Greenlights

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• rpicard · Feb 16, 2025 · Recommends

  …make are in service of that. A few things I read last year that were influential for me: Obituary for a Quiet Life (relatively short): https://bittersoutherner.com/feature/2023/obituary-for-a-qui... Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter My tl;dr is really just the pursuit of love, joy, good health, and good money.

  on “Ask HN: Advice for someone entering their 30s” ↗
• Brajeshwar · Dec 28, 2022 · Recommends

  …the [How to Win Friends and Influence People](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influen...) fame. - A young girl's diary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diary_of_a_Young_Girl) - Greenlights by [Matthew McConaughey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McConaughey) - How Asia Works: Success and Failure In the World's Most Dynamic Region - How the World Really Works: A Scientist’s Guide…

  on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2022 and recommend for 2023” ↗
• boolean · Dec 12, 2021 · Recommends

  Greenlights - Matthew McConaughey (https://greenlights.com/)

  on “Ask HN: Best audiobooks from Audible? I have 7 credits that are expiring soon” ↗
• Brajeshwar · Dec 4, 2022 · Mentions

  …exciting thread of the good books in 2022, what books have you tentatively planned to read in 2023? I have earmarked quite a few just from the comments in that thread. Here are a few I'm excited about; - Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey - How Asia Works: Success and Failure In the World's Most Dynamic Region by Joe Studwell - How the World Really Works: A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future by Vaclav…

  on “Ask HN: What books are you reading in 2023?” ↗
• clnq · Jan 4, 2023 · Mentions

  …grown increasingly disillusioned with the quality of the content soup on them. So for me, there was never a need to constrain and curate information actively. As Matthew McConaughey wrote in their book "Greenlights" - "When we decrease the options [choices] that don't feed us, we eventually, almost accidentally, have more options in front of us that do." Worked out that way for me with information. Just decrease…

  on “Are we on information overload? (2012)” ↗
• skmurphy · Jul 11, 2025 · Mentions

  Matthew McConaughey mines 35 years of his personal journal entries to offer a playbook for entrepreneurs in "Greenlights." His opening line is, "This is not a traditional memoir." He tells stories from his life and shares insights, but his objective is to offer approaches. Written when he turned 50, it draws on 35 years…

  on “"Greenlights" offers a playbook for entrepreneurs in” ↗
• Brajeshwar · Dec 7, 2023 · Mentions

  …Miller](https://www.christophermiller.net) - [First Principles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Principles_(book)) by [Thomas E. Ricks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_E._Ricks_(journalist)) - [Greenlights](https://greenlights.com) by [Matthew McConaughey](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_McConaughey) - How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region by Joe Studwell - [Poor…

  on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2023 and recommend for 2024” ↗