Matthew McConaughey On Attaining The Unbelievable

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Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Mental Health

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🗓️ 15 February 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Our guest on this episode is the famous Oscar-winning actor, producer, and now bestselling author Matthew McConaughey. He first gained recognition for his breakout performance in the coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused. And after that, the hits followed: A Time To Kill, Contact, Magic Mike, Dallas Buyers Club, The Wolf of Wall Street, We Are Marshall, Interstellar, Serenity, Frailty, and the list goes on. But if you ask him, McConaughey prefers to call himself a storyteller, and he is proving it with his new memoir, 'Greenlights.' Join Vishen Lakhiani and Matthew McConaughey as they talk about the stories and life lessons that fueled Matthew’s success. Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey is a husband, a father of three children, a loyal son, and a brother. He considers himself a storyteller by occupation, believes it's okay to have a beer on the way to the temple, feels better with a day’s sweat on him, and is an aspiring orchestral conductor. In 2009, Matthew and his wife, Camila, founded the “Just Keep Livin Foundation”, which helps at-risk high school students make healthier mind, body, and spirit choices. In 2019, McConaughey became a professor of practice at the University of Texas at Austin, as well as Minister of Culture/M.O.C. for the University of Texas and the City of Austin. McConaughey is also the brand ambassador for Lincoln Motor Company, an owner of the Major League Soccer club Austin FC, and co-creator of his favorite bourbon on the planet, Wild Turkey Longbranch. Listen out for: - A sneak peek into the ideas behind Matthew’s book. - Matthew’s 1992 simple goals list. - The Arrow and the Target concept. - The story of how Matthew found his partner Camila. - Matthew’s thoughts on the current education system. - The Just Keep Livin Foundation. - Live Bonus Q&A Session. Bonus: - Get your own copy of Matthew’s new bestseller here 👉 https://greenlights.com/ - Subscribe to Mindvalley Membership to discover 30+ Mindvalley Quests, watch our podcast sessions live, interact with the guests, connect with the world’s best teachers and find your community 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/NOW Like this episode? Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app. Share this with your friends on Instagram or Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Unbelievable. Unbelievable. What a foolish word. A rude and disrespectful word.
0:07.9	We think we use it to flatter and give credit to. Wow, what an unbelievable play.
0:12.6	What an unbelievable film. What an unbelievable act of courage. What an unbelievable sunset.
0:19.4	Now why would we define things that are incredible and awesome?
0:24.9	Things that actually make us believe in them more with this pillar of an autonomy.
0:36.4	Unbelievable. I am Mission Laciani, founder of Mind Valley, the School for Human Transformation.
0:42.5	You're listening to the Mind Valley podcast where we'll be bringing you the greatest teachers
0:46.4	and thought leaders on the planet. It has got the world's most powerful ideas and personal growth
0:51.6	for my body, spirit, and work. Matthew, firstly, I just want to say, I am an Abbott reader.
1:00.4	I've written two New York Times bestsellers myself and I know a good book when I pick it up.
1:05.8	And then I first read that a Hollywood actor wrote a book on the art of living.
1:11.6	I thought, okay, I mean Matthew McConaughey is an amazing guy and the book is probably going to be
1:17.2	fairly basic for someone who is deep into the craft of personal growth. But when I read your book,
1:23.6	it's become my favorite book of the last 12 months. And I mean this, the quality of the pros,
1:30.1	you are a true poet man, but also the wisdom in the book is captivating. And I would tell anyone
1:36.2	out there that if you're looking for a really good personal growth book, green lights will keep you
1:41.1	hooked. Thank you. I'm glad it landed on you. You know, it's been, you go write a book, it's
1:47.6	very personal, you share it, any piece of art. What do you call successful art? Well, when it
1:53.0	translates, in some way, personally, and I found writing it like most art that translates,
1:58.9	the more personal I got, the more it was applicable to more people and personally in humankind.
2:07.2	And that's been really the funnest part about this sort of 14 week tour of talking about the book
2:12.4	is, is I'm talking about the same subjects with everybody, but every single person and every
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