Be Useful
Seven Tools for Life
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Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Brought to you by Penguin.
The seven rules to follow to realise 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 toolkit for a meaningful life. Arnold 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 has shared 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.
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- Ms M.
- 19-10-23
Pure Arnold.
Fantastic. He’s a Human encyclopaedia of his industry and more. Amusing and honest… so Useful!
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- Anonymous User
- 24-10-23
A great book by a great man!
A great book with insight, motivation, advice and inspiration. As someone I have looked up to since I was a boy, I will be passing this book onto my Son. To help him use these tools to navigate through his life.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-11-23
Humble proudness or proud humbleness?
Good in any way. Listen to The Man. I will try. Do. Great story and message.
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- Martyn
- 25-11-23
Inspired
very insightful and read with a sense of humility. An inspiration. A true human and very misunderstood.
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- T R Steele
- 18-11-23
Great
. . . Really enjoyed this book and appreciate the many lessons for life that it offers us.
Thank you, Mr Schwarzenegger, for sharing your life with us.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-11-23
Giving back
Very positive views and inspiring. An excellent listen to return to when needed for advice
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- Anonymous User
- 06-12-23
Positively surprised
I started listening to this purely out of curiosity. But you know what: this is actually a really good book. Even if you’re not looking for self improvement, Arnold peppers his advice with interesting stories from his own life. And in his advice he emphasises not only focus and determination but lifting others and accepting help from others. I’m impressed.
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- Adao Ernesto
- 25-12-23
Very motivational !
Great listen, very motivational and an overall great book. I could listen to it again very easily.. Would highly recommend!
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- Amazon Customer
- 27-12-23
Life changing
Help you alot getting through life and finding a purpose. I think one of the best audio book.
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- T M Banks
- 18-11-23
Great advice
For someone who has come from a small town in Austria & achieved so much in his lifetime, he must have learnt a lot along the way. He gives sound advice & down to earth wisdom. Well worth reading.
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