Arnold Schwarzenegger believes he, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Tiger Woods and Steven Spielberg all have a common trait that helped them achieve success To achieve success – have a broad vision for the future from the beginning.
Schwarzenegger, the former governor of California and one of the most beloved Hollywood actors in history, recently released his self-help book titled “Useful: Seven Tools for Life.”
In it, the Austrian-American believes that a person’s childhood obsessions are “early clues to their vision for themselves” and are the first steps toward achieving their goals.
“Start by looking back and thinking broadly about the things you once loved,” Schwarzenegger wrote (quotes collected by NBC New York). “Your obsessions are your earliest clues to the vision you have for yourself, if only you had noticed them in the first place
For his part, his vision was America itself, as he was drawn to the country’s “most amazing things.” Take Tiger Wood, for example. His father encouraged him to go on television at a young age to show the world how smart he was with golf clubs.
In the case of Venus and Serena Williams, it was tennis because, although their father, Richard, introduced their five daughters to the sport early on, only these two were interested in it. Interested in this sport.
“Only Venus and Serena have shown passion for the sport,” Schwarzenegger wrote.
Likewise, Steven Spielberg is only obsessed with making movies and doesn’t care about specific ambitions like getting rich or famous. By pointing out all these examples, Arnold Schwarzenegger made this point profoundly: The common interest in the lives of all these “giants” is that they must start with big and broad goals.
“It wasn’t about getting rich and famous or working with glamorous movie stars. Those more concrete ambitions would come later. In the beginning, his vision was just to make movies. It was big and broad, like Tiger ( Like golf), Venus and Serena (tennis), and me (USA),” Schwarzenegger wrote.
If tennis wasn’t an option, what would Venus and Serena Williams want to be?
Interestingly, Venus and Serena Williams weren’t always obsessed with tennis and had different ambitions growing up. As their father Richard revealed in a recent interview, Venus Williams wants to be an engineer, while her sister is interested in becoming an animal doctor.
“I believe Serena wants to be an animal doctor and Venus wants to be an engineer,” Richard Williams He said.
Venus Williams is now considered the greatest player in history and is a seven-time Grand Slam winner who is still active on the WTA Tour, while Serena Williams has 23 Grand Slam titles. Retired with consistent results. The two also won 14 women’s doubles Grand Slams, as well as multiple Olympic gold medals.