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Murphy: Psychological stability is dictated by whatever you choose to worship
“You're only as stable as whatever you're worshiping. Like David Foster Wallace told us, everyone has a God. There's no atheists. Everyone worships something. There's something at the top in your, of your heart, and that's your God.”
Murphy: Presence beats confidence in equal-talent athletes by preventing carelessness
“If you have two athletes that are, or performers that are the same talent, I'll take the fully present person over the fully confident one every single time. Because when you're confident, you can get careless. And just look at how many times that someone that…”
Murphy: Human optimization requires addressing subconscious fears and desires
“If you want human optimization, we need to be holistic. We need to get deeper than just the mind. We need to go into the heart, into the subconscious, and so that's one of the, in the five years of full-time writing and research that became Inner Excellence, t…”
Murphy: Performing under pressure shares the same path as living a fulfilling life
“And then when I found out that to teach someone how to have the most poise under the most pressure is the same path as living the best possible life, a meaningful, fulfilling life with amazing experiences and deep, enriching relationships where you're learning…”
Jim Murphy: Hold external outcome goals loosely compared to internal character growth
“The third world of results and circumstances, I have goals there, like one goal was to be a New York Times bestselling author. But the crucial thing is, those are just temporary things that I don't even know if it's good for me. I mean, there's, we all have go…”
Murphy: 12-step programs succeed by targeting the ego as our biggest challenge
“I think it's so successful because it realizes that the ego, that part of our mind that's always threatened, always comparing, never satisfied, is our biggest challenge.”
Murphy: Surrendering control is much harder for successful and talented people
“And surrender is, is, is so hard, especially when you're talented. But at that moment, I felt like I had nothing. And so, to surrender nothing is, is much easier than to surrender a lot. You've got a successful life. It's very hard to surrender.”
Murphy: Courage to Look Foolish Is the Most Common Trait Among Top Performers
“Courage, every single person on the planet can have courage, and that's what I found is the most common amongst the highest performers in anything. They may not have a lot of wisdom or love, but they have courage, and that's business, sports, Music, anything. …”
Murphy: Long-term performance requires fewer thoughts and fewer breaths
“We need, if you want to be good at anything for a long period of time, we need to have way less thoughts and even way less breaths.”
Murphy: Fear and anger drive performance but destroy long-term peace
“Fear can accomplish a lot. So can anger. You can, that can really drive people. But the long-term effect is something that a lot of people don't want. For example, losing inner peace and joy.”
Murphy: People neglect mental training because internal growth lacks visible results
“Well, we're led around by our eyes. We live this transactional life, this third world results in circumstances. So if I put in this effort, I can see what happens. But if I gain wisdom, I can't see that with my eyes very easy. If I'm gain, become a more loving…”