Start where you are : life lessons in getting from where you are to where you want to be / Chris Gardner with Mim Eichler Rivas.

Start where you are: universal lessons for pursuit -- The thorny and golden past: personal lessons drawn from the past -- Hitting the anvil: marketplace lessons for success -- Your empowerment zone: life-changing lessons for mastery -- Spiritual genetics: spiritual lessons for connecting to your higher power -- The good old everyday: ordinary lessons for happyness [sic] -- Takeaways: get 'em and go.

The author shares the life lessons that enabled him to rise from a homeless single father to a millionaire businessman and outlines steps for recovering from professional or physical setbacks and finding the motivation to pursue new challenges.