141 Arnold Schwarzenegger (My Unbelievably True Life Story) — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2020-08-23
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“Managing a chain would not make me a bodybuilding champion or get me into movies." Nothing was going to distract me from…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: product.
Focus
“He says, "My boyhood home was a very simple stone-and-brick building.”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: focus.
People
“I'm a European who became an American leader, a businessman who makes his living as an action hero, a tremendously disciplined superachiever…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: people.
Persistence
“Even though it's harder to get there, that's where you belong, and that's where there's less competition.”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: persistence.
Capital
“Every time he hit me, every time he said my weight training was garbage, that I should do something useful and go…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: capital.
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