The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in
life--distilled by Arnold Schwarzenegger from his own journey of
ceaseless reinvention and extraordinary achievement, and available for
absolutely anyone
The world's greatest bodybuilder. The world's highest-paid movie star.
The leader of the world's sixth-largest economy. That these are the same
person sounds like the setup to a joke, but this is no joke. This is
Arnold Schwarzenegger. And this did not happen by accident.
Arnold's stratospheric success happened as part of a process. As the
result of clear vision, big thinking, hard work, direct communication,
resilient problem-solving, open-minded curiosity, and a commitment to
giving back. All of it guided by the one lesson Arnold's father hammered
into him above all: be useful. As Arnold conquered every realm he
entered, he kept his father's adage close to his heart.
Written with his uniquely earnest, blunt, powerful voice, Be Useful
takes readers on an inspirational tour through Arnold's tool kit for a
meaningful life. He shows us how to put those tools to work, in service
of whatever fulfilling future we can dream up for ourselves. He brings
his insights to vivid life with compelling personal stories,
life-changing successes and life-threatening failures alike--some of
them famous; some told here for the first time ever.
Too many of us struggle to disconnect from our self-pity and connect to
our purpose. At an early age, Arnold forged the mental tools to build
the ladder out of the poverty and narrow-mindedness of his rural
Austrian hometown, tools he used to add rung after rung from there. Now
he shares that wisdom with all of us. As he puts it, no one is going to
come rescue you--you only have yourself. The good news, it turns out, is
that you are all you need.
