They're going to be off. Vintage Pair of Old Foley James Kent White Plate with Red Floral and Bird Pattern 10 Inch Plates. You don't want to take more than a minute. In fact, by the way, the College Football Championship's tonight. Part of the equation is diving into the learning process and trying to illuminate the universal elements that exist along the way. When you were going through that process, John's like 12 years old and he's committed, I'm going to be a pilot, and all Now you're going to be the best pilot, you're going to be this best pilot. Visit our updated, This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. You are not going in the midway." It's moving away from you. 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'm not doing it as a career. Thatsthewayukshop. John Foley:Right. It was some of those things that you talk about. We call it a brief room, but really, it's mental preparation before we go flying. If I were to move that far and did not clear the formation, that's a safety. Or is it different? John Foley:It's a double edged sword. It was during his tour with VMFAT-101 that Foley submitted an application and pursued a position with the Blue Angels that was almost derailed when he accidentally deployed live ordinance from his aircraft on a training exercise. 01:18:45. Thanks so much and have a great day. Oh, it would be kind of cool to do that. One of them was my commanding officer on the carrier air group commander, called a carrier group commander, a CAG. I think that's, what's going to happen with Georgia tonight, and I think you and I are going to be prognosticators, extraordinaire here in few weeks when this thing airs, because Georgia's going to suck them, get them dogs going. If they're aware, usually it's usually like, they're just not aware. John Foley:You learn first off, your emergency procedures, you practice on simulators. I go down there. Jeff:You have been up on stage for countless hours and thousand, tens of thousands of people, but you're shit at guitar right now, but you're getting better. That's not good. Why am I doing something, and why does it matter? Does the gratitude negate that or overtake that in some way? Or you're going to quit, or you're going to move on to something else. That's one of the rare professions that, that's true. John Foley:It's exactly that, but it's not just the coffee, right? John Foley shares how management can stimulate performance by creating a culture that values expression of gratitude and appreciationfor opportunities, co-workers, and clients. data. They're just small. Well, I got to go here because it's just a thought that's on my mind. John. I could sense the space between my heartbeats. John Foley:See, that's a big difference. Erik Weihenmayer:Yeah. I sure didn't know that I was going to fail as many times as I did, and all the obstacles that were going to come in the way, but I truly had that belief in my heart that, at least it was possible. Erik Weihenmayer:How do you handle that, John? Guess what? Visit our updated, Distributor/Logistics Provider of the Year, Food Automation & Manufacturing (FA&M) Conference & Expo. Erik Weihenmayer:I've been thinking a lot about integration lately as well in that way. Here's the difference. I'm not a pilot anymore. 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. Because they probably know it anyhow. How has it impacted your life? By closing this banner, scrolling this page, clicking a link, or continuing to browse this site, you agree to this use. I do that every morning and only it takes a couple minutes. I said, I don't need to be an airline pilot. Whether it's meditation, whether it's learning to take your game to a whole new level. We brief every Monday mornings on the week and stuff. It's not happening. I'm not qualified. So, yes, I think that's the glad to be here. Then he looked at me very clearly and he said, "I'm going to give you one more chance. So, the idea of calling somebody out is not the first stage. And you're welcome. Objective, come at each other at a thousand miles per hour closer. Yes, there's process, there's procedures. John Foley:Erik, just like you, my dad was the biggest mentor in my life. His exciting and unusual life journey knows how to inspire and inspire audiences to take action themselves and rethink what they think is possible. John Foley was a solo pilot for the Blue Angels aerobatic formation, a Sloan Fellow at the Stanford School of Business, a Gratitude Guru, and an expert on "how to" in high performing teams. So, you can decide if you're going to step up or not. That's the way you find that flow. Then you start all over again because you've just raised the game. A practical model for living out his message that works in other organizations as well as within the Blue Angels. Well, so, how do you teach that though? 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. That's the training part, as compared to trying to hide something. John Foley:I remember it was something just clicked. John Foley:That's basically what he was saying. It snaps me out of that downward spiral. Yeah, I got you. It doesn't John Foley:Erik, I got to a question for you. Plus, he admitted the origin of his call sign "Gucci," helping out on the original "Top Gun," and some of the . I know there's difficulty and I'm aware of it. That's, I feel for me, has been the most luckiest part of my life that I've been able to somehow connect with great people who have helped me on the fast track. You have this interesting mindset around focus and how it's really Is it hard to multitask, or we think we're multitasking but we're really not, we're really focused on one thing at a time? Maybe it's a deliverable on work. That is what's happening to me in the jet. I take a break. Jeff:Let's back up just again. I've been doing trauma for a long time. His charismatic and enthusiastic presentations stimulate audiences emotionally and intellectually with a whole new perspective on their ability to excel. I got goosebumps because yeah, it's no longer about me. They leave the event not only transformed, but also with a set of concrete tools to immediately begin a high performance climb. In one way, it's kind of nice. In what was once thought to be an impossibility, the Blue Angels made history in 1992 by becoming the first United States flight team to fly over the skies of Moscow, Russia. $ 30.00. Block out your own mind. And then the work goes in and you start to realize that yo won't know unless you go, you won't know unless you tried. John Foley Keynote Speaker to over 1500 Organizations Worldwide, Blue Angel Lead Solo Pilot, Stanford Fellow, Bestselling Author and 'Gratitude Guru' Request Speaker Marketing Toolkit Fee Range $30,001 - $50,000 * * This specific fee falls within this range. There must be a lot of things like that, that you've really tried to take with you from being a Blue Angel. There has to have been a time during that process that you got completely shit on, or you were like, oh, well Or somebody said, "Forget it, Foley. You are an amazing human being with more importantly, a servant based heart. The other new members include an events coordinator, a C-130J Super Hercules pilot, an aviation maintenance officer and a flight surgeon . 