Trust me, too many options makes a tyrants of us all. These are whats important to me in my life right now. We know the market for college graduates is more competitive now than ever. Im talking about the you versus you obligations. Many of you dont even have a job at all. 
Now, at this time in his life, Larry was in the prime of this country music career. Im not saying be in denial of your failures. I dont get em. Most from experience; some of them I heard in passing. Theres no way around it. Matthew McConaughey: (24:12) Matthew McConaughey: (16:57) Matthew McConaughey: (36:00) Life is not easy. Got my college degree in 1993.
So Im going to talk to you about some things Ive learned in my journey. Why? Happiness is all about you. So get rid of the excess, the wasted time, decrease your options and you will have accidentally, almost innocently, put in front of you, what is important to you by process of elimination. Its something else. He challenges our notions of happiness and describes what it takes to find true joy and It was SPECTACULAR. Or choosing not to hook up with that married woman because you know youre going to feel horrible about it tomorrow, and your husband carries a gun. I never thought about if I really wanted it. I saw them everywhere. What do we gossip about? Read next: 4 Commencement Speeches to Get You Through the Work Week, Alan Alda to Grads: Everything in Life Takes Time, Bernard Harris to Grads: You Are an Infinite Being With Infinite Possibilities, Eric Schmidt to Grads: You Can Write the Code for All of Us, Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel to Grads: This Is the World We Were Born Into, and We Are Responsible for It, Gwen Ifill to Grads: If You See Something, Do Something, GE CEO Jeff Immelt to Grads: Become a Force for Change, Jorge Ramos Message for Journalists: Take a Stand, Joyce Carol Oates to Grads: Be Stubborn and Optimistic, Katie Couric to Grads: Get Yourself Noticed, Ken Burns to Grads: Set Things Right Again, Madeleine Albright to Grads: The World Needs You, Matthew McConaughey to Grads: Always Play Like an Underdog, Maya Rudolph to Grads: Create Your Own Destiny, Mellody Hobson to Grads: Set Your Sights High, Meredith Vieira to Grads: Be the Left Shark, Mitt Romney to Grads: America Needs You to Serve, President Obama to Grads: We Should Invest in People Like You, President Obama to Cadets: Lead the Way on Fighting Climate Change, Salman Rushdie to Grads: Try to Be Larger Than Life, Samantha Power to Grads: Start Changing the World By Acting As If, Stephen Colbert to Grads: You Are Your Own Professor Now. And since we are the architects of our own lives, lets study the habits, the practices, the routines that we have that lead to and feed our success, our joy, our honest pain, our laughter, our earn tears. Can you hear me? BUT IT ISNT. If we make it that far, then comes THE BIGGIE . Theyre adventures, one, but theyre also a purge.
See, I crossed the truth that morning. Short and sweet or long and salty? And somewhere in my captivation, I heard this little voice inside my head say these words, All I want is what I can see. This may cut a little close to the bone since the geography, but I think we all were there and we will all remember where we were. Question we have to ask ourselves is, what success is to us, what success is to YOU. He just likes those high school girls cus he gets older and they stay the same age.. Actor Matthew McConaughey delivered an emotional address at the White House where he shared details about the schoolaged victims of the Uvalde shooting massacre. We make friends with ourselves. Me, I graduated HS in 1988, got my college degree in 93. I got nothing against money. You know what Im talking about, fumbling at the goal line, stuck a foot in your mouth once you got to the microphone, had a brain freeze on the exam that you were totally prepared for. So this director of that film, Richard Linklater, he kept inviting me back to set each night, putting me in more scenes which led to more lines, all of which I happily said yes to. Joy is the feeling we have from doing what we are fashioned to do, no matter the outcome. Thats an unlucky number. Why? [Jack Lengyel] For those of you who may not know, this is the final resting place for six members of the 1970 Thundering Herd. But the truth is, as soon as the work, the daily making of the movie, the doing of the deed became the reward in itself for me, I got more Box Office, more accolades and respect than I ever had before. Number 12. The best I can tell, we just got to feed that good one a little more than the other one. Now, theres always an initiation period with these trips. What success is to you? Dont get all macho, and act like theyre no big deal. All right. The most accurate AI-powered transcription on the market. Un-be-lievably stupid word. Unbelievable? I mean hell yeah, give me more scenes, I love this!! Id already hiked 80 miles to this point, and I had a three day trek ahead of me to Machu Picchu. OK, I got nothing against money. These are your personal Jiminy Cricket, and there are not enough cops in the entire world to police them. The film I was on was Boys on the Side and we were shooting in Tucson, Arizona. I put myself in a place to receive the truth. The time it takes to disconnect from the world that we just left and become completely present in the one we are traveling in. Except yourself. I let go of the guilt. So I asked the question, what does your college degree mean? This video is not bullshit, at least not 100% of it. So I stripped down to nothing. Thats not the first step. I felt alive. Im worried about you and me. You ever choked? In 1992, I got my first job as an actor. I took every moniker that gave me pride and confidence, all the window dressings, the packaging around the product, I discard them all. I hate that line going down my jeans! We know the market for college graduates is more competitive now than ever. These are faith-based obligations that we make on our own. Well, for me, its a measurement of five things. TAKE THE LID OFF THE MAN MADE ROOFS WE PUT ABOVE OURSELVES AND ALWAYS PLAY LIKE AN UNDERDOG. Process of elimination. And when Larry finished his story and was about to walk away, Coach Royal put his gentle hand on his shoulder and he very discreetly said, Hey, Larry, you got something on your nose there, bud. Larry immediately hurried to the bathroom mirror where he saw some of the white powder that he hadnt cleaned up his nose. Think about it. Traveling towards immortal finish lines. At that moment, for the first time on this trip, I had stopped anticipating what was around the corner, stopped thinking about what was coming up next and what was up ahead. Matthew McConaughey: (00:01) Ive read a lot of my bad reviews, and the good bad reviews, written by the more talented critics, are constructive. Happiness is different than Joy. Just because you CAN? Nah Its not a good enough reason to do something. Your investment. Matthew McConaughey: (33:42) In a mere two quarters, defensive coordinator, Jim Eddy went from being called the defensive coordinator of the year and the man first in line to be a head coach next year, to a man without a job in the NFL. He said, Larry, I have never had any trouble turning the page in the book of my life. Larry got sober that day and he has been for the last 40 years. They gossip too much or theyre kind of shady. So here we go.
