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- Seven Tools for Life
- Narrated by: Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Length: 6 hrs and 19 mins
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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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- Anonymous User
- 14-10-2023
Excellent
Thoroughly enjoyed. Still enjoyed his first book more but really enjoyed him going through his rules for life, and him doing the audio too which was awesome. Very inspirational
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- Anonymous User
- 10-12-2023
Insightful And Informative
An excellent book, full of inspirational tips and ways to generally improve your outlook on life.
Arnie gives an excellent presentation of his extraordinary life and amazing achievements whilst emphasizing that everyone is able to do great things and live a fulfilled life.
I wish this book had been around 40 years ago so that I’d have more time to implement his words of wisdom. For now, I’ll pass it on to my son and hope that he’ll get as much from it as I did.
Now I’m ‘all in’, thanks to Arnie.
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- Iwbar
- 10-12-2023
Lots of great sound advice
Really enjoyed listening to this book. I am not am Arnold fan (his being never impacted my world before now) but that has changed. Well read, easy to listen too, great stories and thoughtful advice on how to succeed and livie a kind useful life. I really enjoyed it and will listen to it again, this time with a handy notebook and pen.
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- AnnieH
- 16-12-2023
So much to learn
So much to learn from this wise but humble man. This was a fantastic book that everyone will get something from. I loved getting more insight into Arnold’s life and the things he has achieved with his incredibly strong mindset.
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- Anonymous User
- 17-12-2023
His accent and pronunciation
Everything about the Be useful book is interesting. You need to put your headphones on and hear the master in action.
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- Kristin Meek
- 26-10-2023
Highly recommend
I found this really inspiring. Arnold really reiterates when you are driven, having a solid work ethic and having a solid vision for you life, that you can achieve all your goals.
This book helped me to put perspective to some decisions that I was wanting to make in my life.
Easy to listen. Will listen again and recommend to everyone
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- Joshua Watkins
- 29-10-2023
Amazing Individual
Growing up with Arnie in the 80’s on the big screen it was easy to dismiss him as the ‘Action Hero with massive muscles’.
Having read his autobiography I was struck by his depth and emotion intelligence. This was further cemented by watching his Netflix documentary. Approaching 50, and successful in my career I wondered thou, how much will this book teach me or enlighten me.
Having finished I am still basking in the after thoughts of how to make not only your life more useful but how to improve the lives of those around you. Arnie is aware of his unusual circumstances but goes to great length to present his knowledge and experiences for everyone in every kind of situation, circumstance and position in life and career.
Must read.
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- Mark
- 09-11-2023
Arnie at his best
Arnold really enjoys making a difference and shines through here. If you would like to change your life and/or change your world this is a very good place to start. A really great book.
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- ChrisWardYoung
- 13-11-2023
Solid Advice
I enjoyed hearing the advice of this book wrapped into personal stories. Worth a listen and worth taken on many of Arnie’s useful tips.
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- Peter Trubody
- 29-10-2023
Be useful
Great advice. From the heart. Very useful. A valuable book in my motivation library. Well worth the investment.
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