Permission to Dream
Permission to Dream by Chris Gardner, published by HarperCollins Publishers on April 12, 2022, is a reprint edition comprising 208 pages. This book presents significant ideas aimed at transforming aspirations into reality, focusing on the generational transfer of dreams and offering a blueprint for a fulfilling life. The narrative follows Gardner and his granddaughter, Brooke, on a journey through a challenging Chicago neighborhood, prompting reflections on loss, urgency, and the importance of reclaiming one’s dreams.
Readers will discover a guide that emphasizes the pursuit of personal and professional success, even amidst uncertainty. Gardner shares insights on achieving a prosperous career, including strategies for building a stellar reputation and cultivating meaningful relationships. The book also highlights the notion that true success is measured by the positive impact one has on others. Ultimately, Permission to Dream serves as a motivational manifesto, encouraging individuals to take action toward their dreams today.
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In the spirit of The Last Lecture, The Secret, and The Alchemist, this small book presents BIG ideas for turning your “one day” into today, including the generational transfer of a dream and a powerful blueprint for a masterpiece life–from the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir and major motion picture The Pursuit of Happyness.
On a winter’s day, Chris Gardner set off with his nine-year-old granddaughter Brooke to find the harmonica of her dreams. The search sends them North “beyond the wall” into a foreboding Chicago neighborhood and, soon, on a harrowing adventure that will change both of their lives–and ours.
Chris is still mourning the loss of his girlfriend to brain cancer. Her question haunts him: “Now that we know how short life can be, what will you do with the time you have left?” After five years, he feels an urgency–what he calls, “Atomic Time” in which every second counts–to find an answer, but is stuck. Even while giving Brooke permission to aspire to one day become President of the United States, he knows it’s time to reclaim his own permission to dream.
Lost, Chris and his granddaughter board a bus, reminding him of earlier rides through dark times when dreams of a better life kept him alive. As the two wind through a changing cityscape, Chris reflects on past lessons that offer powerful guidance for dreaming your way to monumental success.
At its heart, this book lays out a blueprint for building a dream-come-true life–even during uncertainty. Gardner delivers the secrets to achieving a prosperous career–from a method for identifying your ultimate dream to a playbook for becoming world class at it. His tools include the “new 3 R’s”–or the Rep, the Rap and the Rolodex–which reveal how to earn a stellar reputation, develop a rap for marketing yourself, and amass a Rolodex of rewarding relationships. No matter how much wealth you achieve, Chris notes, true success comes from enriching the lives of others–so all can still have access to the American Dream.
Toward the end, Brooke observes that in Atomic Time it’s never too late for anyone to reinvent themselves and change their fortune. Chris, hearing her, realizes what his next pursuit will be–to go back to high school and give permission to dream to the next generation of problem solvers and change makers.
A true fable, Permission to Dream is a timeless and timely manifesto for turning dreams into action–beginning right now.
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