Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thinking Big, Building Resilience, 7 Tools for Life, and More

Brought to you by Wealthfront high-yield savings account https://wealthfront.com/tim Eight Sleep’s Pod Cover sleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating https://eightsleep.com/Tim and AG1 all-in-one nutritional supplement https://drinkag1.com/tim Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life: https://www.amazon.com/Be-Useful-Seven-Tools-Life/dp/0593655958/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20 Resources from this episode: https://tim.blog/2023/10/02/arnold-schwarzenegger-be-useful/ Arnold Schwarzenegger (@schwarzenegger) is an Austrian-born bodybuilder, actor, businessman, philanthropist, bestselling author, and politician. He served as the thirty-eighth governor of California. His new book, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life, is out October 10th, and his daily email newsletter Pump Club recently hit more than 500,000 subscribers and continues to grow as a positive corner of the Internet. Schwarzenegger has made it his mission to give back. Since his time in the Governor’s house, he’s been working diligently to combat climate change, anti-semitism, ensure fair voting practices, help youth, work with Veterans, and inspire healthy living. Please enjoy! 00:00 Intro 00:14 Recovering from heart surgery. 06:19 Age 10 entrepreneurship. 11:17 Arnold’s dad and the importance of being useful. 18:01 Arnold and his brother: same upbringing, different outcomes. 26:17 Building ladders and never thinking small. 33:48 When Arnold’s self-bet to be a comedic lead paid off. 40:47 We’re all in sales. 45:44 The significance of shifting gears. 50:09 Grieving Franco Columbu. 55:20 Aging. 1:03:59 Arnold’s current state of self-identity. 1:06:59 What Arnold hopes readers take away from Be Useful. 1:15:10 Parting thoughts. Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 900 million downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running. Sign up for "5-Bullet Friday" (Tim's free weekly email newsletter): https://go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-yt/ Follow the Tim Ferriss Podcast: https://tim.blog/podcast/ Visit the Tim Ferriss Blog: https://tim.blog/ Follow Tim Ferriss on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tferriss/ Follow Tim Ferriss on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timferriss/ Like Tim Ferriss on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimFerriss/

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Oct 2, 20231h 17mWatch on YouTube ↗

EPISODE INFO

Released: October 2, 2023
Duration: 1h 17m
Channel: Tim Ferriss
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Brought to you by Wealthfront high-yield savings account https://wealthfront.com/tim Eight Sleep’s Pod Cover sleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating https://eightsleep.com/Tim and AG1 all-in-one nutritional supplement https://drinkag1.com/tim Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life: https://www.amazon.com/Be-Useful-Seven-Tools-Life/dp/0593655958/?tag=offsitoftimfe-20 Resources from this episode: https://tim.blog/2023/10/02/arnold-schwarzenegger-be-useful/ Arnold Schwarzenegger (@schwarzenegger) is an Austrian-born bodybuilder, actor, businessman, philanthropist, bestselling author, and politician. He served as the thirty-eighth governor of California. His new book, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life, is out October 10th, and his daily email newsletter Pump Club recently hit more than 500,000 subscribers and continues to grow as a positive corner of the Internet. Schwarzenegger has made it his mission to give back. Since his time in the Governor’s house, he’s been working diligently to combat climate change, anti-semitism, ensure fair voting practices, help youth, work with Veterans, and inspire healthy living. Please enjoy! 00:00 Intro 00:14 Recovering from heart surgery. 06:19 Age 10 entrepreneurship. 11:17 Arnold’s dad and the importance of being useful. 18:01 Arnold and his brother: same upbringing, different outcomes. 26:17 Building ladders and never thinking small. 33:48 When Arnold’s self-bet to be a comedic lead paid off. 40:47 We’re all in sales. 45:44 The significance of shifting gears. 50:09 Grieving Franco Columbu. 55:20 Aging. 1:03:59 Arnold’s current state of self-identity. 1:06:59 What Arnold hopes readers take away from Be Useful. 1:15:10 Parting thoughts. Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 900 million downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running. Sign up for "5-Bullet Friday" (Tim's free weekly email newsletter): https://go.tim.blog/5-bullet-friday-yt/ Follow the Tim Ferriss Podcast: https://tim.blog/podcast/ Visit the Tim Ferriss Blog: https://tim.blog/ Follow Tim Ferriss on Twitter: https://twitter.com/tferriss/ Follow Tim Ferriss on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/timferriss/ Like Tim Ferriss on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TimFerriss/

SPEAKERS

Tim Ferriss
host
Podcast host and author known for long-form interviews on performance, health, and business.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
guest
Actor, bodybuilding champion, and former Governor of California, known for films like Terminator and Conan and for his book “Be Useful.”

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Tim Ferriss, featuring Tim Ferriss and Arnold Schwarzenegger, Arnold Schwarzenegger on Thinking Big, Building Resilience, 7 Tools for Life, and More explores arnold Schwarzenegger’s life rules: be useful, think big, adapt fast Arnold Schwarzenegger recounts a 2018 non-invasive aortic valve replacement that turned into emergency open-heart surgery and explains how walking goals and rapid “shifting gears” shaped his recovery.

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