matthew mcconaughey happiness speech transcriptmatthew mcconaughey happiness speech transcript

Instead of creating outcomes that take from us, lets create more outcomes that pay us back, fill us up, keep your fire lit, turn you on for the most amount of time in your future. Do not fall into the trap, the entitlement trap of feeling like youre a victim. 1995. McConaughey had me completely captivated from his first word to his last. Next up on our list of motivational speeches is Matthew McConaughey, with his commencement speech at the University of Houston.

Usually when were depressed. Whats my hill? Thats fine. Tee yourself up. The sooner that we become less impressed with our life, with our accomplishments, with our career, with whatever that prospect is in front of us, the sooner we become less impressed and more involved with that and these things, the sooner we get a whole lot better at doing it. And that night I learned something, just because you can, nah. These are FAITH based OBLIGATIONS that we make on our own. And while Im not here to discourage you, or in any way, belittle your accomplishments tonight, which Id like to applaud that one more time. Really? Ive never have my jeans pressed again. We DISSECT them. Hell, I try to scare myself at least once a day. WHEN YOU DO YOU GET STRONGER, MORE AWARE, AND MORE RESPECTFULOF YOURSELF, AND THAT WHICH YOU FEAR. Think about it. The Best Speech-to-Text Solution for Your Business Learn how Rev fits into your businesses workflow. I even got rid of that. Matthew McConaughey: (01:20) I was nervous before I got here to speak tonight. Got my college degree in 1993. McConaughey said: Joy is always in process, its always under construction. He spoke of how he was previously judging his success on metrics that he thought were important to him, like the number of academy awards he won, or the amount of money his films grossed. Theyre a cleanse for me, theyre like a 21-day fast from attention, from all the things I have in my well-appointed life. Other peoples flaws and limitations. See, I crossed the truth that morning. Today? Theyre a check-out so I can check-in with me. Even when it means having more, be discerning, choose it, because you WANT it, DO IT because you WANT to. So I stripped down to nothing. Im talking about the ones that we make with ourselves, with our God, with our own consciousness. Personally, Ive read a whole lot of my bad reviews. The best I can tell, we just got to feed that good one a little more than the other one. I believe the truth is all around us, all the time.

The late and great University of Texas football coach Daryl Royal was a friend of mine and a good friend to many. Well, instead of denying those fears, declare them. You just did it. Matthew McConaughey: (00:01) Speech-to-Text live streaming for live captions, powered by the worlds leading speech recognition API. I just want to be happy. I hear that all the time. Stuck on the merry-go-round of a bad habit? Theyre secrets with yourself, private council, personal protocols, and while nobody throws you a party when you abide by them, no one will arrest you when you break them either. Good afternoon, everyone. We give thanks for these things and that gratitude, reciprocates, creating more to be thankful for. In one of these scenes, my character, Wooderson, I exit screen left to head somewhere, and then I reenter the screen to double check if any of the other characters wanted to go with me. 1,116 Sponsored Ad We as human beings tend to seek out happiness whether we realize it or not and the truth is, happiness is not as simple as we want it to be. They are the ones who give constructive bad reviews. I shouldnt have come back. All reasonable aspirations but truth is, as soon as the WORK, the MAKING of the movie, the DOING of the deed became the reward in itselfI got more box-office, more accolades and respect than Id ever had before. It was not a free pass go to anything. Start your practice today with those 8 pillars above. Its just as important where we are not as it is where we are. NOTHING we do is unbelievable. Whatever your answer is, dont choose anything that will jeopardize your soul.

