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Jim Murphy

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
913 total appearances

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

the mind that's thinking of the future.

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

If you're super, super cold, but if I asked you, can you last one more second, and then we're going to put you in a hot tub or a sauna, what would most people say?

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

Or even five more seconds.

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

Okay, there's a sauna right there.

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

Can you go five more seconds?

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

I think most people would say yes, right?

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

It's the fear of, oh, how long is this going to last?

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

It's this projection and the expectation and how all those circumstances, do we look at the past and the pain that we've had and project to the future and what's going to happen?

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

That's the problem.

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

But when we can be in this moment and embrace whatever pain and challenge we have in this moment, just right now, and then take the next step,

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

And that's the power that she was sharing.

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

So what Lewis Gordon Q did was his performance coach said, you're never going to make it if you just think I'm going to swim one kilometer.

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

We've got to break this down into smaller steps.

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

And so they had a flag every hundred meters that represented a group of people on his team.

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

And his coach said, I don't want you to think about anything except for that flag.

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

You just got to get to the next flag, just the next flag.

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

One of the things that you said that's so powerful is the challenge with not wanting to start things.

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

This is a challenge that we all face.

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

The main issue with that is that your first step is too big.

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

We need to make that next step smaller.