You're a pocket flow guy. As a thought leader on high performance, John created the "Glad To Be Here" Mindset Methodology and the Diamond Performance Framework. 0 bids. So, you have to do well in your landing grades. High performance teams, how to turn them into business results. It's like the Blue Angels. 18 seconds, it takes nine seconds for the hit to happen, and then we have a clear for nine seconds. Jeff:All right. Now, to answer that gut feeling JB that you asked about. Jeff:Let's back up just again. Guess what? When that canopy came down, I'd be curious to see what you guys use, and you felt the canopy lock. I'm not waiting to see if the boss's airplane moves or not. Erik, I've been following so many stages, and JB, I know both of us. The momentous visit served as a way to ease tensions between the once Cold War rivals. I was actually told this that we have 65 frames a second. So, yes, I think that's the glad to be here. And just take a breath. John Foley:You'll be flying jets off aircraft carriers, but it is your time to go. That's a start. I didn't do great, but at least I finished. I think that's so critical. 01:18:45. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. John Foley:Well, I was the second one. Number one, Alabama, Nick Saban, that program is probably one of the strongest programs I've ever seen. The Refrigerated Foods Association (RFA) is excited to announce the keynote speaker for their 41st Annual Conference & Exhibition in February, 2022: John Foley. And that's great. It's what Shakespeare was talking about when he says, to be or not to be. . Foley eventually got swept up in the dot-com boom, which had spread to Los Angeles from San Francisco. Generally, how did I feel? His charismatic and enthusiastic presentations stimulate audiences emotionally and intellectually with a whole new perspective on their ability to excel. It exists. It can mean so many different things depending on who you ask and what day of the week it is. They get to talk about what they thought, and then anything that they need to do that's a safety, a safety's out of parameters, hopefully you don't have a lot of those. Or you're going to quit, or you're going to move on to something else. Think about it in your own life. John Foley:No, 100%. If I were to move that far and did not clear the formation, that's a safety. I don't think I ever said to my colleague, I love you, on the Blue Angels, but they knew it. With his signature Glad to be Here mantra, Foley discusses the power behind gratitude as a way of thinking, working, and living. He was saying two and a half years of pilot training, all the stuff I've been through, if you can't land a jet on an aircraft carrier at night, you're no good to the Navy. I could find out, okay, these are how I prepare and all this, but all it takes me is one minute listening to you, or Erik, and I realize, these guys have done it. My manager, Skyler, was always like, "Dude, the audience would've never known. My big change came from leaving the Navy. Jeff:Okay, so let's back up a little bit. Even like right now, as we're talking, am I thinking about, well, when is this over? It's perhaps like you have to have this veneer that exists to keep you in that pocket. Fortunately, I have a lot of video of me in the briefing rooms and the debriefing rooms and actual flying. John Foley:Yeah. Right? Now, what's interesting is, as I was just thinking about the evolution of a trigger, I remember climbing in the jet. The fifth and sixth jet fly in solo formation. Maybe we as humans sort of divide those. Erik Weihenmayer:And does that lead sometimes to reaching out to a friend or something like that, somebody who you know is hurting or struggling or just needs you? I'm coming down for the shoot for my first night landing, and it goes okay. With Curd Jrgens, May Britt, Theodore Bikel, John Banner. If I actually got out parameters and I recognized it, and I did the right procedure, not a safety. You don't want a whole bunch of safeties. help you have the best experience while on the site. Or, you know what? If you acknowledge that empathy, that compassion, and then actually take the action to reach out to them, amen. And the second question is, once you left the teams, how did you find that, just aargh, that thing that just made you You clinch up, that kind of stuff? Lt. Amanda Lee has made history as the first woman to serve as a demonstration pilot in the Blue Angels. I believe, in all our jobs, we got to paint the picture of what the extreme looks like first. You're probably right. You're you're in that focused state. I think you just hit on it. I want to go into the entrepreneurial world. John Foley:Erik, just like you, my dad was the biggest mentor in my life. No kidding, 300%. Foley has served as an adviser to Fortune 500 corporations, professional athletic teams, venture capital companies, professional associations and educational organizations and successfully connects the high intensity of the Blue Angles with your organization. (167) 19.00. If someone missed something, then you point it out to them. Is that what I think the states that we got into, no one taught me how to visualize. I'm okay with being scared. Scared to me means I'm aware, I'm present. Because I said the same thing. It comes with