Recently, a large-scale business event in Ukraine took place – Olerom Forum One. “Human and Technology – Transformation of Possibilities”. That was the main message of the Forum.
The main speaker was Arnold Schwarzenegger, an athlete, Hollywood action movie actor, successful businessman, and ex-Governor of California. The editors of I WANT to visit Olerom Forum One and publish Schwarzenegger’s motivating speech.
About Kyiv
My good friends Vitaliy and Wladimir Klitschko very often invited me to Kyiv. They said that I would like Kyiv, that it was a wonderful city. And I finally arrived. I had lunch with Vitali Klitschko and your Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman. It was interesting for me to learn about the challenges of your city and the country as a whole (everyone has them).
By the way, I’m right next door in Budapest, making a film – ” Terminator 6 ” (applause).
About success
I have always had the power to move forward. Ordinary things do not satisfy me. As a child, I dreamed of becoming a bodybuilding champion. I saw this dream very clearly in front of me. With hard training (5 hours a day) I achieved this dream. I was absolutely sure that I would be the best bodybuilder in the world. And it worked (applause).
Why did my sports career start with success? Because everything that followed in my life was built on the principles that brought me success in my sports career.
Rule # 1: Visualizationvisualization
You need to be clear about who you want to be. I have always seen myself in leading roles – both as a bodybuilder and as an actor. I also clearly saw myself as the governor of the US state of California. I saw myself as the richest actor and entertainment professional in Hollywood. I imagined myself in millions of dollars.
It’s important to know where you’re going. You can have the best ship in the world, but if the captain doesn’t know the direction, the ship will just drift in the sea and never get where it needs to go.
Rule #2: Don’t listen to people who say it won’t work
Every time there were people who told me: “It won’t work. ” I started with bodybuilding, and even then I heard from my parents: “Do you have enough sugar in your head? You won’t succeed.” But it did.
When I decided to become a leading actor, I came to the studio directors. Many said that I would never succeed. According to them, none of the emigrants became top actors. They told me: “Maybe something will work out, but you are too big. You weigh 100 kg. And your name is so difficult to pronounce – Schnitzel or who are you?” There should be no accents in America. I denied all this. I earned the most – take “Terminator 3″, ” Batman and Robin ” – $ 30 million per film.
And then I thought that I would retire as an actor and become the governor of California.
Rule #3: Work hard!
There are no shortcuts. There are no magic pills. There is only one way: work, work, work! There are 24 hours in a day. Of these, 6 hours of sleep. Some say they need 8 hours of sleep – just sleep faster. The average person works 8-10 hours a day. There are 6-8 hours left. Depending on who has what schedule. And people still sometimes complain that they don’t have time to go to the gym. So many hours are left and they can’t work on their bodies.
I woke up this morning and rode the bike for half an hour. Then I worked at the gym. I had breakfast. On the plane and to you here. You can practice every day! And now I’m not just talking about sports. Although this needs to be done. I’m talking about the fact that you can find an hour for self-improvement. Imagine that you will devote this hour to learning foreign languages. If you set aside an hour a day for this, then in a year you can learn a new language.
About modesty
I never felt good enough and that spurred me on to get better. In 1975, I starred in the film Stay Hungry. I then worked with wonderful people. The title of this film reflects my life philosophy – stay “hungry”.
