398: Matthew McConaughey on Catching More Greenlights, the Impermanence of Life, & Writing Your Own Story

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Matthew McConaughey (IG: @officiallymcconaughey) is an Academy Award-winning actor, married man, a father of three children, and a loyal son and brother.

In October of last year he released Greenlights, an unconventional memoir that was born out of diaries he's been keeping for the last 35 years. It's a guide to catching more greenlights in life and to realizing that the yellows and reds eventually turn green too. It's also a love letter to life.

In this episode, we discuss:

• The aftermath from the Texas winter storm crisis
• How COVID-19 gave us a new sense of purpose
• Go write your own story
• The restrictions of being a celebrity
• The day Matthew got famous
• Appreciating the moment
• Being the pilot of your choices
• Documenting the existential question of "why?" through journaling
• Write the headline first and living your story
• The art of living
• Fatigue is one of the greatest enemies
• The book that kept Matthew anchored
• How Matthew landed his role in Dazed and Confused
• Creating the character Wooderson
• Three affirmations… alright, alright, alright
• The death of Matthew's dad taught him to just keep livin
• What's your eulogy?
• The impermanence of life
• Chasing our better selves

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