Will
- By: Will Smith, Mark Manson
- Narrated by: Will Smith
- Length: 16 hrs and 16 mins
- Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Entertainment & Celebrities
Publisher’s Summary
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One of the most dynamic and globally recognised entertainment forces of our time opens up fully about his life, in a brave and inspiring book that traces his learning curve to a place where outer success, inner happiness and human connection are aligned. Along the way, Will tells the story in full of one of the most amazing rides through the worlds of music and film that anyone has ever had.
Will Smith’s transformation from a fearful child in a tense West Philadelphia home to one of the biggest pop stars of his era and then one of the biggest movie stars in Hollywood history, with a string of box office successes that will likely never be broken, is an epic tale of inner transformation and outer triumph, and Will tells it astonishingly well. But it’s only half the story.
Will Smith thought, with good reason, that he had won at life: not only was his own success unparalleled, his whole family was at the pinnacle of the entertainment world. Only they didn’t see it that way: they felt more like star performers in his circus, a seven-days-a-week job they hadn’t signed up for. It turned out Will Smith’s education wasn’t nearly over.
This memoir is the product of a profound journey of self-knowledge, a reckoning with all that your will can get you and all that it can leave behind. Written with the help of Mark Manson, author of the multimillion-copy best seller The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Will is the story of how one exceptional man mastered his own emotions, written in a way that can help everyone else do the same. Few of us will know the pressure of performing on the world’s biggest stages for the highest of stakes, but we can all understand that the fuel that works for one stage of our journey might have to be changed if we want to make it all the way home. The combination of genuine wisdom of universal value and a life story that is preposterously entertaining, even astonishing, puts Will the book, like its author, in a category by itself.
©2021 Will Smith and Mark Manson (P)2021 Penguin Audio
April –
Profoundly Engaging
This book is phenomenal. Full of deep truths about life and what it means to transition through stages in your life, building yourself along the way
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Amazon Customer –
A must listen to book
This was like seeing “The Will Smith Show” his voice imitations, singing and expressive vocabulary transported you into his journey. His recollection of days and moments is extraordinary. The first few chapters blew me away because I felt like he was talking about my childhood thoughts, fears & experiences. I was impressed and sometimes shocked at the brutal honesty but that’s Will now. Its not too deep or too shallow and I think its a good insight into how famous people are going through normal stuff like the rest of us. I loved it and you will too.
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