Jim Murphy | Inner Excellence

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Jim Murphy: What AJ Brown did was

kind of a, a launching point for lives

 

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getting changed around the world.

 

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My life changed, but I'm

one person out of 8 billion.

 

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Like, that's not a big deal.

 

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What's a big deal is millions of

lives that are gonna get changed.

 

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Announcer: Welcome to Story Craft.

 

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Now here's your host, Marc Preston.

 

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Marc Preston: Alright, here we go.

 

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Back again.

 

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Another episode of Story and Craft.

 

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Good to have you back.

 

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Hey, if this is your very first

episode, thank you so much.

 

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For stopping by.

 

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Uh, glad to have you.

 

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Most certainly.

 

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Uh, today we're sitting

down with author Jim Murphy.

 

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Now you may remember if you were watching

the, uh, Philadelphia Eagles play

 

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the Green Bay Packers in a Wild Card

game back, I believe it was January.

 

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Uh, Eagles wide receiver, AJ Brown was

on the sideline, uh, while he wasn't

 

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playing and he was reading a book.

 

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The book is called.

 

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Inner excellence and Jim

Murphy is the author.

 

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Really interesting journey he was on.

 

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Glad that, uh, we have the

opportunity to learn more about it.

 

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Uh, he was a professional athlete.

 

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His mother comes from

a samurai background.

 

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get to learn more about.

 

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Okay.

 

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So let's go ahead and jump right into it.

 

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Today is Jim.

 

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Murphy Day right here on Story and Craft.

 

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Uh, where are you joining me from today?

 

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New York City, is that a home base for you

or is that a, are you just traveling about

 

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Jim Murphy: I live in Seattle.

 

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I'm here, um, as actually a United

Talent agency using their office,

 

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but I'm also here to narrate the

audiobook for inter excellence.

 

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Marc Preston: Oh, you're getting

ready to go on a long journey there.

 

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So we're finishing up the audio

 

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Jim Murphy: where you got one more day

 

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Marc Preston: where you originally from.

 

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Seattle grew up in Seattle.

 

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I saw that you had, uh, spent a

little time with my team, the Rangers.

 

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So that kind of like, uh,

gotta talk to this guy.

 

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So where are you at?

 

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I'm, uh, well I'm originally

from Dallas, but I live, uh,

 

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down in South Pottery Island.

 

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Uh, very tip of the south Texas coast.

 

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Jim Murphy: Oh, that

was famous for Spring.

 

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Drake.

 

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Spring break still is, or Oh yeah.

 

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Marc Preston: It's not as dense as it

once was, but I know in the street I

 

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live there are some rental properties

and uh, or some, you know, uh, short

 

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term rentals and yeah, we had a fair

amount of spring breakers on my street,

 

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which my dog just really enjoyed.

 

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Um, because, because it might

be because they walk down my

 

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street to get to the beach.

 

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So did you start off as an athlete,

was at your original game plan?

 

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That's correct.

 

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So was baseball is where you

kind of started off originally?

 

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That was your.

 

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Is that your first sport?

 

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Jim Murphy: Well, my first sport, um,

I wouldn't say it was my first sport.

 

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I mean, I played professionally

in the minors for five years.

 

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When I was in grade school,

I played six sports.

 

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I, I think

 

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Marc Preston: so.

 

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Is that like a big thing in your family

or is it just like a big thing with

 

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you, you just really kind of took

 

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Jim Murphy: care?

 

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Yeah, it was not a big thing with

my, I'm the youngest of five.

 

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Um, I think my parents were like,

whoa, what happened to this fifth one?

 

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What's going on here in sport?

 

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And we're not used to this.

 

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So, um, yeah, very unique

compared to my siblings.

 

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Marc Preston: So where,

where'd you go to college?

 

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Jim Murphy: I went to Bellevue

College in Seattle for two years,

 

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and then I transferred, played

baseball there, transferred to

 

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Portland State University in Oregon.

 

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Played one year there, signed

with the Cubs, and then played

 

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three years in the minors.

 

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Got injured.

 

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Um, didn't touch a bat

ball for three years.

 

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Then played semi-pro for a year, then

played professionally two more years.

 

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During that time, I played, um, went

back and played college football,

 

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university of British Columbia.

 

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So after not having

played for eight years,

 

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Marc Preston: so you had a,

a kind of a unique arc of

 

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experience, you know, moving about.

 

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Was that, were you kind of set on,

okay, sports is, it's gonna be, you

 

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know, part of my life forever, you

know, this is gonna be my thing.

 

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Uh,

 

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Jim Murphy: oh.

 

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I was definitely obsessed.

 

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It was a full on obsession

since I was little.

 

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I was gonna be a superstar.

 

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That was all I wanted.

 

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Nothing else.

 

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Marc Preston: I always looked at,

uh, when I got to school and there

 

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were these girls who were doing the,

and guys who were doing gymnastics

 

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when they had practice before school.

 

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I'm like, I would never play a sport

where I had to practice before school.

 

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You know?

 

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There was just no way.

 

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Yeah.

 

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Yeah.

 

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Jim Murphy: That's a tough one.

 

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It was like rowers, look

 

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Marc Preston: at ro,

like, that is intense.

 

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Or swimmers.

 

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With your time with the Rangers, what,

what was your, uh, coaching duty there?

 

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Were you, were you with the team

in Arlington or were you with one

 

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of their, uh, farm system teams?

 

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Jim Murphy: Yeah, I

was in the farm system.

 

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So the way it works as a pro baseball

coach is very similar to a player

 

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1. Um, so a player gets drafted,

they go usually to single A and

 

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then try and work their way up.

 

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Aa, aa major leagues.

 

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And so it's similar to, to coaching.

 

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Um, so I started off with the,

uh, um, Savannah sand nets.

 

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Um, I was the hidden coach.

 

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So, um, typically on a professional

baseball team in the minor leagues,

 

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they'll have the head coach is

the manager, and then they have

 

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assistant coach, um, two assistants,

one's the pitching coach, deals

 

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with the pitchers, and then other

assistant deals with the hitters.

 

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And so I was the hitting assistant coach.

 

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Marc Preston: So is your coaching, like,

you're developing your, uh, uh, I don't

 

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wanna say style, but kind of you're,

you're, you're developing a better

 

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understanding I guess not just of yourself

as an athlete, but of, you know, how to

 

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impart that knowledge on other folks.

 

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I'm assuming that that

was a different skill.

 

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What was that hard for you to do

that, to transition from playing

 

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it, to coaching it at all?

 

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Jim Murphy: Well, I'll tell you

kind of what I learned a few things.

 

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Um, well typically.

 

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Um, I would guess 90% of pro

baseball coaches have no training.

 

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They're just players.

 

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I shouldn't say just they're

players who the coach liked and

 

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said, Hey, you, you want a coach?

 

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Mm-hmm.

 

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And their career's over

what else they got to do.

 

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Um, sure.

 

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That's 90% of pro baseball

coaches or players that decide

 

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to coach without any training.

 

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They have no training

in, in coaching, per se.

 

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They have training in playing.

 

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Um, I. And, uh, what I did

was, was completely different.

 

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I got, um, had no interest in

coaching and, um, my career was over.

 

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I'm in my twenties.

 

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I'm, I'm in Seattle driving a

truck for FedEx downtown Seattle.

 

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My college teammate, um, was

coaching at O'Day High School,

 

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inner city Seattle, and, and he

said, Jim, would you take over the.

 

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My team and I, um, I took over his team

and then we went undefeated, and then

 

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I decided I wanted to become a coach.

 

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Marc Preston: About how long ago was this?

 

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When you were, when you kinda made

that next transition in your life

 

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from doing, you know, something in the

working world, it's like, okay, this

 

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coaching thing, rocks, I wanna do this.

 

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Jim Murphy: Yeah.

 

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So I, like I said, I had no interest

in coaching and then I get, I asked

 

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the coach to the high school team.

 

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I got off work downtown Seattle at 3:00

PM the school was downtown Seattle.

 

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Practice started at three 30.

 

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I was like, okay, I'll try it.

 

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Um, I just had no.

 

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Interest, no idea if I could help

anybody or if it would be fun at all.

 

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And then they had a losing

record the year before.

 

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We never lost.

 

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And so I was like, oh.

 

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And then I had so much fun with the kids.

 

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Mm-hmm.

 

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So that's when I was like, okay,

I wanna be a major league manager.

 

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So that's, so that started this journey

of, well, how do I go from coaching

 

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15 year olds to managing the Yankees

in the World Series or the Rangers?

 

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And so then I ended up getting a master's

at University of British Columbia.

 

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Started the baseball team there,

went and played football for them.

 

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My plan was to, to get a master's in

PE and then get a job teaching PE at

 

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a high school in the States and then,

um, so I can pay the bills and then

 

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coach the team to win a championship,

get a job in college, and do the same

 

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thing and then, and then work my way up.

 

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Yeah, that,

 

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Marc Preston: that would

make a lot of sense.

 

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If you're a PE coach, but you,

you're coming from a professional,

 

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it seems like only a matter of time

before they put you in a position

 

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of coaching the baseball team.

 

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Is that kind of the, the way you think

is like, okay, you see the target where

 

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you want to go and you just start.

 

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Kind of mapping it out immediately

or is that kind of the way you,

 

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you know, you usually assemble

your, your path as it were?

 

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Jim Murphy: Yeah.

 

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My, my personality is, is, um, as I

look back on it, I, I guess, kind of

 

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obsessive compared to the average person.

 

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Um, I mean, it's not very typical to give

away over half your possessions and move

 

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to the desert, live a life of solitude.

 

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That's, I think, fairly atypical.

