They have a lesson in them that we were supposed to learn. Maybe it was false drama that if we would have slowed down and stopped we would have been dwelling on it and turned that molehill into a mountain.”Įventually, he says, “I found all the red and yellow lights in life revealed themselves to have at least a greenlight asset in the future. But oftentimes, you see that yellow light and the choice is to put the pedal to the metal and don’t give that little crisis credit. He goes on to say, “The verb of the greenlight metaphor is really in the yellow light, meaning you have the choice to slow down and stop and let it become a red light, which sometimes we need to do in life when we need to have some introspection. It’s things in our life that affirm our way, they say ‘go, proceed, more, please carry on.’ While yellow and red lights make us slow down in life - they can be crisis, hardship, intervention, interruption.” He believes that “a greenlight is being kind to our future self. Looking back through old journals, McConaughey found eight common categories, and in deconstructing them, he came up with the idea of greenlights. McConaughey starts the conversation by diving deep into the title of his book and what the metaphor of greenlights means.
< Back to Blog 7 Key Takeaways from Matthew McConaughey’s Book, GreenlightsĪctor, producer, and author Matthew McConaughey takes us on an inspirational journey as he explores themes and insights from his new book, Greenlights, in the MX Visionaries Forum.
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