Dr. Phillip Lee is both a general practice doctor, and also a former Member of Parliament for Bracknell. He served as Parliamentary Under‑Secretary of State for Victims, Youth and Family Justice (Ministry of Justice) under U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May from July 2016 to June 2018. For almost 20 years he served as both a doctor and politician, until in 2019 he famously crossed the floor of the House of Commons whilst PM Boris Johnson was delivering a statement, to leave the Conservative Party and join the Liberal Democrats over disagreements with the way he felt the Government was handling Brexit. He left Parliament and politics after the December 2019 General Election. Dr Lee continues to work as a doctor in the Southwest of England.

In this podcast episode we discuss Dr Lee's journey into medicine and politics, and how having two careers helped him with perspective in each. During his political career as a Member of Parliament, Dr Lee encountered times when his own beliefs and analysis of a situation were in conflict with his Party. He talks us through how he came to these conclusions, and how while under pressure he was able to stay true to his own beliefs and do what he felt was right, knowing that doing so may come at a personal professional cost. We discuss his perspectives on decision making, what qualities he has observed in some world leaders, and what he feels has contributed to his own inner strength of being prepared to take the hard pathway to stay true to himself.

Human Factors topics: decision making, communication, standing up for one's own beliefs, courage.

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Zoran Stojkovic is a certified Mental Performance Coach and founder of Kizo Performance. He blends evidence-based mental skills with practical tools for confidence, focus and resilience. He has worked with over 2,000 clients, and has 10 years of experience as a Mental Performance Specialist helping amongst others, military aviators, professional athletes and executives.

We continue our journey of discovery into this important profession and Zoran leaves us all with some tools we can use in our everyday lives to advance our crafts closer to extraordinary.

KIZO Performance https://www.kizo.ca/

Acronyms discussed in the podcast:

Next play mindset: W.I.N. "What's Important Now"

Stay focused and present: C.P.R. "Calm, Present, Ready"

Assessing the stress of a mission: V.U.C.A. "Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, Ambiguity

C.I.A. tool for recruitment: R.I.C.E. "Reward, Ideology, Coercion, Ego"

Deriving core values for a team or a group:

1. WHO are we?: Identity
2. WHAT do we what? The mission
3. WHY do we want it? The motivation or purpose
4. HOW are we going to get it? The process, the day-to-day

"Behaviors more than values"

"See an error as an opportunity"

"Next play speed"

Activation level mapping: Military pilots map their missions to understand where stress will arise and then neuroprime the brain to control the body's response.

Zoran's High Performance Mindsets Guide:

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/65a975e15f408063d5c05597/t/65b84a0e01f5be0c52e6e835/1706576405711/High+Performance+Mindsets+for+Athletes+%28PDF%29.pdf

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Payar Pasha is both a Perfusionist at UW Health in Wisconsin where he is a vital member of the cardiovascular surgical team, and also an expert skydiver, wingsuit pilot and BASE Jumper, with over 1100 jumps.

In today's episode, we explore the human factors that allow him to excel in both of these high stakes, high consequence and high stress environments. He will break down his approach to dealing with risk, stress, fears and skill development, and give us all a glimpse of the pure joy he gets from piloting the skies above us.

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