I'm Greg McEwen and I'm your host for the What's Essential Podcast.

In one sense, Matthew McConaughey requires no introduction.

He's an A-lister in Hollywood.

You have, I'm sure, almost certainly watched something that he's acted in.

You've heard of him?

You know of him.

But this is a different side of him.

He's recently written a memoir called Greenlights.

Looking back on the first 50 years of his life on Earth.

But it's not like most memoirs, and it's certainly not like most of the memoirs written

by people coming out of Hollywood if I can say it that way.

Listen to this two-part episode if you want to get an insider's view on what it takes not

only to become successful, but to endure at the top four decades.

To deal with the challenges of success, some of them unbelievable, and perhaps even break

through to a higher contribution effortlessly.

And after this episode, make sure to order your copies of both effortless and Greenlights

at the links in the description.

So with that, let's begin with part one of Matthew McConaughey.

I was going to ask you how are you doing really, but then you started offering it anyway,

so go.

I was going to, as I always like to say, relatively speaking, I'm doing very well.

No.

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