08-08-2016, 12:55 AM
Klem Wrote:This is a fascinating topic and I appreciate all your thoughts. It clarifies things for me certainly.
I don't think we can isolate a persons drive or structured method for motivation without considering the goals of the motivation. They are not mutually exclusive. Especially when Swarzenegger's name was valorized at the start of this thread. Such a shame that his method for achieving 'greatness' is tainted by his belief that the ends justify the means.
I read his biography a few years ago (not his autobiography). His method was/is to write down his goals. Ask himself whether they are achievable and then plan a way to get there. I am sure any number of life coaches have similar methods. Meaning, I am unconvinced Arnold has contributed anything more to humanity than an interesting spectacle of self indulgence.
Klem:
Once again, you are focusing on Arnold the individual and not his message.
Focus on goals setting, drive, vision, focus, and I am sure someone on this forum may learn how to attain something they otherwise may have thought unlikely if not impossible.
Not sure what this 'Life Coaching' stuff has to do with this. What LRRP52 wrote about is called Performance or Sport Psychology. A science that actually has been proven to work.
LR55