109K views 5 months ago Blue Angels Podcast In what was once thought to be an impossibility, the Blue Angels made history in 1992 by becoming the first United States flight team to fly over. My big change came from leaving the Navy. Erik Weihenmayer:Hey, everybody. 0 bids. All that's inside your brain. They shut me down. It's like the Blue Angels. Erik Weihenmayer:I lose my sort of my micro coordination. I think that Georgia has the advantage. How exactly did guest John Foley become a Blue Angel and what was his motivation? It's not a long diatribe, right? It was in Newport, Rhode Island place called Kwanzaa Point. I mean, you got the energy of the crowd, the noise of the jets going overhead. I mean, when you're flying 18 inches from a 22 ton jet at 500 miles per hour, you got to be focused. You're not doing this. It made my dad's year, not his day. Those are the skills that we can learn. Now, for me, personally, so when I left the team, it was not a big deal. Is that Jeff:That's maybe what the difference is. I mean, Erik, on the debrief, we start on the Blue Angels with a feeling statement. When you're riding your motorcycle or when you're dropping in on a steep cliff, that's the pocket. Then we actually allow the support officers, so my maintenance officer, my doc, they get to do the same thing. Even if Alabama is a better, let's say team, proven by the earlier performance, the chances of repeating that are so hard at this level. 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. That's a fact. They believe you become part of this team. I wasn't even thinking about this, but I was kind of flirting with this idea of, being in the military, being a blue angel, I could imagine that your heart gets left behind because you have to be perfect. I feel, like my kid's 16, and he's a pretty high level athlete now. Join Erik & Jeff for this high energy chat with John Foley. I've taught myself to block out distractions. Not just my head. Because my mind is starting to take over my body. I mean, of course, I want to continue to grow and continue to learn in areas that, like we said earlier, JB, if I can teach someone how to meditate, how to focus now, like I speak to of sports teams all the time. ", - John Foley, Former Lead Solo Pilot, Blue Angels. John Foley -Blue Angel. Maybe he didn't understand he was out of parameter, right? So, coming around, and I go down again a third time, bolter again. John Foley:No, it's great. The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement. And that's great. I'm with you a hundred percent. 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. Climbing, flying jets, that's not hard. But it was a dream that I remember in my heart. I fortunately went to Stanford business school and I learned some of the What does it need to grow and build a big business? The Blue Angels travel at speeds between 120 mph and 700 mph. Boom. I'm constantly riding motorcycles. My name is Erik Weihenmayer. Okay? Jeff:You got nervous, you and I have known each other for decades, you got nervous a few months ago playing in front of me. The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will transition to the Super Hornet platform for the 2021 season. The importance of teams being in sync is a concept that John Foley understands profoundly. Sometimes I'm a little bit ahead, sometimes a little bit behind, but I'm talking inches instead of feet. Jeff:That's three times in a row, three misses on the same John Foley:Yeah. Jeff:The difference though is 10,000 hours. Jeff:Yeah, but it's also more than just fun. Get the best deals on Staffordshire Old Foley when you shop the largest online selection at eBay.com. I think about the aging process a lot now, because I'm all aging, but you don't think about that when you're in your 20s and 30s. Scared to me means I'm aware, I'm present. Nobody would know that you screwed up.". As a Blue Angel, John consistently performed in an extreme, high-stakes environment, flying at speeds of more than 500 miles per hour and in formations as close as 18 inches apart. Here's what's interesting. Yeah. I'm a emergency room PA. Then here's the last thing, and I'll do this for any leader is go, or anybody really, go forward in your day, and I use my calendar, but think about others, not just yourself, and think about, how can I show up in a way that helps somebody else. While I had known about the Blue Angels, I hadn't ever heard of John Foley. Now I'm getting more scared, and the brain's talking to you, right? Erik Weihenmayer:Yeah. John Foley:I mean, that's what saying. I'm in Sun Valley. I've never given a public speech in that regard before. And that kind of stuff. I remember my daytime went well. Learn from people who have done it, and there's a combination of process and mindset. I remember, Mark, 12-years-old, my dad took me to an air show. So, I went heli-skiing yesterday. Glad To Be Here is a mindset that enables higher performance. There's a moment that crystallized for you like that? High performance teams, how to turn them into business results. I really do. It's how you feel. You know what I mean? I can't teach climbing right now. That's a start. I think you've had to have lived something at the nuance level to really be able to teach it at the highest levels. I remember thinking to myself, I'm going to do that. More like this. John Foley draws upon his experience as Lead Solo of the Blue Angels . I think, even more important, is in the briefing room, if you have ever been to one of my presentations, you see, I take people into our preparation. I was expecting it. There's fear out there. 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. I flew at 500 miles per hour in formations nearly 18" | 18 comments on LinkedIn Maybe I don't, I don't know, but I pull my heart away and just focus clinically as to what's going on. Not that I'm telling you, you're not good enough. I'll never forget the radio call. John Foley:Yeah. What it really meant at that moment was I'm really appreciative to be part of a team like this.