Inner Excellence: Train Your Mind for the Best Possible Life with Oprah and Jim Murphy

So Jim, you describe yourself as someone who worshiped the god of success.

So I know a lot of people listening, everybody's pursuing success.

So what's wrong with pursuing success?

Yeah, there's, there's nothing wrong with it.

The problem is when you become a slave to it.

Yeah.

And I don't tell people what to do.

I try and help them clarify what they want most and help them get it, and that's why it's really making sure that you redefine success.

Like with Inner Excellence, what we do is we have four daily goals, and the, the overarching goal is to learn and grow.

Yeah.

Because like I shared, you don't know what's best for you, so we wanna make sure every day we're learning and growing.

And then the four daily goals, give the best of what you have every day, be present, because in the present moment, there's no fear, be grateful, because gratitude is directly linked to inner peace.

Inner peace is linked to inner strength.

Inner strength is linked to mental toughness, and they're all linked to beauty.

And then the fourth goal is to focus on your routines and only what you can control.

And then number one, the first goal, the, a- about giving the best of what you have, what's really important there is understanding some days are gonna be my, what I call the 30 or 40% days.

You don't got much.

Yeah.

It's the best of what you have on this given day.

And understand, like, I don't have much today.

Recognize I don't have much today, and it's okay.

I'm gonna give the best of what I have and, and it may not be good at all, but that's all right.

Thank you for writing this book.

Thank you for writing them both.

Uh, has writing the books actually, do you feel that you've been enhanced by your own writing?

So Jim, you describe yourself as someone who worshiped the god of success.

So I know a lot of people listening, everybody's pursuing success.

So what's wrong with pursuing success?

Yeah, there's, there's nothing wrong with it.

The problem is when you become a slave to it.

Yeah.

And I don't tell people what to do.

I try and help them clarify what they want most and help them get it, and that's why it's really making sure that you redefine success.

Like with Inner Excellence, what we do is we have four daily goals, and the, the overarching goal is to learn and grow.

Yeah.

Because like I shared, you don't know what's best for you, so we wanna make sure every day we're learning and growing.

And then the four daily goals, give the best of what you have every day, be present, because in the present moment, there's no fear, be grateful, because gratitude is directly linked to inner peace.

Inner peace is linked to inner strength.

Inner strength is linked to mental toughness, and they're all linked to beauty.

And then the fourth goal is to focus on your routines and only what you can control.

And then number one, the first goal, the, a- about giving the best of what you have, what's really important there is understanding some days are gonna be my, what I call the 30 or 40% days.

You don't got much.

Yeah.

It's the best of what you have on this given day.

And understand, like, I don't have much today.

Recognize I don't have much today, and it's okay.

I'm gonna give the best of what I have and, and it may not be good at all, but that's all right.

Thank you for writing this book.

Thank you for writing them both.

Uh, has writing the books actually, do you feel that you've been enhanced by your own writing?