 

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Um, growing up obsessed about being a

superstar, um, and then spending five

 

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years full-time writing and researching

this, the book Inner Excellence.

 

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That's, you know, not super common.

 

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Um, I'm not saying these are great things,

like I think someone with less fear

 

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than me would've finished the book much

sooner, wouldn't take them five years.

 

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Um, it was a combination of the

perfectionism, which really limits,

 

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can limit your freedom and, um.

 

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And then fear.

 

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I think

 

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Marc Preston: it's the first time a

lot of people get introduced to you.

 

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I mean, you put a book out there,

it's out there permanently.

 

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I mean, I, I would be nervous

about putting it out there.

 

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Uh, you know.

 

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Yeah.

 

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But to kind of go back to when you

were younger, what do you think was

 

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the impetus for that initial drive

saying, okay, I, you know, I wanna

 

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be a professional, uh, athlete.

 

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I wanna do this.

 

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What made you want kind of set that bar.

 

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Like exceptionally high for

yourself out of the gate Was, was

 

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there family influence in that?

 

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Were you just as, who you're

watching on TV or reading or

 

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you know, what was that for you?

 

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Jim Murphy: Well, I think one

thing that is unique is, is

 

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my mom's Samurai background.

 

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Um, I. And so she's grew up in

Japan and had the Samurai lineage.

 

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And so we talk about that in the book.

 

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Um, and I think that's unique.

 

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Her extreme discipline I think was

obviously part of my personality,

 

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well, sorry, I shouldn't say that.

 

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My mom was very disciplined.

 

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I wasn't or haven't been.

 

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Mm-hmm.

 

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But I think that culture that I grew up

in, I just, I guess growing up I'm um.

 

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I just felt I was destined for

greatness as a superstar athlete.

 

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Mm-hmm.

 

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I always really had big dreams as I,

when I was little and I just thought

 

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the best possible life was to be a

superstar athlete and be on the cover of

 

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magazines and I was gonna live that life.

 

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And then when I got injured and lost

it all, it was really devastating.

 

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And so since, um, since then I've

realized that, um, what I've always

 

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really wanted was to feel fully alive.

 

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I just.

 

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Thought the best possible life was

to have all the girls and, and have

 

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the guys, you know, want to be you

and have all the money and fame.

 

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And that's what I thought it was.

 

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And obviously now I realize

it's much different.

 

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Marc Preston: You know, when

you're younger, if you're driven

 

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by different things for different

reasons, some make sense, some don't.

 

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I had this, I hardheaded

mentality on a lot of stuff.

 

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Somebody said, well, this thing you want

to do, it's, you know, competitive or a

 

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lot of people wanna do it or whatever.

 

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It's like, well, somebody's gotta do

it, you know, might as well be me.

 

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You know?

 

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You know, it's like that kind of blissful

thing when you're young of not really

 

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understanding what might be stacked

against you is probably helpful too.

 

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But now you'd mentioned your mother having

the samurai background, which is awesome.

 

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What was your father's background?

 

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Uh, where, where was he originally from?

 

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Jim Murphy: Uh, yeah, his, his

family came over from Ireland.

 

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Um, and so he grew up, he was born in

Minnesota and uh, um, grew up on a farm.

 

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Marc Preston: So did your mother move

over here with her family, or did, did

 

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they meet, meet somewhere overseas?

 

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I.

 

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Jim Murphy: Yeah, my dad, uh,

joined the Air Force and, uh, was

 

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a code breaker in the Air Force

and then met my mom in Tokyo.

 

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Marc Preston: Do you have a connection

to, is there sort of like a visceral

 

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vibe you got like that connects you to

that aspect, that culture that you know

 

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through your mother, uh, or, oh, yes.

 

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Yes, for sure.

 

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Jim Murphy: There, it's, I don't, it

feels like if there can be a connection

 

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that's deeper than just personal

personality, I feel like I have it.

 

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Um.

 

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I mean, there's so many

things to love about Japan.

 

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For anyone.

 

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I think like the safety is incredible.

 

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Maybe the safest country in the world.

 

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Mm-hmm.

 

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Um, the cleanliness, it's

like spotless and even Tokyo.

 

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And, um, I. The food incredible.

 

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The honor, the, the smiles

and bows, the politeness.

 

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Mm-hmm.

 

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I mean, there's so many amazing things.

 

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Marc Preston: Um, you know, one of

the things I like that they still

 

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do over there is there's, you, you

must have business cards on you.

 

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That's the one of those OG things

I still like is business cards.

 

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You know?

 

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Mm-hmm.

 

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There's a almost, not ceremony, but

you know, it's sort of like you shake

 

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somebody's hand, you also give 'em your

business card, but, uh, but for you, what

 

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is it that if you could, uh, define a,

a couple things or even one thing that.

 

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You find that really resonates

with you, that you feel like,

 

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okay, that's my connection.

 

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Whether it be something historical,

something, an experience you had something

 

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that kind of says, this is, you know what?

 

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Jim Murphy: I, I think about that now.

 

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I, I realize I really like order,

um, having kind of a perfectionist,

 

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uh, personality in the.

 

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And so the cleanliness, the order of

the trains, um, and then the, the honor.

 

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And that's a huge, huge thing,

uh, that I really is so important

 

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to me, honor and respect.

 

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Um, not.

 

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Not getting it for myself, but giving it.

 

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Mm-hmm.

 

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Um, and I see that there, um, when I

compare America to Japan, both countries

 

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have amazing qualities and, uh, um,

some of the, I think one of the basic

 

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differences in America is that it's

a very individual oriented culture.

 

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Japan is a very group oriented, that's

much more my style, community oriented.

 

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Mm-hmm.

 

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Oriented.

 

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Um, I'm not saying, well,

I, I do think it's how we're

 

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created to live in community.

 

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Um, like when I say community to

community, I mean, is is sharing your

 

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things in common and, and serving others?

 

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Um.

 

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And, and, but I think every culture

in the world is, um, more community

 

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oriented, oriented than America.

 

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Marc Preston: I believe that as well.

 

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Jim Murphy: Yeah.

 

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America is very individual oriented

and that's got some great things.

 

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Like when you're very group oriented,

it can, you, the individual can get lost

 

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when you're very individual oriented

and human nature is to be self-centered.

 

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Now we can run into a lot of fear,

anxiety, and finger pointing and, and,

 

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uh, turf guarding and self-protection.

 

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And so that happens a lot in America.

 

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I love America's the, the sports

culture because obviously I love sports

 

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and the people are amazing and so.

 

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Marc Preston: Thing I, I remember

watching, uh, it was Anthony Bourdain.

 

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He went to a baseball game in Japan.

 

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I like the crowd aspect

of Japanese baseball.

 

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It, what it reminds me of is the

Japanese version, people that are

 

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really into soccer, you know, like

it's part of your identity almost.

 

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I've always wanted go to

baseball game in Japan.

 

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Have you been to one before?

 

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Jim Murphy: Yeah.

 

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Yeah.

 

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It's amazing.

 

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It is.

 

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It is very much, uh, um, much more like

an American football game or soccer

 

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game, which nonstop cheering and, and,

uh, yeah, it's pretty, pretty cool.

 

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Marc Preston: So if you were to say the

Samurai culture, Japanese culture, what,

 

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what aspects of that in your theory

that found its way into your book,

 

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what, what aspects of Japanese culture

translated do you think to your philosophy

 

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on life and success and whatnot?

 

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Jim Murphy: Oh yeah, for sure.

 

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Um, sacrificial love, surrender, um.

 

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Uh, honor, um, ego mastery.

 

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I think those are the biggest ones,

 

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Marc Preston: which in professional

sports, I think that ego mastery thing,

 

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you know, if you got a, if you get a

hold of that, that's, I don't know, just

 

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the baseball players I grew up watching.

 

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The ones that just some kind

of seem to be cool cats just.

 

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Like my, my, my, my guy was, uh, Nolan

Ryan, you know, and you know, you know,

 

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when Ventura charged the Mount, he got,

finally, he got blood all over him.

 

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He is like, I'm gonna keep on playing.

 

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I was like, there's this kind of, this

kind of like, steadiness to these guys,

 

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which I, I don't know, at a certain

level, I think, uh, I mean, I don't

 

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know that, uh, to be in your forties

and playing a game, you know, going from

 

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being a young man and doing it to, then

I think there's a certain kind of wisdom.

 

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I don't know.

 

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But who do you, who, which, which

baseball player did you meet that probably

 

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was the most influential in terms of.

 

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Not most influential, but somebody that

gave you some nuggets of wisdom and

 

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guidance that really resonated with

 

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Jim Murphy: you.

 

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Um, I, I read, uh, Ted Williams' book

and that inspired me 'cause I wanted to

 

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be the, the greatest hitter hitter ever.

 

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Um, my high school baseball coach, um,

he really, I. He's the first one that

 

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ever told me he was my summer league

and my high school coach, and I had no

 

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idea, like, just making the varsity when

I was a kid was such a big deal to me.

 

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And then, um, what he told me was

possible for me, it was like just

 

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completely changed my, my world.

 

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I was like, I had no idea that I could.

 

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You know, one day be

a pro baseball player.

 

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And so Larry book was,

was, um, very instrumental.

 

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Ken Griffey Jr. Was, uh, um, we're

about the same age, and actually one

 

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of my teammates played on his team.

 

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And, and, uh, um, I got to sit down with

him one time and he was, he was amazing.

 

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Uh, Ken Griffey Jr. The Hall of Fame

outfielder masters photographer.

 

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Marc Preston: You said

Master's photographer?

