandie Newton,

Jaden Christopher Syre Smith

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