We actually can only focus on one thing at one time, but because it's like a movie, you have different frames, we're seeing things in frames. Nov 3, 2020. 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. Right? 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. Erik Weihenmayer:I could sense my breath. He shows how a culture of thankfulness engages employees on an intellectual and emotional level to create deeper commitment and raise levels of performance. You can't necessarily hack it from somebody else. Let's see what you got. Jeff:I know. You know what the biggest one, Erik? You do, in a way, you have to, I don't know, maybe you have to suspend the gushy parts because you've done all that hard work. 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. There's fear out there. 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. And what discoveries does he continue to make today? This fosters gratitude and new perspectives to recognize opportunities versus simply focusing on challenges. Local officials had. She joins hundreds of other women who have served with the Blue Angels . Bottomline is, we fly jets off aircraft carriers. 500 mph with former Blue Angels pilot John Foley 00:00 01:06:31 about the episode Happy 2022 everyone. 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. How did he get there, what happened after that, what lessons did he learn along the way, and what discoveries he continues to make today? During the 1950s in a small German town, high school Professor Immanuel Rath falls in-love with a young cabaret entertainer, with dramatic consequences. I think you just hit on it. That's even worse. They knew it. John Foley:Oh, I like what you're saying, Jeff. And it's my new mantra. It's important to know, it's easy to kill yourself. Generally, how did I feel? There are few examples where this is more dramatically demonstrated than with the Blue Angels. Then you get in the cockpit and you see we're moving like crazy. It snaps me out of that downward spiral. That is what's happening to me in the jet. It goes, woo. Based on his Blue Angels experience, John truly understands the how of high performing teams and he readily applies his knowledge to his keynotes and his consulting practice. You didn't get it for all you know. Absolutely. How do you sprinkle some Blue Angel pixie dust on top of the way that you present that pocket that we're all trying to find? Three times in a row, I do not get the wires, which is John Foley:Then the fourth time, I was ugly, but at least I caught the wire. There's twofold here, so I'm just You came off of a career that every day was filled with very precise, intense things. I've been doing trauma for a long time. When that canopy came down, I'd be curious to see what you guys use, and you felt the canopy lock. A total of 16 officers voluntarily serve with the Blue Angels. I know there's difficulty and I'm aware of it. I'm coming down for the shoot for my first night landing, and it goes okay. He retired from active duty after 27 years of distinguished service and joined Check-6, a global leader in optimized performance and safety solutions serving the most demanding industries, where he directed business development and corporate strategy for the North American Division. PENSACOLA, Fla. - The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, released their 2023 air show schedule at the International Council of Air Shows convention, Dec. 7, 2021. And then what happens? Jeff:I think you're right. What I love about this was you were so real, you were so honest and clear, and you gave people a lot of thoughts and process and mindsets to really bring them to new places of growth. I never met him, but he was a huge mentor. The Blue Angels announced six new team members overall. But that's exactly right, Erik. Sorry. You know what I mean? A framework that teaches you step-by-step how to break through your own challenges and live a driven, purposeful life. I could sense the space between my heartbeats. I want to know first off, are they even aware? You don't want to take more than a minute. We proudly represent the heritage, agility, flexibility, and. John Foley:Just brought tears to my eyes. And then I execute on that, Gucci's clear, Thumper's clear, and then guess what happens? I'm just so excited because you and I got to meet up and Vail at a retreat, and we had some coffee, and you were so nice to talk to my dad who was a Marine. I think, when I joined the team, and at the end of your comments, everybody said, "Glad to be here." In Good Condition. But you're exactly right, that's exactly the zone I'm in when I'm in a maneuver. I don't mind that. At first, you're like, I wouldn't say you black out, but everything goes by so fast. Copyright 2023. 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. Guess what? He received his commission as an Officer in 1997. That's not good. Gone. Vintage James Kent LTD | Old Foley . The other new members include an events coordinator, a C-130J Super Hercules pilot, an aviation maintenance officer and a flight surgeon . Erik Weihenmayer:Yeah, so what Analyze me here. 14K views, 488 likes, 72 loves, 29 comments, 149 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Blue Angels Association: John Foley, #5, USN (Ret.) Now you can go straight precision, straight clinical once you're in that moment. Erik Weihenmayer:You thunk yourself out of it. 10 Frame Work and 10 Dynamics of Debrief Wallet Cards. Employee Commitment I know why it works and that allows you to do the how. Like, glad to be here. The Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron today announced their schedule for the 2005 show season. 