Yes, they may be truths to me, but dont think that that makes them MINE because you cant own a truth. Or how about that bar we keep going to that we always seem to have the worst hangover from? As much because he felt so disrespectful to Coach Royal, and as much because hed obviously gotten too comfortable with the drug to even hide as well as he should. Its an if/then, cause and effect, quid pro quo standard that we cannot I thought about what you would WANT. Our best friends lie to us. I asked myself. Matthew McConaughey: (43:45)
NOTHING we do is unbelievable. Now, at that moment for the first time in this trip, I had stopped anticipating what was around the corner. Its not a good enough reason to do some. As a means to reveal what we are good at, what we can get better at, what we do succeed at. 
Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of TIME editors. And then we have to put in the work to maintain it. And towards the end of an hour, Larry who was in tears, he asked coach, he said, Coach, what do you think I should do? Coach, being a man of few words just looked at him and calmly said, Larry, I have never had any trouble turning the page in the book of my life. Larry got sober that day, and hes been sober for the last 40 years. Hell, I try to scare myself at least once a day. Now, check this out. Whether thats prayer, meditation, a walkabout, being in right company, a road trip, whatever it is for you. Bo Jackson ran over the goal line, through the end zone and up the tunnelthe greatest snipers and marksmen in the world dont aim at the target, they aim on the other side of it. He told him how embarrassed he was, and how hes lost his way in the midst of all the fame and fortune and towards the end of an hour, Larry, in tears, asked Coach, What do you think I should do? Now, Coach, being a man of few words, just looked at him and calmly confessed himself. I know thats what I want to live. Its on you. So we have to consciously put ourselves in places to receive that clarity. Not towards my destination Machu Pichu but rather to nowhere in particular. Forgot the punch line to a joke in front of 4,000 graduating students at the University of Houston commencement. The weight that was on my shoulders was lifted, my penance was paid. But what IS But I got to take the tally, because I want to keep all five in healthy shape. And from that morning on, the adventure was awesome. Just dont go there. But its not. A few hours later I returned to camp and packed for my continued journey onto Machu Pichu. And that is the place that Im talking about. Now, your answer may change over time and thats fine.
Did I want to come up here and just share some really funny stories? We give thanks for these things and that gratitude reciprocates, creating more to be thankful for. Eliminate who you are NOT first, and youll find yourself where you need to be. It was just weird, overall. Its hard. No, we can learn from them too, but only if we look at them constructively. Thirteen hellish days until Im out of my own way. Where we believe, where we enjoy the process of succeeding in the places in ways that we are fashioned to. 
Sometimes we do not like what we see. Think about it. Soaked in sweat, I [inaudible 00:40:40]. A roof is a man-made thing. Because I put myself in a place to be found. To make the loss of these lives matter. Make the choices, the purchase TODAY that PAYS you back TOMORROW. As the saying goes, take what you like, leave the rest. So the question that we got to ask ourselves is what success is to us? Yes, it is. Tee yourself up. Whats my hill? Ive never have my jeans pressed again.
Return on Investment. You are not. Good afternoon, everyone. Lets dissect that, and give thanks for those things.
MR. MCCONAUGHEY: Thank you. On January 7, 2016 Matthew McConaughey gave a classic motivational speech at the University of Houston. She even presses my jeans. Its the news, without the news. I find that most of the times our obsession with what is wrong, just ends up breeding more wrong, more failure. Someones asking, why did I pick 13? Make voluntary obligations.
Why you need it in your life, specifically. Transcripts & captions for a better media workflow. He purged his sins to Coach. Happiness is an emotional response to an outcome. Matthew McConaughey: (02:11) Happiness is different than joy. I like to see whether or not Im in the debit section or the credit section with each one. Get over it and get on with it.
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In 1996, right after I got famous from a film called A Time to Kill, I headed out on one of these 21-day walkaboutsthis time to the jungles and mountains of Peru. Having the courage to act on it. Guilt and regret kills many a man before their time. Motivational speech by Matthew McConaughey, Matthew discusses the difference been Joy and Happiness in this inspirational and uplifting motivational video. Its a cause and effect quid-pro-quo standard that we cannot sustain Stuck on the merry-go-round of a bad habit? So give your obstacles credit and you will, one, find the courage to overcome them. And I was full on sick of myself. I need the respect of my peers. So, me, how do I define success? In these columns were all these vials of these magic potions, right? You see, I forgave myself that morning. You want to ask her out but you fear she may say no. You want to ask for that promotion but youre scared your boss will think youre overstepping your bounds.
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