How to Stay Calm Under Pressure and Perform Your Best When It Matters Most

The Chase Jarvis LIVE Show

Chase Jarvis

Careers, Self-improvement, Education, Business

4.8 • 649 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Jim Murphy shares how training your mind for inner excellence leads to peace, confidence, and extraordinary performance. Jim is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and Performance Coach to some of the best athletes and leaders in the world. He began his career as a professional baseball player in the Chicago Cubs organization, later coaching with the Texas Rangers and the South African Olympic baseball team. Jim has worked with world champion golfers, FedEx Cup champions, and world #1's — and most of his clients experience the best year of their careers in their first year with him. In addition to coaching professional athletes and executives, he leads Inner Excellence retreats worldwide and serves as president of the Inner Excellence Freedom Project, dedicated to alleviating spiritual and physical poverty.

We dig into Jim's remarkable story — from giving away half his possessions and heading into the desert to discovering the principles that became his life's work. Along the way, he unpacks how courage, presence, and letting go of the past are key to unlocking human potential. Whether you're an athlete, a business leader, or just someone who wants more peace and confidence in your life, this conversation will expand what you believe is possible.

Some highlights we explore:

The moment AJ Brown was filmed reading Inter Excellence during every NFL playoff game, including the Super Bowl.
Why Jim says "selfless is fearless" — and how the greatest need of the human heart is unconditional love.
The BFF formula: belief, focus, and freedom — and why courage is the most common trait of high performers.
The four daily goals of inner excellence: learn and grow, be present, gratitude, and focus on what you can control.

Enjoy!

Transcript

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0:00.0	I went to the desert to live a life of solitude, gave away over half my possessions, including my TV.
0:04.5	This is 2003 winter and ended up spending five years full-time writing and researching the book,
0:10.5	Inter Excellence. I set out to figure out what to do with my life. I decided to become a personal
0:14.9	coach to pro baseball players and teach them how to have peace and confidence under pressure.
0:18.3	So I called up a sports psychologist and asked him, how can the Olympic athlete train for four years for an event that may last less than a minute?
0:24.1	And similarly, how can a major league baseball player in Game 7 of the World Series, bottom of
0:28.5	the ninth, two outs, bases loaded, down by one, full count. How can that guy have peace and
0:32.8	confidence with so much out of his control?
0:37.6	Hey, everybody, what's up? It's Chase. Welcome to an episode of the show. Very excited for today's show.
0:41.9	I'm always happy to be with you. But today's guest gets me extra fired up. It's Jim Murphy.
0:47.2	In addition to being a number one New York Times bestseller, he really got that position from a book he wrote
0:51.8	around performance coaching to many of the greatest
0:55.3	athletes and leaders in the world. He became a professional baseball player early on his career
1:00.6	at the Chicago Cubs organization. And then after experiencing some issues that ended his playing
1:06.6	career, he switched to coaching where he had a stint with the Texas Rangers as well as the
1:10.7	South African Olympic team. He's worked with many he had a stint with the Texas Rangers as well as the South
1:11.0	African Olympic team. He's worked with many of the world's best golfers, which is a soft spot in my
1:16.4	heart because, you know, I love golf. It's one of the hardest games in the world, not by accident
1:20.4	that most of the best athletes play it. One interesting feature about the people who do work with
1:25.4	Jim Murphy is that his clients have almost always had the
1:29.2	best year ever in their careers in the first year of working with Jim. Now, that's a big statement,
1:37.8	but it stands true. And in addition to coaching professional athletes and executives, top performers
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