Mehr von Arnold Schwarzenegger

In the end, we are not going to be remembered for how much we made but for how much we have given. Make sure that it is not about 'me.' That it is about 'we.' Turn the 'me' into 'we,' and I guarantee you that you can change the world.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

University of Houston Commencement 2017, 2017

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Schwarzenegger closed his speech with this call to shift from individual ambition to collective purpose. Having spent the entire address proving that no success is truly solo — from bodybuilding championships to Hollywood blockbusters to the governorship of California — he challenged the University of Houston graduates to take the next logical step. The wordplay of turning 'me' into 'we' was simple enough to be a bumper sticker, but coming from someone who had lived the most extreme version of the American Dream and still insisted it was a team effort, it carried genuine weight. He asked them to step away from their phones and social media, reflect on everyone who helped them get to this day, and commit to giving something back.

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