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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- Mr. Benjamin J. Hirons
- 13-10-23
Excellent Listen
Concise, to the point, very direct and clear.
A good follow-up to his previous book ‘Total Recall’.
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- MR D OLIVER
- 15-10-23
Powerful and humbling
This book will give you a toolset to become the best version of yourself.
This is the stuff they should be teaching in schools. Taught by someone who has consistently gone out of his way to help and inspire others.
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- James O
- 25-10-23
Motivating for anyone who uses both ears..
Judging by the 5* reviews Arnold has reached his target audience. I was a bit wary but once you get used to the accent it is an interesting and motivational book. To some, he may sound boastful, but actually he isn't as he puts real life context into statements. If you gain nothing from this book you have probably not really been listening.
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- ...Cellamen...
- 26-10-23
GOAT
A very enjoyable listen. He is a very interesting inspirational man. A well ventured life indeed.
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- Mat Richards
- 27-10-23
Useful
Quite an enjoyable read to learn about Arnold’s path to success. It’s interesting that the first part of his life is focused on success and achievement while the latter part is focused on giving back to the world. A very useful blueprint for success.
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- Mattmorg
- 30-10-23
thank you
the man is a living legend,thank you for spreading the luv Arnold, service, conviction, consistency
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- Eva
- 02-11-23
Incredible story
I loved listening his story and I am glad he is reading his own writing.
He had a strong vision, dream and made it came true. Hard work, dedication, belief and lots of people helped his way to become an incredible person and great example for future generation.
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- indra
- 09-11-23
very helpful and informative
I did not want it to end. I enjoyed it immensely. I will continue to be grateful to others who have helped me.
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