 

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Jim Murphy: Yeah, he's, he was

at the Masters, uh, last week.

 

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Oh, okay.

 

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Marc Preston: Okay.

 

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Yeah, I, uh.

 

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I told somebody this

yesterday, I'll tell you.

 

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Uh, it was just kind of funny.

 

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My, uh, grandfather back in

2004 was, uh, passing away and

 

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uh, he was still very sharp.

 

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He was a couple weeks before he was

at the hospital before he passed.

 

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And, you know, and I did voice,

he understood the radio thing.

 

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He didn't understand the voiceover thing.

 

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So, you know, outta the, as like

I did this project and the, uh,

 

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producer sent me the video 'cause

I did the voiceover for it.

 

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He said, you know, you can take that

with, because I was gonna, I was flying

 

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back to Dallas and checking in on

him and I was like, you know, I can

 

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show him this really cool project.

 

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And he, he did not understand

the voiceover thing, what I did.

 

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He had a general idea,

but I played it for him.

 

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He is like, now I get what you do.

 

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And it was, uh, it was me.

 

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Uh, it was 2000, yeah, it was 2004.

 

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I became the voice of the

Baseball Hall of fame.

 

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I said, see?

 

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I said, look, your grandson's

in the Hall of Fame.

 

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You know, so we got a laugh out of that.

 

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But when I was working on the project,

it was like a, uh, you, you really look

 

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at baseball for me has like a, a deep

history, you know, uh, it's everybody's

 

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pulling from somebody that inspired them

before there's this daisy chain you could

 

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connect all the way back to, you know,

babe Ruth or, you know, whatever have you.

 

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But who did you talk sports

story with when you were younger?

 

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Like grandfather, father, you know?

 

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Jim Murphy: Yeah, I didn't have that.

 

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So, um.

 

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Um, my family was, was, uh,

very, very strict, I guess.

 

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Um, and it wasn't sports oriented.

 

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Um, like, like I said, I was the

first of the last of five kids and,

 

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and all of a sudden this kid that

wants to play every single sport.

 

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And so in our family it was more, um.

 

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Um, being a pro athlete would, would

probably not be good for you because it

 

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would be create, um, pride and, uh, okay.

 

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And, and, and maybe, uh, um,

financial abundance could

 

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create other issues as well.

 

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And, and I, and I agree, it's dangerous.

 

438

00:18:31,679 --> 00:18:34,139

So, um, yeah, there I

didn't really have that.

 

439

00:18:34,605 --> 00:18:36,465

Marc Preston: Were you kind of the

outlier even with your friends?

 

440

00:18:36,465 --> 00:18:39,795

Like you were the one with, uh, with

the Ultra Drive and they're just wanting

 

441

00:18:39,795 --> 00:18:41,175

some fun sport to play, you know?

 

442

00:18:41,175 --> 00:18:43,995

Or did you have somebody in your,

like in your tribe that was also

 

443

00:18:44,025 --> 00:18:46,335

equally driven that you could,

that you could come up with?

 

444

00:18:46,455 --> 00:18:49,035

Jim Murphy: Well, it's, I was gonna

say, I mean, I feel like all of my

 

445

00:18:49,035 --> 00:18:52,275

friends kind of wanted to be, superstar

means league baseball players.

 

446

00:18:52,275 --> 00:18:54,075

Like who didn't, or NFL or NBA.

 

447

00:18:54,675 --> 00:18:59,235

But on the flip side, the Lake Young's

Elementary was right behind my, right next

 

448

00:18:59,235 --> 00:19:01,455

to our yard in the, um, the soccer field.

 

449

00:19:01,455 --> 00:19:03,315

And, and I would, um.

 

450

00:19:03,540 --> 00:19:07,075

Go into the woods and, and cut a tree

branch off and make a, a baseball bat.

 

451

00:19:07,075 --> 00:19:10,225

And then I would sit in the, in the,

I would stand in the parking lot, the

 

452

00:19:10,225 --> 00:19:14,455

gravel parking lot, and I would hit

rocks into the woods for hours and

 

453

00:19:14,455 --> 00:19:18,355

hours, like four or five hours a day,

just hitting 'em into the woods and

 

454

00:19:18,355 --> 00:19:20,095

just playing these games with myself.

 

455

00:19:20,455 --> 00:19:22,255

Um, full nine inning games.

 

456

00:19:22,260 --> 00:19:23,515

And, and so.

 

457

00:19:24,465 --> 00:19:30,045

Um, I never met another kid that did that,

and so I guess that was somewhat unique.

 

458

00:19:30,045 --> 00:19:33,165

I know reading, I've read Brooks

Robinson did that with a broomstick.

 

459

00:19:33,645 --> 00:19:37,980

Um, and then I feel bad for

Brooks because I. A broomstick

 

460

00:19:37,980 --> 00:19:39,090

would be horrible to do it.

 

461

00:19:39,090 --> 00:19:41,880

Like there's no way he was hitting

balls as rocks as far as I was.

 

462

00:19:41,970 --> 00:19:43,080

Even though he is a hall of famer.

 

463

00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:44,970

Yeah, with that little broomstick.

 

464

00:19:44,970 --> 00:19:48,300

'cause you, you need, obviously with a

broomstick, there's no, uh, no head on it.

 

465

00:19:48,300 --> 00:19:50,880

It's only like an inch in the barrel.

 

466

00:19:51,660 --> 00:19:54,270

Marc Preston: You had that initial, uh,

I don't wanna say initial, but you know,

 

467

00:19:54,270 --> 00:19:56,130

your kid, you just, you had a mindset.

 

468

00:19:56,155 --> 00:19:58,014

Pew, laser sharp, focus.

 

469

00:19:58,014 --> 00:19:58,885

You wanna do this thing?

 

470

00:19:58,945 --> 00:20:02,425

Looking back on that, did you feel like

that was a good thing, not a good thing?

 

471

00:20:02,425 --> 00:20:03,595

Or did you have any feeling on that?

 

472

00:20:03,595 --> 00:20:06,955

That's just kind of where you were at

as far as being that young and having

 

473

00:20:06,955 --> 00:20:08,365

that kind of like singular focus?

 

474

00:20:08,365 --> 00:20:08,695

You know,

 

475

00:20:09,205 --> 00:20:11,635

Jim Murphy: I think it's,

it's a great thing to have big

 

476

00:20:11,635 --> 00:20:13,524

dreams and I think the, um.

 

477

00:20:14,550 --> 00:20:18,810

Most people, the older they get

the, the smaller their dreams get

 

478

00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:21,690

because they keep getting hurt and

they, they, you know, they get, they

 

479

00:20:21,690 --> 00:20:24,510

fail and then they get wounded and,

oh, I don't wanna try that again.

 

480

00:20:24,510 --> 00:20:25,860

Or, oh, I don't wanna risk that again.

 

481

00:20:25,860 --> 00:20:28,830

And that's what, so that by the

time people become adults, they,

 

482

00:20:28,919 --> 00:20:30,690

they, they're hurt so many times.

 

483

00:20:30,690 --> 00:20:31,800

They just keep shrinking back.

 

484

00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:36,179

And, and so that's why I get inspired

when people have big dreams and most

 

485

00:20:36,179 --> 00:20:37,860

people's dreams are just way too small.

 

486

00:20:37,860 --> 00:20:40,139

Even if your dreams to be world

number one, it's way too small.

 

487

00:20:40,695 --> 00:20:42,795

Um, because you don't even know

what that's gonna make you happy.

 

488

00:20:43,365 --> 00:20:50,625

Um, and so, um, pursuing a dream of,

of, uh, um, living with fullness of life

 

489

00:20:50,625 --> 00:20:51,825

and making a difference in the world.

 

490

00:20:51,825 --> 00:20:53,175

Now that's, that's powerful.

 

491

00:21:00,165 --> 00:21:02,445

Marc Preston: If you could say, okay, this

is the target, this is the personality.

 

492

00:21:02,445 --> 00:21:07,215

I wanna, I wanna reach with my, uh, with

my thoughts, you know, in this book.

 

493

00:21:07,215 --> 00:21:08,895

Who, who do you think that would be?

 

494

00:21:09,825 --> 00:21:13,215

Jim Murphy: Well, initially I set out

to write the best book ever written on

 

495

00:21:13,425 --> 00:21:15,345

performance for professional athletes.

 

496

00:21:15,405 --> 00:21:16,245

That was the plan.

 

497

00:21:17,205 --> 00:21:22,125

And then what I found when I was in

the desert was that, um, the path to

 

498

00:21:22,125 --> 00:21:25,965

the best possible life and the path

to the most peace and confidence under

 

499

00:21:25,965 --> 00:21:27,555

the most pressure was the same path.

 

500

00:21:28,305 --> 00:21:32,985

And so, um, it's a wholehearted path

where you learn to be fully engaged

 

501

00:21:32,985 --> 00:21:35,355

in the moment, unattached to the

results of what you're trying to do.

 

502

00:21:35,355 --> 00:21:36,765

And so that's for all of us.

 

503

00:21:37,125 --> 00:21:39,795

Anyone wants that, wants to

live, um, with fullness of life.

 

504

00:21:40,215 --> 00:21:42,645

And so if you learn to do

that, then you'll be a better

 

505

00:21:42,645 --> 00:21:44,475

performer, better school teacher.

 

506

00:21:45,074 --> 00:21:46,395

Better mom, et cetera.

 

507

00:21:46,695 --> 00:21:49,485

Marc Preston: You gotta tell me more

about your, this desert experience.

 

508

00:21:49,514 --> 00:21:52,245

I gotta know a little bit more because

you've alluded to it a couple times.

