Will Smith on Speaking Life Into Your World, Achieving Extraordinary Success, and The Power of Positive Thinking

Restored from the Empower Network archive (2011–2017), lightly edited to meet our current advertising standards. Views are the original author’s.

Watch what you say. I challenge you to deliberately watch what you say and consciously stop yourself from saying anything negative. It really is amazing how our minds tend to gravitate towards the negative in thoughts and consequently in words. Our job is to break that negative conditioning and begin to speak words of life, words of prosperity, words of success into our existence. This small change in our daily behavior can make a dramatic difference in your mood, your thoughts, and eventually your future.

Some people get hung up on the “positive thinking” crowd, saying that is fake, no one can be positive all the time. For those people I ask, how has your random negative-leaning thinking worked for you? If you are happy with your life and don’t desire to make changes to reap more fruit and build a better life for you and your family then fine, keep doing you. However, if you are looking to bring more health, wealth, success and prosperity in your life you can start by changing the words that come out of your mouth.

Watch the video below and notice how emphatically Will Smith speaks positive statements, it really is fascinating. While most people concentrate on the content of the powerful message he’s providing, the hidden secret to the video is in how he’s delivering the information. It’s almost like he is trying to force the universe to obey the words that are coming out of his mouth. This is someone who clearly understands the power of words! Pay close attention below:

Will Smith On Speaking Success Into Your Reality

Will Smith’s Success Tips For Those Looking To Take Their Lives To The Next Level of Greatness

1. Greatness is a matter of choice – not a godlike feature for only the “special people” among us.

2. Believe to achieve. The first step to success is believing. “He who who says he can and he who says he can’t are both usually right” – Confucius.

3. Talent is Overrated. It’s important to separate the perception of talent and skill. Talent is natural and skill is developed.

4. Don’t overcomplicate things. We often use complexity for excusing ourselves from trying. Don’t set out to build a house; set out to lay one brick as perfectly as it can be placed. The house will be built in the process.

5. Where you are doesn’t matter; it’s about where you’re going. Thinking about your past or where you’ve come from as an indicator of your future is detrimental to reaching where you want to go.

6. Focus on making a difference. If you are not making someone else’s life better, you’re wasting your time and will lose motivation over time.

7. Nothing is unrealistic. Being realistic is the most commonly traveled road to mediocrity.

8. Our thoughts are physical in the universe. The universe is not a thing that will push us around. We are going to bend the universe to be what we want it to be. Decide intently who you’re going to be and the rest will get out of the way.