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by Jim Murphy
Want More Joy and Confidence? Discover the life guide that has developed world champions, empowered athletes to become world #1, and most importantly, transformed their hearts and minds. This step-by-step training manual from one of the world's top mental skills coaches will teach you how the mindset of some of the best performers and leaders on the planet allowed them to have freedom and confidence when so much was out of their control. Whether you're an athlete or entrepreneur, single mother or father of five, you'll find exercises, techniques and tools in this book that will improve every area of your life. Your life will take on new meaning as you move beyond the pursuit of happiness to a life of purpose and fulfillment. Jim Murphy's complete program of proven mental techniques is based on the powerful principles of love, wisdom, and courage, that came from over six years of full-time research and writing (after his masters degree in Coaching Science). "I read the first version of Inner Excellence six times. I recommend all my clients read it." - Matt Killen, PGA Tour coach to Justin Thomas, Tiger Woods and many others INNER EXCELLENCE WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO: DEVELOP SELF-MASTERY-and let go of what you can't control OVERCOME ANXIETY-and build powerful mental habits REMOVE MENTAL BLOCKS-and get out of your own way TRAIN YOUR SUBCONSCIOUS MIND-and release limiting beliefs As a professional baseball player in the Chicago Cubs organization, Jim's sense of worth and identity revolved around his performance. He was obsessed with fame but also afraid of failure, and that fear in his heart made him struggle under the pressure to perform. When he started coaching professional and Olympic athletes, he saw the same pattern over and over again: athletes had lost their joy and passion for life as the fear of failure engulfed their lives. This book will share with you how some of the best athletes in the world have learned Inner Excellence, how it propelled them to extraordinary performance even when they were filled with doubt and uncertainty, and how you can excel in the same way in your life. The insights and exercises within will help you achieve higher levels of performance than you ever thought possible-and bring incredible peace and confidence. "Inner Excellence changed how I see the world, how I think, and how I play golf." - Vaughn Taylor, three-time PGA Tour winner Jim Murphy is a Performance Coach (mental skills) to some of the best athletes and leaders in the world. The majority of his clients achieved the best year of their career their first year working with Jim (or their best year in the previous five years)
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Like Inner Excellence, this book explores the mental frameworks that separate high achievers from others. It provides a scientific foundation for Murphy's concepts of mental toughness and the importance of focusing on growth over immediate results.
This is a foundational text for the mental performance movement that Murphy champions. It focuses on overcoming the 'self-talk' and mental interference that prevents athletes and professionals from reaching their peak state.
by John Wooden
Coach Wooden's philosophy mirrors Murphy's emphasis on character and internal values over external scoreboards. It offers a practical guide to achieving excellence through discipline, mental preparation, and integrity.
Murphy often discusses the state of being 'in the zone,' and this book provides the definitive psychological study of that state. It explores how to find deep satisfaction and excellence by aligning one's skills with high-level challenges.
by Ryan Holiday
This book applies Stoic philosophy to modern performance, much like Murphy's focus on maintaining inner peace amidst outer chaos. It teaches readers how to turn trials into triumphs through mental discipline.
Grover worked with elite athletes like Michael Jordan to cultivate the 'Inner Excellence' Murphy describes. This book offers a more aggressive but equally focused look at the mental edge required for world-class performance.
A core tenet of Inner Excellence is finding purpose beyond oneself; Frankl’s memoir and psychological treatise provide the ultimate testament to the power of inner resolve and meaning-making in any circumstance.
For readers who appreciated Murphy's focus on deliberate practice and mental representations, this book provides the scientific data behind how world-class experts in any field develop their 'inner' and 'outer' skills.
This book explores the 'central governor' theory of the brain, echoing Murphy's belief that our physical limits are often dictated by our mental state and internal beliefs.
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