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Will Smith is one of my favorite actors.

When I was in high school, he was the “funny guy” in Fresh Prince and had some rap songs out. (I’ve never much been a fan of rap music, but at least his were amusing.) Back then, he was just another young guy who was funny, dabbled in music, etc. And then he just disappeared like so many of them do.

But when he “came back”, he did so with a vengeance. When I’d heard he’d lost everything, and didn’t give up – instead he saw it as an opportunity to start with a clean slate and apply those hard lessons – a little seed of respect began to grow for him. One of my favorite movies of his is “The Pursuit of Happyness” – and even though the movie isn’t about him, I am aware that a lot of who he portrayed is how he thinks and acts.

I’m not the kind of girl who generally fawns over actors and celebrities. Personally, I don’t really much care about what they do, and I never quite understood what the big deal is with needing to know what they do every day. To me, they’re just people doing their job. Like anyone who has a job, some do it better than others, some are lazy, some are lucky (probably due to some brown-nosing or something), and some make mistakes.

But Will Smith continues to fill that seemingly unattainable… thing that many people would like to have, and his celebrity status isn’t what makes him the way he is – I think he’d be this way even if he weren’t famous. Which I really like.

No, this isn’t just some diatribe on my fan-love of the guy. There is a point.

This morning, I was directed to this video. It’s long, but worth every minute. I have to say that nearly everything he says in the video is just a very powerful and real message that I agree with, and in some cases (okay, ALL cases), would like to live by.

When I grow up, I want to be Will Smith.

Will Smith – Words of Wisdom

This video brings about some terrific points about success – not only in your business, but in your life. I saw a lot of my own beliefs, ethics and attitudes in his words (which you might see some of in a post I wrote back in March, as well as in a lot of the comments left on that post), and it gives me a little bit of hope that maybe I am moving in the right direction… that maybe these “walls” I keep running into are just an illusion.

This video was the boost I needed, since recently I’ve found myself slipping back into the old groove I’ve been trying to get out of. Maybe I’m not the only one – and some of you might get something out of this as well. But for me, I think I’ll be playing this for myself every time I start to feel like “I can’t” so I will change it to “I can.”