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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- 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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- Tracy Cunningham
- 09-01-2024
Down to earth, practical, entertaining
I loved this so much. What a fabulous outlook on life. The “advice” is so practical and delivered in such a no-nonsense way. And of course, entertaining anecdotes delivered in Arnie’s unique way.
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- Steve
- 15-01-2024
An inspiring man
A humbling good listen, just this guys voice makes you sit up and listen to him, he reminds you that you don’t need to be rich, talented or have skills, you just have to give something back, pay it forward as he sais.
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- Ian Sinclair
- 17-01-2024
be useful review
excellent stories to drive his points across. Using his own life experiences and points of view.
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- Nick Jacques
- 20-01-2024
A Valuable Voice
Arnold’s narration is excellent and he has a lot of experience and wisdom to share.
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- Paul Allan
- 02-03-2024
Truly inspirational
A powerful journey from my lifelong idol from afar. Everyone should read or listen to this book
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