Episode · People I (Mostly) Admire · 2024-01-06
Steve Levitt & Arnold Schwarzenegger: books mentioned on People I (Mostly) Admire #122
122. Arnold Schwarzenegger Has Some Advice for You
Arnold Schwarzenegger has been a bodybuilder, an actor, a governor, and, now, an author. He tells Steve how he’s managed to succeed in so many fields — and what to do when people throw eggs at you.
Steve Levitt discussed Insomnia by Stephen King and Be Useful by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnold Schwarzenegger discussed Bible.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Insomnia
Discussed“I've been so looking forward to this, and in your new book, you talk about shutting your mouth and opening your mind. That's exactly what I'm going to do today.”
Where to get it
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Be Useful
Discussed“so you've got a new book out it's called be useful seven tools for life”
Where to get it
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Bible
Discussed“I said do you have the Bible at home do you let your kids read it I said well you know this is the most violent book there is probably ever been published”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Be Useful
“and so I had also in a book you know advertise sell sell sell”
Plugged Be Useful
“I remember Ted Turner would always say, 'Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise.' In my book, I say, 'You know, advertise, sell, sell, sell.'”
Plugged Be Useful
“that's why I said in my book don't listen to the naysayers”
Plugged Be Useful
“That's why I said in my book, 'Don't listen to the naysayers,' because I realized very quickly anytime you have a vision that is very much out there, people say, 'This is impossible; this can't be done.'”