“Be brave, take the hill, but first, answer the question: what is my hill?”
— Matthew McConaughey
From his 2015 University of Houston commencement speech, where he laid out 13 life truths drawn from his own years of stumbling.
I spent years climbing hills that weren't mine. Chasing roles, chasing approval, reaching the top and feeling nothing. One night in 2011 I sat alone and asked myself what I actually wanted. Scared the hell out of me. You might be grinding toward something someone else picked for you. Stop. Ask the question. Then climb.