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Tim FerrissArnold Schwarzenegger Returns | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
Arnold Schwarzenegger Answers Listener Questions on Success, Risk, Sleep, and Politics
- Arnold explains how he held back before responding to Donald Trump's tweets, and he describes the tough decision to give up film income and run for governor despite his wife's reluctance.
- He argues that success comes from a clear vision, repetition ("reps, reps, reps"), willingness to take risks, learning from failure, and making sacrifices, while acknowledging that not everyone needs to be as driven as he is.
- He shares his early real estate approach of buying income-producing apartment buildings and rolling profits into larger ones, and recounts starting a bricklaying business with Franco Columbu marketed as "European" craftsmanship.
- He says environmentalists should lead with pollution deaths, jobs, and national security alongside climate change, and he calls for Democrats and Republicans to work together and be voted out if they fail to perform.
- He also covers his roughly six-hour sleep routine, aging and diet, the direction of modern bodybuilding, his friendship with Warren Buffett, and a joking claim that he could beat Tim Ferriss in a fight.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasDon't respond to provocation with raw emotion.
Arnold says he waited and went through several stages, including dismissing a crude retort and a physical one, before settling on a response urging Trump to put as much energy into serving all Americans as he did into ratings.
Confidence comes from repetition.
Whether auditioning, competing, or running a company, Arnold says reps are what count, and he ties his habit of writing tally marks to his gym days of tracking sets and weights.
Failure is universal and the key is getting back up.
He cites Michael Jordan's missed shots, Ted Williams' .406 season, and his own failed lifts and flopped movies, concluding that winners get up when they fall.
A clear vision sustains motivation and attracts followers.
He says vision keeps him from running out of juice and that leaders, women or men, should present a clear goal and rally people around it rather than think of themselves by gender.
Environmental messaging should focus on present harm.
Arnold says people respond to what is happening now, so he urges framing around pollution deaths, green jobs, and energy independence alongside climate change, and credits the health message with beating Prop 23.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesThere is no shortcut, uh, and the, the only way you get confidence is by doing reps and getting good at what you're doing, and that's what gives you the confidence.
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
There's no such thing as a self-made man, as I always say.
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
What is important is that you get up. When you fall, the winner always gets up, and the loser stays down.
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
As a kid, you always want to have everything. As a grownup, you have to make choices, and, uh, I made the right choice and I'm happy that I made the choice.
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
The more risks that you take, the higher the reward is on the end.
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
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