How a city trader came to see the simplicity of how the mind works. An interview with Stephen Desborough

This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind that can increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being in any business or organisation.  
In this episode Piers chats with Stephen Desborough. Stephen worked as a financial trader in the City of London, and recognised the significance of the role of the mind in performance. He then discovered this game changing new understanding of the mind, that changed everything. He is now an experienced coach and facilitator of the understanding we call the principles behind Quality of Mind. 
In this episode we discuss:
Stephen's own story of how he found this previously 'invisible' understanding, and how it is now his sole focus with clients.
The simplicity of it - demystifying flow state.
The benefits of slowing down on the inside, to get more done on the outside.
Difference between believing and ‘seeing’.
How to learn this, compared to learning other things.
What is the downside?  Nothing to lose….no risk….
 
Curious - want to know more?
You can find out more about Stephen and his work here , 
Click here to find out more about Quality of Mind 
Check out this podcast:  Dramatic Shifts in Productivity, Mental Wellbeing & Purpose from Just 3 Days....An interview 
Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on Linkedin and has a large collection of articles and posts

Looking at….4. DECISION MAKING: How does Quality of Mind see decision making?

A new series of short podcasts taking common business and workplace topics and exploring them through the lens of the principles of Quality of Mind. 'Looking at....'
This episode: Looking at....4. DECISION MAKING (don't forget to check out the other episodes on PRODUCTIVITY & LEADERSHIP) 
This episode explores:
- What is decision making, how come it sometimes feels easy, and other times hard and frustrating? 
- What is behind 'obviousness', and how do we make decisions when other people are involved?
- How does an understanding of the principles behind Quality of Mind enable more effortless, effective decision making?
 Still Curious - want to know more?
You can find out more about Quality of Mind,  
Check out this short podcast: What is the role of and relevance of Quality of Mind?,
Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on Linkedin and has a large collection of articles and post

“See the Transformation Unfold” - Part 3 of the ‘Behind the Scenes’ mini-series.

In this mini series we have the rare opportunity to get an insider's view of someone starting to see the unfolding of their realisations of the principles of Quality of Mind.
Helen Amery, herself already a successful coach in more conventional approaches, has kindly agreed to share her experiences as she embarks on a 1-1 Quality of Mind coaching programme with Piers.
This is a 3 part mini-series. Part 1 before the coaching started, Part 2,  after 4 weeks one during, and now Part 3 after the programme.
In this 3rd part, we are couple of months after we finished the coaching programme, and we discuss:
What has developed further since our interview in part 2, how is this understanding impacting Helen's work and life
How Helen's initial relief that her life is more 'buoyant' (part 2) has reduced, because now there is less 'down' to come back from
How her understanding and grounding in this has become embodied, obvious and in her 'DNA'
How Helen has now dropped her twice daily mediation habit
How surprisingly effortless it has been to make the transition to working with clients from this understanding
How we might benefit, but our thinking stops us,  from leaving our illusory comfort zone to explore something new and take a 'risk'
Curious - want to know more?
You can find out more about Helen and her work at Wild Fig executive coaching, and her LinkedIn profile
Click here to find out more about Quality of Mind  
Check out this podcast: What are the principles behind Quality of Mind?
Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on Linkedin and has a large collection of articles and posts
This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind that can increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being in any business or organisation.  

Looking at....1. LEADERSHIP: How does Quality of Mind see Leadership?

Our new series of short podcasts taking common business and workplace topics and exploring them through the lens of the principles of Quality of Mind. 'Looking at....'
This episode: Looking at....LEADERSHIP (don't forget to check out our others episodes e.g.  PRODUCTIVITY) 
This short 15min podcast explores:
- What is leadership, the role and attributes needed
- What is the relevance to leadership of seeing the role of Quality of Mind 
- How does an understanding of the principles behind Quality of Mind enable more effortlessly effective leadership 
 Still Curious - want to know more?
Listen to this podcast where a business leader talks about this understanding has shifted his view on Leadership 
You can find out more about Quality of Mind,  
Check out this short podcast: What is the role of and relevance of Quality of Mind?,
Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on Linkedin has a large collection of articles and post

All about Change! An interview with Dr Amy Johnson

This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind that can increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being in any business or organisation.  
In this episode Piers chats with Dr Amy Johnson. Amy is a psychologist, coach, author, and speaker who shares a groundbreaking new approach that helps people find true, lasting freedom from unwanted habits via insight rather than willpower. She is author of  The Little Book of Big Change: The No-Willpower Approach to Breaking Any Habit. She is a regularly featured expert on The Steve Harvey Show and Oprah.com, as well as in The Wall Street Journal and Self magazine.
In this episode we discuss:
What is this new approach to change?
What is beyond the known, what is this spiritual nature we point to?
Why fixing your problems is helpful, and how come 'problems' aren't even real problems?
What stops people from seeing this understanding?
 
