Arnold Schwarzenegger

Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin

Rick Rubin

Society & Culture, Arts, Philosophy

4.6 • 908 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2023

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Arnold Schwarzenegger is the former governor of California, a bodybuilder, actor, businessman, philanthropist, and bestselling author. Moving from a small village in Austria to America, Schwarzenegger set out to conquer anything he could dream of. From his time as the world’s greatest bodybuilder, Hollywood’s leading action star, and the highest elected official in California, one mantra imparted by his dad helped him accomplish it all: “Be useful.” He distills the principles that lead him to the pinnacles of success across multiple disciplines, including the mantra, in his new book: Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life. ------- Thank you to the sponsors that fuel our podcast and our team: Squarespace https://squarespace.com/tetra ------- Bon Charge https://boncharge.com/tetra ------- LMNT Electrolytes https://drinklmnt.com/tetra Get a free LMNT Sample Pack with your order. ------- House of Macadamias https://www.houseofmacadamias.com/tetra

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0:00.0	Tetragrammaton.
0:06.2	I think when I was maybe around 18 years old, that's when I was all of a sudden turning my visions into reality.
0:31.1	And I went to an international bodybuilding championship. It was 18 years old. I went to Stuttgart.
0:37.2	And I won. And it was kind of like, of in the Stuttgart and I won. And there was
0:38.9	scout like, oh my God, you know, I won my first international, the junior Mr. Europe, the junior
0:46.2	best built man of Europe. This is unbelievable. I mean, this is the first time in Austria and won an international
0:52.6	competition like that.
1:00.7	And I said, you know, I feel like my dream and my vision that I had for my bodybuilding career is becoming war and war reality.
1:04.3	And so I felt like it really worked because it was chasing this vision.
1:07.9	And then eventually with the age of 20, after winning Mr. Europe at the, you know,
1:13.2	when I was 19, and then, you know, another Mr. International competition. And then I went to the
1:20.1	Mr. Universe contest with 19 and I played second. And I saw the very platform and to the very theater, the D that Reg Park and Steve Reeves, my idols, won with the universe.
1:33.3	And I said, I cannot believe that I'm actually standing at the same podium as my heroes and my idols were standing on.
1:42.3	And then, true enough, like, that inspired me so much that they became run up,
1:47.5	second place winner with the age of 19, this has never, ever been heard of, something like that.
1:52.6	It became kind of the new sensation, the young farm boy from Austria, oh, you should see his arms.
1:58.4	He's got to be the next monster, it's got to be the next boss there's got to be the next champion
2:01.4	or this stuff which should have a year later come back with the age of 20 and that became the
2:06.7	youngest mr universe ever on that very same stage so that very vision that i had of reg park winning
2:15.3	mr universe but placing my head on it you you know, that's the way I was
2:19.2	visualized. And people screaming from the balcony, the landlord, Arnold, in order that stuff.
2:24.4	All of that became an absolute reality exactly the way of visualized. So I think that between
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