Read some of the Top Quotes for more lessons. This narrows our focus on what’s important to us and gives us the empowerment to choose. Through a combination of upbringing, his own perception, and (I’d argue) the habit of journaling, Mat has nailed down his identity and he’s comfortable to live with it. People are to focused on being everything today, including myself. He’s one of the most iconic actors for a reason, he knows exactly who he is and more importantly, who he’s not. Find Your Identity - Alright, alright, alright.There’s no reason why anyone can’t live the same way. One which he’s written and is the hero of. McConaughey is an actor in movies yes, but he’s also the actor of his own movie. Don’t settle for routine when you can make an adventure out of it. Engage with your life as much as possible. It serves as an example of one of his core insights he learns after his dads passing - Be more involved, less impressed. Be involved - This book is a result of 35 years of journaling, philosophizing, and diarizing things throughout his life.Whether its walking onto his first TV set without experience and improvising lines about “them highschool girls” that are still repeated today or wrestling an African regional champ. The size of the moments doesn’t make him doubt himself, rather it makes him excited to take it on. Just Keep Livin - It may not have felt this way in every moment but Mat has a way of never taking life to seriously and like a typical Texan, seems to see all challenges as bulls to wrestle to the ground.I plan to revisit it often until it becomes a part of my own philosophy, here are some of the lessons I hope to embody myself: Personally, I had a strong connections with this book and the philosophy Mathew chooses to live his life by.

I purchased the book after the fact and would also recommend it for different reasons, it’s awesome seeing the pictures, bumper stickers, and the overall style. It’s awesome hearing McConaughey voice each and every character as he remembers them. I listened to this book in Audio and would recommend it to anyone thinking about grabbing it. His writing, at times, seems ridiculous, but you’ll love it! It’s true Southern story telling from one of the great outlaw artists of our time and even when you’re asking yourself - what the hell did he just say? You’ll be loving the man telling it.

Every single story he tells has you pining for more while your smiling, laughing or in disbelief. McConaughey is a fantastic story teller and this book is continuous proof of that. *It’s an affiliate link, help a poor artist out. ‍ Personal Score: 8.7/10 Goodreads Score: 4.35/5

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