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Jamil Qureshi

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“Do you know? I mean, I always think that consistency of mind comes from understanding the intrinsic quality of our decision-making processes. And I say that a lot to people in sport and in business. So you can make a good decision and have a really bad outcome. You can make a bad decision and have a good outcome. And this is why I've worked with leadership teams who have confused luck for genius, made any bad decision, got a great outcome. Markets have changed, competitions”
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“So we optimize our potential when we're in a particular state of mind. And that state of mind might be passion, it might be relaxation, it might be enthusiasm, it might be enjoyment, but we need to almost get to know ourselves and know that there are certain things which enable us to do others. And once we work backwards and understand what that looks like, maybe we can gain more consistency. I say to a lot of sports people and to a lot of business people that consistency of mind gives you consistency of play and I'm convinced of it. In a more consistent we can be in our thinking. We understand the building blocks, the component parts to success, the more success we can have.”
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“Yeah, I do. I mean, it's true that passion can be a significant multiplier of human potential. So, you know, if people are passionate and engaged in a business, they can direct their energy in a worthwhile and meaningful manner. So it's worthwhile, but you're right that there's a big difference between passion, a big difference between happiness and joy. Some are in the moment, a term I think joy is in the moment. I think happiness is something that we continually adjust towards. Passion can be a significant multiplier of human potential, particularly in the workplace. So it does have a place. It is something which is useful to understand. And ultimately, it always comes down to personal introspection and self-awareness for me. And I think that we need to work harder at understanding ourselves.”
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“helping people to move outside of the mental tram lines that we all operate under and under habitual thinking. So let's ask them what if questions. Can you imagine that life if you weren't smoking? At them, what would it look like? What'd you be doing today if you weren't smoking? What'd you spend your money on these savings cigarettes? Just play the game of what if. So let's break free of some of the things which are holding people in place, not by conflict, not by arguing and debate in a confrontational manner.”
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“Have you got anyone in mind? I think the best way is gamification. What holds people in place is what they believe to be true. And so people were sitting around a boardroom table and I'll discuss strategy. And I'll say, you know, look, you know, we can do this, but we can't do that. And they'll have a viewpoint on budgets, on consumer buying behaviors, on compliance and governance. And that's what holds us in place. So what we need to do is break free of some of the parameters that we think are in the way. So if we got people around the boardroom table and say, look, guys, let's just this strategy piece that we're going to talk about. Let's imagine we've got an unlimited marketing budget for it. If we had an unlimited marketing budget for it, I know we haven't, but if we had, what would we be doing? How would we be doing it? You know, if we had no marketing budget, what would we be doing? Now, what we're doing here is that we are.”
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“express ourselves in a particular way. I always say being a good colleague, being a good business leader, been a good sports person, is not seeking to impress. It's about seeking to express and be ourselves in the context of our work. So once people can find that within themselves, then I think they can direct their energy and their focus in a particular way and become much more purpose driven in how they go about their daily activities. But you can't give someone that purpose. It has to be theirs. And I think life is about timing. I think some people find that very late. Some people find that very early. And it makes no difference. We're all individuals. In regard to helping other people make change, we're almost too quick to go towards behaviors. So we tell people to be different all the time. Tell our team members you should be more collaborative guys. Tell our children to keep their rooms tidy.”
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“Yeah, so a couple of points, I guess, on that. In regard to discovery and purpose, it can't be done for someone. So I would say purpose is never achieved. It's attained on a daily basis. So the mistake that people make with purpose is they confuse it with an end goal. So here's my purpose and I have this vision statement of what they're seeking to, you know, achieve or create, whatever it might be, and I get practical and tangible about it. But purpose isn't that. Purpose is achieved on a daily basis. Sorry, purpose is never achieved. It's attained on a daily basis. And this is why Tiger Woods keeps working. This is why Warren Buffett keeps working. It's why Richard Branson keeps working. It's because it's the never achieved. It's attained on a daily basis. So I think that, you know, we need to find something which is purposeful to us. And then we need to lose ourselves to it on a regular basis. So once we start to become more purpose driven.”
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“Into something which develops our talent even further. So there's lots of people with talent in business, lots of people with talent in sport. But I guess that we need to be open-minded enough to invest in how we practice our talent to become successful. So there's no substitute for practice. I get lots of golfers who say to me that, yeah, can you make me better? And the number one golfer in the world will practice more than any amateur. And there lies the truth. But, you know, we need to apply ourselves in a particular manner. And so we need to be practical about how we exercise our talent. You create good feedback loops to understand what we're doing, gain better personal introspection and self-awareness to allow us to use our talents differently.”
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“It's very easy to say that this is what I'm after and much harder to do it. And I think one of the reasons why is because we have to invest, we self-invest. So you probably want to lead these kids at school who are great footballers at 14, 15. You think, you know what, they're going to make it. They're just brilliant. They're going to make it. Or great track athletes at 12. And you just think they're special. But they don't make it. And the reason why they don't make it is they don't self-invest. So the people who make it are the ones who will get up on a rainy Friday morning, get up on a rainy Saturday morning to go and practice whilst their mates are in bed. The ones who practice on a Friday night when their mates are out drinking. And so talent is not enough at a muni. Talent plus teachability. So talent plus the ability to be open-minded, agile in our thinking, to commit to practice and turn that practice.”
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“Yeah, and I think turning ambition into achievement is the key because most people will have good intentions. Most people will be wishing and hopeing to be better. But there's a big difference between wishing and hoping and believing and executing upon it. So I think that the people who genuinely execute on it probably want it more for a start. And that's the key. No one's ever wandered around the bottom of a mountain and then simply found themselves at the top. It does take that determination, the resilience. It does take the ability to execute quant ideas to drive success. So I think the key is the desire, which is fueled by having a purpose, a mission, a vision towards what that end goal should look like.”
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“Some successful people. And I guess what I do is I help people cultivate a mindset for success. So I always say that for us to act differently, we need to think differently. We're going to create different behaviors, different actions. This is about creating different thoughts first. So I guess when I do more than anything else is help people change their mind. So all you said is new opportunities and new possibilities that will come from new perspectives. So a lot of my time is spent working with people not to give them new skills, but more to allow them to understand the skills that they've already got and then create a perspective for them to use it differently. So as a performance coach, I think everyone can be better. Everyone can perform better in terms of just a matter of, I guess, trying to create the mindset, the attitude. I guess some of the precursors to the performance, which are beneficiary to them.”
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“I'm a performance coach and psychologist, so I've spent my time working with some very good sports teams, some very good business teams. You're being humble.”
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“And this is why Tiger Woods keeps working. This is why Warren Buffett keeps working. It's why Richard Branson keeps working. The only way in which businesses or people will become successful and truly perform to their optimum is amazing question. It's probably the best question I've ever been asked.”
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