Start Where You Are

Name: Start Where You Are
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Chris Gardner
ISBN: 9780061901829

Author: Chris Gardner, Mim E. Rivas

Narrator: Andre Blake

Abridged: 5 hr 41 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/12/2009

Categories: Nonfiction, Self-help, Motivational & Inspirational, Personal Growth

Synopsis

“Gardner is encouraging us all to start where we are and dare to make our lives bigger and stronger, more satisfactory, and better. Chris Gardner is a knockout!”—Maya Angelou Chris Gardner’s astonishing memoir—the phenomenal New York Times bestseller, The Pursuit of Happyness, which inspired the film of the same name starring Will Smith—served as a shining beacon of hope for countless people. In Start Where You Are, “a book that teaches you how to transform the impossible into the possible” (Sidney Poitier), Gardner offers indispensible life lessons in getting from where you are to where you want to be.

About Chris Gardner

Chris Gardner is the Chief Executive 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 committed to many organizations—particularly those related to education—and was recently the recipient of the “Father of the Year Award” from the National Fatherhood Initiative. A Milwaukee native, Gardner has two children and resides in Chicago and New York.

About Mim E. Rivas

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sonya on August 05, 2016

This was assigned reading for a Senior Capstone course in college. There were some good tips, but I think Gardner's ego and tendency to name drop are a little off-putting. If you are looking for obtaining monetary success by way of the corporate world, this book will speak to you. If you don't neces......more

Goodreads review by Rachel on July 13, 2010

If I were to write a book on "life lessons in getting from where you are to where you want to be", I think I would whittle it down to fewer than 44. That's right. There are 44 separate "lessons" in this book. Gardner's story (which he doesn't tell in depth here, but refers to often) is remarkable, b......more

Goodreads review by Lamec on January 06, 2013

Start Where You Are, authored by Chris Gardner and co-authored by Mim E. Rivas is an inspirational, exciting, uplifting road-map to get from the place in your life where you currently are, to becoming the person you always knew you could be! This book is a must read for anyone who is interested in p......more

Goodreads review by Kertu on May 17, 2020

When you've read this book and answered all the questions in the end, you really get to know your core and strengths inside of it.......more

Goodreads review by Mehdi on December 31, 2019

My last book of 2019 was full of advices and experiences. Keep dreaming and believe in yourself.......more