爱华网Chris Gardner has become famous for his miraculous life journeyfrom a vagrant to a reputed Wall Street stockbroker within dozensof years. Born in a poor fatherless family in 1950s, he triedmultiple ways to strive for a living by himself. He ever wanderedalong streets with his toddler son, and got put into jail, but henever quit his dream of being a stockbroker.
One of his words goes like this: “In the darkest moments of yourlife, the one who can help you is only yourself.” With an awarenessof the significance of tenacity and diligence, Gardner finally gota chance to be trained in a brokerage in spite that he did not haveany college diploma or experience. When he passed examinations andearned a license as a stockbroker, he was exhilarated. He just knewthat a promising future was awaiting him.
After he embarked on the track of stockbroking, things went muchmore smoothly. In 1987 he launched his own brokerage firm inChicago and soon developed into a millionaire. Recently besidesmanaging his firm and playing the role of a good father, he isdevoting to philanthropic undertakings in South Africa, hoping tohelp the poor to live better.
克里斯·加德纳
克里斯·加德纳因他的传奇人生而出名，在几十年间他从一个流浪汉摇身一变变为一位著名的华尔街股票经纪人。在二十世纪五十年代，他出生于一个穷苦家庭，从小没有父亲，只能靠自己试图用各种方式养活自己。他带着自己的儿子流浪街头，也曾踉跄入狱，但他始终没有放弃心中的梦——成为一名股票经纪人。
他常说这么一句话：“在你生命中最黑暗的时刻，能帮到你的唯有你自己而已。”加德纳深知坚强和勤奋的重要性，虽然他没有任何大学文凭，也没有任何和股票经纪相关的工作经验，但是他的不懈努力最终为他赢得了一次在经纪公司培训的机会。当他通过考试并拿到经纪执照的时候，他简直乐坏了。他坚信未来是充满希望的，而他正在走向未来！
自从他开始从事股票经纪，一切都顺理成章了。在1987年他在芝加哥开设了自己的股票经纪公司，并迅速一跃成为百万富翁。最近他除了管理公司和当个好爸爸之外，也竭尽所能地投入南非的慈善事业中，他希望能够帮助南非的穷人们，让他们活得更好。
