Be Useful: Seven tools for life

 
　　他，是世界上最偉大的健美運動員之一，同時也是身價數一數二的電影明星，還曾經擔任加州州長，這些經歷輝煌到讓人不禁直呼像在開玩笑。但一切這不是玩笑，也絕非意外巧合。
 
　　阿諾史瓦辛格的每一段成功，都是透過以下七個原則實踐而出：明確的願景、遠大的目光、持續的努力、良好的溝通、隨機應變的彈性、求知若渴的態度，以及願意回饋他人的心。而這一切的一切，都來自於當初父親教導他的：要當個有用的人。這深深刻印在阿諾史瓦辛格的心中，無論身居何位、身行何事，這句話始終是他的信念。
 
　　書中，阿諾史瓦辛格將分享自己的人生故事，娓娓道來自己如何運用這七個原則，一步步踏出貧困的奧地利小鎮，邁向精彩的人生。這部濃縮了七十年人生智慧的作品，要告訴每位感覺人生停滯不前的讀者，別再被動等待他人帶你離開自憐自艾的泥淖，手握這七個工具，你就是自己的最佳助力。(文/博客來編譯)

　　'The seven rules to follow to realise your true purpose in life-distilled by Arnold Schwarzenegger from his own journey of ceaseless reinvention and extraordinary achievement, and available for absolutely anyone.

　　The world's greatest bodybuilder. The world's highest paid movie star. The leader of the world's sixth largest economy. That these are the same person sounds like the setup to a joke. But this is no joke. This is Arnold Schwarzenegger. And this did not happen by accident.

　　Arnold's stratospheric success happened as part of a process. As the result of clear vision, big thinking, hard work, direct communication, resilient problem-solving, open-minded curiosity, and a commitment to giving back. All of it guided by the one lesson Arnold's father hammered into him above all: be useful. As Arnold conquered every realm he entered, he kept his father's adage close to his heart.

　　Written with his uniquely earnest, blunt, powerful voice, BE USEFUL takes readers on an inspirational tour through Arnold's toolkit for a meaningful life. Arnold shows us how to put those tools to work, in service of whatever fulfilling future we can dream up for ourselves. He brings his insights to vivid life with compelling personal stories, life-changing successes and life-threatening failures alike--some of them famous, some told here for the first time ever.

　　Too many of us struggle to disconnect from our self-pity and connect to our purpose. At an early age, Arnold forged the mental tools to build the ladder out of the poverty and narrow-mindedness of his rural Austrian hometown, tools he used to add rung after rung from there. Now he has shared that wisdom with all of us. As he puts it, no one is going to come rescue you -- you only have yourself. The good news, it turns out, is that you are all you need.