We give thanks for these things and that gratitude reciprocates, creating more to be thankful for. You are going to make mistakesown them, make amends, and move on. As soon as we become LESS IMPRESSEDand MORE INVOLVED with these things, the sooner we get a whole lot better at doing them. Trust me, too many options makes a tyrants of us all. Because Id never had a maid to iron my jeans before!! See, JOY is always in process, under constructionits in the constant approach, alive and well in the DOING of what we are fashioned to do and enJOYing doing it. Did I find it? Now did I find it? We know the market for college graduates is more competitive now than ever. Matthew McConaughey: (28:54) And I say, if happiness is what you're after, then. I never thought about not liking that starched line down the front of my jeans because Ive never had a maid iron my jeans before. Well, instead of denying these fears, declare them, say them out loud, admit them, give them the credit they deserve. This is the reality that many of you are facing. Its not all right. In the job market? The time it takes to disconnect from the world that we just left and become completely present in the one we are traveling in. I find that most of the times our obsession with what is wrong, just ends up breeding more wrong, more failure. Matthew McConaughey: (09:08) Trust me, too many options. Wooderson has better things to do like liking those high school girls, man, because I get older and they stay the same age. Do yourself a favor. Its on you. If you like your jeans pressed. I kind of looked up at her, my jaw caught hanging open. But unbelievable? RESIDUALS. Its a constant. The Oilers were up 28-3 at half time, 35-3 early in the third. Now, theres always an initiation period with these trips. We so often focus on failure, dont we? No, we can learn from them too, but only if we look at them constructively. We dont always grasp it, hear it, access it. Its a get rich quick on the internet, rich as 15 minutes of fame world that we live in, and we see it every day. Or that computer screen that keeps giving us an excuse not to get out of the house and engage with the world and get some HUMAN interaction? Now, that may be prayer, that may be meditation, that may be a walk about, that may be being in the right company, a road trip, whatever it is for you, schedule that time. We know the market for college graduates is more competitive now than ever. Giving thanks for that which we do have, for what is working, appreciating the simple things we sometimes take for granted. YOU are the author of the book of your life. I love what Im doing. To actually take it into our daily lives and practice it, to make it an active part of who we are and live it. Time slowed down. People Ive never met were swearing that they love me. He was embarrassed. Here we go. TAKE THE LID OFF THE MAN MADE ROOFS WE PUT ABOVE OURSELVES AND ALWAYS PLAY LIKE AN UNDERDOG.

Do this and let them, let somebody else come up and tap you on the shoulder and say Hey, you scored. Let them run up and tap you on the shoulder and say, You won. Let them come to you, You go home now. Let them say, I love you too. Let them say thank you. These are the choices I speak of and this is the beauty of delayed gratification. He does not stutter step, flinch, rewind, ask twice or solicit. We get better at themand have more to dissect. Larry confessed. You see, happiness demands a certain outcome, it is result reliant. Thank you, good luck and just keep livin. Lost the mental edge the entire second half and voila, they lost. Short and sweet or long and salty? Now, at that moment for the first time in this trip, I had stopped anticipating what was around the corner. The house, the maid, especially the maid. Matthew McConaughey: (16:11) Im in south of New Orleans a few years ago, and I went to a voodoo shop. Give others and yourself more credit. He challenges our notions of happiness and describes what it takes to find true joy and Give yourself a break. 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, me, how do I define success? Below is McConaughey's full speech according to the official transcript from The White House. McConaughey: To make the loss of these lives matter. My wife and I -- my wife and I -- Camila -- we spent most of last week on the ground with the families in Uvalde, Texas, and we shared stories, tears, and memories. We write our book. And that college degree in 93 did not mean much. which is to PERSONALIZE it. So how do we know when we crossed the truth? Even the local Sherpas I was traveling with, they noticed calling out to me. TIME Ideas hosts the world's leading voices, providing commentary on events in news, society, and culture. You may remember those or is it just me? Matthew McConaughey: (19:06) No one else governs these, but you. I love this one. He was a friend of mine and a good friend of many people. (It aint the monkeys Im worried about, its you and me.). Thats an unlucky number. Now, Im not here to be a downer on that. He was embarrassed 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 it as well as he should. But back then, making my first film, getting invited back to set, cashing that check and having a ball, I WANTED more screen time, I WANTED to be in the scene longer and more, and come back into the scene right? And by this time, the GED wasnt enough to guarantee employment. So I asked the question, what does your college degree mean? No ticket, no voucher, no free pass go to anything. I think fear is a good thing. Three lines, three days work, in a film called Dazed and Confused. I felt alive. Coach Royal listened, as he always had. Now, in rewatching the film, (and youll agree if you know Wooderson), he was not a guy who would ever say, later, and then COME BACK to see if you were sure you didnt wanna come with him.. No, when Wooderson leaves, Woodersons gone, he doesnt stutter step, flinch, rewind, ask twice, or solicit, right? [time-brightcove not-tgx=true], So, before I share with you some what I do knows, lets talk about a what I dont know.. Dont drink the Kool-Aid. We do our best when our destinations are beyond the measurement, when our reach continually exceeds our grasp, when we have immortal finish lines. Happiness is an emotional response to an outcome. If we dont stop to smell the roses, we will spend a lot of time unhappy as McConaughey insinuated. Matthew McConaughey: (11:05) The crumbs Im talking about are the choice we make that make us have to look over our shoulder in the future. Like a 21 day fast from attention, from all the things I have in my well appointed life. Matthew McConaughey: (42:04)

