Motivation Mix #012: The Wisdom of Will Smith

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Sean Croxton

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🗓️ 29 July 2017

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Will Smith takes over this week’s motivation mix to share the wisdom behind his immeasurable success and how he has created it with his unstoppable work ethic and belief in himself and his vision. He is proof that we can create whatever we want to create, do whatever we want to do, and be whoever we want to be.

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0:00.0	Music
0:06.0	Will Smith is here at the age of only 33. He has succeeded in film, television and music.
0:13.0	He is a four-time Grammy-winning musician. He was the star for six years of the hit NBC sitcom, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
0:22.0	And his movies have grossed more than $2 billion.
0:28.0	The first step before anybody else in the world believes it is you have to believe it.
0:34.0	There's no reason to have a Plan B because it distracts from Plan A.
0:38.0	I want to represent an idea. I want to represent possibilities.
0:43.0	I want to represent the idea that you really can make what you want.
0:49.0	One of my favorite books is the Alchemist, Paulo Coelho.
0:54.0	And that's just I just believe that. I believe that I can create whatever I want to create.
1:05.0	I realize that to have the level of success that I want to have is difficult to spread it out and do multiple things.
1:15.0	It takes such a desperate, obsessive focus. You really got to focus with all of your fiber and all your heart and all your creativity.
1:24.0	The separation of talent and skill is one of the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel who have dreams that want to do things.
1:35.0	Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beaten on your craft.
1:43.0	There's no easy way around it no matter how talented you are.
1:48.0	Your talent is going to fail you if you're not skilled. You know, if you don't study, if you don't work really hard and dedicate yourself to being better every single day,
1:57.0	you'll never be able to communicate with people with your artistry, the way that you want.
2:03.0	I've never really viewed myself as particularly talented where I excel is ridiculous, sickening work ethic.
2:16.0	You know, while the other guy is sleeping, I'm working. What other guys are eating, I'm working.
2:22.0	The only thing that I see that is distinctly different about me is I'm not afraid to die on a treadmill.
2:34.0	You might have more talent than me. You might be smarter than me, but if we get on a treadmill together, right?
2:41.0	There's two things you're getting off first or I'm going to die. It's really that simple.
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