The Daily Motivation

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

July 24, 2026·5 min
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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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