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. If you acknowledge that empathy, that compassion, and then actually take the action to reach out to them, amen. He retired from active duty after 27 years of distinguished service and joined Check-6, a global leader in optimized performance and safety solutions serving the most demanding industries, where he directed business development and corporate strategy for the North American Division. What if I knew this back when I was on the team? John Foley:Once you finish this, you actually are going to deploy. The momentous visit served as a way to ease tensions between the once Cold War rivals. That's what I was feeling. I appreciate you, my friend. His charismatic and enthusiastic presentations stimulate audiences emotionally and intellectually with a whole new perspective on their ability to excel. 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. You know it, every kid does it better than us. Now I'm understanding. It's at an angle. The significance of these events were not lost on the Blue Angels Lead Solo Pilot, John Gucci Foley, who joins this episode of Blue Angel Phantoms to share insights and behind the scenes stories from that now famous 92 European tour, as well as his naval career that spanned 17 years and saw him ascend to the rank of Commander. I know it'll happen. He flew A-4 Skyhawks. John Foley:You learn first off, your emergency procedures, you practice on simulators. We've acquired all these things, and now we want to give it to you, and to you, and to you to be a better version of yourself. Don't you wish you would've had that back when you were doing all these crazy maneuvers. John Foley:Yeah. 0:00. It's about sharing it with others so that their dreams can come true. I mean, there are people who can teach breathing and meditation effectively, that have been doing it for years and years. Boom. John Foley:To me, a liberating belief is where that opportunity. To survive in those circumstances he relied on a culture of high trust, leadership and teamwork. I remember, I had to think that night had to do some self-reflection and not get overwhelmed, and just realize, you know what? Guess what? John Foley:But what's interesting is that if you expand that time out, because in between each maneuver, we have communication. 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. Yeah, I got you. I had the privilege this week to hear John Foley, former lead solo pilot for the Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron, as one of the keynote speakers at a technology conference I was attending. As we evolve as athletes and precision professionals doing heady shit, that we get to a point where we realize what is my That's the completion of the hero's journey. They say like, "I put in six years, but it was the best six years of my life in certain ways." That means you're not in position. Is that part of the process of being focused? I come down, I get waved off. this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and Erik Weihenmayer:How do you handle that, John? Let's bring it out. Now, for me, personally, so when I left the team, it was not a big deal. Not that I'm telling you, you're not good enough. They have more to win. I want to do stuff that I've never done before, and I didn't know how to do it. John Foley:Well, I was the second one. Erik Weihenmayer:Yeah. With his signature Glad to be Here mantra, Foley discusses the power behind gratitude as a way of thinking, working, and living. I was expecting it. It was in Newport, Rhode Island place called Kwanzaa Point. John Foley:But you get a chance to voice that. That's exciting to me. If we back up to your adolescence and you started your training, and someone would've told you you're going to be a Blue Angel when you were like 20-years-old, you would've been obviously happy, but would that have been believable or were you just, in your mind, fast tracking and you knew exactly where you were going and how you were going to get there? Jeff:Because by the time this airs, everybody's going to know, so let's see what the forecaster is. Toms Del Coro Blue Angels at Miramar Air Show 2014 . So, I can visually show people what we're talking about, and they get to see it. You can actually smell the smoke oil in the air. It's really about overcoming the mental side of the equation. Sir John Foley (British Army officer) (born 1939), former Chief of Defence Intelligence and Lieutenant-Governor of Guernsey John D. Foley (1918-1999), American bomber gunner in World War II John H. Foley (1839-1874), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient John Foley (major) (1813-1881), Irish-born soldier and merchant Religion [ edit] Does the gratitude negate that or overtake that in some way? 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. What does it look like in this environment? Let's continue to help others, serve others with that. Then we go into a very scripted, watch the tape, talk about little things. 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. Research shows that teams and individuals that embrace a positive mindset as a core belief improve communication, inspire commitment and buy-in to group objectives. Erik Weihenmayer:No, I get very excited. Erik Weihenmayer:Or you get internal with yourself and you start making mistakes or something, like how pitchers in pro baseball get in a slump or something. I'm not going to be distracted by the fight I got with my spouse earlier this morning or about the kids that are waiting there. For me, it's this purpose larger than self. I do that through meditation in the mornings. As a Blue Angel, John consistently performed in an extreme, high-stakes environment, flying at speeds of more than 500 miles per hour in formations as close as 18 inches apart. They're going to be off. Not that I was out of parameters that I didn't clear. $3.00 shipping. Climbing, flying jets, that's not hard. Yes, there's process, there's procedures. Then the referee crew, I had spoken to the referee crew beforehand, and they got selected as the best individual. 