Well, the next day Larry went to coachs house, rang the doorbell, Coach answered and he said, Coach, I need to talk to you. Daryl said, sure, cmon in.. Were obsessed with failure, we dissect failure in our failures. It may be spectacular, phenomenal, most excellent and outstanding but unbelievable? McConaughey delivered a passionate 20-minute speech, after meeting with President Joe Biden, at the podium of the White House press briefing room while wearing The greatest snipers and marksmen in the world, they dont aim at the target. We tense up, we have this outer body experience where we are literally seeing our self in the third person. But maybe its a healthy family? Dont try to make it that way. I mean thats the ticket isnt it!!? The house came with a maid. And I got back in good graces with my God and I shook hands with myself. 6. And when you do, you get stronger, you get more aware, you get more respectful of yourself, and that which you fear. Had that dumb ass look that you get when you just been told the truth and you didnt think about it. And its not our right to say or believe it is. Now, what happens when we get that feeling? 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. Its on you. Hopefully, were both going to be happy on both accounts. Yeah, the Bills won, but they didnt really beat the Oilers. Well, architecture is a verb as well. When we do this, the race is never over. We just dont always see it. An honest mans pillow is his peace of mind, and when you lay down on the pillow at night, no matter whos in our bed we ALL sleep alone. I stayed awhile, and somewhere in my captivation, I heard this little voice inside my head say these words, All I want is what I can see, and what I can see, is in front of me.. He announced in November that he would explore other forms of service instead. And there in the middle of the road was was this mirage in the most magnificent pinks and blues and red colors that Id ever seen. Getting the funk. And that is the place that Im talking about. I mean, I Id even subscribe to believe that were all destined to have to do the thing that we fear the most anyway, at some point. So, how do we know when we cross the truth? After all, were social creatures, so it make sense. For instance, sometimes say my careers rolling. OK, I got nothing against money. Its an if, then cause and effect, quid pro quo standard that we cannot sustain, because we immediately raise it every time we attain it. Maybe its a healthy family. Thirteen hellish days until Im out of my own way. Get some R.O.IRETURN ON INVESTMENTYour investment. Me, I graduated high school in 1988. We got commitments, we got deadlines, fix this, do that, plans, expectations, and they all make it hard to get clarity and peace of mind. Because were not looking at the clock. It was an unbelievable book, an unbelievable film, an unbelievable act of courage. And he had picked up a bad habit of snorting the white stuff somewhere along the line. If happiness is what youre after, then you are going to be let down frequently and be unhappy much of your time. All right, check this out. Happiness is different than Joy. Well, the next day, Larry went to coachs house. Matthew McConaughey Actor & Producer Im going to talk to you about some things that Ive learned in my journey. Matthew McConaughey: (26:36) It tastes sweet but you will get cavities tomorrow. Now, personally as an actor, I started enjoying my work and literally being more happy when I stopped trying to make the daily labor a means to a certain end. Matthew McConaughey: (25:58) BUT IT ISNT. And while nobody throws you a party when you abide by them, no ones going to arrest you when you break them either. The easiest way to dissect success is though gratitude. DONT LEAVE CRUMBSand the beauty of delayed gratification. We try our best, we dont always do our best. So be brave, have courage. We obsess on them. I mean, I get butterflies every morning before I go to work. You witnessed it. I just want to be happy. I hear that all the time. Our best friends lie to us. Again, these are not societal laws and expectations that we acknowledge and endow for anyone other than ourselves. I mean, not only on this trip, but in this life. But we dont always see it, grasp it, hear it, access itbecause were not in the right place to. A sugar doughnut or some oatmeal? I was present, I was out of my own way. I let go of the guilt, the weight on my shoulders lifted, my penance paid, and I got back in good graces with God. He had number one hits and his life was rolling. I went to a voodoo shop south of New Orleans a few years backthey had vials of magic potions stacked in columns with headings above each defining what they would give youFertility, Health, Family, Legal Help, Energy, Forgiveness, Money. It was just weird. It was electric, glowing and vibrant, hovering just off the surface, as if it was plugged in to some neon power plant. Do not fall into the entitlement trap of feeling you are a victim, you are not. You know what Im talking about? So, while were here, and theyre going to run across the jumbotron, lets make it a place where we break a sweat. Maybe its a happy marriage. Alive and well in the doing of what were fashion to do and enjoying. As the saying goes, take what you like, leave the rest. If we make it that far, then comes to biggie man, this comes the fun one. Prioritize who you are, who you want to be, and dont spend time with anything that antagonizes your character. Money is king today, is what makes the world go round. Now, out of respect for you and your efforts in getting your degree, I thought long and hard about what I could share with you tonight. No. Thats really important. And from that morning on, the adventure was awesome. The director, Richard Linklater, 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. Yes, they may be truths to me, but dont think that that makes them MINE because you cant own a truth. Now, check this out. I never thought about if I really wanted it. Life is not a popularity contest. I stopped.