 

509

00:21:52,245 --> 00:21:54,584

You know, what, what kind of, I

guess, elaborate what happened?

 

510

00:21:54,584 --> 00:21:57,405

What was the impetus of doing

that and what was the, you know,

 

511

00:21:57,615 --> 00:21:59,024

what was the outcome as it were?

 

512

00:21:59,145 --> 00:21:59,324

Jim Murphy: Yeah.

 

513

00:21:59,324 --> 00:22:03,615

My, uh, um, my baseball career

ended in my twenties with an injury.

 

514

00:22:03,885 --> 00:22:09,225

And, uh, um, I was driving a

truck for FedEx and then that, uh.

 

515

00:22:09,660 --> 00:22:12,000

That's when I got asked to coach

the high school baseball team.

 

516

00:22:12,390 --> 00:22:18,330

Then I worked my way into the pros,

and that really, uh, um, um, that one

 

517

00:22:18,330 --> 00:22:23,160

year with the Rangers, um, it just

was, I felt like a failure because I

 

518

00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:26,760

left mid, mid midway through the season

and it just, it wasn't a good fit.

 

519

00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,070

I wasn't able to coach and

they just wanted me to watch

 

520

00:22:29,070 --> 00:22:30,780

and pay attention and mm-hmm.

 

521

00:22:31,020 --> 00:22:34,500

Um, but then after that, coaching

the Olympics with South Africa

 

522

00:22:34,500 --> 00:22:35,760

extraordinary experience.

 

523

00:22:36,915 --> 00:22:38,280

I love that team, love those guys.

 

524

00:22:38,700 --> 00:22:44,280

And, uh, um, but so after the Olympics,

that's when I was like, I went back to

 

525

00:22:44,340 --> 00:22:47,340

being a personal trainer, which I did

in grad school to pay, pay the bills.

 

526

00:22:47,340 --> 00:22:49,649

And I went back to doing that, trying

to figure out what to do with my life.

 

527

00:22:49,649 --> 00:22:55,230

And then that's when my girlfriend

Maria, she said, um, she could

 

528

00:22:55,230 --> 00:22:56,340

tell I was getting restless.

 

529

00:22:56,730 --> 00:22:57,840

I'm trying to figure out.

 

530

00:22:58,395 --> 00:23:00,525

I always wanted to do

something extraordinary.

 

531

00:23:01,155 --> 00:23:04,995

And then, um, she kind of asked me what

I was doing with my life, and that's

 

532

00:23:04,995 --> 00:23:09,135

when I decided to, uh, give away over

half my possessions and including my tv.

 

533

00:23:09,135 --> 00:23:12,195

This is before streaming, moved

to the desert and live a life of

 

534

00:23:12,195 --> 00:23:15,345

solitude to, to find something that,

that I could devote my life to,

 

535

00:23:15,675 --> 00:23:15,975

Marc Preston: you know?

 

536

00:23:15,975 --> 00:23:16,785

What did that give you?

 

537

00:23:16,815 --> 00:23:20,205

What did you, what was your experience,

even just the solitude aspect of

 

538

00:23:20,205 --> 00:23:20,295

Jim Murphy: it?

 

539

00:23:20,325 --> 00:23:22,275

Um, well, it was lonely.

 

540

00:23:23,235 --> 00:23:27,017

One of my first New Year's Eve, I'm,

I'm in an empty house and I, and I

 

541

00:23:27,022 --> 00:23:29,325

hear a noise and I go outside and

I see fireworks and that's when I

 

542

00:23:29,325 --> 00:23:30,855

first found out it was New Year's.

 

543

00:23:31,545 --> 00:23:34,215

So, um, yeah.

 

544

00:23:34,215 --> 00:23:37,545

And I got rid of my TV because

I didn't wanna waste my time in

 

545

00:23:37,545 --> 00:23:42,225

the desert, be totally lonely

and waste that time watching tv.

 

546

00:23:42,230 --> 00:23:42,410

Mm-hmm.

 

547

00:23:42,495 --> 00:23:44,445

So I knew I had to get

rid of the TV as well.

 

548

00:23:44,655 --> 00:23:45,795

So that's what I did.

 

549

00:23:45,795 --> 00:23:47,415

And, and, uh, um.

 

550

00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:49,410

Yeah, it was, it was hard.

 

551

00:23:49,590 --> 00:23:53,580

Um, but I did that so I could, I

just wanted to make sure I found

 

552

00:23:53,580 --> 00:23:56,340

something that I could devote my

life to that some worthy cause.

 

553

00:23:56,430 --> 00:24:00,840

And, uh, so initially I thought it

was that worthy cause was to be a,

 

554

00:24:01,050 --> 00:24:04,320

a personal coach to, to pro baseball

players and teach 'em how to have

 

555

00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:07,950

peace, some confidence under pressure,

which I still do, but now I realize

 

556

00:24:07,950 --> 00:24:09,570

that was far too low of a goal.

 

557

00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:10,050

Um.

 

558

00:24:10,755 --> 00:24:14,685

You know, now I, I try to, uh, um,

make a difference in the lives of

 

559

00:24:14,685 --> 00:24:17,655

people, uh, especially athletes

and leaders all over the world.

 

560

00:24:18,735 --> 00:24:20,715

Share, share God's love,

wisdom, and courage with him.

 

561

00:24:21,165 --> 00:24:22,635

Marc Preston: How long

were you in the desert for?

 

562

00:24:22,815 --> 00:24:23,655

Two and a half years.

 

563

00:24:23,835 --> 00:24:24,345

Wow.

 

564

00:24:24,345 --> 00:24:26,445

That's a, that's a nice stretch.

 

565

00:24:26,685 --> 00:24:27,076

What did.

 

566

00:24:27,615 --> 00:24:30,524

Your friends, family, what kind of

feedback were they giving you on this

 

567

00:24:30,524 --> 00:24:32,115

decision you made to be in the desert?

 

568

00:24:32,325 --> 00:24:33,585

Jim Murphy: Um, well there's two things.

 

569

00:24:33,585 --> 00:24:35,295

One, it's not like I was in a teepee.

 

570

00:24:35,295 --> 00:24:38,865

I was in town and I lived in a house,

well, I lived in the baseball academy.

 

571

00:24:38,865 --> 00:24:41,835

My friend Ricky's the one that

invited me down to help him.

 

572

00:24:41,955 --> 00:24:45,165

Um, so I helped him out part-time

and I lived there for a few months.

 

573

00:24:45,585 --> 00:24:47,865

Um, there's no shower,

so I showered at the gym.

 

574

00:24:48,345 --> 00:24:48,885

Um.

 

575

00:24:49,530 --> 00:24:52,920

And then, uh, um, so yeah, being

there two and a half years, it

 

576

00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,610

was, it was, um, it was lonely.

 

577

00:24:56,850 --> 00:25:00,210

Um, actually my parents and sister

moved in for part of that time.

 

578

00:25:00,630 --> 00:25:04,050

Um, but I would leave like at 7:00

AM and come back at 8:00 PM just go

 

579

00:25:04,050 --> 00:25:07,830

to the coffee shop all day to work in

the book and or work at the academy.

 

580

00:25:08,534 --> 00:25:13,514

Um, the reason why I left is because

I knew that my family, it was, it all

 

581

00:25:13,514 --> 00:25:17,475

actually started off with the show,

Ellen, from the, from the eighties or

 

582

00:25:17,475 --> 00:25:22,335

whenever in the nineties, Uhhuh, this

one episode, she was moving out from

 

583

00:25:22,335 --> 00:25:25,665

her best friend's apartment and her

friend was like, why are you leaving?

 

584

00:25:25,665 --> 00:25:26,325

And, and.

 

585

00:25:27,014 --> 00:25:29,835

She was like, her friend was

like, um, why are you leaving?

 

586

00:25:29,895 --> 00:25:31,035

We have the best time together.

 

587

00:25:31,035 --> 00:25:34,425

We can sit around and, and just do

nothing and just have so much fun.

 

588

00:25:34,425 --> 00:25:35,925

And she said, that's why I'm leaving.

 

589

00:25:36,645 --> 00:25:40,875

Ah, because we have so much fun

together and can do nothing together.

 

590

00:25:40,965 --> 00:25:45,345

And in five years I can still be here,

have done nothing for five years.

 

591

00:25:45,345 --> 00:25:46,185

That's why I need to go.

 

592

00:25:47,024 --> 00:25:49,305

And so I thought that exact thing.

 

593

00:25:49,305 --> 00:25:53,355

If I stay here, um, my friends

and family will say, why would

 

594

00:25:53,355 --> 00:25:54,645

you leave your life's great?

 

595

00:25:54,885 --> 00:25:55,965

Don't do anything different.

 

596

00:25:56,380 --> 00:25:58,240

You know, we love you,

your clients love you.

 

597

00:25:58,480 --> 00:25:59,530

No need to leave.

 

598

00:25:59,530 --> 00:26:02,500

And I knew I had to get away from

anyone that was gonna stop me from

 

599

00:26:03,220 --> 00:26:05,230

thinking completely new thoughts.

 

600

00:26:05,260 --> 00:26:05,350

Mm-hmm.

 

601

00:26:05,590 --> 00:26:10,750

And, um, if anything was possible,

like I always, um, suggest for

 

602

00:26:10,750 --> 00:26:14,170

any question, always start with if

anything's possible, what would you do?

 

603

00:26:14,170 --> 00:26:14,320

Not.

 

604

00:26:14,515 --> 00:26:18,025

Not looking at your current

circumstances and looking up.

 

605

00:26:18,025 --> 00:26:21,085

We wanna look at it if anything's

possible and work backwards from there.

