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Even at a biological level, it’s survival of the fittest and most adaptable.

On competition with his older brother, “ Super-competitive the way brothers are - always trying to outdo each other… he usually won these head-to-head competitions… I was always on the lookout for ways to gain the advantage.” Arnold understood life is competition.

So he was LOSING OUT on being Mr Universe. But he knew that OTHER people had far better bodies and they were getting titles like Mr Universe. For example, when Arnold was began bodybuilding he had a great body and could have proud of it. You should never get too complacent with what you already have. I turned it into drive.” Arnold was being taught to understand ‘Opportunity cost and the Endowment Effect’. A lot of sons would’ve been crippled by his demands, but instead the discipline rubbed off on me.

Cont… “He let me know that there was always room for improvement.Also, Arnold’s brain was being trained to avoid little mistakes because they’d cost him time and energy. More on his father, “In the evening we had to write a report on our activities, ten pages at least… and if we had spelled a word wrong, we had to copy it fifty times over.” Insane discipline, Arnold was being taught that you have to get it right or you must go away and practice.He understood that to get what he wanted he had to overcome something tough. This was instilled into Arnold and is part of the reason why he’d go on to be successful. Arnold’s father was rewiring Arnold’s brain, to associate pain with reward- to eat he had to endure physical activity. Perhaps develop a good morning routine and stick to it, it’s the best way to start your day and feel in control. We had a strict routine that nothing could change… and we had to earn our breakfast doing sit-ups.” Discipline yourself if no one else is, that way you won’t fall off your path.

On his father, “His answer to life was discipline.The nearest well was almost a quarter mile away, and even when it was raining hard or snowing, one of us had to go.” Like many other successful people, Arnold had to rise out of the ashes. “There was no plumbing, shower, and no flushing toilet, just a kind of chamber pot.