#206: How (And When) To Say No
Arnold's Pump Club
Arnold's Pump Club
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🗓️ 6 May 2025
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Before Arnold became a Hollywood star, he turned down a job that would've paid him $200,000 per year. Even though it was a life-changing amount of money, it was not the right decision for Arnold. In this episode, Arnold explains the power of "no," and how to know when to step away from a seemingly can't miss opportunity.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to another episode of Arnold's Pump Club. Let's talk about saying no today. |
| 0:04.9 | I've told you many times the importance of having a vision. And usually that means you think |
| 0:09.8 | about all the ways you must do what others are unwilling to do to make your vision a reality. |
| 0:15.8 | But what's overlooked is all the things you must say no to. Some of you might have seen a fantastic article this week |
| 0:22.5 | in Inc magazine about the difficult situation |
| 0:25.7 | I made decades ago. |
| 0:27.5 | I've told this story before, but I want to revisit it |
| 0:30.4 | because many of you will be in the same position |
| 0:33.4 | throughout your life. |
| 0:34.8 | So today, I want to help you understand |
| 0:37.0 | when you should say no, even if it |
| 0:38.9 | seems like an unbelievable opportunity. Back in the 70s, I said no to a $200,000 a year salary |
| 0:45.5 | to manage a gym chain. At the time, most of my friends thought I was out of my mind. That salary |
| 0:51.6 | was huge for that time. And everybody knew I had never been afraid of working my ass off. |
| 0:59.0 | Spent most of my bodybuilding career doing construction to pay the bills, but I was not out of my mind. |
| 1:07.0 | I was the opposite. |
| 1:09.0 | I was actually deep inside my mind, seeing my vision. |
| 1:14.3 | As I moved on from bodybuilding, my vision was to be a leading man in Hollywood. |
| 1:20.8 | I could see it as clearly as a movie playing on the backs of my eyelids when I closed my eyes. |
| 1:27.1 | It was like a memory that just |
| 1:28.4 | hadn't happened yet. Running a national gym chain would have meant working 12 hours a day. |
| 1:36.7 | It was an amazing opportunity for someone, just not for me, because it would take me away |
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