 

606

00:26:21,625 --> 00:26:26,095

And so, um, I wanted to start with a,

a, a fresh slate and not have anyone

 

607

00:26:26,185 --> 00:26:30,625

that knew my prior life to think of

me in terms that would hold me back.

 

608

00:26:30,775 --> 00:26:32,725

Marc Preston: There's a through

line from, you know, your mother

 

609

00:26:32,815 --> 00:26:34,615

with the, the samurai background.

 

610

00:26:34,945 --> 00:26:36,325

Did, did it kind of

resonate with her at all?

 

611

00:26:36,325 --> 00:26:39,775

Kinda like, okay, this is, this is,

you're doing a thing that's, you

 

612

00:26:39,775 --> 00:26:42,595

know, you're not trying to be as a

big athlete earning all this money.

 

613

00:26:42,595 --> 00:26:43,375

You're doing something.

 

614

00:26:43,535 --> 00:26:46,865

You're going within, you know,

did, did, did she dig that?

 

615

00:26:46,895 --> 00:26:47,975

Did she think that was cool?

 

616

00:26:48,215 --> 00:26:50,885

Jim Murphy: My mom had such a

big influence on my life with

 

617

00:26:50,885 --> 00:26:53,615

her discipline and her passion.

 

618

00:26:54,095 --> 00:26:57,155

I was so kind of obsessive, determined.

 

619

00:26:57,215 --> 00:27:01,445

I just, you know, kind of

made my own decision and, um.

 

620

00:27:02,909 --> 00:27:07,949

You know, I think my parents were

probably concerned, um, like most parents

 

621

00:27:07,949 --> 00:27:10,020

would be like, what is this kid doing?

 

622

00:27:10,740 --> 00:27:13,740

Um, but I mean, I was, I was,

I, I wasn't a kid anymore.

 

623

00:27:13,740 --> 00:27:16,949

I was, I think, I don't know,

thirties, early thirties.

 

624

00:27:16,980 --> 00:27:17,070

Mm-hmm.

 

625

00:27:17,310 --> 00:27:24,090

So, but um, yeah, it does have

some of that, uh, I guess, uh, um,

 

626

00:27:24,179 --> 00:27:27,780

Japanese culture ish, uh, samurai Zen.

 

627

00:27:28,365 --> 00:27:29,355

Possibilities around it.

 

628

00:27:29,355 --> 00:27:29,505

Yeah.

 

629

00:27:30,105 --> 00:27:32,205

Marc Preston: Well, what now you're

talking about the setting the goals

 

630

00:27:32,205 --> 00:27:35,865

and basically you setting high bar,

uh, what are you looking at now in

 

631

00:27:35,865 --> 00:27:38,535

life and, you know, I know you've,

you've got this, this book and you're

 

632

00:27:38,565 --> 00:27:41,535

doing the audiobook portion, which I

know can be a bear, you know, what,

 

633

00:27:41,535 --> 00:27:42,765

what goals are you now setting?

 

634

00:27:42,765 --> 00:27:45,615

What things are starting to come into

focus that would make sense for you

 

635

00:27:45,615 --> 00:27:48,045

for something else to, to go after?

 

636

00:27:48,915 --> 00:27:52,275

Jim Murphy: My whole life I've ob

obsessed about being a superstar.

 

637

00:27:52,335 --> 00:27:56,835

Um, and even, even before January

12th when everything kind of changed

 

638

00:27:56,835 --> 00:27:59,745

with AJ Brown reading the book and

on the sidelines against the Packers,

 

639

00:28:00,075 --> 00:28:07,785

um, it's, there's, there's been so

much work on trying to build a life

 

640

00:28:07,815 --> 00:28:10,545

and most of my life is like trying

to build a life like most people.

 

641

00:28:11,055 --> 00:28:12,675

And, um.

 

642

00:28:13,350 --> 00:28:19,680

So now it's, it's definitely shifted

to, um, not trying to build a life,

 

643

00:28:19,830 --> 00:28:21,840

um, or anything for me, really.

 

644

00:28:22,290 --> 00:28:25,980

Um, although I will, I. Gladly

participate in anything that happens.

 

645

00:28:26,430 --> 00:28:28,860

Um, I wanna make a difference

all over the world.

 

646

00:28:28,860 --> 00:28:33,570

Like, so, I'm so grateful that the book's

gonna be translated into so far, I don't

 

647

00:28:33,570 --> 00:28:35,670

know, 25 languages or something like that.

 

648

00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:39,150

Um, and with the worldwide launch

coming up in really excited for

 

649

00:28:39,150 --> 00:28:40,170

the launch around the world.

 

650

00:28:40,395 --> 00:28:43,245

Marc Preston: That's gotta be ex exciting,

especially just the, the amount of work

 

651

00:28:43,245 --> 00:28:44,834

and heart and effort you put into it.

 

652

00:28:45,014 --> 00:28:46,544

That's a wonderful accomplishment.

 

653

00:28:47,054 --> 00:28:49,695

We, you saw AJ Brown on

the sidelines reading it.

 

654

00:28:49,695 --> 00:28:52,364

I mean, did you see it or did

somebody tell you about it?

 

655

00:28:52,574 --> 00:28:54,225

And then how did you find out?

 

656

00:28:54,465 --> 00:28:57,735

Jim Murphy: I was in a hotel room

watching Penn State play Notre Dame, a

 

657

00:28:57,735 --> 00:28:59,114

bowl game that was a couple weeks old.

 

658

00:28:59,114 --> 00:29:02,294

And, and then I saw my text

and I thought my mom had died

 

659

00:29:02,294 --> 00:29:03,614

because, uh, she was dying.

 

660

00:29:04,304 --> 00:29:06,915

We, that's why I thought there

were so many texts, but that's,

 

661

00:29:06,975 --> 00:29:09,405

people were telling me, I gotta

watch this, uh, football game.

 

662

00:29:09,764 --> 00:29:12,254

Marc Preston: Have you had an opportunity

to chat with AJ Brown about it?

 

663

00:29:12,254 --> 00:29:15,760

Like, Hey, you know, by the way, thanks

for reading my book, you know, you know,

 

664

00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:17,294

or have you had any interaction with him?

 

665

00:29:18,375 --> 00:29:19,185

Jim Murphy: Yeah, yeah.

 

666

00:29:19,185 --> 00:29:20,085

I, I have great guy.

 

667

00:29:20,085 --> 00:29:22,304

Um, very soft spoken, nice guy.

 

668

00:29:22,695 --> 00:29:27,465

Um, we've, we've talked a few times

and I think, um, I wanna make sure

 

669

00:29:27,465 --> 00:29:33,919

that, I wanna make sure that people

realize that, um, this is what AJ.

 

670

00:29:34,425 --> 00:29:40,245

Brown did, um, was kind of a,

um, a launching point for lives

 

671

00:29:40,245 --> 00:29:41,715

getting changed around the world.

 

672

00:29:42,255 --> 00:29:45,915

Um, my life changed, but I'm

one person out of 8 billion.

 

673

00:29:46,035 --> 00:29:47,805

Like, that's not a big deal.

 

674

00:29:48,345 --> 00:29:52,035

What's a big deal is millions of

lives that are gonna get changed.

 

675

00:29:52,215 --> 00:29:53,295

Marc Preston: Do you

have any kids by chance?

 

676

00:29:54,350 --> 00:29:54,945

Jim Murphy: Not yet.

 

677

00:29:54,945 --> 00:29:54,975

I

 

678

00:29:55,275 --> 00:29:56,535

Marc Preston: have nephews and nieces.

 

679

00:29:57,105 --> 00:30:00,435

Let's say, well, let's, let's, you know,

one of your nephews or nieces says to you.

 

680

00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:02,340

Who should I watch right now?

 

681

00:30:02,340 --> 00:30:06,030

Like who do you think is, is

an athlete who would in, would

 

682

00:30:06,030 --> 00:30:07,410

inspire me in all the right ways?

 

683

00:30:07,415 --> 00:30:08,910

Who, who do you think out there?

 

684

00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,130

Uh, well, even some guys from the past,

 

685

00:30:11,310 --> 00:30:15,420

Jim Murphy: well my nephews and

nieces are almost all hutterites

 

686

00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:18,570

with, they don't have TVs HU to

write is like an Amish, so they make

 

687

00:30:18,570 --> 00:30:19,740

their own clothes live on the farm.

 

688

00:30:19,740 --> 00:30:20,040

Oh really?

 

689

00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:26,940

And uh, um, so, so they're not, uh,

looking at athletes as role models.

 

690

00:30:27,060 --> 00:30:27,270

Um.

 

691

00:30:27,990 --> 00:30:32,190

You know, I think what AJ Brown did

was really powerful because what he

 

692

00:30:32,190 --> 00:30:38,610

did was, um, he showed us all that,

um, um, yes, you do have time to read.

 

693

00:30:39,330 --> 00:30:39,420

Mm-hmm.

 

694

00:30:39,810 --> 00:30:43,379

Um, if he can get it done,

then you can get it done.

 

695

00:30:43,379 --> 00:30:45,540

Like you're no busier than he is.

 

696

00:30:46,350 --> 00:30:49,710

And the other thing that he

did was he showed us that, um.

 

697

00:30:50,729 --> 00:30:54,719

He just provided an example of, of,

Hey, I'm gonna be true to myself.

 

698

00:30:54,719 --> 00:30:58,169

Like, I don't, I know people may think

this is crazy or I don't know what

 

699

00:30:58,169 --> 00:31:03,120

they're gonna think, but I know reading

inner excellence on the sidelines helps

 

700

00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:06,540

me get centered and focused and I'm

gonna do it and whatever they want to

 

701

00:31:06,540 --> 00:31:08,100

think they can think and so, mm-hmm.

