Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
by Parker · 57 things on NewTwos
- I think I’ll write a book
- I step in shit all the time and recognize it when I do I’ve just learned how to scrape it off my boots and carry on. Cause we all step in shit all the time
- Stepping in shit is inevitable so let’s either see it as good luck or figure out how to do it less often
- I didn’t write things down to remember, I wrote things down so I could forget
- Sometimes you’ve got to go back to go forward. Back to where you came from, where you’ve been, how you got here
- Greenlights mean go, advance, carry on, continue. In our lives they are an affirmation of our way. They're approvals, support, praise, gifts, gas on our fire, attaboys, and appetites. They're cash money, birth, spring time, success, joy, sustainability. They're easy. They don't interfere with our direction. They say yes and give us what we want. They're sometimes disguised as yellow and red lights, but they give us what we need
- Catching greenlights is about skill, intent, context, consideration, endurance, anticipation, resilience, speed, and discipline. Earn greenlights, engineer, and design for them
- Everything we do in life is a part of a plan
- The problems we face today eventually turn into blessings in the rearview mirror of life
- All pain eventually leads to pleasure
- What goes down will come up
- Persist, pivot, or concede. It's up to us every-time
- Create structure so you can have freedom
- Earn your Saturdays
- Gods lucky. The goddess of luck is fortune. Fortune is the sister of fate. Fate is the divine order and the divine order is God. So if you believe in luck, you believe in God
- Get rid of the excess in our lives that keep us from being more of ourselves
- Eliminate who we aren’t first and then we will find ourselves where we need to be
- Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn
- Live what you believe
- All you have to be is yourself
- When we know what we what to do, knowing when to do it is the hard part
- Cool is a natural law. When it’s cool at one time, it’s cool at all times. Cool never tries. Cool just is
- Any success takes one in a row. Do one thing well and then another. Do this over and over
- Less impressed, more involved
- If you’re not a starter and you think you should be, don’t give them a choice. Play so well it’s undeniable
- When you can, ask yourself if you want to, before you do
- We have to prepare to have freedom
- We have to do the work to do the job
- We don’t get what we want because we quit early or we didn’t take the necessary risk to get it
- Don’t say it’s too late until you die
- Plant the seeds early. Reap them later
- Don’t walk in like you want it. Walk in like you own it
- We are all made for every moment we encounter
- Be you. You are the character
- Don’t creat imaginary constraints
- The moment is never bigger than ourselves
- Don’t focus on the outcome more than the doing of the deed
- Stay in the joy of the doing. There is no finish line. There is no clock. We are performing in real time. The approach is the destination
- Aim through the target
- As the noise decreases we can hear ourselves better
- An honest mans pillow is his peace of mind
- Don’t trip yourself while running down hill
- Don’t invent drama, it will come on its own
- The truth is always around us. We need to be open and aware enough to accept it
- Sometimes which choice you make is not as important as making a choice and committing to it
- It is not about win or lose, it is about do you accept the challenge
- Simplify, focus, conserve to liberate
- The genius can do anything but does one thing at a time
- Life is about having fun. Keep having fun
- Staying active and social is the key to longevity
- What matters? It all does
- Our choices matter. It’s not all for nothing. It’s all for everything
- We would all get along better if we approached everything with a sense of humor
- What is success to me?
- Don’t do anything that would jeopardize your soul
- We live longer when we are too busy livin
- Begin with the end in mind