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The mindbodygreen Podcast

623: The blueprint for inner excellence | Jim Murphy

The mindbodygreen Podcast

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.52.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

“ 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)  We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on YouTube! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the My Buddy Green podcast. I'm Jason Wachib, founder and co-CEO of My Buddy Green, and your host.

0:07.0

This episode of the NBG podcast was created in partnership with Mass Mutual. On this show, we spend

0:12.2

a lot of time talking about the science of longevity. That's because we are very passionate about

0:17.1

helping our listeners live long, healthy, happy lives. What essential part of longevity is financial well-being.

0:23.5

In fact, research suggests that financial wellness is correlated with good health,

0:27.6

while financial stress is linked to worsening health outcomes over time.

0:31.3

For over 170 years, Mass Mutual has helped policy owners get their finances in shape for the long term.

0:37.4

And in 2022, Mass Mutual set out to help people their finances in shape for the long term. And in 2022,

0:38.5

Mass Mutual set out to help people take charge of their total well-being with Mass Mutual

0:44.0

Wellness, not just their financial health, but their physical, emotional, and mental health, too.

0:48.6

That's because Mass Mutual knows that making informed, proactive decisions about your health

0:52.6

could lead to a long, meaningful

0:54.2

life. Learn more about the impact of Mass Mutual Wellness at MassMutual.com slash wellness.

1:00.0

That's massmutual.com slash wellness.

1:06.0

What does it really mean to live the best possible life?

1:09.8

Today's guest, Jim Murphy, has spent decades helping world-class athletes and leaders wrestle with this very question.

1:15.6

Jim is a former professional baseball player turned performance coach and the number one New York Times best-selling author,

1:22.6

whose clients include world champions, Olympic athletes, and executives at the top of their fields. His system

1:29.0

and book titled Inner Excellence is unlike anything else. It's not just about mastering performance

1:34.9

under pressure, but about cultivating peace, joy, and confidence no matter the circumstances.

1:40.9

In today's show, we'll unpack why most of us are just playing the wrong game in life,

1:45.2

what it really takes to pursue goals and being consumed by them, and how letting go of attachments

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