77 Lessons at 77
Author: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Full Title: 77 Lessons at 77
Category:articles
Summary: Arnold Schwarzenegger shares 77 lessons learned throughout his life, emphasizing the importance of continuous learning and personal growth. He encourages embracing failure as a part of success and highlights the need to show up for yourself and others. Additionally, he stresses the value of having a clear vision and taking small, manageable steps toward your goals.
URL: https://readwise.io/reader/fd/199887861
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Everything starts with vision. You have to see it before you can achieve it. You will never regret the time you spend to develop a very clear vision. When I say clear, I mean so clear that it plays in your mind like a movie. (View Highlight )
Decide who — not what — you want to be. Make your vision a part of your identity. (View Highlight )
Make sure you know the why behind your next move. (View Highlight )
None of us make it alone. (View Highlight )
Your vision will grow and change throughout your life. (View Highlight )
The joy is not in the victory or in standing at the top of the mountain.
The joy is the work that gets you there. (View Highlight )
repetitions are the key to life. (View Highlight )
. Discomfort isn’t a sign to stop, it’s a sign to keep going. (View Highlight )
nobody ever changed their life or changed the world from their couch (View Highlight )
Mens sana in corpore sano. A healthy mind in a healthy body. (View Highlight )
If you want to help others, meet people where they are. (View Highlight )
Failure is a crucial part of success. (View Highlight )
There will always be people who doubt you, who root against you. Let them. (View Highlight )
overcome yourself is much more important than learning to overcome anyone else (View Highlight )
Think of life like a play, and it will ease your mind when you’re challenged or when someone stands in your way. (View Highlight )
When something can be done immediately, just get it done. Don’t write it down. (View Highlight )
Treat the world as your laboratory and your work as an experiment. (View Highlight )
Surround yourself with people who think differently than you (View Highlight )
Every big decision can benefit from debate. (View Highlight )
Focus on the basics. Focus on what you can control. Nothing else matters. (View Highlight )
Don’t major in the minor. (View Highlight )
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of progress. (View Highlight )
Follow through. Don’t start things you don’t finish. (View Highlight )
. No matter what you do in life, you need to learn to sell (View Highlight )
You might think that talking is the best way to open up doors, but listening opens more doors than you would guess. (View Highlight )
Self-talk gets me through hard times. It makes me my best self. (View Highlight )
Don’t waste any of your energy being negative to yourself. (View Highlight )
be brutally honest with yourself. (View Highlight )
You need momentum, not motivation. (View Highlight )
You need patience. It takes time for little wins to build (View Highlight )
Get out there in the real world as often as you can. (View Highlight )
leave the world better than you found it. (View Highlight )
