Action Items

Based on the interview, here are the actionable tasks, commitments, and decisions mentioned:

• Arnold Schwarzenegger: Finalize and promote the new book, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life.
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger: Sign 17,000 book pages for pre-orders to be included in initial bookstore releases.
• Arnold Schwarzenegger: Continue to drive the tank at Melody Ranch once a month as part of the community/after-school outreach program.
• Listeners: Adopt the practice of picking a clear goal and writing down the specific sets, reps, or steps required to achieve it to create purpose and feedback (as recommended by Arnold Schwarzenegger).
• Listeners: Practice the art of “bridging” during conversations and public speaking to pivot from a question to the specific subject or product one wishes to promote (as recommended by Arnold Schwarzenegger).
• Listeners: Evaluate the “no plan B” approach to goals; assess if having a safety net is actually a form of self-doubt or a way of being one’s own “naysayer.”
• Listeners: Adopt the “one thing at a time” approach to daily tasks to manage stress and increase productivity (as recommended by Arnold Schwarzenegger via his experience with transcendental meditation).
• Arnold Schwarzenegger: Develop and integrate the new mission of bringing together show business, fitness, and politics to address environmental issues, aging, and public health policies through the Schwarzenegger Institute and his annual environmental conference in Vienna.