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ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
Compiled by
George Ayoka
Arnold Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American actor, model, producer, director,
activist, businessman, investor, writer, philanthropist, former professional
bodybuilder, and politician.
At 14, he started an intensive training program with Dan Farmer, studied psychology
at 15 (to learn more about the power of mind over body) and at 17, officially started
his competitive career." He was so dedicated as a youngster that he broke into the
local gym on weekends, when it was usually closed, so that he could train.
Schwarzenegger began weight training at the age of 15. He won the Mr. Universe
title at age 20 and went on to win the Mr. Olympia contest seven times.
He has remained a prominent presence in bodybuilding and has written many books
and articles on the sport.
Schwarzenegger served two terms as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until
2011.
INTRODUCTION
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter #1 Have a Clear Goal
Chapter #2 Think Big
Chapter #3 Work your Butt Off
Chapter #4 Use Power of Potential
Chapter #5 Keep Trying Until You Succeed
Chapter #6 Be Focused
Chapter #7 Believe in Yourself
Chapter #8 Don’t Listen to Naysayers
Chapter #9 Don’t Be Afraid to Fail
Chapter #10 Break The Rule
“Help others and give something
back. I guarantee you will
discover that while public
service improves the lives and the
world around you, its greatest
reward is the enrichment
and new meaning it will bring
your own life.”
- ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
Rule #1.
Have a Clear
Goal
I had a goal and whatever it takes to get there I would do. So I was doing my daily
work, cleaning the guns and going to the shooting range margin 20 miles a day and
running at five in the morning with heavy camper boots, with all kinds of stuff.
I work out three hours and get up early in the morning, again do the most sit-ups and
push-ups.
Everyone would say this is the wrong direction that I am going, or I am in a dream
world, I am useless. I made up my mind that whatever it was as an athlete I am going
to break. I needed to reach that goal, that vision of being a world champion.
To succeed in your
mission, you must
have single-minded
devotion to your goal.
- Abdul Kalam
Rule #2.
Think Big
Think big, then you going to get big. Then you are going to go and achieve big
things, that is the most important thing. You know we don't achieve big things by
accident, so shoot for the top. Shoot for the skies, shoot for the stars.
As long as you are
going to be thinking
anyway, think big.
- Donald Trump
Rule #3.
Work Your
Butt Off
The other thing is that you’ve got to work your butt off! If you think that you are
going to go and accomplish something really special and be the best in anything in
the world and you think you can do it without working you make a big mistake.
Because no matter what I did, if it was a body building or acting or in the political
arena it always took a lot of work. If you are not willing to work hard forget about it,
so this is a rule that is very important.
You have to
fight to reach
your dream.
You have to
sacrifice and
work hard
for it.
- -Lionel Messi
Rule #4.
Use Power of
Potential
Use your power of potential and make this nation and this world a better place.
It worked for this immigrant who came over here to this country with twenty dollars
in the pocket and I know and I guarantee it will work for you too.
With realization
of one's own
potential and
self-confidence in
one's ability, one
can build a better
world.
- DALAI LAMA
Rule #5.
Keep trying
until you
Succeed
If you afraid to fail then you’ll always be holding yourself back because you are
afraid that if you go all out you may fail. But in weightlifting we learned that very
quickly, the only way you could break a record is if you willing to fail. That's when
you put on more weight you tried something until you would not be able to lift again,
which has happened to me many times. But eventually when you train hard enough
you would lift it.
So don't be afraid to fail.
Sometimes by
losing a battle you
find a new way to
win the war.
- Donald Trump
Rule #6.
Be Focused
In Austria kids were conditioned to follow parents path. But unlike other kids around
me I was very determined that I have to get out there. And then one day, I saw the
cover of a magazine with the picture of Reg Park, It says, “how Mr universe became
Hercules.”
I opened this magazine and a read through it and there was the whole plan laid out.
I ask myself, Arnold, what is it about you that is so different, why are you the only
one that sees it so clearly, about this call of going to America, winning the Mr
Universe contest and getting in the movies in making millions of dollars no one
knows or talks about this around here. Is it real, is it just a crazy fantasy, but wait a
minute, Reg Park did it. Then that's possible Arnold, focus, the key thing is to be
focus, I started visualizing myself standing up to the stage just like Reg Park and it
became more and more clear, I said to myself, “Arnold you've got to go believe in
yourself.”
“If you want to be
successful, find
someone who has
achieved the
results you want
and copy what
they do and you'll
achieve the same
results.”
Rule #7.
Believe in
Yourself
This is why I try to tell you anything and everything can be done, if you can visualize
it if you believe in yourself.
It was the same thing again when I ran for governor, you can imagine when I went on
at the night show and I announce that I am going to run for governor of the great state
of California. People came to me afterwards and say you are crazy, you don't
announce something like this on The Tonight Show, you should have an official
press conference at the State Capitol. Plus, you don't start first from the governorship,
you go and start first with Mayor, with state Senator, and I said I don't want to be
senator, I don't want to be mayor, I want to be governor don't you understand that.
Well the rest is history I won in 2003, and I won also in 2006. Let me tell you, you're
going to find the naysayers on every turn you will make. Don't listen just visualize
you go or know exactly where you want to go trust yourself get out there, work like
hell, break some of the rules and never ever be afraid of failure.
Believe in yourself! Have
faith in your abilities!
Without a humble but rea-
sonable confidence in your
own powers you cannot be
successful or happy.
- Norman Vincent Peale
Rule #8.
Don’t Listen to
Naysayers
I mean how many times have you heard that you can't do this, you can't do that,
because it has never been done before. Somehow, but I love it when someone says
that never no one has ever done this before because then, when I do it that means to
them, I am the first to succeed in doing it.
So pay no attention to the people who say it can't be done. I always say to myself,
“yes you can”.
“Whatever you do you
need courage.
Whatever course you
decide upon, there will always
be someone to tell you that you
are wrong.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Rule #9.
Don’t Be
Afraid to Fail
Anything I have ever attempted I was always willing to fail, you cannot always win
but don't be afraid of making decisions, you can't be paralyzed by fear of failure or
you would never push yourself.
You keep pushing because you believe in yourself and in your vision and you know
that it's the right thing to do success will come soon don't be afraid to fail.
The biggest risk is not
taking any risk... In a
world that is changing
really quickly, the only
strategy that is guaran-
teed to fail is not taking
risks.
- Mark Zuckerberg
Rule #10.
Break The
Rules
There are so many rules in lives about everything, I say great, break the rules not the
law. It is impossible to be a maverick or too original if you are too well-behaved and
want to break the rules you have to think outside the box probable that is what I
believe after all.
What is the point of being in this earth if all you want to do is to feel like everyone
and avoid trouble. The only way that I’ve ever got anyplace was the breaking some
of the rules.
What matters is this:
Being fearless of failure
arms you to break the
rules. In doing so, you
may change the culture
and just possibly,
for a moment,
change life itself.
- Malcolm Mclaren
SUCCESS QUOTES FROM ARNOLD
“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths.
When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.”
“Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while pub-
lic service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the
enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life.”
“The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do
something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.”
“I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things.
People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a
word that applies to me in any way - I hope it never will.”
“Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.”
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Richard Branson 10 Golden Rules for Success
Donald Trump 10 Golden Rules for Success
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