Start Where You Are: Life Lessons in Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
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- ISBN13: 9780061537127
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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?”
Start Where You Are is Gardner’s power-packed answer. Focusing on real issues that impact individuals in all walks of life, he provides a road map for success.
If you’ve had the rug pulled out from under you, are dealing with the loss of a home or a job, a health or financial crisis, or simply can’t find the motivation to pursue new challenges, these forty-four clear, cogent, and accessible life lessons are invaluable. In Start Where You Are, Chris Gardner shows us how to tap into the infinite resources we already have on hand to go in the only direction—forwards!
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Too many excellent books at hand and I am having a hard time getting into this one. I receive excellent medical care and I also work my way out problems by analysis and excellent thinking. I will report further when concluded.
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
Surprisingly 317 reviewers for the movie and just 137 for the paperback only 6 for the hard take in book. When comparing the theme matter of a book and a movie, I hear all the time that the book is better than the movie… In this case, it may just be the opposite.
As for covering a 30 plus year timeline, the theme matter comes off as a surprisingly featureless depiction of Mr. Gardners experience. NOTE: See any of Frank McCourt’s books for really excellent tale telling. In McCourt’s book, he described a desperate childhood marked by severe poverty, malnutrition, neglect, communicable disease and loss. “When I look back on my childhood I marvel how I survived at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the pleased childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse than the ordinary miserable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood, and worse yet is the miserable Irish Catholic childhood,” -Frank McCourt, from the book Angela’s Ashes.
Things that I liked about Start Where You Are:
- Lesson # 19 “No test, no testimony”
- Drawing a line like a stock graph as a visual to help determine your past performance
- Lesson # 34 Money isn’t the answer OR the problem
- Bible reference of Moses as an example of resourcefulness
- The axiom “evergreen” market lessons
Things that I did not like:
I guess it’s not immodest if you can do it – and he did but I’m not sure Mr. Gardners “happyness” (with a ‘y’) experience can be replicated? In addition, I am not sure who the proposed target audiance for this book is. Is it for the every day rank and file? The theme matter falls under Amazon’s Self Help section but moves around reasonably a bit and covers: selling, motivation, inspiration, public language and business.
Rappers, singers, actors, and performers are used as examples of “pleased” people and this seemed to run contrary to the books proposed message of happyness. It seems many people with world class ambition choose to go too far – ie Major Leagues Baseball’s Sammy Sosa, Mark McQuire or US Track and Meadow’s Marian Jones or most recently Michael Jackson.
I am still not sure why the door was opened to Mr. Gardner. It is unclear to me why his Wall Street wizards and the others chose to mentor him? (ie stockbroker Red Ferarri owner Bob Bridges, heart surgeon Robert Ellis, Gary Shimano & Marshall Gellar at Bear Stein, TV/radio host Glynn Beck, as well as Barbara Scott Priscall, and Bill Lucy. There seems that there was no particular reason stated.
Most people are not Olympic athletes, most people don’t know or meet legendary people, most people don’t have a limo, most people do not have a willing/knowledgable mentor, and finally most people do not have San Francisco, Chicago and New York as their playground/backdrop. So I am not sure if mentioning all these things adds to the importance of his tale.
Lesson # 30 Seek the furthermost Star. Key word Risk
This lesson may not be completely applicable to everyday choices. For example, the number of people that show up to risk it all for auditions for ALL the talent related t.v. shows prove that for 99% of persons seeking their ‘furthermost star’ are self dullusional. Most of the the unwashed masses are sifted during this process. They are agreed their shot at 15 minutes of fame and prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are in the incorrect meadow and possess small or no “marketable” talent. Key word marketable! It is like a jockey trying to become an NBA star or vice-a-versa. It doesn’t matter how many ‘baby steps’ they take or how much like for the game they aver – their talent will NEVER prove marketable.
Suggestions for additional information on topics covered in this book:
Peter Lynch – Starting now (on something like investing)
Jack Welch – Differentiation being a key value to getting yet to be
Lee Iacocca – People don’t change after age 21
Lou V. Gerstner – Having a sense of urgency (Preparation & analysis is secondary to action)
Zig Ziglar -Selling
Dale Carnegie – Winning friends
Tony Robins – Mastery & asking questions,
Harvey Mackay – On networking
John Maxwell – “Mentoring their is no success lacking a successor”
Lance Armstrong – On how to “exhaust the possibility”
Two questions for the leader:
How did he get pass the No Solicitation signs on the front door of most places of business he visited?
How did he prevent himself from appearing to be a paparazzi that is stalking his prey when selling his wares?
Two suggestions for the leader:
As a bonus the audio book would be better if at the end it included fleeting interviews with Mr. Gardners mentors or his two adult children to get their perspective.
Finally, I wish the 44 take away lessons at the end of the book had some “tactiness” to them. Make them work like a post-it note, they need to be open in a fashion that they can mentally be easily pulled out and recalled for everyday use. For example reflect of how the fire department teaches kids about the dangers of fire. SDR – Stop, Drop & Roll. Like that.
Overall Rating: Certainly watch the movie and if you have the time maybe borrow the book from a friend or get a used copy
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
Thank you for such prompt service! My order was in brilliant condition, and I received it quicker than I expected. Thank you.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
I reflect this is a strong motivational book. It appeals particularly to persons starting a business, in the corporate world, job hunting and persons needing inner counseling/healing. The only part I did not like was the end of the book where he covers spiritual matters. It sounded New Age-ish to me.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5
Reading this book gave me the courage to continue even though the road yet to be may be tough. If you need to start over that’s Ok, at this time learning to come to grips with the fact that you may need to start over, you need to analyze your current circumstances and start exactly where you are. If you have taken a setback don’t worry if you follow the principles outlined in this book you will be able to overcome what you may reflect is insurmountable obstacles.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5