Order And Industry In The Autobiography Of Benjamin Franklin

Chris Gardner the main character of the movie “The Pursuit of Happyness” is an aspiring entreperneur. He struggles with the financial aspects as well as providing for his family. He knew that nothing good would come from giving up but only make things worst. Gardner speaks of Bejamin Franklin repetitvely which makes you believe that Franklin was like a role model to Gardner. The desire for success and the need to provide for his family encouraged Gardner to put his skills to use and become a success. Throughout the movie Gardner shows order and industry. In “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” Franklin speaks about thirteen virtues and the two Gardner has the most are order and industry. Order means to “let all your things have their place; let each part of your business have its time” (Franklin, 64) and industry means “lose no time; be always employed in something useful’ cut off all unnecessary actions” (Franklin, 65). The way that Gardner shows order is when he began his internship and accepted that he
He was more than patient and allowed his job to take its course and let his abilities prove themselves to his supiors. No matter his curcumstances of Gardners financial state he continued to push forwad and succeed in his career. Living paycheck to paycheck caused Chris to have an extreme amount of debt. Some would say the life that he lived was as bad as it could get especially when it came down to provideing for his family. When Chris could no longer provide the unbearable stress ripped the family apart. Even with all of the hardship in Chris’ he managed to keep good habits such as being proactive, beginning with the end in mind, and thinking win-win. These may seem familar because in Stephen Covey’s “7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, the habits everyone should developed are expressed and Chris