practice and it comes with the awareness. Glad To Be Here is a mindset that enables higher performance. John Foley is a former lead solo pilot of the Blue Angels, a Sloan Fellow at the Stanford School of Business, and an expert in the how of High Performance teams. Did that answer your question? Jeff:That's sweet of you to talk about me like that, bro. So, I got to go straight Georgia. Jeff:And I guess, just like so many of us, you've evolved into the new Gucci, the different Gucci that I really think the world benefits from having you. Disappointed with the assignment at the time, Foley now reflects that the three years he spent flying the A-7 were critical in his development as a Navy pilot. Because that's where I'm going to make a mistake, right? Access to NAS Pensacola is limited to Department of Defense (DoD) ID card holders (active duty service members, retirees, and their families). Then I went out and I tried it. John Foley:That's basically what he was saying. The way I do that is I just say, when my eyes open up, the first conscious thought that hits my head, I just go, what am I grateful for? I'm so glad there's such a similarity here, and that's why I've been looking forward to talking with you is we've never flown a perfect air show. Glad To Be Hereoffers apurpose greater than self, which galvanizes people and focuses individuals and teams on WHY they do what they do. John Foley:Yeah, you got it. A framework that teaches you step-by-step how to break through your own challenges and live a driven, purposeful life. I think that Georgia has the advantage. They believe you become part of this team. The reboot is basically first awareness. That's the first part of the question. I'm not a pilot anymore. I don't know the business side. Jeff:I think you're right. Then the debrief, what you're specifically asking about, which I think is really critical, is we go through stages, right? I have been training. It was an emotional click that said, I'm going to do that now. I know there's difficulty and I'm aware of it. He shares how to center a team around shared goals, strengthen relationships, and create unity that leads to consistent and effective results. Blue Angels' John "Gucci" Foley. There's a bigger show. 0:00. (Navy) The Navy's Blue Angels will conduct their final flight in the legacy F/A-18 Hornet . This fosters gratitude and new perspectives to recognize opportunities versus simply focusing on challenges. this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and Instead of talking about the psychological stuff behind it, I said, here's what I was thinking, here's how we used it, and here's how we can turn it into success for you. So, landing jets on aircraft carrier is truly, probably the most challenging thing a pilot can do. This was after the two had a strained pre-flight brief on the tarmac that was famously documented in the film The Blue Angels: Around the World at the Speed of Sound. I mean, it's just not meant to be. John Foley:To be, in my opinion, is the future state. You're just to land the jet, and then, it's a definitely step by step approach and lots of hours go into it. Now I love my dad. It took me 18 years, and I did. I don't have those all the time. I had a better snap the first time, whatever. John Foley:Once you learn how to do it, it's easy. I'm going to learn this. Now I'm getting more scared, and the brain's talking to you, right? It causes stuckness. All that's inside your brain. You get better and you move on and you share that information with somebody else. We're all playing our guitar. John Foley:At some point, you become a Blue Angel, and we take our pilots from the instructor ranks. I'm with you a hundred percent. Then the referee crew, I had spoken to the referee crew beforehand, and they got selected as the best individual. 10 Frame Work and 10 Dynamics of Debrief Wallet Cards. Erik Weihenmayer:Jeff, Imma slap you on the back. "Glad to be here isn't something you simply say. John Foley:Just brought tears to my eyes. I know it'll happen. When I snap my fingers, 65 frames hit your eyeballs. Is that part of the process of being focused? Let's see what you got. It's not straight and leveled. Because they probably know it anyhow. I started to emotionally well up a little bit. Now, for me, personally, so when I left the team, it was not a big deal. What's hard is to be aware of the situation. Because we've already each other on the G of go. John Foley:See, that's a big difference. They're gone. The team, composed of six Navy and one Marine Corps demonstration pilot, fly Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets . For me, the glad to be here has really been the essence of what I've been learning about and trying to teach for the rest of my life here. It's been a struggle to live what I call a no barriers life, to define it, to push the parameters of what it means. John. By closing this banner, scrolling this page, clicking a link, or continuing to browse this site, you agree to this use. I've been told, I've heard this lots of times that the human brain cannot multitask. Toms Del Coro Blue Angels at Miramar Air Show 2014 . That's the crowd part. That gives me way more joy than the actual climbing or the flying. During the 1950s in a small German town, high school Professor