Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of the more accomplished
individuals in the world today. He was the
youngest ever Mr. Olympia bodybuilding champion,
a record that still stands today. After which,
he began his career in Hollywood and became
one of, if not the biggest action stars in
history. I’m afraid that my condition has
left me cold to your pleas of mercy. Having
accomplished everything he wanted to in film,
he set his sights on politics and was elected
Governor of California where he ended up serving
two terms.
So what is it that allowed him to reach the
heights that he did?He often talked about
the importance of having a vision for your
life and how it can make all the difference.
So my first rule is find your vision and follow
it. Because you can have the best ship in
the world. You can have the best cruise line.
But if the captain doesn’t know where to
go. That ship will drift around the world
and out there at sea and will never end up
anywhere and this is exactly the way it is
in real life. If you don’t have a goal,
if you don’t have a vision. You just drift
around and you’re not gonna be happy.
The idea of finding your vision and following
it is great advice, because we all need to
have some idea of what we’re striving for.
Sometimes you need to be able to have your
eyes on a fixed goal so that you can put in
a concentrated effort to try and realize them.
Now If you don’t have a vision, it’s possible
that you could drift around aimlessly with
no sense of what direction you’re headed
in. This is completely true when you know
you want to achieve some kind of success,
but you don’t know what it is that will
end up gratifying you.
The reason why a goal is so important is because
there’s always more than just one way to
get to any goal so if you’re able to identify
your destination, you can try different paths
to get there when one doesn’t work out.
Hey, and if that means that you have to play
Mr. Freeze in Batman & Robin then so be it.
What killed the dinosaurs? The ice age! Is
that joke getting old? No? Ok.
It can help if you use techniques like that
5/25 rule that can help you narrow down your
focus and identify what you’re specifically
trying to achieve. Another thing that I recommend
is listing out your long-term goals, as well
as your short-term goals. You know, just write
them down so that you can visualize exactly
what you’re targeting.
Ultimately, you want to have a sense of inner
peace and stability over what you’re striving
for. Knowing your goals can give you a sense
of purpose and allow you to channel your focus
in one direction.
One day I was fortunate enough to see a magazine
and that magazine showed me the path to America.
And it was a bodybuilding magazine and on
the cover was this very muscular guy that
was standing there like Hercules with the
Hercules outfit. His name was Reg Park. This
Reg Park was on the cover and I remember that
cover said Mr Universe becomes Hercules star.
And as I read, I became more and more certain
about my own future.
Arnold credits Reg Park for laying out the
blueprint for his life and showing him how
training hard in the gym could open up opportunities
that Arnold himself wanted. This shows how
effective it can be to identify individuals
whose careers and success you would like to
emulate. This is where having a mentor can
often be truly beneficial. When I first started
out in my career, I researched all of the
successful people who were in positions that
I wanted to be in and studied how they got
there.
Once you identify who you are striving to
be like and what you are hoping to become,
your main concern will become how you are
going to get there but that is where your
own unique story will be written.
By laying out your vision for your life, you’ll
be much more open to putting in the extreme
hard work to reach those goals because you
have identified something that you are passionate
about. Arnold has even said that he was always
smiling in the gym because he knew that each
day would get him one step closer to realizing
his vision for himself. And that’s exactly
how I’m hoping you can move towards your
ambitions as well.
Guys, I’d like to point out that while having
a vision is helpful, it’s always good to
be adaptable if things don’t work out. Just
understand that there are more ways to get
to where you want than you ever imagined.
Your job is to simply show up consistently
and put in the work because quite frankly,
what else are you going to do.
Arite guys, that’s all from me this week.
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and in case you were wondering, this is an
Arnold tank that says “Come with me if you
want to lift”. Sorry. Thanks so much for
watching. I’ll see you next time. I will
turn Gotham into an icy graveyard. Then I
will pull Batman’s heart from his body and
feel it freeze in my hands. Ah!
