If You Haven't Written Your Goals Down, Do This Tonight | Matthew McConaughey episode artwork

EPISODE · Jul 24, 2026 · 5 MIN

If You Haven't Written Your Goals Down, Do This Tonight | Matthew McConaughey

from The Daily Motivation · host Lewis Howes, Matthew McConaughey

Leave an Amazon Rating or Review for my New York Times Bestselling book, Make Money Easy! Check out the full episode: https://greatness.lnk.to/1955DM A 20 year old kid in a top bunk at the University of Texas writes down 10 goals. He signs his name at the bottom like it's a real contract. Then he never looks at the list again. Not once. Thirty years later, writing his memoir, Matthew McConaughey finds that piece of paper in a box. All 10 goals had happened. Four he's still actively living out. He didn't remember writing most of them. He calls it an invisible contract that becomes non-negotiable the moment you put it on paper and sign your name to it. Not a vision board. Not a note on your phone. An actual signature, like you're making a promise to a version of yourself that hasn't shown up yet. If you've got a goal floating around in your head right now, this might be the nudge to finally write it down. Sign up for the Greatness newsletter: http://www.greatness.com/newsletter Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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Matthew McConaughey reveals the exact goal-setting practice he used at 20 years old, one he forgot about for three decades until he rediscovered it while writing his memoir. He explains why physically writing down and signing your goals turns them into a subconscious, non-negotiable contract with yourself.

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