A Rhetorical Analysis Of Mindset Wisdom By Will Smith

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because it is hard to fix and he says don’t make it worse and blame it on them because it will make them want to attack words at you because he says don’t let hateful words attack you and follow your own dreams and find that confidence inside yourself. This has helped to set my own growth mindset to have confidence in myself to follow my dreams for the future.

Growth mindset is more important than talent. For example, in the documentary Mindset Wisdom, Will Smith shares his insight on life. Will Smith started as a rapper and ended up becoming one of the biggest stars in the world. He also won two Oscars. He feels that greatness exists in each of us, it is not elusive. However there is no shortcut to success. In fact, he explains that
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For example, He feels a strong work ethic is most important, An incident involving his father taught him to “lay one brick at a time”. Although something may look impossible, you just need to take one step at a time and do each step to the best of your ability. What comes next for Will Smith in his future in this lifetime is to help make others lives better in some way. His work ethic is important for him to follow and he realizes that to get what he wants he needs to focus all of his creativity and thoughts on it. He is willing to determine what happens for in the next few years of his life. What happens next for Will in his future as he starts getting older is to represent the idea that you can make your own and others lives better. Will believes in focusing on making a difference in life, as his grandmother taught him. For example, he said, “I want my life, I want my work, my family… I want it to mean something.” He wants to help others, so he says to not to give up on things and that nothing is unrealistic. So to tackle your fears because you don't have to put yourselfs …show more content…
It’s important not to let something attack you or let your fears lead you. He also says not to put yourself down because he believes that what you want you can create for yourself. “The first step before anyone else believes it, you have to believe it, say it to yourself, I know who I am, I know what I believe, that’s all I need to know”.
He feels one needs to protect their own dreams. For example, in his movie, “The Pursuit of Happyness” his character said, “Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something” in your own life. “If you’ve got a dream, you’ve got to protect it”. Don’t let anyone drag you down or give up because they will do that to you. Will said to follow your dreams and not give up, but to move on in your own life because it is your life to handle on your own.
Will Smith says that don’t anything bother you because what they say will never hurt you unless you let it. So he says don’t let anybody put you or your friends down, because it is hard to handle so much drama He says just let it go and try to work it out with your friends. He says it is so hard to deal with because sometimes friends can drop you at times because they just don’t want to listen to you and fix your problems at

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