“ Lining up your environment with the person you want to become and how you want to feel is crucial,” explains Jim Murphy.

Murphy, a former professional baseball player turned performance coach and a #1 New York Times bestselling author, joined us today to explain how cultivating inner excellence can unlock both peak performance and deeper fulfillment in life. Here are the takeaways:

- What is true achievement (~2:45)

- Finding the right pursuit (~5:25)

- How to achieve your goal outcome (~6:35)

- The 8 attachments (~8:00)

- How to achieve inner excellence (~9:40)

- The need for love (~10:30)

- The role of environment (~12:00)

- Finding awe & wonder (~13:20)

- The importance of spirituality (~14:15)

- Athletes with inner excellence (~16:00)

- The 4 process goals (~18:45)

- What the best coaches have in common (~21:30)

- What is the virus of the heart (~23:40)

- Murphy’s experience (~24:45)

- The importance of service & joy (~30:40)

- What does success look like (~31:50)

- Raising the next generation (~34:00)

- Murphy’s advice to himself (~34:20)

- Finding gratitude (~36:30)

Referenced in the episode:

- Follow Murphy on Instagram (@innerexcellencejimmurphy)

- Check out his website (https://innerexcellence.com/)

- Pick up his book, Inner Excellence (https://www.amazon.com/Inner-Excellence-Extraordinary-Performance-Possible/dp/1538777800/ref=monarch_sidesheet_image)

- Read his newest book, The Best Possible Life (https://www.amazon.com/Best-Possible-Life-Contentment-Confidence-No/dp/1734654848)

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