Two Different Goals

On the one hand, he was moved by his own troubled childhood to vow that he would be a good father to his children. On the other hand, a flashy red Ferrari caught his eye one day, encouraging him to adopt the goal of becoming a stock broker in order to earn enough money to buy his own Ferrari. The two goals aren’t incompatible, but Gardner doesn’t mention any tension he may have felt between his selfless love for his son and his more superficial financial goals. Never giving in to despair, Gardner made an huge transformation from being part of the city's invisible poor boy to being a powerful figure in its financial district. More than a memoir of Gardner's financial success, this is the story of a man who breaks his own family's cycle of men abandoning their children.