Curious - want to know more?
You can find out more about Amy and her work here check out her great podcast and online resources
Click here to find out more about Quality of Mind  
Check out this podcast: What are the principles behind Quality of Mind?
Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on Linkedin  and has a large collection of articles and posts
 

The Quality of of Mind Open Programme for People who lead in Business

This short episode gives you an insight into the nature of the Quality of Mind Open Programme - our highly acclaimed 3 day workshop that gives people an immersion in the principles behind Quality of Mind
It features a 10 min conversation between Piers Thurston and Rena Loizou who run the course, where we discuss
- What is the programme and how is it different to conventional programmes
- What benefits can you expect from the programme
- What is the format of the programme
 
 Curious - want to know more?
You can find out more about the open programme here
What do people say about it...
Click here to find out more about Quality of Mind  
Check out this podcast: What are the principles behind Quality of Mind?
Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on Linkedin has a large collection of articles and post
 

The missing piece of the puzzle for business consultants. An interview with Rich Habets

The missing piece of the puzzle for business consultants. An interview with Rich Habets
This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind that can increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being in any business or organisation.  
In this episode Piers chats with Rich Habets. Rich has many years experience as a conventional business change consultant in large organisations, and has now found out what makes change really work, and therefore now solely focuses on enabling this understanding of the mind to facilitate business transformation. 
In this episode we discuss:
How Rich realised that all the things conventional business consultants are doing to enable progress and change are missing the vital piece of understanding about how the human mind operates, and therefore not enabling full and effective benefit realisation,
Why is it that this understanding is not mainstream, and 'hard to see until you see it',
Rich shares an example of how one realisation saved an organisation $m,
The difference between 'knowing' something and insight-fully realising it,
Still Curious - want to know more?
You can find out more about Rich and his business on his website,
You can find out more about Quality of Mind,  
Check out this short podcast: What is the role of and relevance of Quality of Mind?,
Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on Linkedin and has a large collection of articles and posts

Dramatic Shifts in Productivity, Mental Wellbeing & Purpose from Just 3 Days....An interview

Dramatic Shifts in Productivity, Mental Well-being & Purpose from Just 3 Days....An interview
This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind that can increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being in any business or organisation.  
In this episode Piers chats with Garry Turner. Garry is a commercial manager in a global chemicals business who also has a passion for personal and organisational performance. In July of this year, he attended the 3 day Quality of Mind Open Programme for business leaders. 
In this episode we discuss:
How a relatively brief immersion into this understanding, has in his own words been 'nothing short of life changing'. 
His productivity has increase by at 1/3 
How this has transformed his view of what causes and the solution to mental health challenges
Garry has stopped meditating now yet feels more wellbeing and resourcefulness
How he had until now, never realised we are all 'spiritual' in essence, and how he now experiences more flow and connectionStill Curious - want to know more?
You can find out more about Garry and his business at The Listening Organisation
You can find out more about Quality of Mind  
Check out this short podcast: What is the role of and relevance of Quality of Mind?
Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on Linkedin has a large collection of articles and posts

"See the Transformation Unfold" - Part 2 of the 'Behind the Scenes' mini-series.

 
"See the Transformation Unfold" - Part 2 of the 'Behind the Scenes' mini-series.   (recommend you listen to part 1 first)
In this mini series we have the rare opportunity to get an insider's view of someone starting to see the unfolding of their realisations of the principles of Quality of Mind.
Helen Amery, herself already a successful coach in more conventional approaches, has kindly agreed to share her experiences as she embarks on a 1-1 Quality of Mind coaching programme with Piers.
This is a 3 part mini-series. One episode before she starts, one during, and one after the programme finishes. 
In this second part, we are 4 weeks into the coaching programme, and we discuss:
What has changed for Helen so far, how is this understanding helping her in work and life
We revisit the topics (productivity, goal setting, values & beliefs, and relationships, and mental wellbeing) that we discussed in part one before we started coaching, and see what looks different to her 
Whether this is a valuable investment of her time and energy and is worth it!
Curious - want to know more?
You can find out more about Helen and her work at Wild Fig executive coaching, and her LinkedIn profile
Click here to find out more about Quality of Mind  
Check out this podcast: What are the principles behind Quality of Mind?
Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on Linkedin has a large collection of articles and posts
This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind that can increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being in any business or organisation.  

"See the Transformation Unfold"- Part 1 of the 'Behind the Scenes' mini-series

 "See the Transformation Unfold" - Part 1 of the 'Behind the Scenes' mini-series. 
In this mini series we have the rare opportunity to get an insider's view of someone starting to see the unfolding of their realisations of the principles of Quality of Mind.
Helen Amery, herself already a successful coach in more conventional approaches, has kindly agreed to share her experiences as she embarks on a 1-1 Quality of Mind coaching programme with Piers.
This is a 3 part mini-series. One episode before she starts, one during, and one after the programme finishes. 
In this first part we discuss:
What made Helen curious to explore the principles behind Quality of Mind in the first place?
We set out Helen's starting point so we can observe the change she experiences over the coaching programme - How does Helen currently see and to relate to the mind's role on topics such as; productivity, goal setting, values & beliefs, and relationships, and mental wellbeing. How does Helen see change and development working currently?
We also discuss that the role of mind is even at play when are you deciding whether to invest in your self or not...
Curious - want to know more?
You can find out more about Helen and her work at Wild Fig executive coaching,  and her LinkedIn profile
Click here to find out more about Quality of Mind  
Check out this podcast: What are the principles behind Quality of Mind?
Piers Thurston regularly writes about Quality of Mind on Linkedin has a large collection of articles and posts
This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind that can increase the performance, resourcefulness and well-being in any business or organisation.