Inner Excellence: Train Your Mind for Extraordinary Performance and the Best Possible Life

by Jim Murphy

One of the main problems with athletes, performers, and goal-oriented individuals is that they set their goals too low. They set winning as their highest goal, whether it’s an Olympic gold medal, a world championship, or a position as CEO of a major corporation. You might think, those are pretty high goals, and they are, but they’re too low for Inner Excellence standards. Those goals are all only symbols of what you really want, which is a meaningful, fulfilling life—becoming the person you were created to be. What good is it to win Olympic gold or become CEO and earn $30 million a year if you’re filled with anxiety and live in constant fear of losing it? What I help people do is to go directly for what they really want: absolute fullness of life. Go for it by building who you are as a person so you can have both extraordinary performance and fullness of life—the whole candy store. Pursue the gold medal as your highest goal and you’ve got a very scary road ahead of you with so much out your control and slim chances of getting it. Seek fullness of life as your highest goal and you’ve got an exciting journey ahead of you and a very high chance of getting it. As an added bonus, going for fullness of life as your highest goal also gives you the best shot of getting the gold medal.