The Duratus Mind Podcast

Nims Purja MBE, former Gurkha and UK Special Forces SBS soldier, talks to Garry 'Gaz' Banford about Nims' quest to climb all 14 of the 8000m+ mountains in the world in less than 8 months. For context, the current World Record is nearly 8 years! Focus, mindset, dealing with adversity and other peoples negativity are all covered. Nims currently holds numerous speed WR's for some...

Dean Stott, former UKSF and security consultant talks all about his new book 'Relentless'.  From his time in UKSF to his 14,000 mile Pan American Highway World Record, Dean has always used his mindset and focus to get the job done.  In this episode he talks all things mindset, performance, overcoming injury, world records, Prince Harry, the 2018 Royal wedding and rescuing people from the...

Over 67 years experience of 'pushing the envelope' in one room.  So much UKSF experience on one podcast has never before been done in the UK.  Listen to the 4 individuals talk all things mindset, resilience, performance, mental health and the SAS Who Dares Wins TV show - to name just a few things.  Do not miss this one! Follow the team at  Jason Fox on instagram @jason_carl_fox Ollie Oll...

ThruDark are a technical outdoor clothing company born from arduous environments and highly demanding circumstances.  The three Directors of the company were all forged from decades within UK Special Forces.  Nowhere in the clothing industry does their tagline of ‘Endeavour Through Adversity’ command such authenticity.  Operational experiences define their products function. Along with the host Ga...

ThruDark are a technical outdoor clothing company born from arduous environments and highly demanding circumstances.  The three Directors of the company were all forged from decades within UK Special Forces.  Nowhere in the clothing industry does their tagline of ‘Endeavour Through Adversity’ command such authenticity.  Operational experiences define their products function. Along with the host Ga...

The Duratus Mind - A podcast exploring all things performance, mindset and motivation.  Gaz, a former Special Missions Unit Sergeant Major but now personal coach, opens up his network to try and understand what motivates some to risk so much, why some are so driven, and what it really takes to achieve success.  Titch Cormack is a former Royal Marine and then UKSF Sergeant who pushed himself and hi...

In a role reversal, in this episode Gaz is interviewed by Martin Yelling who is the co-host of 'Marathon Talk', the UK's most listened to running podcast.  Martin is a former athlete himself representing England and Great Britain at a number of running and dual sport disciplines on the European and world stage.  He has also competed at the big one, the Kona Ironman World Championshi...

Tobias Guttridge is a South African who volunteered to serve in the UK's Royal Marines then subsequently in UK Special Forces before tragically being shot in the neck on operations.  His injuries meant that he has lost the use of all of his limbs from the neck down and will spend the rest of his life on a ventilator.  Most people's lives within these boundaries would be limited - but not...

One of the youngest soldiers ever to have been selected for the elite SAS, Floyd Woodrow retired as a Major after over 3 decades of service and is now a successful business leader, renowned speaker on leadership and performance coaching worldwide.   Floyd has an incredible track record of success as a Military Leader, Director, Non-Executive Director, Consultant and Negotiator.   Floyd is challeng...

The Duratus Mind - A podcast exploring all things mindset and motivation.  Gaz, a former Special Forces Sergeant Major but now performance consultant, opens up his network to try and understand what motivates some to risk so much, why some are so driven, and what it really takes to achieve success in any sector. Today Gaz talks to Simon from The Natural Edge.  Simon and Gaz served together on a nu...

In a twist to 'normal jogging' at The Duratus Mind Podcast, Gaz was interviewed by Ben Ryan for Ben's podcast.  But due to Ben's new role at Brentford FC he won't be able to release podcasts for the foreseable future.  But Ben has shared the audio with Gaz and we hope that you enjoy Gaz being on the other side of the microphone and very much in the hot seat!  Gaz is a form...

Chief Inspector Ed Anrude has spent nearly 20 years at the tip of the spear with regard to UK policing and access to police leaders with his experience is rare.  Ed had the unique experience of being the on-the-ground commander during the abhorrent Westminster Bridge attack in 2017 which killed 5 people and injured over 50 more.    Ed talks with Gaz about all things leadership, role models, taking...

