Comments on: Wisdom From Will Smith

By: Link Bass

Link Bass — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 00:51:05 +0000

Didnt like it. All this worldly Oprah logic is just something for people who dont know God to try and find a way to pretend they are in control of their life. We are only in control of our choices…..we are not “benders of the universe” lol
I’m a successful guy who has worked hard, has an amazing family…..but I do, not because I deserve any of these things, or have pretended like I can control everything around me…I have them because of God’s grace and his blessings for my obedience. Found strength in him. I find it sad to see that so many have bought into this kind of thinking……No matter how “on top of it” or “in control” this guy seems to be, trust me, when his head hits the pillow at night, he knows he’s full of it. Just my opinion.

By: Csmith

Csmith — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 05:50:10 +0000

Such a bummer that youtube has to remove videos that serve only to impart wisdom to people. I’m bummed out that i couldn’t see the clips of the interviews, but at least i got to read the highlights in your blog.

By: soulusion

soulusion — Fri, 07 May 2010 13:52:20 +0000

behind will´s wisdom (from the same creator as the original one): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsClde6krxM

By: Yonas

Yonas — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:36:13 +0000

Awesome! I have great respect and admiration for Will Smith. I actually saw his interview with Tavis Smiley, last year, and ended up reading, ‘The Alchemist’ by Paulo Coelho, after he mentioned it(if I’m not mistaken, I think Will’s film, ‘I Am Legend’, was inspired by that book written by Mr. Coelho) .

Thanks for sharing the sweet wisdom behind his success, Ross!

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By: Roberto

Roberto — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:27:22 +0000

Very inspirational Ross, great post. Many thanx!

By: David

David — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 23:55:48 +0000

Mr. Ross:

Thank you that was like a mental shot of t-boosters. Seriously, I will revisit this video again so please don’t take it down. This video was what I needed to hear today. Thanks bro, thank you.

David.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:48:09 +0000

I grew up as an army brat in Germany, speaking mainly German, some English (bilingual family). In school, I was not interested in classes, loved martial arts…..I failed a grade, had to repeat, was once also told by a teacher that I’d never amount to anything. After high school, I decided that I wanted to become a doctor (based on a number of experiences outside the classroom). I began college in Germany, transfered to this country with two bags and a backpack (though I always had the U.S. citizenship, I had never lived here, and the rest of my family stayed in Europe…..I was on my own). I worked like a dog in college (with a dictionary in my backpack for the first year), studying fridays, weekends, summer sessions, winter sessions….graduated after a two and a half years having gained entrance to med school. There too, I worked hard, got a residency at Johns Hopkins, worked as a resident and fellow for seven years in training…. I now am professionally successful, have a wife and kids….Many more things are possible than not, if one really wants it….even for ex-flunkies like me……..
don’t give up, my friends…….

By: Omar

Omar — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:04:49 +0000

I just want to say this. With regard to success…more people will succeed if they just stick with what they say they want to accomplish. Most people who ‘make it’ have went through hard times like everyone else…but for whatever reason they chose to continue. Maybe some couldn’t continue due to financial constraints, or health concerns, or whatever. But those who ‘made it’ found a way and stuck with it (whatever ‘it’ is or was), despite those constraints. The people who have ridiculous levels of success in their ‘it’ typically sacrifice more time, effort, and money in their pursuit of ‘it’…much more than the typical person is able to commit to. Commitment is either all in or it’s not commitment. There’s a difference between ‘commitment’ and ‘interest’. A person who who has absolute dedication to something just won’t quit…a person who has interest or dying commitment will quit when they reach certain roadblocks. We have to be honest about our shortcomings to realize the truth that’s in what Will Smith said. To make it plain…’IT AIN’T ABOUT WILL SMITH’. It’s about you. What are you willing to sacrifice to get what you say you want…is it lip service and interest or are you truly committed to what you say you want out of life?

Put time on your side and start going after what you want out of life TODAY!!!!! We all have something we wish we would have started on earlier but accept that you didn’t and if you really want it (if you have the guts to commit to it) start TODAY!

Here’s a poem…

It Couldn’t Be Done
By Edgar Guest

Somebody said it couldn’t be done,
But he with a chuckle replied
That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing and he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.
Somebody scoffed: “Oh, you’ll never do that;
At least no one has ever done it”;
But he took off his coat and he took off his hat,
And the first thing we knew he’d begun it.
With a lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
Without any doubting or quiddit,
He started to sing and he tackled the thing
That couldn’t be done, and he did it.

There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done,
There are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you, one by one,
The dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle in with a bit of a grin,
Just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing
That “cannot be done,” and you’ll do it.