 

702

00:31:08,340 --> 00:31:10,590

Him staying true to himself

is a powerful thing.

 

703

00:31:11,074 --> 00:31:12,449

Marc Preston: Now, what

are you working on next?

 

704

00:31:12,449 --> 00:31:15,060

Do you have any, uh, are you, like,

are you thinking Okay, another

 

705

00:31:15,060 --> 00:31:18,389

book, you know, or, or you, uh,

do you have any other projects

 

706

00:31:18,389 --> 00:31:19,415

you're, you're working on right now?

 

707

00:31:20,595 --> 00:31:21,105

Jim Murphy: I sure do.

 

708

00:31:21,465 --> 00:31:26,355

Um, well, we've got, uh, um, I,

I've got a book that's coming out

 

709

00:31:26,355 --> 00:31:29,085

called The Best Possible Life, uh,

how to Live With Deep Contaminant

 

710

00:31:29,085 --> 00:31:30,615

Joint Confidence No matter what.

 

711

00:31:30,675 --> 00:31:35,235

It's actually on Amazon now, but we're,

um, we're relaunching it for, um, I.

 

712

00:31:36,330 --> 00:31:40,169

I believe it's gonna be a hardcover

in the fall, so that'll probably

 

713

00:31:40,169 --> 00:31:41,669

come out, I think end of September.

 

714

00:31:42,239 --> 00:31:43,439

Um mm-hmm.

 

715

00:31:43,439 --> 00:31:44,820

In bookstores all over the world.

 

716

00:31:44,850 --> 00:31:48,659

And then, uh, um, working on a

workbook for Inner Excellence.

 

717

00:31:48,810 --> 00:31:51,330

And so that'll come out in 2026.

 

718

00:31:51,659 --> 00:31:54,120

So likely to be a podcast

coming out as well.

 

719

00:31:54,149 --> 00:31:56,669

Um, probably, uh, sometime

in the next six months.

 

720

00:31:56,820 --> 00:31:59,370

Marc Preston: Being sedentary isn't

something that you're really down with.

 

721

00:31:59,820 --> 00:32:01,254

It sounds like you got, uh, like to be.

 

722

00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:04,220

Constant forward mo, forward

momentum, motion, whatever have you.

 

723

00:32:04,400 --> 00:32:09,770

Jim Murphy: I think I've, I've, um, in my

mind have been one of the laziest people

 

724

00:32:09,770 --> 00:32:16,160

I know well, simultaneously taken on a

lot more than I can handle historically.

 

725

00:32:16,580 --> 00:32:16,670

Mm-hmm.

 

726

00:32:16,910 --> 00:32:19,940

Like always wanting, like, if

anything's possible, let's try it.

 

727

00:32:20,210 --> 00:32:24,770

I think discipline is something that

I, that, uh, and self-centeredness, two

 

728

00:32:24,770 --> 00:32:28,700

things that I really need to, could use

a lot of, uh, improvement on as far as.

 

729

00:32:29,429 --> 00:32:30,929

Having big dreams and goals.

 

730

00:32:30,929 --> 00:32:33,064

I mean, that's, I think that's

been part of me for my whole life.

 

731

00:32:33,615 --> 00:32:34,905

Marc Preston: What you

mentioned with AJ Brown.

 

732

00:32:34,905 --> 00:32:37,155

The other thing is, uh,

you can always be learning.

 

733

00:32:37,365 --> 00:32:40,245

You know that learning never

stops and the growth never stops.

 

734

00:32:40,245 --> 00:32:42,135

And I think that that

was one big takeaway.

 

735

00:32:42,135 --> 00:32:44,085

If somebody's sitting there

reading, I'm always kinda thinking,

 

736

00:32:44,085 --> 00:32:45,795

well, they're trying to get

some new knowledge, you know?

 

737

00:32:45,885 --> 00:32:46,125

Yeah.

 

738

00:32:46,155 --> 00:32:49,725

But if they're reading a book like

yours, obviously they're trying to

 

739

00:32:49,725 --> 00:32:51,345

keep building, keep moving, you know?

 

740

00:32:51,405 --> 00:32:52,935

Do you enjoy working more with.

 

741

00:32:53,185 --> 00:32:54,925

Like college, high school.

 

742

00:32:54,925 --> 00:32:55,195

Yeah.

 

743

00:32:55,254 --> 00:32:55,824

Professional.

 

744

00:32:55,824 --> 00:33:00,655

Is there a certain age or or station

of athlete that you like to work with?

 

745

00:33:00,834 --> 00:33:03,235

Jim Murphy: Um, my favorite person.

 

746

00:33:03,294 --> 00:33:06,955

Well, I wanna always wanna work with

someone that's really motivated, um, that

 

747

00:33:06,955 --> 00:33:08,455

wants to make a difference in the world.

 

748

00:33:08,455 --> 00:33:09,985

That's, that's probably my favorite.

 

749

00:33:10,435 --> 00:33:13,885

Um, I think the, uh.

 

750

00:33:14,625 --> 00:33:15,555

I love sports.

 

751

00:33:15,555 --> 00:33:18,135

And so if they're involved in

sports, that's amazing, but it could

 

752

00:33:18,135 --> 00:33:21,135

be a musician or anybody really

that's, that's really motivated.

 

753

00:33:21,135 --> 00:33:24,735

Wants to, to, uh, do something

great with their life, make

 

754

00:33:24,735 --> 00:33:25,545

a difference in the world.

 

755

00:33:25,965 --> 00:33:29,145

Um, I love young kids, especially

high school and college.

 

756

00:33:29,205 --> 00:33:31,215

Um, I just love their, their.

 

757

00:33:31,255 --> 00:33:38,515

Um, dreaming big and fearlessness and,

and, uh, um, just such great ideals and

 

758

00:33:38,515 --> 00:33:40,255

I want to be around that sort of energy.

 

759

00:33:40,375 --> 00:33:42,595

And so that's always very inspiring.

 

760

00:33:42,805 --> 00:33:49,795

I also love people that, that, uh, um,

wanna live out their faith and, and,

 

761

00:33:49,825 --> 00:33:51,475

and are willing to sacrifice to do it.

 

762

00:33:58,575 --> 00:34:00,945

Marc Preston: I have something

I do call my seven questions.

 

763

00:34:00,945 --> 00:34:02,865

Last thing we do, uh, a little extra fun.

 

764

00:34:03,285 --> 00:34:06,795

The first question I got is, what

is your favorite comfort food?

 

765

00:34:06,945 --> 00:34:08,054

That thing, bad day.

 

766

00:34:08,054 --> 00:34:09,315

Good day doesn't make a difference.

 

767

00:34:09,315 --> 00:34:11,895

You just, it's just makes you feel good.

 

768

00:34:12,810 --> 00:34:13,560

Jim Murphy: Oh, sushi.

 

769

00:34:13,799 --> 00:34:14,130

Yeah.

 

770

00:34:14,190 --> 00:34:15,330

I love, love sushi.

 

771

00:34:15,389 --> 00:34:15,960

I mean, New York

 

772

00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:17,969

Marc Preston: City is

like, it's dangerous.

 

773

00:34:18,060 --> 00:34:18,960

I'm very envious.

 

774

00:34:18,960 --> 00:34:21,480

We don't, we have like one

on the island here, but it's

 

775

00:34:21,630 --> 00:34:22,949

ah, I miss really good sushi.

 

776

00:34:23,279 --> 00:34:27,120

Now, if you were to sit down with three

folks, uh, you're gonna talk story

 

777

00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:30,480

a few hours, have a cup of coffee,

living or not, who would those three

 

778

00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:33,389

people be you would like to sit down

with for, for hours and have, well, we

 

779

00:34:33,665 --> 00:34:34,590

Jim Murphy: would take away Jesus Christ.

 

780

00:34:34,590 --> 00:34:36,120

'cause obviously that would be obvious.

 

781

00:34:36,150 --> 00:34:38,940

I think that doesn't take much

thought creator of the universe.

 

782

00:34:39,239 --> 00:34:40,230

We take away him.

 

783

00:34:40,725 --> 00:34:44,955

It'd probably be, uh, Solomon, um,

you know, the wisest person ever.

 

784

00:34:45,435 --> 00:34:50,355

Um, probably Moses the most humble person

ever, or at least at the, at his time.

 

785

00:34:50,444 --> 00:34:53,895

Um, and I think humble is,

um, and wisdom go together.

 

786

00:34:54,645 --> 00:34:57,420

And so, um, I. That

would be pretty amazing.

 

787

00:34:57,420 --> 00:35:01,259

And then kind of talk about the,

uh, um, the whole Red Sea thing.

 

788

00:35:01,259 --> 00:35:02,430

Hey, what was that like?

 

789

00:35:02,430 --> 00:35:03,240

That must have been cool.

 

790

00:35:03,930 --> 00:35:06,210

Um, the third one would be King David.

 

791

00:35:06,450 --> 00:35:11,759

Um, he, you know, he, uh, uh,

he was very human and made some

 

792

00:35:11,759 --> 00:35:14,460

horrible mistakes and, uh, um.

 

793

00:35:15,060 --> 00:35:18,000

When I think of he is someone

that really inspires me because

 

794

00:35:18,210 --> 00:35:22,259

he has turned into such an

extraordinary world changing person.

 

795

00:35:22,259 --> 00:35:22,350

Mm-hmm.

 

796

00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:25,439

But he did some horrible

things and God forgave him.

