Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka)

AUTOBIOGRA­PHY Will

- BY WILL SMITH

One of the most dynamic and globally recognized 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 rap 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 multi-million-copy bestseller 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.

Available at Sarasavi Bookshop Nugegoda, No. 2 Samudradev­i Mawatha

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