Immanuel Rath falls in-love with a young cabaret entertainer, with dramatic consequences. And they've got a great program too. I think, when I joined the team, and at the end of your comments, everybody said, "Glad to be here." You're landing on a runway that happens to be a boat. Usually not. You kayaked the Grand Canyon, you needed perfection. These are great athletes, right? It was during this same time period that Foley attended a Blue Angels air show and proclaimed to his father that one day he too would be a military aviator. You're upside down, you're rolling. I mean, clearly, you know what I want to do, I want to sit around a campfire with you and sip on just a little snifter of some good bourbon sometime. Just stop in the present moment because your mind's taking you somewhere where you don't want to go. John Foley:Sorry for that little blurb, but that's-. You have to be What's crazy is though I practiced and practiced and practiced and know these songs, it's just, when I get in front of the group, it's when everything sort of falls apart, I forget what I'm supposed to do. This isn't working. I had an entrepreneurial company, and the first one blew up. . Don't you wish you would've had that back when you were doing all these crazy maneuvers. You're like that. The best climbers in the world, back when Erik and I climbed Everest, not necessarily could climb Everest. You're not having debriefs where you say like, "Okay, let's talk about our feelings and sing kumbaya.". Erik Weihenmayer:Sure. They can't do it forever. But then, here's what I've noticed, JB, try this for me, try this tomorrow morning, then go back 24 hours and think about something that happened yesterday, or in this case, that happened today, because you're doing this tomorrow. But the point is that I used the canopy coming down. You surprised me in so many different ways, but I wouldn't imagine that glad to be here, other than just the realization like, holy, man, I lived through some things. I was so inspired from his . I mean, when you're flying 18 inches from a 22 ton jet at 500 miles per hour, you got to be focused. Visit our updated, This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. You've really tapped into it, and I think this is good news for everybody, right? In 1997 he started working at Citysearch, an online city guide later bought by Ticketmaster. When you call them out, because you did all that front load work of, I really care about you, you're my colleague and I love you, how do you do that effectively when you call someone you out and say, "You screwed up," but without doing it in a threatening way? I climb out of the jet. What separates the best of the best and makes for elite teams? I know why it works and that allows you to do the how. March 11: Naval Air Facility El Centro, California. I remember that. For my life, very quickly, is on the teams, on the Blue Angels, you go into that assignment knowing exactly how long you're going to be there. Block out your own mind. Didrik Johnck:Didrik Johnck here, producer of the No Barriers Podcast. John Foley:I like to put a nuance in there, Erik, and that's about being scared. This is what it was, everybody, we ran around the table, and it started with the boss. 2016 Glad To Be Here. Fearless Success: Beyond High Performance. By the way, I don't know if you guys have built any yet, but we're starting to build a digital course, so I'm glad to be here in gratitude. A practical model for living out his message that works in other organizations as well as within the Blue Angels. John Foley:I'm just going to reinforce that in my body. 192 Listens. Because now that you're not flying, aren't there some activities you're like, I suck at this? Like, they take you under their wing and they say And you're expressing gratitude, and because of that, they want to work with you more, right? He shows how a culture of thankfulness engages employees on an intellectual and emotional level to create deeper commitment and raise levels of performance. Antique James Kent "Old Foley" Blue/White Staffordshire Pitcher, England. You're on to a really interesting point. John Foley:But what hits me is, oh, okay, well, do I have the right personnel behind it? I mean, you got this jet, it's coming in about 145 miles per hour. He received his commission as an Officer in 1997. So, you're trying to keep your airplane within a three inch circle on the other airplane. Jeff:What's the Gucci over under tonight? Here's the difference. However, if we were to look at success as improvement upon what ever it is you are, whether that be your life, your career, or your business, then there. Now you have breakthrough performance. But we're only moving, hopefully between three and six inches, not feet. It made my dad's year, not his day. Once I did that, I went out, I did okay. So, here's the Gucci feel. It's moving away from you. So Nick Saban and Alabama brought me in a few years ago. You can't necessarily hack it from somebody else. Then what I do in the morning, Erik, is I do what I call my glad to be here wake up. See, that's why this is what's Great. John Foley:And you learn from them. You are not going in the midway." It's about sharing it with others so that their dreams can come true. We're talking to each other. John Foley:You