Chris Gardener Analysis

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I think that hard working is a characteristic of Chris Gardener because after everything he went through with his wife leaving for New York and him not being able to pay his rent and having to take care, feed and give Christopher shelter he had to keep going he had to make sure he got to places on time pick up Christopher and bring him to the homeless shelter by 5:00. Another Characteristic of Chris Gardner is persistent, because no matter how many bad things came along and try to bring him down like the IRS taking out $600 from his account for not paying taxes he kept on going and finding ways to get money he never let anything bring him down he had to keep going because he had to stay strong for Christopher he couldnt tell Christopher that he was not doing good he couldnt tell him that they were broke and would have to be sleeping on subways and bathroomsa lot more. …show more content…
Determined is an important one because no matter what happened, he was determined to get it done, whether it was getting a job or selling bone density scanners it didn't matter he was determined to get the job done. And lastly Responsible, Chris Gardner was always responsible for what he did wrong and what he did right He never blamed it on anyone but himself for example when he got parking tickets and didnt pay them he went to prison for a night or when he left his bone density scanner with random people and the took it took it so he had to chase after them to get back his bone density

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