Becoming Antifragile
Becoming Antifragile
IJ Makan
009: How To Achieve Your Dreams And Find Meaning - Arnold Schwarzenegger
55 minutes Posted Jan 1, 2024 at 12:46 am.
Why Arnold wrote Be Useful
Having a vision for your life
How Arnold achieve all his impossible dreams
Your 85-year-old self time travelling to you
What is vision?
The discipline of staying consistent even with the little habits
The power of visualization and emotionally charging them
Pain is temporary & characters are built amid pain
The problem of suffering
Amor fati, Nietzsche’s eternal recurrence
“Wenn schon, denn schon” & why James Cameron inspired Arnold
Don’t let the doubters, the haters, stop you from achieving your vision
There is no plan B! Plan B is to succeed at plan A
Believe in yourself!
You only fail if you quit, so don't quit
Victim mindset leading to unhealthy therapy culture (Freya India)
Don’t be a victim of your circumstances
“Two ears, one mouth” and why you should never stop reading and learning
Don’t let your curiosity turn into a brittle brick
Finding the greatest meaning in helping others
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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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