#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Discover the life-changing memoir that has inspired millions of readers through the Academy Award®–winning actor’s unflinching honesty, unconventional wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN “McConaughey’s book invites us to grapple with the lessons of his life as he did—and to see that the point was never to win, but to understand.”—Mark Manson, author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ckI’ve been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five. Notes about successes and failures, joys and sorrows, things that made me marvel, and things that made me laugh out loud. How to be fair. How to have less stress. How to have fun. How to hurt people less. How to get hurt less. How to be a good man. How to have meaning in life. How to be more me. Recently, I worked up the courage to sit down with those diaries. I found stories I experienced, lessons I learned and forgot, poems, prayers, prescriptions, beliefs about what matters, some great photographs, and a whole bunch of bumper stickers. I found a reliable theme, an approach to living that gave me more satisfaction, at the time, and still: If you know how, and when, to deal with life’s challenges—how to
get relative with the inevitable—you can enjoy a state of success I call “catching greenlights.” So I took a one-way ticket to the desert and wrote this book: an album, a record, a story of my life so far. This is fifty years of my sights and seens, felts and figured-outs, cools and shamefuls. Graces, truths, and beauties of brutality. Getting away withs, getting caughts, and getting wets while trying to dance between the raindrops. Hopefully, it’s medicine that tastes good, a couple of aspirin instead of the infirmary, a spaceship to Mars without needing your pilot’s license, going to church without having to be born again, and laughing through the tears. It’s a love letter.
To life. It’s also a guide to catching more greenlights—and to realizing that the yellows and reds eventually turn green too. Good luck.
Greenlights: Your Journey to Awesome
In his raw, honest, and hilarious memoir, Greenlights, Matthew McConaughey takes readers on a wild ride through his life, from his early days growing up in Texas to his rise to fame as an Academy Award-winning actor. Along the way, he shares his unique perspective on life, love, and the pursuit of happiness, offering up a wealth of wisdom and inspiration for readers of all ages.
McConaughey's journey is one of constant evolution, and he embraces the idea that life is a series of "greenlights" and "red lights." Greenlights are the moments when everything seems to be going our way, while red lights are the challenges and obstacles that we must overcome. McConaughey argues that it is our attitude towards these challenges that ultimately determines our success or failure.
With his signature charm and wit, McConaughey shares stories from his childhood, his early acting career, and his rise to stardom. He also opens up about his struggles with addiction, depression, and heartbreak. Through it all, he never loses sight of his goal: to live a life that is full of greenlights.
Greenlights is a must-read for anyone who is looking for a little inspiration and guidance on their own journey. McConaughey's story is a reminder that we all have the power to create a life that is full of joy, love, and success.
