Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story — Arnold Schwarzenegger — Book review

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It’s from Waiter to Millionaire.

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Welcome to another episode,
this time a little different.

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Instead of talking about Amazon or myself,
I’ll tell you a little bit about books.

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It will be a book review.

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There will be more if you like it.

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It is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s
Total Recall.

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I have the English version right here.

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I also have a Polish version.

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This version is to improve my English.

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I recommend it.

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Today, I will tell you about this book,
about Arnold Schwarzenegger’s rules

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for success in life, so stay with me.

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What kind of book is this?

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It is a very good book,
describing Arnold Schwarzenegger’s life.

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An autobiography.

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He depicts his path, his career.

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In my opinion, it is a brilliant read.

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It should be read in high schools
because it gives a great dose

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of motivation and
it shows you what you can achieve.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger describes here,
starting from his youth,

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how he became fascinated
with bodybuilding,

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he shows his vision, his dreams,
and how he pursues them.

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Despite the fact that everyone
told him he couldn’t make it.

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Let me tell you a bit about
Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger story.

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In a nutshell. Who is he?

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I think you know.
What story is in the book?

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Arnold comes from a
small town Graz in Austria,

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quite near us, and he was born
right after World War II.

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Something like that.

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This gentleman had
a rough start of his life.

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Small town, post-war, poverty, hunger.
But he had a dream.

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He wanted to become a bodybuilder
and move to the US.

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Even now it would be hard to achieve

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and it was completely unattainable
in those days.

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He didn’t give up and achieved
his first successes in bodybuilding

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while still living in Austria.

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Because of these achievements,
he managed to move to the US,

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where he was able to follow his dream
and spread his wings.

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In the US, he was exercising
and achieving titles,

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eventually becoming
the best bodybuilder of all time.

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But, in the meantime,
before he became a top bodybuilder,

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he had made millions
in the real estate business

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and it shows his personality.

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While exercising and developing muscles,

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he was also a businessman
who secured his future.

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He became a millionaire in the real estate

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by investing his first earnings
from bodybuilding

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and working on construction sites.

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Incredible man.

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As he finally managed to be
the best bodybuilder in the world,

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Arnold Schwarzenegger decided to do
another impossible thing –

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become an action movie star,
a Hollywood star in general.

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It seemed to be ridiculous
and impossible dream.

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Everyone told him that he won’t do it,
because he is a bodybuilder,

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so you know how his body looked like.

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No one would have told him
that he could become a great actor.

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And no one actually did.

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They were complaining about
his accent, body shape and name.

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Especially about an “awful” name.

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But Arnold proved everybody wrong

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and became an action movie star
of the 1980s and 90s.

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Each of you knows him

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and no one questions
his great achievements.

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Arnold was always saying,

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when speaking of his Terminator role,

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that he was perfect for this part.

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As a person with such a funny accent

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and having such a strange body,

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Arnold was perfect for this role.

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In a sec, I’ll talk about

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turning your flaws into strengths.

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That’s why Arnold has become
the Terminator and a great actor.

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He also did not give up the next time,

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when he was diagnosed with
a heart issue and had to have a surgery,

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go easy on acting
and withdraw from spotlight.

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Arnold didn’t give up.

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He underwent two major surgeries.

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Then he returned to acting,
so once again showed that it is possible.

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He proved his persistence
in achieving goals.

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He played in the inferior
Terminator sequel,

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gaining a truck full of money
and showing once again that he can.

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Then he decided to become
the governor of California to help people.

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And he did it once again.

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It was his fourth career path after
real estate, bodybuilding and acting.

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He achieved his unreal goal again.

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He became the governor of California
for two terms.

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A spectacular success.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger proves
that you can achieve your goals,

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no matter how many and of what kind.

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Just don’t give up
and don’t listen to others.

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At the end of his book,
in which Arnold tells his story,

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he describes the most important
life principles,

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which help him achieve his goals.

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I’ll show you a few,
for more read the book.

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First of all, every rule can be deduced
from his very vast and thick story.

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But at the end,
Arnold lists his success principles.

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I’ll give you a few.

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I hope that you’ll buy this great book.

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But what are the rules
that Arnold enumerates in his book?

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Here they are.

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First rule is very cool and totally his.

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That is, turning your flaws
into your strengths.

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Arnold was told, and so was I,
that he can’t make it and that he sucks.

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When he wanted to become an actor,
they complained about his accent and body.

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They disadvised him becoming
a bodybuilder and going to the US.

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He has turned
his flaws into his strengths.

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He became the Terminator,
as his body was ridiculous and oversized,

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his accent was terrible,
but he managed to get this role,

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while everyone told him
that he’s not suitable for acting.

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So, turn your flaws
into your strengths,

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because you are aware of your qualities
and you can use them.

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You can turn your flaws
into your strengths.

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When people tell you
that you can’t make it,

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as you often hear ‘‘no’’
when you want to achieve something,

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always try to hear ‘‘yes’’ and say ‘‘yes’’
to achieve goals.

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What you tell yourself is important.

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Others will always tell
that you can’t make it,

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that it is not for you, that you
may not achieve what you want.

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They will laugh at you when you’ll start

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doing something other than everyone.

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They’ll say ‘‘no’’,
but you must say ‘‘yes’’.

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Another important thing,
related to the previous one,

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is not to follow the crowd.

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Because if you do, they will approve it,

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but if you decide to go against the tide,

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they’ll tell that you won’t make it.

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Not following the crowd
can open better possibilities.

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Don’t be afraid to dream

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and achieve more than ordinary goals.

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Don’t limit yourself to finishing
education, going to work,

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sending a CV and making a living.

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No. You can do something much cooler.

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Maybe you want to write a book

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or record videos,
or go around the globe?

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Maybe you want to do
something special

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which will be considered
unrealistic by others?

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Don’t be afraid to follow your dreams.

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This book contains
a lot of motivation to believe,

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because believing that
you can achieve something

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is the first step to doing that.

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Such books give you motivation.

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Sorry.

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Now, the next Arnold advice.

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You need to be able to sell
anything you do in life.

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It doesn’t matter whether you write books

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or work full-time, or whatever –
you must be able to sell.

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Your skills doesn’t matter,
if you fail on a job interview.

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They will choose someone else.

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If you publish a great book,
but you’re not able to sell it,

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it will be forgotten.

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That’s how life works.

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You have to be able to sell yourself,
you have to be able

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to show your qualities and your skills.

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Show it, sell it
and don’t be afraid to go public.

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For more rules, please check out the book

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and now let’s look at
a very interesting one.

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Arnold, a very smart person,
says that you shouldn’t think too much.

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It is a damn fine and important rule,

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because many of us suffers from
what can be called overthinking.

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We think we want to do something,
achieve goals, publish a book etc.,

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but the more we think about it,
the more we question it

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and start to doubt in ourselves.

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‘‘What my parents, friends,
partner will think about it?

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Maybe I’ll do it later’’ – and we don’t.

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Don’t overthink. Just act.

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If you really want to do something,
don’t wait, just do it today.

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If you really want to approach
this girl or boy you like,

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just do it – don’t overthink.

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Arnold emphasized this
very often in his book.

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Don’t think, but act, try.
Don’t be afraid.

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Just act and work hard.

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I highly recommend this brilliant book.

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I have the English version here.

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By the way,
a cool way of learning languages

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is to read books in Polish
and then in English.

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I highly recommend this book.

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Check out my videos,
if you’ve liked this one.

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I have videos on motivation,
publishing your own books.

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to subscribe and watch my videos.

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I’d appreciate thumbs up.
Thanks for watching.

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Read Arnold’s book. Thank you.