605 SOUTH COLLEGE AVENUE, SUITE 101, FORT COLLINS, CO 80524. It causes stuckness. Now everybody and their dead grandma can. John Foley:When I start to hear the G of the go, I'm starting to push back on my stick. As a thought leader on high performance, John created the "Glad To Be Here" Mindset Methodology and the Diamond Performance Framework. I'm not sure if most people can get their heads around what that looks like. I get energy through my fingertips, but I don't get paralyzed by fear by speaking. It wasn't the physical side. Maybe we as humans sort of divide those. So, I was thinking of the bigger picture of the flying. The National Naval Aviation Museum is open Monday through Sunday from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. to current Department of Defense (DoD) ID cardholders. 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. I know you do and facilitate, you do personally, but also facilitate a lot of breathwork and meditation with clients, and you do it yourself. Now, do I get it perfect? John Foley:Yeah. It went well today. What we're talking about, I don't think you can learn from a book. 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. In one way, it's kind of nice. I think, at the end of the day, it's all about other people. This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to If I were to move that far and did not clear the formation, that's a safety. We're going to cross within a wingspan, right? One of them was my commanding officer on the carrier air group commander, called a carrier group commander, a CAG. That's called reactionary. Success is a funny word. To me, limiting beliefs are fear based. John Foley:Well, guys, I want to say the honor's mine, and the thanks are for you. We started with this, what I call general safe. We're doing a mile every nine seconds. You get to see us visualizing. John Foley:Now, having said that, I still get out and do it. Jeff:You can say I'm grateful for coffee, and then you immediately go like start the coffee maker. In the briefing room, you're going through their procedures, very scripted. If I'm complacent, that's what I got to worry about. Both maneuvers are now featured in the demonstration that Blue Angels perform today. John Foley:A couple of things. You got a chance to let the whole, we call it, lay it on the table, let the whole team know that A, you're number one, aware that you have made a mistake. John Foley:It's a double edged sword. I've spoken to all three, both teams and the officials. Because that's where I'm going to make a mistake, right? Erik Weihenmayer:I just imagine that the heart piece might almost get in the way. I think that Georgia has the advantage. It starts with giving. I don't care how bad you want it. I'm scared all the time. At a recent sales kick-off, I had the pleasure to listen to John Foley (call sign Gucci) who was a Naval Aviator, Blue Angel pilot and Stanford Business School graduate. [1] Formed in 1946, the unit is the second oldest formal aerobatic team in the world, after the French Patrouille de France formed in 1931. If I put the work in and the effort in, I could achieve that. Learn from people who have done it, and there's a combination of process and mindset. And then reverse engineer, what are you thinking about? Then the other thing you got a chance to do, and this is very unique with the Blue Angels, is you got to admit your own mistakes first. John Foley:It's actually really cool because the ECS, the environmental control system, it almost feels like a vacuum. It starts with the "Glad to Be Here" mind-set, which underpins the Diamond Performance Framework. I had done really well in all the other phases, and this is the last phase. In his dynamic presentations, Foley addresses the essential elements of exceptional team performance and makes them relevant, simple, and immediately actionable. He has been a venture capitalist and technology investor for nearly 40 years, co-founding Technology Crossover Ventures and serving as General Partner since June 1995. Antique James Kent "Old Foley" Blue/White Staffordshire Pitcher, England. With what you just said, what I generate the most fulfillment and happiness in my life is not that I physically climb the mountains anymore or fly the jets, it's that I can share that in a way that benefits others. You're like that. I have been training. That's nobarrierspodcast.com. What does John Foley suck at? this website. Here are the suggestions we received and where we donated (click through to view) . To survive in those circumstances he relied on a culture of high trust, leadership and teamwork. B, that it's out of parameters, so you get to decide as an organization what's in parameters and what's out. Jeff:Okay. There's limiting beliefs and there's liberating beliefs. John Foley shares how management can stimulate performance by creating a culture that values expression of gratitude and appreciationfor opportunities, co-workers, and clients. Then I realized I had the wrong order. It doesn't John Foley:Erik, I got to a question for you. Now I'm getting more scared, and the brain's talking to you, right? (singing). 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. Can I get back into body? Jeff:What's the Gucci over under tonight? You don't want a whole bunch of safeties. Ready, hit it. Erik Weihenmayer:I got my accelerated free fall license as a civilian to skydive. And then, I guess maybe reflect on that flow focus that you had then and how now that perhaps has given you the ability to be able to get in that meditative pocket now. Sorry. - John Foley, Blue Angels. 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. You get better and you move on and you share that information with somebody else. Are you there in Denver right now, by the way? I mean, when you're flying 18 inches from a 22 ton jet at 500 miles per hour, you got to be focused. When you get selected for the Blue Angels, you have either a two year tour or a three year tour, and then you know that you will be reassigned to another Navy squadron, and it just won't be the Blue Angels. There's a lot of opportunity here. What happened after that? