55 min
009: How To Achieve Your Dreams And Find Meaning - Arnold Schwarzenegger Becoming Antifragile
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- Self-Improvement
Lessons from studying Be Useful by Arnold Schwarzenegger. In Be Useful, Arnold reveals his tool kit for how he achieved all his dreams, and why he believes you can use the same tool for your life.
Arnold is the world’s greatest bodybuilder, highest-paid movie star, and was leader of the world’s sixth-largest economy. He achieved all this by following a process of clear vision, big thinking, hard work, direct communication, resilient problem-solving, open-minded curiosity, and giving back. His father taught him one lesson: be useful. He never forgot it
Freya India's article - No, not everyone needs therapy.
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00:00:00 - Why Arnold wrote Be Useful
00:03:24 - Having a vision for your life
00:05:20 - How Arnold achieve all his impossible dreams
00:08:05 - Your 85-year-old self time travelling to you
00:10:45 - What is vision?
00:13:20 - The discipline of staying consistent even with the little habits
00:15:00 - The power of visualization and emotionally charging them
00:18:45 - Pain is temporary & characters are built amid pain
00:20:00 - The problem of suffering
00:22:00 - Amor fati, Nietzsche’s eternal recurrence
00:24:50 - “Wenn schon, denn schon” & why James Cameron inspired Arnold
00:28:20 - Don’t let the doubters, the haters, stop you from achieving your vision
00:30:15 - There is no plan B! Plan B is to succeed at plan A
00:34:00 - Believe in yourself!
00:36:00 - You only fail if you quit, so don't quit
00:38:20 - Victim mindset leading to unhealthy therapy culture (Freya India)
00:40:00 - Don’t be a victim of your circumstances
00:43:00 - “Two ears, one mouth” and why you should never stop reading and learning
00:46:30 - Don’t let your curiosity turn into a brittle brick
00:49:00 - Finding the greatest meaning in helping others
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IJ Makan is a philosopher, designer, and martial artist.
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Social & Website
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ijmakan
Twitter https://twitter.com/ijmakan
Website https://becomingantifragile.com
Newsletter https://ijmakan.substack.com
Lessons from studying Be Useful by Arnold Schwarzenegger. In Be Useful, Arnold reveals his tool kit for how he achieved all his dreams, and why he believes you can use the same tool for your life.
Arnold is the world’s greatest bodybuilder, highest-paid movie star, and was leader of the world’s sixth-largest economy. He achieved all this by following a process of clear vision, big thinking, hard work, direct communication, resilient problem-solving, open-minded curiosity, and giving back. His father taught him one lesson: be useful. He never forgot it
Freya India's article - No, not everyone needs therapy.
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00:00:00 - Why Arnold wrote Be Useful
00:03:24 - Having a vision for your life
00:05:20 - How Arnold achieve all his impossible dreams
00:08:05 - Your 85-year-old self time travelling to you
00:10:45 - What is vision?
00:13:20 - The discipline of staying consistent even with the little habits
00:15:00 - The power of visualization and emotionally charging them
00:18:45 - Pain is temporary & characters are built amid pain
00:20:00 - The problem of suffering
00:22:00 - Amor fati, Nietzsche’s eternal recurrence
00:24:50 - “Wenn schon, denn schon” & why James Cameron inspired Arnold
00:28:20 - Don’t let the doubters, the haters, stop you from achieving your vision
00:30:15 - There is no plan B! Plan B is to succeed at plan A
00:34:00 - Believe in yourself!
00:36:00 - You only fail if you quit, so don't quit
00:38:20 - Victim mindset leading to unhealthy therapy culture (Freya India)
00:40:00 - Don’t be a victim of your circumstances
00:43:00 - “Two ears, one mouth” and why you should never stop reading and learning
00:46:30 - Don’t let your curiosity turn into a brittle brick
00:49:00 - Finding the greatest meaning in helping others
-
IJ Makan is a philosopher, designer, and martial artist.
-
Social & Website
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ijmakan
Twitter https://twitter.com/ijmakan
Website https://becomingantifragile.com
Newsletter https://ijmakan.substack.com
55 min