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The Daily Motivation

From TEMPTATION To TRANSFORMATION: How A LOVING PARTNERSHIP Helped This A-Lister Find DEEPER MEANING Beyond Fame & Fortune! | Matthew McConaughey EP 639

The Daily Motivation

Lewis Howes

Education, Self-improvement

4.8893 Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Are you ready to transform your business from local to global? Head to lewishowes.com/game and take the first step towards global success. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn from the best! "I got better at my career when it went to the two and three hole. It wasn't the one hole." -Matthew McConaughey In this soul-stirring episode, Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey opens up about the transformative impact of his 16-year relationship with his wife, Camila Alves, and how becoming a father reshaped his priorities and propelled him to new heights in his career. With disarming honesty and his signature charm, Matthew shares intimate stories of love, sacrifice, and the courage it takes to choose commitment over the allure of the bachelor lifestyle in Hollywood. Through his captivating storytelling, Matthew illuminates the profound lessons he's learned about the power of having a stable foundation at home, and how it has fueled his creativity, resilience, and success in the spotlight. He offers heartfelt advice for anyone seeking to build a life of purpose, passion, and deep connection, reminding us that true fulfillment lies not in fleeting fame or endless nights of temptation, but in the unwavering love and support of those closest to us. If you're ready to be inspired, moved, and empowered to create the life and relationships you've always dreamed of, tune in now and let Matthew's wisdom guide you on your own journey to greatness.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.

0:07.0

One of the things I respect and admire about you is yes your career is incredible but the fact that you

0:19.7

You know have been in a- committed relationship for 16 years.

0:24.2

You've got three kids.

0:27.0

And you have found a lot of fulfillment in the richness of living,

0:31.2

not just in making money in the career and the success and the fame.

0:35.0

You could have been the bachelor forever.

0:37.0

Yeah.

0:38.0

Where do you think temptation would have led you or do you think you would have made the same decision with the sand on the ground or was it having a committed

0:46.2

conscious loving relationship and partner and teammate that allowed you to have the courage to act

0:52.3

with that line of the sand.

0:54.0

Well, the only reason I pause here is because I'm trying to wonder how little of credit to give the relationship because I'm not going to say it to 100

1:05.8

but it's up there. The relationship having her and now about to become a father

1:11.3

which was the only thing I ever wanted to be had great

1:13.8

resonance for me. I one had a relationship which gave me just

1:20.3

singularly with Camilla gave me more the license and courage to fly but now I'm going to

1:27.0

become immortal so to speak with a child coming into the world. It's one thing I ever dreamed of

1:31.6

being become a father that's at the top of my list since I was a kid.

1:35.6

Now I'm like, well, this is what I'm doing. This part of life is always taking precedent for anything I did since, got famous, won this or one that my career was always in front of a

1:50.9

holiday career. I've always wanted to have a life that I'm leading first and I became an actor and a movie

1:58.8

star and famous but not oh I'm an actor movie star I'm famous So now what do I do? How do I live my life according to that?

2:05.0

No, I wanted to keep those in order.

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