Arnold Schwarzenegger’s “Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life” to Be Presented at Newmag Summerfest2025 (trailer)
06/03/2025
From a small Austrian village to the heights of global fame, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s life is a story of discipline, determination, and purpose. In his book “Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life,” the legendary bodybuilder, Hollywood icon, and former governor of California shares the principles that helped him achieve extraordinary success—and how anyone can apply them.
At this year’s Newmag Summerfest2025, Newmag will present the Armenian edition of “Be Useful”, a bestselling memoir and self-help guide that has inspired millions around the world.
Schwarzenegger’s philosophy is built around one powerful idea: be useful, to yourself, to others, and to the world. With humor and humility, he breaks down the life lessons that helped him rise from poverty to prominence, encouraging readers to unlock their full potential and become forces for positive change.
Arnold grew up in a remote Austrian village with no phone, no fridge, and no indoor bathroom. His father, Gustav Schwarzenegger, was a local policeman and a member of the Nazi Party. Despite these harsh beginnings, young Arnold set his sights on three goals: move to America, become a movie star, and marry into the Kennedy family. He achieved all three—marrying Maria Shriver, the niece of John F. Kennedy.
By the age of 22, Schwarzenegger was a self-made millionaire through real estate investments. Later, as governor of California, he declined his $175,000 salary, donating it to charity. Throughout his eight years in office, Schwarzenegger lived by the same core values he outlines in this book, discipline, focus, and the will to serve others.
“Be Useful” is not just a memoir, it’s a practical guide. As Kirkus Reviews notes, Schwarzenegger shares his tools for success with clarity, charisma, and a touch of self-deprecating humor.
The Armenian edition was translated by Anna Abrahamyan and published with the support of the Mantashyants Business Club.
Join us for the official presentation of “Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life” at Newmag Summerfest2025, on June 21 at 19:10, at Yeraz Park. Admission is free, and the book will be available at a special discount during the event.
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The seven rules to follow to realize 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 tool kit for a meaningful life. He 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 shares 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.
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