How To Perform Under Pressure—With Both Peace and Confidence | Jim Murphy

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Oct 22, 2025

Jim Murphy, a performance coach and bestselling author of 'Inner Excellence', shares his insights on thriving under pressure. He recounts how A.J. Brown's reading of his book transformed his life. Jim discusses the importance of 'rebranding' your personal narrative and outlines his Four Daily Goals that focus on presence and gratitude. He emphasizes non-attachment to outcomes and introduces the 'expect nothing' tool for maintaining calm during challenges. His approach intertwines heart transformation with peak performance, promoting a meaningful, service-oriented life.

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ANECDOTE

Sudden Viral Breakthrough

Jim Murphy's life flipped after A.J. Brown was filmed reading his book during an Eagles wild-card game.
The viral moment sold 100,000 copies and rescued him from a financially and emotionally bleak month.

ANECDOTE

From Career Loss To Solitude And Discovery

After his baseball career ended he felt lost and gave away possessions to live in solitude in Tucson.
That period birthed his coaching work and five years of research that became Inner Excellence.

INSIGHT

Performance And Purpose Are The Same Path

The path to peak performance equals the path to the best possible life.
Heart transformation — shifting from self-centeredness to sacrificial love — produces peace and confidence under pressure.

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A performance coach and bestselling author shares practical tools for thriving in crisis, shaving down the ego, and designing the life you want.

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jim Murphy is a Performance Coach to some of the best athletes and leaders in the world. In addition to coaching professional athletes and executives, Murphy is the president of the Inner Excellence Freedom Project whose mission is to build communities to alleviate spiritual and physical poverty around the world.

In this episode we talk about:

A counterintuitive secret to performing under pressure
How to “relanguage” the story you tell about yourself
A crucial life question that everyone should be asking themselves
Practical tools for “inner excellence”
Jim’s Four Daily Goals
Cultivating non-attachment to results
How to be less afraid of fear
The “expect nothing” rule
And the role of faith in his life

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