There was a memorable scene in the movie The pursuit of Happiness, where Chris Gardner (Will Smith) - an unemployed, broke, homeless, single parent with a son to raise; one day saw a Ferrari F40 parked along the street, he then quickly ran up to the driver and asked, "What do you do, and how do you do it?"

"I am a stock broker," driver replied.

Even though its a movie, Chris' attitude made a deep impression on me - A person who has lost all of his processions once meaningful to his life (house, car, wife, salary, friendships, bank accounts), yet is still able maintain a courage and ambition to dream big. If he had not had the courage to ask those two crucial questions (questions which changed his life), he would not have known that the driver was a stock broker, and thus would have not determined to become one himself. He later became very successful at it and founded his own brokerage company that made him a millionaire.

Chris Gardner never thought of himself as being 'poor,' thus not allowing his circumstances to deter him away from being rich and think rich. - Rich is a mindset.

At the valley of his life, he did not see himself at despair, instead he is always motivated (with the desire to bring happiness to his son) to look for opportunities to climb back up to the peak. It was determination and courage which rewarded him happiness.