860 | Will Smith: “I Want the World to Be Better Because I was Here.”
The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks
Sean Croxton
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 March 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
How do successful people think? They think like Will Smith thinks. On today’s Throwback Thursday episode, Will shares his personal philosophy on belief, work ethic, and the power of decision. One of my personal faves.
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| 0:00.0 | Yo, today's QOD is I want the world to be better because I was here |
| 0:06.4 | Here we go |
| 0:30.7 | Welcome back to the QOD of the day show I'm your host Sean Crox and a Sean Crox and calm it's throw back Thursday and we are turning back that clock all the way to motivation mix number 12 and our feature speaker will Smith |
| 0:45.7 | This is one of my favorite mixes of all time. I just I really enjoy |
| 0:52.1 | Just thinking about the trajectory of Will Smith that I can recall being |
| 0:57.0 | gosh |
| 0:58.1 | Fifth or sixth grade and |
| 1:00.3 | Parents just don't understand was out and I love that song and then like seventh or eighth grade it was summertime and |
| 1:07.0 | You know to see him go from that to being a legit TV star with the fresh print of Bel Air |
| 1:13.9 | I was like very skeptical of that show when the first came out |
| 1:16.5 | I was like will Smith's gonna be on a TV show with this I was making he since and I remember watching the first episode |
| 1:21.2 | It was hilarious and I love the show and then he becomes a |
| 1:25.5 | legit |
| 1:27.3 | Oscar nominated |
| 1:29.0 | Actor and it's just amazing like from rapper to TV star to movie star to just really an icon now and |
| 1:37.4 | You know the question is how does that happen? |
| 1:39.6 | You know how does that how does that happen and it happens by way of |
| 1:43.9 | Thought by the way that will Smith thinks and this mixture about to hear will just give you some idea some perspective as to how he |
| 1:53.7 | Thinks what is that the root of all the great things he does here as well |
| 2:06.2 | Will Smith is here at the age of only 33 he has succeeded in film |
| 2:11.7 | Television and music he is a four-time Grammy-winning musician |
| 2:15.8 | He was the star for six years of the hit NBC sitcom the fresh Prince of Bel Air and his movie |
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