The local Sherpas I was traveling with even noticed, calling out to me, sois luz Mateo, sois luz!! Whether thats prayer, meditation, a walkabout, being in right company, a road trip, whatever it is for you. In a mere 2 quarters defensive coordinator Jim Eddy went from being called DC OF THE YEAR and the man first in line to be a HC next year to a man without a job in the NFL. Ive had quite a few written by the more talented critics. I felt free and light. I dont get them and I never did. You you want to ask your boss for that promotion, but youre scared hes going to think youre overstepping your bounds. All of these badges and banners and expectations and anxieties I was carrying with me. Eliminate who you are not, first, and youre going to find yourself where you need to be. WebMatthew McConaughey Leaves The Audience SPEECHLESS | One of the Best Motivational Speeches Ever MotivationHub 2.97M subscribers Join Subscribe 63K Share If we make it that far, then comes THE BIGGIE . man flies a suicide jet into the World Trade Center, millions die from diseases that we have cures for, Bob the builder swears hell have your house built by Thanksgiving and you cant move in til Christmas, THE NEXT YEAR Our best friend lies to us, and WE, lie to our self, all the timeunbelievable? He told him how embarrassed he was and how he had lost his way in the midst of all this fame and fortune. It may be spectacular, it may be phenomenal, most excellent or outstanding. It hit me. Coach listened as he always had and when Larry finished his story and was about to walk away, Coach Royal put a gentle hand on his shoulder and very discreetly said, Larry, you got something on your nose there bud. Larry immediately hurried to the bathroom mirror where he saw some white powder he hadnt cleaned off his nose. Except yourself. I need the respect of my peers. I shouldnt have been there. Give others and yourself more credit. Joy is the feeling we have from doing what we are fashioned to do, no matter the outcome. Well, I did NOT want it there. TIME may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. And yes, most things are more rewarding when you break a sweat to get em. We live in an extremely noisy world with all kinds of frequencies coming at uscommitments, deadlines, fix this, do that, plans, expectationsand they all make it hard to get clarity and peace of mind. And thats OK, because hey, thats how it is, this is the reality you facethe world we live inAnd while Im not here to discourage you or in any way belittle your accomplishments of which we celebrate tonightI am here to talk brass tacks, to skip the flattery and the attaboys because I DO know this. Unbelievable is the stupidest word in the dictionary. A sugar donut or some oatmeal? 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. He used to run over the goal line, through the end zone and up the tunnel. I was having a blast. Un-be-lievably stupid word. Email: miami crime rate vs chicago Hours: 10am - 6pm EST Eliminate who you are NOT first, and youll find yourself where you need to be. To make the loss of these lives matter. Lets dissect that, and give thanks for those things. Its never done me wrong 13. Get that one out of the red. You ever get in a rut? Frank Reich and the Bills come back to win 4138 in overtime for one of the greatest comebacks in NFL history. Because it increases our need to overcome that fear. Please update your browser at http://update.microsoft.com. And ask yourself, do I deserve this? A happy marriage? I dressed, made some tea and I went for [inaudible 00:40:51] destination Machu Picchu but rather to nowhere in particular. Well, a few years ago, Im watching this film again. Happiness is all about you. It was awesome. Its down here, but hey man, my friendships and my social life, theyre in high gear. 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. It was SPECTACULAR. Maybe its to help others, to be famous, to be spiritually sound, to leave the world a little bit better place than you found it. Money. 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. I need my performance to be acknowledged. Sometimes we do not like what we see.