feel the crowd. When you're riding your motorcycle or when you're dropping in on a steep cliff, that's the pocket. Our first conversation of this new year is with a former Navy jet pilot, an 18 year journey that began after a visit to an air show as a young boy, piqued when he was selected to join the Elite Blue Angels Squadron. The Navy's really good about debriefs, and the LSO, landing signal officer, walked in that day and he goes, it was very clear, he goes, Gucci, Gucci's my call sign. But that's exactly right, Erik. The Blue Angels Foundation's mission is to support wounded veterans and provide a path of transition back to the . Before we flew, we briefed, and after we flew, we debriefed, and that's a whole different emotional and intellectual episode than the actual physical. One of the things I do as a hobbyist is that I play a guitar. Does the gratitude negate that or overtake that in some way? Like, glad to be here. Erik Weihenmayer:Yeah. I think if you were to ask Erik and I, when we were 15 years old, do you want to ascend to the highest climbing level and climb Everest? Then we actually allow the support officers, so my maintenance officer, my doc, they get to do the same thing. Erik Weihenmayer:John, you guys were talking about these parameters, but how big of a can you make? Erik Weihenmayer:You thunk yourself out of it. I think you've had to have lived something at the nuance level to really be able to teach it at the highest levels. You know what the biggest one, Erik? John Foley:Yeah. I know that I've never achieved perfection in terms of, like I'll say I'm speaking in front of a group or something, I'll get off the stage and I'll be like, oh my God, I screwed up eight times. They shut me down. The other new members include an events coordinator, a C-130J Super Hercules pilot, an aviation maintenance officer and a flight surgeon . In this brand new interview, Gucci candidly dives into his navy experience and opens the discussion with his upbringing as a German born army brat and the influence his father had on him to pursue a military career. That is what's happening to me in the jet. To survive in those circumstances he relied on a culture of high trust, leadership and teamwork. I could read up on it. Oh, it's simple for me. To answer your question, is I definitely believe we can't multitask. What I've learned is, it's like two sides of the same coin, operational excellence, process, briefs, debriefs, preparation, focus, trust, and then you add in this glad to be here mindset. Then I try to get outside, I look up and I say, can I get into my body? They knew it. We're doing a mile every nine seconds. You don't start flying 36 inches, 18 inches from another jet. I could sense the space between my heartbeats. I go Mo, what did you see? Visit our updated, Distributor/Logistics Provider of the Year, Food Automation & Manufacturing (FA&M) Conference & Expo. Erik Weihenmayer:My hands sweat, my hand shake. So, you must have those clear mentors, direct mentors, but also maybe some accidental mentors. Then the same thing in fear, let's use business as an example is, am I going to start my new digital course? - John Foley, Blue Angels. That's a fact. John Foley -Blue Angel. Not, you were off by one degree or 0.1 degree. March 25 to 26: Barksdale Air Force Base . She joins hundreds of other women who have served with the Blue Angels . Jeff:All right. John Foley:Oh, music, just what we're talking about. But the point is, is there's a lot more that is intangible, that sits within us, and that's exactly what you captured right there. I think what you're describing, because I felt that so many times too, is the result of the focus. But the point is that-. I think that's a rare combination. This is built around tactical or strategic CenterPoints. Like instead of things going by so quick and your awareness is pretty small, your awareness increases and time slows down so that you're aware of more capacity at one moment. I think it's a blessing to have parents, and my mom too, in a different way, but they taught me integrity, and just trying stuff, not to be afraid to fail. They say like, "I put in six years, but it was the best six years of my life in certain ways." It's taken on a whole new ethos since then. Foley has served as an adviser to Fortune 500 corporations, professional athletic teams, venture capital companies, professional associations and educational organizations and successfully connects the high intensity of the Blue Angles with your organization. You didn't get it for all you know. We're constantly in a state of mentoring each other and we're in a constant state of basically up and out. John Foley is a former lead solo pilot of the Blue Angels, Sloan Fellow at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, leadership expert, speaker and Gratitude Guru. Having developed a strong bond with his opposing solo, Ken Switzer, for the 1992 season, the two explored implementing new maneuvers including the Section High Alpha Pass and the Solo Section Take-Off. I remember thinking to myself, I'm going to do that. But my whole point is that I fell into what I do now, which is I went to a seminar on personal growth, and I'm always trying to improve myself.
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