#228: Matthew McConaughey—Are Those Who "Trust In Fate" Doomed to a Boring Life?
The StoryBrand Podcast
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4.7 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 23 November 2020
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Fate is a terrible writer -- and it shouldn't be the one in the driver's seat of your life. But there has to be a balance between fate and control, right? Matthew McConaughey's take on this topic is an inspiring one, and in this week's interview, he talks about how fate works together with self-determination to help you create the life you really want. He argues that ego is actually a healthy thing and that there is a beautiful balance between freedom and responsibility (in his terms, "giddy-up and innate ability.") This epic conversation with Don and Matthew will inspire you to learn from your setbacks, take back control of your life, and develop the kind of optimism that will help you succeed.
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| 0:00.0 | J.J, before we get started with this podcast, guess what's happening? |
| 0:04.0 | I know, I know. |
| 0:05.4 | We are changing the name of this podcast. |
| 0:08.4 | And it's going to be called Business Made Simple. |
| 0:10.1 | That happens January 1 of 2021. |
| 0:13.6 | Yes. |
| 0:14.6 | And it's called Building a Story Right Now. |
| 0:16.0 | It will be called Business Made Simple. |
| 0:18.1 | You and I will still be hosting it. |
| 0:19.8 | We're bringing on Kula. |
| 0:20.9 | Yep. |
| 0:21.9 | And we just want everybody to know know we haven't been fired. |
| 0:23.4 | No. |
| 0:24.4 | There's also a book called Business Made Simple. |
| 0:27.0 | If you went to college and graduated and spent a lot of money and still don't know |
| 0:30.8 | how to run a business, I wrote a book for you. |
| 0:33.0 | If you don't feel super confident about running a business, it's a book called Business |
| 0:37.1 | Made Simple. |
| 0:38.1 | It is 60 daily entries that will give you the equivalent of an MBA. |
| 0:41.3 | One of the other reasons you don't remember anything from college is because you did macro learning. You sat for two |
| 0:47.2 | and three hours and listened to lectures and took big tests. Try 10 minutes a day, slowly metabolizing information about how you make money running a |
| 0:55.9 | business or growing a business or in your career. Micro learning is the key in |
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