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Jim Murphy

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1269 total appearances

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The Knowledge Project
7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy

And I try never to tell anyone what to do as a coach or a friend.

The Knowledge Project
7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy

What I try to do is help people clarify what they want most and help them get it.

The Knowledge Project
7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy

Because I know that if you come to me and you want to be world number one in a sport...

The Knowledge Project
7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy

I know that's not what you really want.

The Knowledge Project
7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy

I know because I was in the same boat.

The Knowledge Project
7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy

I wanted to be a superstar major league baseball player or NFL player or NBA.

The Knowledge Project
7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy

And I thought that was the best possible life was to make millions of dollars and be rich and famous and have every guy want to be me and every girl want to be with me.

The Knowledge Project
7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy

That's the best possible life.

The Knowledge Project
7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy

I'm going to live it.

The Knowledge Project
7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy

And so I obsessed about that.

The Knowledge Project
7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy

But what I've learned since then in the five years of writing and researching the book is that what I've always really wanted is to feel fully alive.

The Knowledge Project
7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy

I had a single story for my life.

The Knowledge Project
7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy

That story was, if you get this American dream where you're hitting home runs in the big leagues and on the cover of magazines, that's the best possible life.

The Knowledge Project
7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy

And that's the life meant for you.

The Knowledge Project
7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy

And of course, I played five years in the minors and I did not get that life.

The Knowledge Project
7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy

And I was completely devastated.

The Knowledge Project
7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy

And so what I want people to do is I want their fuel, or as you kind of alluded to a little bit, I want their fuel to be powerful, empowering.

The Knowledge Project
7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy

I want them to, like Tom Brady, the most successful potentially football player ever.

The Knowledge Project
7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy

And he wins a few Super Bowls and he says, God, is that it?

The Knowledge Project
7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy

In other words, reaching the very top, like Michael Phelps, 23 Olympic gold medals, and feeling empty.