You WANT Something!? Go GET IT! | Will Smith | Top 10 Rules

He's an actor, producer, rapper, and songwriter. Newsweek called him the most powerful actor in Hollywood, and Forbes called him the most bankable star worldwide. He's worth over $250 million. He's Will Smith, and here are his top 10 rules for success.

Don't ever let somebody tell you you can't do something. Not even me. All right, all right. You got a dream, you gotta protect it. People can't do something themselves, they want to tell you you can't do it. You want something, go get it, period. We didn't grow up with the sense that where we were was where we were going to be. You know, we grew up with the sense that where we were almost didn't matter because we were becoming— we were becoming something greater. There's a concept that I don't want to be an icon. I want to be an idea, you know. I want to represent an idea. I want to represent possibilities. Um, I want to represent magic, right? That you're in a universe and 2 2 4. Mhm. 2 2 only equals 4 if you accept that 2 2 4. 2 2 is going to be what I want it to be. Mhm. You know, and there's a, there's a, like, there's a, there's a, a redemptive power that making a choice has, you know, rather than feeling like you're at effect to all the things that are happening. Make a choice. Like, you just decide what it's going to be, who you're going to be, how you're going to do it. Just decide. And then from that point, the universe is going to get out your way. It's like it's water. It wants to— it wants to move and go around stuff, you know. So for, for me I wanna represent possibilities. I wanna represent the idea that you really can make what you want. One of my favorite books is "The Alchemist," Paulo Coelho. And that's just, I just believe that. I believe that I can create whatever I wanna create. If I can put my head on it right, study it, learn the patterns, And, you know, I just, it's hard to put into words, some real metaphysical esoteric nonsense, but I feel very strongly that we are who we choose to be. The difference between depression and joy, right? And I think it's purpose, right? It's like when you wake up in the morning and your life means something to somebody other than you, that you have a purpose. If you don't go do the things that you're gonna do, people's lives will suffer. And I think that that kind of purpose, that like to live in service, not to you, but to live in service to humanity, to live in service to your family, to live in service to your church, to your city, to your country, to the world, Living in service is that— I feel like that is the purest form of joy. Greatness is not this wonderful, esoteric, elusive, god-like feature that only the special among us will ever taste. It's something that truly exists. In all of us. It's very simple. This is what I believe, and I'm willing to die for it. Yeah, period. It's that simple. I know who I am, and I know what I believe. I know who I am, I know who— what I believe. That's all I need to know. That's all I need to know. So from there, you do what you need to do. Yeah, you know, and I think what happens is we make this situation more complex than it has to be because we're looking for complexity. There's got to be something complex to understand, right? It can't be that easy. The road to success is through commitment and through the strength to drive through that commitment when it gets hard. And it is going to get hard, and you're going to want to quit sometimes, but it'll be colored by who you are and more who you want to be. I definitely found that, uh, wanting to be an actor stems from wanting to be somebody and wanting to say something to people. The only thing that, that I can see— and you can never really look at yourself— the only thing that I see that is distinctly different about me is I'm not afraid to die on a treadmill, right? I will run. You would not be outworked. I will not be outworked, right? Period. You know, you might have more talent than me. You might be smarter than me. You might be sexier than me. You might be all of those things. You got it on me in 9 categories. But if we get on the treadmill together, right, there's 2 things. You're getting off first or I'm gonna die. It's really that simple, right? So let's go back to the question about what if people block me out? It's gonna be 2 options. I'm gonna get back in or I'm gonna be dead. Yeah, right. It's like, you're not going to outwork me. It's, it's a, it's a very— it's such a simple basic concept. Is the, the guy who is willing to hustle the most is going to be the guy that just gets that loose ball, you know. He got the— oh, he got the— oh, okay, he got two. Ooh, God, he hustled, he grabbed that one. That was going to be out of bounds, but he saved it back in. It's like the commodity that I see the majority of people who aren't getting the places they want or aren't achieving the things that they want in this business is strictly based on hustle. It's strictly based on being outworked. It's strictly based on missing crucial opportunities. I say all the time, if you stay ready, you ain't got to get ready. The separation of talent and skill is one of the, the, the, the greatest misunderstood concepts for people who are trying to excel, who have dreams, that want to do things. Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft. There's no easy way around it. No matter how talented you are, your talent is going to fail you if you're not skilled. You know, if you don't study, if you don't work, uh, really hard and dedicate yourself to being better every single day, you'll never be able to communicate with, with people. I'm motivated by fear. Fear, you know, uh, fear of what? Fear of fear. I hate being scared to do something. Yeah, I hate that feeling of the feeling that I had before I had a meeting with Quincy Jones, because it was really Quincy Jones and a guy named Benny Medina. Oh, I know. And Jeff Pollack came with the idea for The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and I hated being scared, you know, that I didn't want to even take the meeting. There were, there were opportunities during When I first— my first year as a rapper, Bill Cosby and the people on The Cosby Show had seen my music video and called me to— Be a character on it. To come and try out for The Cosby Show. And just every time it was set up, for some reason, I couldn't make it. The fear of fear. The fear. I hated— I just hated that being scared to do something. And I think what developed in my early days was the attitude that I started attacking things that I was scared of. You a better man than me? You happy? Now, you gonna tell Will or not? I'm not gonna do your dirty work for you. Fine. I'll call him from the road. Yeah, then why don't you do that? Yeah, I'll do that. Daddy out! What's up? Will, I'm glad you're here. Um, some business came up I gotta handle, so we're gonna have to put our trip on hold. You understand? Yeah, yeah, that's cool. Just for a couple of weeks. I understand. Maybe a little longer. Yeah, whatever. Whatever. Look, I'll call you next week and we'll iron out the details, okay? Yeah, yeah. It was great seeing you, son. You too, Lou. Yeah, um. I'm sorry, Will. You know what, actually, this works out better for me. You know, the slimmies of summer come to class wearing next to nothing, you know what I'm saying? Well, it's all right to be angry. Hey, why should I be mad? I'm saying at least he said goodbye this time. I just wish I hadn't wasted my money buying this stupid present. I'm sorry, you know, if there was something that I— Hey, you know what? You ain't got to do nothing, Uncle Phil. You know, ain't like I'm still 5 years old, you know? Ain't like I'm gonna be sitting up every night asking my mom, when's Daddy coming home, you know? Who needs him? Hey, he wasn't there to teach me how to shoot my first basket, but I learned, didn't I? Hey, I got pretty damn good at it too, didn't I, Uncle Phil? Got through my first date without him, right? I learned how to drive, I learned how to shave, I learned how to fight without him. I had 14 great birthdays without him. He never even sent me a damn card. I ain't need him then and I don't need him now. Will, you know what, Uncle Phil? I'm gonna get through college without him. I'm gonna get a great job without him. I'm gonna marry me a beautiful honey and I'm having me a whole bunch of kids. I'm gonna be a better father than he ever was, and I sure as hell don't need him for that, 'cause ain't a damn thing he could ever teach me about how to love my kids. How come you don't want me, man?

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