Kevin Gaskell has led the iconic brands, Porsche, Lamborghini and BMW.  After driving the turnaround at Porsche and leading 5 years of record growth at BMW, he was recognised as one of the UK’s top 40 leaders. He left BMW to set up his first technology business which grew to be an international success.  He has built, or transformed, 15 companies and his teams have created over 5 billion dollars o...

Lieutenant Colonel Langley Sharp MBE is the former head of the Centre for Army Leadership (CAL) at Sandhurst and responsible for championing leadership excellence across the British Army.   Having himself graduated from Sandhurst two decades ago, his career in the Parachute Regiment, which included operational command at every rank, saw him deployed to Northern Ireland, Macedonia, Afghanistan and...

Hi all,  I've had a lot of questions recently as to whether there is any more podcasts coming out.  Well, yes there are and i've used this episode to explain whats happening.  In short, it's coming back in the coming days! 

In this episode Gaz talks to Ben Ryan.  Ben is a former English rugby union coach who is best known for coaching the Fiji sevens team to a gold medal in sevens rugby at the 2016 Rio Olympics. He is currently Director of Elite Performance at association football club Brentford. Gaz and Ben talk all things leadership, psychological safety, the value of experiences, trust, how to work with toxic peop...

In this episode Gaz talks to Mike Bates who is a former Royal Marine, former counter terrorism covert operations leader, 2nd Dan BJJ Professor and is in training to row the Atlantic solo in Dec 2022.  Mike opens up regarding his formative years, the leadership opportunities he grabbed when they presented themselves to him, what principles he took away from the Royal Marines and how they helped him...

The Duratus Mind - A podcast exploring all things mindset and motivation.  Gaz, a former Special Forces Sergeant Major but now performance and leadership consultant, opens up his network to try and understand what motivates some to risk so much, why some are so driven, and what it really takes to achieve success in any sector. In this episode Gaz talks to Dr Martin I. Jones who is an expert on hum...

The Duratus Mind - A podcast exploring all things mindset and motivation.  Gaz, a former Special Forces Sergeant Major but now performance and leadership consultant, opens up his network to try and understand what motivates some to risk so much, why some are so driven, and what it really takes to achieve success in any sector. In this episode Gaz speaks with James A King.  James is a performance e...

ThruDark are a technical outdoor clothing company born from arduous environments and highly demanding circumstances.  The Directors of the company were all forged from decades within UK Special Forces.  Anthony 'Staz' Stazicker and Louis Tinsley talk all things Thrudark including; purpose, leadership, success, why Jay Morton left the company and managing the pressure of running a global...

The Duratus Mind - A podcast exploring all things mindset and motivation.  Gaz, a former Special Forces Sergeant Major but now performance consultant, opens up his network to try and understand what motivates some to risk so much, why some are so driven, and what it really takes to achieve success in any sector. This episode Gaz speaks to another old friend Dinger Bell. Dinger is a former Royal Ma...

The Duratus Mind - A podcast exploring all things mindset and motivation.  Gaz, a former Special Forces Sergeant Major but now performance consultant, opens up his network to try and understand what motivates some to risk so much, why some are so driven, and what it really takes to achieve success in any sector. This episode Gaz speaks to an old friend Ray Carole. Ray is a classic British ambassad...

The Duratus Mind - A podcast exploring all things mindset and motivation.  Gaz, a former Special Forces Sergeant Major but now performance consultant, opens up his network to try and understand what motivates some to risk so much, why some are so driven, and what it really takes to achieve success in any sector.  Today's episode is Geoff Thompson, a BAFTA winning screenwriter: Author of fifty...

The Vertical Marathon's reflections.  Gaz interviews Fergus Crawley and Jonny Pain 2 months after they had embarked on their epic quest of 32 ascents of Ben Nevis on 1/11/20 in aid of mental health and the prevention of male suicide.  This was to include; 42,200m elevation gain and 540km of distance travelled each.  ⁣⁣ ⁣ Gaz digs deep on what they learned from the experience, what went well,...