How a former FedEx man became a self-help guru
In the first 11 days of this year Jim Murphy estimates that Inner Excellence, his meditation on high-performance strategy, sold 'about 25 copies''. That may sound bad, but it's actually decent, considering the book was first (self) published in 2009, and then reissued, largely rewritten, five years ago in 2020.
The book had garnered some respectful reviews, praised by a couple of successful pro golfers, albeit on the back nine of their careers. Yet it was a long, long way from a hit, ranking as of January 11 at 523,497 on Amazon's bestseller list. It looked as though Murphy, 58, who since childhood had considered future fame, wealth and glory as inevitable, was destined to be disappointed again.
But then that night, January 12, something
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