RULE #1: TRUST YOURSELF
“I WAS DETERMINED TO BE UNIQUE.” NO MATTER WHAT ANYONE ELSE SAID, ARNOLD BELIEVED HE COULD MAKE HIS BODYBUILDING DREAMS COME TRUE.
RULE #2: TEAM UP
HE KNEW A STRONG AND KNOWLEDGEABLE PARTNER COULD ASSIST AND MOTIVATE HIM. SO HE TEAMED WITH POWERHOUSE FRANCO COLUMBU FOR WORKOUTS. ARNOLD LATER APPLIED THIS SUCCESS SECRET TO BUSINESS.
RULE #3: LEARN FROM MISTAKES
WHEN SMOOTH 250-POUND ARNOLD LOST THE 1968 MR. U TO LEAN AND POLISHED FRANK ZANE, HE LEARNED A VALUABLE LESSON. AFTERWARD, HE PAID CAREFUL ATTENTION TO ALL THE DETAILS.
RULE #4: PROFIT FROM MENTORS
JOE WEIDER TAUGHT ARNOLD ABOUT TRAINING, POSING, PROMOTING, AND BUSINESS. THROUGHOUT HIS DIVERSE CAREERS, ARNOLD HAS BENEFITTED FROM THE WISDOM OF EXPERIENCED ADVISERS.
RULE #5: CHOOSE A NOURISHING ENVIRONMENT
IN FERTILE SOIL A SEED CAN GROW INTO AN OAK. TRAINING IN GOLD’S VENICE TWICE DAILY AMID HIS FELLOW MR. UNIVERSES EXPOSED ARNOLD TO POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT, CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM, AND PRACTICAL KNOWLEDGE.
RULE #6: BREAK THE RULES
EARLY IN HIS CAREER, ARNOLD’S CALVES LAGGED. BUT AFTER CONSULTING WITH REG PARK, HE WORKED THEM SIX DAYS PER WEEK–AN UNORTHODOX APPROACH THAT HELPED TURN A WEAKNESS INTO A STRENGTH. “YOU HAVE TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX,” ARNOLD STATES.