So at this point, you might be wanting to find out a bit more about me, and my experiences leading me to becoming the mindset transformer. Well, here you go then, here's some quick bullet points, as well as a picture of me on the right there, so that you know I'm not a robot. More details is given in my ebook What's My Story? Mindset Glory, available at my shop, which charters my journey to becoming the mindset transformer (coming soon).
What is your background?
- My name’s Doshi. Vishad Doshi (that’s the James Bond fan kicking in there), born and bred in north west London, England
- My professional career spanning around 14 years so far has been in the world of investment banking operations
- A lot of the time, you’ll find me on my acoustic or electric guitars or in my home studio, trying to become the next Noel Gallagher
- My other passions include playing and watching football, cricket , snooker and tennis, writing and reading fiction (any recommendations from bookworms are most welcome) and going to gigs, be they music, theatre or standup comedy
What have you overcome in your life?
To date, I have met and overcome challenges such as:
- Social awareness – accepting and working on my naturally introverted behaviours and traits in friendship, family and romantic circles
- Academic achievement - dealing with going from enjoying my subject (Economics) at an undergraduate level, but then feeling underwhelmed in my postgraduate course
- Professional progression - working in an investment banking enrvironment demands constant focus, attention and effort. Personally, it eventually felt like just doing the job to a high standard wasn't deemed to be enough
- Personal development - coming from a culture that is big on achievements (i.e. degree, partner, house, car, kids) at certain junctures in life, not achieving them at times when other people expect them to happen and having that pointed out to me chipped away at my sense of self worth
What coaching have you had? Have you taken any qualifications?
- I first came across coaching when researching it as a potential career move a few years ago after becoming disillusioned with investment banking and feeling my future wasn't in finance
- My research showed that coaching was a path that resonated with my values of compassion, listening, supporting others and never giving up
- I investigated coaching further after I left my first role in investment banking via some introductory workshops, and decided to invest in some coaching myself to give me an insight into what it's all about
- My search led me to my ideal coach, where we went through a coaching program tailored to and resonating with my own experiences and situations
- It was an entirely unique approach yet being familiar at the same time too; it immediately had a sense of being repeatable and not just being a one off thing, and one that would generate profound results for me
- To augment this experience, I took and successfully completed 2 qualifications: one was in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) which has intrigued me for a while, enabling me to become an NLP Practitioner, and a Master Coaching Diploma to give me access to more ways to help people
- You could call me a mindset/personal development coach, or indeed living mindset coach – because life will become a consequence of living.
Who do you relate with?
- People from my background will be familiar with the sense of maintaining a squeaky clean public image in all regards; any deviation from this is a mark against you and will be commented and judged on from people around you, ultimately having a dig at your self worth
- I relate to people with a yearning for change. They recognise that where they are now isn't where they want to be and embrace new ways to get to where they want to
- I also relate to people who are passionate about something but have lost touch with it as they are working on the life goals that our culture and society can throw at us e.g. get a driving licence, get married, have kids. What the passion is about doesn’t matter – they don’t have to be a sports fan or music advocate like me, but it helps to get fired up and get excited by something
- I’d hence like to help people who want to re-engage with their uninhibited selves - those who have consequently become tired (mentally and physically), experiencing self doubt through repetition of circumstances (e.g. family, work, their team, friends, kids, partner), struggles with expectations, either from themselves or from their environment
Are you talking to me?
- I'm going to say something slightly controversial here. When I was starting out building my coaching practice, a lot of advice that I came across all said to define a niche. They said that this was the biggest thing to get right as this was where most coaches fail. It meant to hone in on that group that your coaching will be just right for and articulate what your work would do for them
- So, at this point, I was tempted to target a certain demographic and hence write something like that I work with people from an British-Indian background between the ages of 18 and 50, (given my life experiences so far), so if you fit into this group, this is your lucky day!
- However, this to me may dissuade people that aren't in this niche that I might not be right for them, or vice versa
- This couldn't be further from the truth. I welcome anyone who resonates with anything they read on this site whatever their story. I couldn't give a fuck what demographic you might be in. What matters is that you're looking for some help/guidance and that my words resonate with you as someone that might be able to help/guide you. Ultimately, you deserve to be listened to.
The Soundboard Session is there for us to have that initial chat between us to see if we're right for each other. If it turns out for whatever reason we're not, that's ok. You'll at the very least have had that conversation with me and I may be able to point you in the right direction of people that are a better fit for you. There really is nothing to lose by booking your free Soundboard Session
So, yes, I am talking to you. Not as someone that's part of a convenient demographic. I'm talking to you as a fellow human being.