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Be Useful

Seven Tools for Life

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Be Useful

By: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Narrated by: 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.

©2023 Arnold Schwarzenegger (P)2023 Penguin Audio
Entertainment & Celebrities Personal Development Self-Esteem Celebrity Inspiring Heartfelt Success Thought-Provoking
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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

Excellent

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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.

Insightful And Informative

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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.

Lots of great sound advice

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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.

So much to learn

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Everything about the Be useful book is interesting. You need to put your headphones on and hear the master in action.

His accent and pronunciation

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Love it. I was never one of Arnolds fans, he never was one of my idols, but he speaks the truth and all his wisdom with such an authenticity and honesty that I have to give him my greatest admiration. The power of his speech to motivate me to change things in my life for good is unmeasurable. Thank you, Arnold.

Authentic as hell

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this book has truly inspired me to grab life by the handle bars so to speak and I am so very grateful for "the governator" writing this book and even narrating the audio book himself! please, please give this book a go and I promise you that it will change your life for the better no matter who you are!

outstanding inspiration for anyone who actually listens properly!

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Wonderful story. Epic insights and straight to the point view on how to live and achieve what you set out to do. Loved this book

Truth!

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excellent stories to drive his points across. Using his own life experiences and points of view.

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Arnold’s narration is excellent and he has a lot of experience and wisdom to share.

A Valuable Voice

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