Top Performance Coach Jim Murphy (@innerexcellence) reveals how to quiet the mind and execute when it matters most. Jim spent 5 years writing Inner Excellence, the mental toughness manual that shot from obscurity to #1 New York Times bestseller overnight when star athlete A.J. Brown was caught reading it on the sidelines of an NFL playoff game. 00:00 Introduction 01:01 The 3 Pillars of Inner Excellence 04:14 A Manual on Mental Toughness 07:55 Goals are Secondary 11:53 Clean Fuel vs. Dirty Fuel 14:23 What You Want Most 16:26 Ad Break 18:41 The Achievement Treadmill 21:47 The Busy Trap 22:34 The Best Vacation 25:39 What's Your Purpose? 27:41 The Spiral of Isolation 31:09 The Key to Performance 34:00 The Courage to Be Disliked 35:55 What the Most Successful People Do 39:49 Redefine Success and Failure 41:43 Comparison & Envy 42:53 Individual Cost and Collective Gain 46:31 Talking to Your Kids About Mental Toughness 47:34 Discovering Your Inner Excellence (Where to Start) 51:25 Tension Between Achievement and Happiness 55:09 Dealing With Guilt 58:10 Knowledge vs. Wisdom 01:01:21 Changing Focus to Accomplish Goals 01:05:40 Using Automatic Rules 01:10:40 Daily Mantras for Success 01:12:15 Ambition or Love? 01:14:52 Train Your Mind 01:15:38 What Is Success? Out now wherever you listen to the knowledge project. Includes paid partnerships.

Top Performance Coach Jim Murphy (@innerexcellence) reveals how to quiet the mind and execute when it matters most. Jim spent 5 years writing Inner Excellence, the mental toughness manual that shot from obscurity to #1 New York Times bestseller overnight when star athlete A.J. Brown was caught reading it on the sidelines of an NFL playoff game. 00:00 Introduction 01:01 The 3 Pillars of Inner Excellence 04:14 A Manual on Mental Toughness 07:55 Goals are Secondary 11:53 Clean Fuel vs. Dirty Fuel 14:23 What You Want Most 16:26 Ad Break 18:41 The Achievement Treadmill 21:47 The Busy Trap 22:34 The Best Vacation 25:39 What's Your Purpose? 27:41 The Spiral of Isolation 31:09 The Key to Performance 34:00 The Courage to Be Disliked 35:55 What the Most Successful People Do 39:49 Redefine Success and Failure 41:43 Comparison & Envy 42:53 Individual Cost and Collective Gain 46:31 Talking to Your Kids About Mental Toughness 47:34 Discovering Your Inner Excellence (Where to Start) 51:25 Tension Between Achievement and Happiness 55:09 Dealing With Guilt 58:10 Knowledge vs. Wisdom 01:01:21 Changing Focus to Accomplish Goals 01:05:40 Using Automatic Rules 01:10:40 Daily Mantras for Success 01:12:15 Ambition or Love? 01:14:52 Train Your Mind 01:15:38 What Is Success? Out now wherever you listen to the knowledge project. Includes paid partnerships.