How Jamil Qureshi Built World Champions in F1, Golf and Cricket!

Jamil Qureshi, one of the world’s leading performance psychologists and the first-ever official global psychologist for the European Ryder Cup Team, joins Personable with Harvey Bracken-Smith.

Having coached six world number ones and worked with 22 golfers inside the top 50, Jamil has helped shape champions across F1, the English Premier League, and the Ashes-winning England cricket team. Known for unlocking the “mindset behind mastery,” he shares how world-class athletes and leaders think, learn, and perform at their best — and why ordinary people can achieve extraordinary things through consistent habits and purposeful thinking.

In this episode, Jamil reveals the mental frameworks that drive elite performance — from how to handle pressure and failure, to cultivating consistency, self-reflection, and purpose. Drawing lessons from sport, business, and life, he explains how to manage energy over time, how learning trumps winning, and why the world’s best stay open-minded no matter how successful they become.

In this episode, Jamil Qureshi discusses:
◽️ The psychology of high performance — why mindset beats talent
◽️ Lessons from coaching Ryder Cup golfers, F1 drivers, and Premier League stars
◽️ How to build consistency of mind and control the controllables
◽️ Why failure is “part payment toward success”
◽️ The difference between seeking to impress vs. express
◽️ Purpose, discipline, and the small habits that build greatness
◽️ Open-mindedness and the culture of elite teams
◽️ Internal vs. external success — and how to align the two

⏱ Timestamps
00:00 Intro
02:00 How he became a psychologist after sport
04:00 Spotting real experts vs. self-proclaimed “gurus”
06:30 Learning through experimentation — obstacles instruct
14:00 Learning over winning — how to measure progress
16:30 Praising effort, not outcome
18:30 Ordinary people doing extraordinary things through discipline
30:00 How Jamil keeps learning from top athletes and CEOs
35:00 The mindset of world champions — talent and teachability
40:00 Why play and curiosity drive lifelong learning
44:00 Failure as the price of success
47:00 Leadership lessons from sport — creating winners who create winners
52:00 How to build open-minded teams
1:07:00 Outro

📌 Resources
Jamil Qureshi:
◽️ Website: https://www.jamilqureshi.com/
◽️ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamil-qureshi-494661a/

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