#140 - Jim Murphy - From $90,000 In Debt To #1 Bestseller: The Power Of Surrender

Jim Murphy is a performance coach to PGA Tour, NFL and MLB athletes, a former Chicago Cubs minor leaguer, and the author of Inner Excellence, the book AJ Brown was filmed reading on the Eagles sideline that went on to become a number one New York Times bestseller sixteen years after it was written. Jim Murphy believes we control about two percent of our lives, and that the two percent is your heart and your effort. In this conversation, we explore why most people are pursuing an illusion when they say they just want to be happy, the eye diagnosis that ended his baseball career and the FedEx route that followed, the mental block that left him unable to toss a ball underhand, the New Year's Eve alone in an empty desert house, the ninety thousand dollars of debt and the homeless harpist in Denver who changed his life, the week his mother died and AJ Brown read his book on national television, and why he now calls it the book instead of my book. Surrender is giving up your little power for an unlimited one. How to Connect with Jim Murphy: Website: https://innerexcellence.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/innerexcellencejimmurphy/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@innerexcellence Newsletter (Substack): https://newsletter.innerexcellence.com Book (Inner Excellence): https://innerexcellence.com/books/inner-excellence/ Book (The Best Possible Life): https://innerexcellence.com/books/best-possible-life/ Book (The Inner Excellence 90-Day Challenge): https://innerexcellence.com/books/90-day-challenge/ Books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001K8EOTE Timestamps: 00:00 We Only Control 2% of Our Lives 03:04 Why Excellence, Not Happiness 05:50 Obsessed With Being a Superstar 07:56 Why Ego Is Natural and Excellence Takes Work 10:43 Not Tying Your Worth to Client Results 12:53 Train the Heart, Not Just the Mind 14:58 Unlearning Is Surrender 16:36 The Eye Diagnosis That Ended Baseball 20:26 From Pro Ballplayer to FedEx Driver 22:28 The Rangers Job and the Mental Block 25:22 Jim Murphy, Nobody: The Samurai Era Ends 28:29 Alone in the Sonoran Desert 29:43 Walk Alone in the Desert: Why Write a Book 32:42 A Year With Jim 34:01 Jim's Morning Routine 37:40 $90,000 in Debt: Surrender and the Homeless Harpist 42:17 Synchronistic Evidence and Getting in Alignment 45:51 January 12, 2025: AJ Brown Reads the Book on TV 48:03 What Writing The Best Possible Life Taught Him 50:45 Number One on the New York Times List 55:24 I'm Just the Messenger 56:07 What Dad Would Think Now 59:52 Humility Is an Accurate View of Self 61:33 What Good Reason Do You Have Not to Change Everything? Send us Fan Mail Thank you so much for listening. I truly appreciate your time and support. Let me know what you thought of the episode and what you would like to see in the future. Any feedback would be awesome. Don't forget to subscribe for more exciting content on YouTube, and leave a review on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or whatever platform you are listening on. Connect with me below: Instagram: Tim Doyle Youtube: Soulture