 

797

00:35:25,439 --> 00:35:28,919

So when I think about my life and how

some things that I've done have not

 

798

00:35:28,919 --> 00:35:33,060

been good, I was like, well, I didn't

kill people and, you know, I didn't,

 

799

00:35:33,060 --> 00:35:36,660

I wasn't a murderer and an adulterer

and all those things that David did.

 

800

00:35:37,290 --> 00:35:40,680

And so, uh, um, and he

went on to do great things.

 

801

00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:42,450

And so, um, I think those three would be.

 

802

00:35:42,945 --> 00:35:44,835

Marc Preston: You know, I'm curious

if it would be coffee or tea or

 

803

00:35:44,835 --> 00:35:46,065

what y'all be drinking at that.

 

804

00:35:46,065 --> 00:35:47,055

Uh, I would say coffee.

 

805

00:35:47,265 --> 00:35:47,745

That's my thing.

 

806

00:35:47,895 --> 00:35:51,375

If you were to go back when you were,

you know, a young guy, uh, you know,

 

807

00:35:51,375 --> 00:35:55,845

you were, you were a teen, who was your

first celebrity crush that you had?

 

808

00:35:56,759 --> 00:35:57,480

Jim Murphy: I don't know.

 

809

00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:01,529

I mean this kind of would date me

a little bit, but she's in a movie

 

810

00:36:01,529 --> 00:36:06,509

with Rob Lowe, um, Demi Moore, um,

oh yeah, when I was, yeah, young.

 

811

00:36:06,629 --> 00:36:09,359

Marc Preston: She's had a great revival

lately, you know, of, uh, doing some, I

 

812

00:36:09,359 --> 00:36:12,330

mean, she's always been working, but you

know, some great stuff out right now, now.

 

813

00:36:12,825 --> 00:36:14,775

The next question, if you're

gonna be living on an island,

 

814

00:36:14,775 --> 00:36:16,215

exotic, beautiful, wonderful.

 

815

00:36:16,215 --> 00:36:17,625

It's, it's like a resort.

 

816

00:36:17,625 --> 00:36:19,455

You want to be there, it's a great

place you're gonna, but you're

 

817

00:36:19,455 --> 00:36:20,775

gonna have to be there a whole year.

 

818

00:36:21,675 --> 00:36:23,865

And you don't have streaming though.

 

819

00:36:23,895 --> 00:36:27,615

So if you wanna listen to an

album, you gotta bring a cd.

 

820

00:36:27,615 --> 00:36:30,970

1. And if you, you know, wanna

watch a movie, you gotta bring a

 

821

00:36:30,970 --> 00:36:32,320

DVD 'cause there's no streaming.

 

822

00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:34,960

So what CD and what DVD would you bring?

 

823

00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:38,590

It can be a box set, you know,

I'll say that, but, uh, what would

 

824

00:36:38,590 --> 00:36:39,610

you bring to the island with you?

 

825

00:36:39,670 --> 00:36:41,410

Jim Murphy: Well, the music,

hopefully I could bring an

 

826

00:36:41,410 --> 00:36:43,000

iPod with my music playlist.

 

827

00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:46,060

'cause I listen to a, a morning

playlist, the same playlist every day.

 

828

00:36:46,690 --> 00:36:48,580

Um, that's lines up with my purpose.

 

829

00:36:48,580 --> 00:36:52,390

And so I would, that would be, uh,

my hope that I could have my iPod to

 

830

00:36:52,390 --> 00:36:53,770

listen to that playlist every day.

 

831

00:36:54,430 --> 00:36:57,130

Um, because the playlist is, is, um.

 

832

00:36:58,395 --> 00:37:00,225

Pleasure is the smallest part of it.

 

833

00:37:01,005 --> 00:37:06,105

There's, um, helping me f feel

connected to my purpose and to

 

834

00:37:06,105 --> 00:37:10,575

God, and then expanding my beliefs

about who I am and what's possible.

 

835

00:37:11,055 --> 00:37:13,185

Um, and then the good feeling from it.

 

836

00:37:13,275 --> 00:37:15,345

So that playlist is important.

 

837

00:37:15,795 --> 00:37:16,515

Movie.

 

838

00:37:16,935 --> 00:37:17,625

Um.

 

839

00:37:18,390 --> 00:37:23,940

I would say the chosen, uh, chosen series

just so I can get inspired and, and,

 

840

00:37:23,940 --> 00:37:26,730

uh, um, be reminded of, of who I am.

 

841

00:37:26,970 --> 00:37:30,420

Marc Preston: Now, if you were to

define from beginning to end stem to

 

842

00:37:30,420 --> 00:37:34,261

stern per, uh, the component parts of a

perfect day for you, what would that be?

 

843

00:37:35,145 --> 00:37:36,075

Jim Murphy: Oh, that's fun.

 

844

00:37:36,345 --> 00:37:41,625

Um, okay, so I'm gonna wake up and

I'm point to heaven like I always

 

845

00:37:41,625 --> 00:37:45,015

do, and say, father, I belong to

you and put on the morning playlist.

 

846

00:37:45,345 --> 00:37:49,365

I'm gonna have the, uh, um, ice water

for my face to do the, uh, immersion.

 

847

00:37:49,875 --> 00:37:50,235

Um.

 

848

00:37:51,495 --> 00:37:56,505

And then, uh, we're gonna sit outside

in the, uh, um, with some view

 

849

00:37:56,505 --> 00:38:00,585

sun on my face and have the quiet

time with God, the 10 minutes, um,

 

850

00:38:00,645 --> 00:38:02,175

with the worship music going on.

 

851

00:38:02,175 --> 00:38:05,385

And then, um, we're gonna have the

board game set up, ready to go with

 

852

00:38:05,385 --> 00:38:09,975

the coffee, overlooking a beautiful

view, um, play that board game.

 

853

00:38:09,975 --> 00:38:12,825

And then the massage therapist comes

in, gets me ready for the golf.

 

854

00:38:12,825 --> 00:38:16,875

We we go off to the golf, play the

golf, come back, have an amazing meal.

 

855

00:38:17,250 --> 00:38:18,390

Probably sushi.

 

856

00:38:18,780 --> 00:38:22,650

Um, another board game, maybe

some pickleball, maybe mix in

 

857

00:38:22,650 --> 00:38:24,540

some fly fishing if we got time.

 

858

00:38:24,570 --> 00:38:26,970

And then, uh, um, have

another amazing meal.

 

859

00:38:26,970 --> 00:38:27,930

Maybe some Thai.

 

860

00:38:28,725 --> 00:38:33,855

Curry and then finish with board

games, um, the whole time talking

 

861

00:38:33,855 --> 00:38:37,125

about, uh, inner excellence, um,

how to live the best possible life,

 

862

00:38:37,185 --> 00:38:39,825

uh, a life connected to the creator.

 

863

00:38:40,095 --> 00:38:41,265

Marc Preston: Yeah,

that's a very dense day.

 

864

00:38:41,265 --> 00:38:42,884

Some people want to have

a very leisurely day.

 

865

00:38:42,884 --> 00:38:44,775

That's the opposite of

whatever leisurely is.

 

866

00:38:45,255 --> 00:38:45,945

That's very cool.

 

867

00:38:46,305 --> 00:38:49,755

Now, if you were to, um, uh,

if, if somebody said, okay, now

 

868

00:38:49,815 --> 00:38:51,045

this thing you're doing now.

 

869

00:38:51,674 --> 00:38:52,605

You can't do it anymore.

 

870

00:38:52,935 --> 00:38:54,825

It's, you know, you gotta

find some other vocation.

 

871

00:38:54,825 --> 00:38:56,834

This is just not gonna be what you do.

 

872

00:38:57,015 --> 00:39:00,645

What would be the number one thing

outside of this that would bring you joy?

 

873

00:39:01,245 --> 00:39:01,904

Jim Murphy: Joy.

 

874

00:39:01,935 --> 00:39:02,895

Now we're talking.

 

875

00:39:03,075 --> 00:39:05,895

I like that word, joy.

 

876

00:39:06,134 --> 00:39:11,774

Um, well, when you say joy, if you mean

a deep sense of wellbeing, freedom and

 

877

00:39:11,774 --> 00:39:14,084

gratitude, independent of circumstances.

 

878

00:39:14,595 --> 00:39:16,334

Um, it really could really be anything.

 

879

00:39:16,785 --> 00:39:17,145

Um.

 

880

00:39:18,420 --> 00:39:26,730

But, um, I think it would probably be,

um, um, a, uh, fly fishing pickleball,

 

881

00:39:26,730 --> 00:39:30,840

golfing, uh, guide where I'm just golfing.

 

882

00:39:31,365 --> 00:39:34,425

Playing pickleball and, and, uh,

that, that, you know, that actually

 

883

00:39:34,425 --> 00:39:34,785

Marc Preston: sounds cool.

 

884

00:39:34,785 --> 00:39:37,635

If you got to, let's go back to

that big island, you know, where

 

885

00:39:37,635 --> 00:39:40,695

you've got, you know, you've got

beautiful golf courses and you spend

 

886

00:39:40,695 --> 00:39:41,985

your whole day just doing that.

 

887

00:39:42,135 --> 00:39:45,165

That's one thing I love about living here,

uh, is you know, people come on vacation,

 

888

00:39:45,165 --> 00:39:46,275

they're having the best time ever.

 

889

00:39:46,275 --> 00:39:48,315

I'm like, that's like a

vibe I really kind of enjoy.

 

890

00:39:48,315 --> 00:39:50,685

'cause you got families here

and even spring breakers and you

 

891

00:39:50,685 --> 00:39:51,915

kind of, I would love to have a

 

892

00:39:51,915 --> 00:39:54,795

Jim Murphy: retreat center

where, um, that, where people

 

893

00:39:54,795 --> 00:39:55,965

come and they feel like.

