The Pursuit of Happyness with Chris Gardner
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 April 2021
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Today, our guest is Chris Gardner, New York Times and Washington Post Best Selling author of the critically acclaimed The Pursuit of Happyness, which has been translated in over 40 languages and became a popular 2006 film starring Will Smith.
The book was the story of Chris’s life, a way to project onto the world that everyone can do anything, no matter what the obstacles are, no matter what the adversity is, because we all embrace the Power of Choice. That’s what this episode is all about!
In our conversation with Chris Gardner, we will talk about how we can make powerful pivots in our lives when we are confronted with adversities. We go over how we can show up as more empowered and compassionate fathers than we ever thought possible, even when we're dealing with everyday stress and obstacles in our lives.
We also discuss how his upcoming book, Permission to Dream, lays out a blueprint for building a dream-come-true life, even during uncertainty.
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| 0:00.0 | We are men, we are warriors, we are dads, dads with a purpose, dads with an edge. |
| 0:10.6 | We sharpen our skills so we can show up best for others. |
| 0:14.8 | We have one shot in life to be a dad. |
| 0:20.6 | Why not make it epic? |
| 0:28.0 | Gentlemen what's going on welcome to the dad edge podcast I'm Larry Hackner your host |
| 0:31.7 | and founder of this show. |
| 0:34.3 | Hope you guys are doing well and I want to start today's show off with a quote that you |
| 0:38.4 | probably recognize and that is don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something. |
| 0:45.9 | Not even me. |
| 0:46.9 | All right you got a dream you got to protect it. |
| 0:51.0 | People can't do something themselves they want to tell you you can't do it. |
| 0:54.8 | You want something go get it period. |
| 0:58.6 | Gentlemen today my guess is Chris Gardner. |
| 1:01.8 | He is the CEO of happiness and he loves his job. |
| 1:06.8 | His first book the pursuit of happiness became a New York Times best selling book as well |
| 1:11.8 | as Washington Post number one best seller and it has been translated in over 40 languages. |
| 1:18.8 | That book was the story of Chris's life and he always thought of it as a way to project |
| 1:25.5 | onto the world that anybody can do anything no matter what the obstacles are no matter |
| 1:34.0 | what the adversity is because we all embrace the power of choice. |
| 1:39.5 | His book also inspired a film that became critically acclaimed iconic and perhaps more |
| 1:44.2 | relevant today than when it was first released. |
| 1:47.0 | That movie was the pursuit of happiness. |
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