Author Jim Murphy was in a Dallas-area hotel room Sunday night, preparing for a retreat, when his phone began to explode.
Murphy was watching a rerun of Notre Dame–Penn State, having missed the College Football Playoff semifinal earlier in the week. As it turns out, his focus should have been on the Philadelphia Eagles 22–10 wild-card win over the Green Bay Packers. That’s because Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown was sitting on the bench during the game thumbing through a copy of Murphy’s book, Inner Excellence. Brown’s teammates call the book “The Recipe,” because Brown has read it with regularity throughout the season. Brown says it helps him maintain a sense of calm regardless of what has happened on the previous drive.