 

894

00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,610

Um, so much peace and joy when they come.

 

895

00:39:59,090 --> 00:40:02,630

And, uh, it's so beautiful that

they never wanna leave and they

 

896

00:40:02,630 --> 00:40:05,570

feel so healthy physically,

mentally, emotionally, spiritually.

 

897

00:40:05,570 --> 00:40:07,970

And they feel like they

left a better person.

 

898

00:40:07,970 --> 00:40:10,220

They've learned and grown

just by being there.

 

899

00:40:10,700 --> 00:40:13,041

And they had so much fun

playing board games and, and

 

900

00:40:13,070 --> 00:40:14,090

pickleball and things like that.

 

901

00:40:14,090 --> 00:40:14,721

That would be pretty amazing.

 

902

00:40:15,395 --> 00:40:16,055

Marc Preston: That would be awesome.

 

903

00:40:16,055 --> 00:40:19,355

Kinda like a retreat that, uh,

it's multi focused, you know,

 

904

00:40:19,355 --> 00:40:20,495

it's like you're still having fun.

 

905

00:40:20,495 --> 00:40:20,555

Yeah.

 

906

00:40:20,555 --> 00:40:20,975

You're learning.

 

907

00:40:20,975 --> 00:40:21,245

Yeah.

 

908

00:40:21,245 --> 00:40:22,295

That's, that's, um,

 

909

00:40:22,505 --> 00:40:24,095

Jim Murphy: and in

interact retreat center.

 

910

00:40:24,695 --> 00:40:25,265

Marc Preston: There you go.

 

911

00:40:25,265 --> 00:40:27,215

See, I, I, I'm gonna keep an

eye, I'm gonna be watching

 

912

00:40:27,215 --> 00:40:28,175

when you open that up, man.

 

913

00:40:28,175 --> 00:40:29,075

I'm gonna be at your front door.

 

914

00:40:29,075 --> 00:40:30,455

Like, let me in.

 

915

00:40:31,175 --> 00:40:31,265

Come.

 

916

00:40:31,265 --> 00:40:31,595

Wow.

 

917

00:40:32,015 --> 00:40:33,335

The last question I got for you.

 

918

00:40:33,485 --> 00:40:36,815

If, uh, you could get into that DeLorean

and travel back to when you're 16 years

 

919

00:40:36,815 --> 00:40:40,505

old, you, you're gonna have a few minutes

with your younger self and you got piece

 

920

00:40:40,505 --> 00:40:42,155

of advice to either make that moment.

 

921

00:40:42,510 --> 00:40:45,990

Better or kind of get you on a

different trajectory to, to something.

 

922

00:40:46,785 --> 00:40:50,715

What you think is better, what would that

piece of advice be to 16-year-old you?

 

923

00:40:51,015 --> 00:40:51,645

Jim Murphy: Oh yeah.

 

924

00:40:51,645 --> 00:40:56,325

So, um, what's happened to, to me

in my life is that I, um, and I

 

925

00:40:56,325 --> 00:41:00,225

think this very human is to get so

caught up in the circumstances and

 

926

00:41:00,225 --> 00:41:02,595

just like, oh my gosh, oh my gosh,

I can't believe this is happening.

 

927

00:41:02,595 --> 00:41:03,495

This is so terrible.

 

928

00:41:04,095 --> 00:41:05,925

And get so like nearly.

 

929

00:41:06,195 --> 00:41:07,395

Suicidal.

 

930

00:41:07,395 --> 00:41:10,275

I think that's a very common

for a kid and for adults to

 

931

00:41:10,275 --> 00:41:11,445

be like, oh, my life is over.

 

932

00:41:11,445 --> 00:41:12,075

I can't believe this.

 

933

00:41:12,075 --> 00:41:13,185

I've got no hope, nothing.

 

934

00:41:13,245 --> 00:41:14,505

I mean, we've all been through that.

 

935

00:41:14,595 --> 00:41:18,465

And then I would go back and say,

look Jim, you're gonna go through

 

936

00:41:18,465 --> 00:41:20,535

training because God loves you so much.

 

937

00:41:20,535 --> 00:41:22,545

He's gonna do, do a lot

of training for you.

 

938

00:41:22,545 --> 00:41:26,055

And it's not just training,

that's just to be a better person.

 

939

00:41:26,055 --> 00:41:28,305

It's gonna be training to give

you an extraordinary life.

 

940

00:41:28,980 --> 00:41:30,480

Marc Preston: My friend,

best of luck to you.

 

941

00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:33,120

Best of luck wrapping up the audio

book and everything you're doing.

 

942

00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:35,460

I, I'm telling you, if you

do that retreat, that island

 

943

00:41:35,460 --> 00:41:38,430

retreat, I, I'm telling you, I'm

gonna be customer number one.

 

944

00:41:38,910 --> 00:41:39,180

Come out there.

 

945

00:41:39,180 --> 00:41:39,960

Thanks so much, Marc.

 

946

00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:42,960

Well my friend, have yourself a,

uh, great rest of your week and,

 

947

00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:44,130

uh, and the best of luck to you.

 

948

00:41:44,400 --> 00:41:44,820

Jim Murphy: Thank you.

 

949

00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:47,100

Marc Preston: Okay.

 

950

00:41:47,100 --> 00:41:48,300

There you go, Jim.

 

951

00:41:48,325 --> 00:41:53,365

Murphy enjoyed the story, the journey

that got Jim to the point where he

 

952

00:41:53,365 --> 00:41:57,475

wrote the book Inner Excellence,

which has been talked about a bunch.

 

953

00:41:57,774 --> 00:42:00,504

Uh, as I mentioned at the beginning

of the episode, uh, AJ Brown

 

954

00:42:00,504 --> 00:42:01,915

from the Philadelphia Eagles.

 

955

00:42:02,185 --> 00:42:06,055

If you're reading a book on the sidelines,

I guess you get some attention and, uh,

 

956

00:42:06,355 --> 00:42:09,865

a book a lot of people have found out

about and, uh, you know, good stories,

 

957

00:42:09,865 --> 00:42:12,475

good motivation, always down for that.

 

958

00:42:12,755 --> 00:42:17,225

Okay, so do me a favor if you would

head on over to story and craft pod.com.

 

959

00:42:17,525 --> 00:42:19,985

Everything about the

show, it is right there.

 

960

00:42:20,285 --> 00:42:21,875

Uh, you can shoot me a note.

 

961

00:42:21,905 --> 00:42:26,495

Always enjoy the opportunity to, uh,

hear from you and just kind of interact.

 

962

00:42:26,585 --> 00:42:30,395

Now, you'll also notice the

super cast logo on the site, as

 

963

00:42:30,395 --> 00:42:31,715

well as the little coffee cup.

 

964

00:42:31,925 --> 00:42:33,845

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965

00:42:33,865 --> 00:42:37,194

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mischief I got going on here.

 

966

00:42:37,464 --> 00:42:39,384

Uh, also on your podcast app.

 

967

00:42:39,384 --> 00:42:42,535

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968

00:42:42,535 --> 00:42:44,334

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969

00:42:44,754 --> 00:42:47,154

Alright, so, uh, tell you what

I'm gonna get on out of here.

 

970

00:42:47,214 --> 00:42:50,214

You have yourself a

great rest of your week.

 

971

00:42:50,274 --> 00:42:55,345

Uh, great morning, evening, a great run or

drive in the car or whatever you're doing.

 

972

00:42:55,435 --> 00:42:59,875

And hey, if you are shooting me a note to

say hello, tell me what you'd like to do.

 

973

00:43:00,070 --> 00:43:04,240

When you are, that was Ranger

the, uh, studio dog saying hello.

 

974

00:43:04,890 --> 00:43:05,640

Did you say hi?

 

975

00:43:05,850 --> 00:43:06,120

Okay.

 

976

00:43:06,210 --> 00:43:06,509

Alright.

 

977

00:43:06,509 --> 00:43:07,230

You wanted to say hi?

 

978

00:43:07,590 --> 00:43:08,910

Uh, just uh, do me a favor.

 

979

00:43:08,910 --> 00:43:10,080

Tell me where you listen.

 

980

00:43:10,110 --> 00:43:11,220

I always like hearing that.

 

981

00:43:11,310 --> 00:43:12,390

Is it during a workout?

 

982

00:43:12,390 --> 00:43:15,330

Walking your pooch, uh,

whatever you got going on.

 

983

00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:19,290

So I'm gonna head on out of here, but

as I always say, thank you so very much

 

984

00:43:19,290 --> 00:43:20,940

for making what I got going on here.

 

985

00:43:20,940 --> 00:43:21,960

Part of whatever.

 

986

00:43:22,259 --> 00:43:23,190

You've got going on.

 

987

00:43:23,190 --> 00:43:26,730

It does mean a lot to me to have

you here, and we'll catch up next

 

988

00:43:26,730 --> 00:43:29,130

time right here on Story and Craft.

 

989

00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:32,160

Announcer: That's it for this

episode of Story and Craft.

 

990

00:43:32,190 --> 00:43:34,650

Join Marc next week for more conversation.

 

991

00:43:34,830 --> 00:43:39,029

Right here on Story and Craft

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992

00:43:39,090 --> 00:43:40,560

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993

00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:43,590

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994

00:43:43,640 --> 00:43:47,060

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995

00:43:47,359 --> 00:43:50,930

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996

00:43:50,990 --> 00:43:55,160

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997

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998

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999

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1000

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1001

00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:07,009

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1002

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