Arnold Schwarzenegger BodybuilderArnold Schwarzenegger Bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger Bodybuilder By the way, I’m writing this in June of 2007. Did you know the Terminator…er…Mr. Governor of California, erstwhile “Conan the Barbarian”, is turning 60 this year? I’ve never really looked into his history before, but it fascinates me. It’s non so much WHAT has happened to Arnold Schwarzenegger over the years, as HOW it happened. You see, to me, Arnold Schwarzenegger, the kid from Austria (I’m two years older, so he’s a kid), typifies what the term “American Dream” means. He also demonstrates all those things the motivational specialists talk about. He’s almost a living textbook for goal setting, motivation, and achievement. Despite the title of this article, …show more content…
It’s not dates and events that make up the Arnold Schwarzenegger history, or his version of the American dream. It has been his willingness to pursue his dreams and goals through all sorts of obstacles, and in spite of a multitude of naysayers, that has taken him to where helium sits today. It is this willingness to pursue the American dream wholeheartedly that in earlier eras was the subject of so many fictional and non-fictional books alike. Today, there is a vast market in self-help and self-improvement products. All sorts of programs and processes ar offered for consideration of those wanting a piece of the American Dream. However, again and again, once the overlay of words and technique is bare away, the setting of goals, and the constant, unrelenting striving to achieve those goals is at the heart of almost all true success