
If not for his confidence and attitude he most likely would have never become the successful stock broker he ended up being, much less even made it into the internship.Ĭhris, after falling on hard financial times his son was left homeless. Not only did Chris have motivation, he had an incredible attitude and was confident in himself. Chris’ son reminded him daily of his need to succeed and get control of his life. To feed your child and raise them properly is probably about the strongest motivation a person could have. Chris had motivation, he had to feed and care for his child. Motivation drives him to struggle until the very end to get rid of this situation. He was jobless to support his kid and his wife, so his wife leaves him. He ended up living in homeless shelter with his kid. In the movie Pursuit of Happiness, the main character Chris Gardner was played by Will Smith, who had lost everything in some financial crisis. Maslow developed a pyramid called Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs and it argues about five levels of needs beginning with physiological needs and ending with our need for self-actualization. According to Abraham Maslow, an inventor of humanistic psychology, humans are driven to achieve the maximum point of goal at some point of their lives regardless of any obstacles and hindrances. The last theory is called humanistic theory and this is perhaps the most important of all. Motivation consists of five basic theories. A motivating condition may be defined as an emotion, desire, physiological need, or similar impulse that acts as an animating to action and is the set of processes that moves a person towards a goal.

Motivation is an inherent response it comes from inside and cannot be imposed from the outside, and comes from wanting to do something of one’s own free will. Motivation is defined as a desire or need which directs towards a goal or something that someone wants. But to be happy or to be sad they need to have particular motivation or self-determination for it.


People can choose to be happy or choose to be miserable. Happiness comes from within, and from being content with oneself.

We already have all the capacity for happiness that we need. Happiness is not something that can be pursued. An amazing movie, The Pursuit of Happiness illustrates through the examples of Chris Gardener’s life that anyone has the opportunity to achieve their own pursuit of happiness, if they have self-motivation and determination.
