Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Positive Thinking Roadmap to Guaranteed Success!

Arnold Schwarzenegger began his life in a small town in Graz in Austria. It was his father who first encouraged him to participate in some kind of sport.

However, it wasn’t until he was 15 that he started lifting weights. But even at that young age he was decisive and positive in stating:

“I want to be the best built man in the world. So I want to go to America and be in the movies. I want to be an actor.”

And with this kind of drive and intention he became unstoppable, as after only five years of training he was declared Mr Universe, the best bodybuilder on the planet. Subsequently, ‘Arnie’ went on to raise the bar even further by pushing himself to 13 more major titles. It was clear that the focus and concentration of his laser beam played a large part in his success and that his inner power was the key to much of his success in terms of his outer lifting abilities.

“I knew he was going to be a bodybuilder. He wasn’t just that. He would be the best bodybuilder in the world, the greatest, the best built man.”

Through meticulous gathering of knowledge on his subject and immense passion and devotion, success would always be his, but just because he did it for himself, no one did it for him … he was out of luck! Far from it, he created his own reality.

“I wanted more, I demanded more of myself.”

It is now clear that Arnold had tremendous faith in himself and refused to give in or deviate from his goals. He knew what he wanted and then he went and got it, no matter what. He regularly used creative visualization to produce amazing results.

In his bodybuilding life, his mind was:

“Totally dominated by Reg Park. His image was my ideal. It was indelibly fixed in my mind.”

Reg Park was another one of the best bodybuilders whom he wanted to defeat.

“The more I focused on this image and worked and grew, the more I saw that it was real and possible for me to be like him.”

Arnold had clearly discovered the power of the mind over the body. He also found that emotional distractions and worry weakened him. These negative influences detracted from his workouts that he hated. He realized that the people around him also made a difference. Negative people tended to try to stifle him, not believing in his goals and focused lifestyle. He found that negative people weren’t comfortable around him until they knocked him down or he won them over to his positive thinking.

“I remember certain people trying to put negative thoughts in my mind, trying to persuade me to slow down. But I had found what I wanted to put all my energy into and there was nothing stopping me.”

He was determined not to let anyone distract him no matter what. He was persistent in his efforts and always kept his dreams on his mind. Arnold clearly understood the principle that: success breeds success, stating:

“Positive thinking can be contagious. Being surrounded by winners helps you become a winner.”

Arnold’s tremendous progress as a teenager continued. He continually challenged himself through his self-imposed goals and crossed many obstacles inside and out, but in short … his dream was coming true!

“I wanted that body and I didn’t care what it took to get it.”

At age 18, Arnie was drafted for his national military service and joined the tank corps. However, this put him in a difficult position as it meant that he would not be allowed to compete in the junior “Mr Europe” being held in Germany that year. However, his determination to compete and succeed forced him to risk everything and leave without permission. Naturally, he took first prize and a big trophy, but he also won a week in solitary confinement because of his problems. It seemed that there was no great sacrifice on Arnold’s part to achieve his goals.

He then went on to win Mr Universe in London and after this his dreams took him to the USA, where he immediately encountered much tougher competition and initially came up short. However, it did not take long to evaluate its weaknesses and the monetary ways to eliminate them, in short, it refocused.

“I was always honest about my weak points, this helped me grow. I think it is the key to success in everything: be honest; I know where you are weak: admit it.”

So his reality check allowed him to stay in control of his goals and adjust his plans accordingly. Doing this prevented him from becoming an introspective ad wandering off track.

“When I see that I have certain backward attitudes, I reason and work to make my perspective more realistic.”

Arnold also learned a lot by observing what other successful people do and what unsuccessful people do. This realistic approach has often given him an advantage over his rivals.

“Most of the people I watched weren’t able to make amazing breakthroughs because they never had faith in themselves. They had a blur of how they wanted to look one day, but they doubted they would realize the kind of effort I put in because they didn’t feel like they had. the opportunity to do it. And of course, starting with that premise, they didn’t. “

Over the years, Arnold had developed a winning mindset and mindset. He soon realized that this could be applied to any area of ​​life he wanted. In short, he had developed a simple mindset for success.

In bodybuilding, there are big goals like winning Mr. Olympia; There are medium-term goals like reaching your ideal weight of 245 pounds with just 5% body fat. And there are many short-term goals like: going to the gym, eating enough protein, doing an extra rep for every exercise, etc.

Basically what Arnold did was take this successful approach and apply it in exactly the same way that he did in bodybuilding in other areas of his life.

“In two or three years, I had actually been able to change my body completely. That told me something. If I could have changed my body that much, I could also, through the same discipline and determination, change anything else. I wanted to. I could change my habits, my whole outlook on life. “

Arnold was actually a millionaire before starting his Hollywood career and learning about business, Arnold applied the bodybuilding template to his studies. In exactly the same way, he built his acting career slowly but surely, always with the ultimate focus in mind.

Looking back at the achievements that he has made during his life, it is not surprising that his philosophy of life is:

“The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to advance, ascend, achieve, conquer.”

I strongly suggest that you take note of Arnold’s tremendous life success and realize that it was due to himself and the way he has used positive thinking throughout his life to achieve his goals. He wasn’t born lucky, or more likely to succeed than you or me. Follow their model for success and you can also live a very fulfilling life.