Matthew McConaughey

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The School of Greatness · He Turned Down $14.5 Million for a 3 A.M. Truth | Matthew McConaughey · 17 Jul 2026 podcast

And I think one of the things that people got from the book that I got from writing it was people come to me and said, look, I'm taking more risk now.

And I think that's part of it.

When we fail, which is why so many of us don't take as many risks, it's never really, not never, but almost always never as really bad as we thought it was going to be.

Yeah, when we fail at doing it, it's never, the letdown's never

In a real measure, as bad as we thought it was going to be.

And the people that are going... They're on the sidelines for a reason.

You play football.

They're over there.

They're in the bleachers with the whistle in their mouth for a reason.

But the ones that are on the field trying out stuff with you are right there next to you going...

Hey, man, me too.

I blew it over here.

I blew it here.

But thanks for taking the shot.

Thanks for trying.

That's what we're doing.

And I think that's something that a lot of people got from the book.

So the shame and the embarrassment turned into humor.

And then I noticed that I consistently stepped in the same pile just quite a few times.

I think I've evolved somewhat, but I'm still working on the piles that I'm stepping in.

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