I don't generally meditate for a "quiet mind" as the goal, but enjoy it when it happens. I generally do visualization or intention meditation. It is more of a guided or directed meditation, but still takes a similar focus.

For visual meditation, my goal is to not be thinking about where my body is, but only be thinking about things visualized, basically a "full immersion". I start out imagining myself meditating in a zen garden, or on a mountain, or a different peaceful place. I then sit down there and meditate about what I was planning on meditating on at the start. This kind of "overloads" my brain, so I am not thinking a bunch of random thoughts, most of my mind is there trying to imagine the sensations, so when I start losing visualization the "layer" may be destroyed, but I don't go back to my actual body, just my peaceful place.

For intention meditation, I do what I call a "combo breaker" of trying to lucid dream. I lay in a position that is comfortable, but not quite easy to fall asleep in. I then do my mantra and some visualizations of dreams. I keep going, imagining each sense and realizing that I am dreaming over and over. Then It is over. The ending is very strange because it just seems to end at some point and I know that I am done and am going to LD that night. It is more of a tech for helping me get lucid rather than for meditating's sake. But I always meditate with a purpose, so I am different than most.

In closing.
I generally don't "calm my mind", I direct it. If I am in control of my mind, then it doesn't need to be calm or clear. I can just direct it. I don't need to be thinking of pink elephants, because I am in control. A calm and peaceful connection with my thoughts.