Jim Murphy
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Because obviously if you don't have a good reason, then why aren't you changing it?
And to me, that question says, you should look at every single thing that you're doing and don't just reevaluate it.
Does this line up with my purpose?
Most people don't have a clear purpose.
So first of all, we need to have a clear purpose for your life.
Otherwise, you're going to get so distracted and so busy because it's too hard to sit with yourself and your thoughts.
My purpose is to share God's love, wisdom, and courage with the world and with athletes and leaders around the world.
It's interesting you say religion.
I grew up, and my mom is full Japanese.
Her family became a Christian family when her father was dying.
And, well, it kind of started with, I talked about this in the book, with the samurai and how my great-great-grandfather, his father died.
was a samurai when the samurai era ended.
He became an alcoholic because he lost all his power.
And so his son started to think about, well, what is the meaning of life?
And he realized that he wanted to live a life where he empowered others instead of having power over others.
And that kind of changed the trajectory of my life, you know, obviously my mom's life.
And so that was the big thing.
And also my dad, he grew up strict Catholic, but without a lot of love.
And then he got injured and was in the hospital and someone prayed for him and he got healed right away.
And so he's like, whoa, I need to find out about this God.