Matthew McConaughey’s 5 Rules for a Good Future
“Make the choices today that pay you back tomorrow.”
In 2015, Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey gave the commencement address at University of Houston. Speaking to some 4,000 graduates, he shared personal stories and lessons he hoped would help young people find their path in life.
Before he even started, however, McConaughey made a sobering but accurate observation: A college degree in and of itself is no longer a guarantee that you’ll have a great career.
“I have two older brothers. One was in high school in the early 1970s — a time when a high school GED got you a job and the college degree was exemplary.
My other brother was in high school in the early 80s, and by this time the GED wasn’t enough to guarantee employment. You needed a college degree, and if you got one, you had a pretty good chance of getting the kind of job you wanted after you graduated.
Me, I graduated high school in 1988, got my college degree in ’93, and that college degree in 93 did not mean as much. It was not a ticket, it was not a voucher, it was not a free pass go to anything.”
Now, if Matthew McConaughey found his college degree to be of little use in the job market in 1993, he’d be in for a real shock 26 years…
