Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Five Rules for A Successful Life

7x Mr. Olympia, A-list actor, 2x governor of California, and a living legend

Neeramitra Reddy
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8 min readApr 23, 2021

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Arnold Schwarzenegger is arguably one of the most successful humans on the planet. He’s also one of my biggest inspirations in life.

Despite hailing from a small Austrian village and growing up in a poor orthodox family, Arnold would go on to achieve unimaginable success in not one, but multiple fields.

People always ask me, what’s the secret to success?

He would become one of the most successful bodybuilders of all time winning Mr. Olympia 7 consecutive times, cement his name in Hollywood as one of the most popular action heroes of all time, and not only call a foreign country home but also become the governor of one of its states.

In a clip of his 2009 commencement speech to USC, Arnold says, “People always ask me, what’s the secret to success?” and his response is the following five rules of life.

#1—Trust Yourself and Ignore the Naysayers

Who would’ve thought that an Austrian village boy would go on to achieve unimaginable success, not in one but multiple fields?

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Neeramitra Reddy
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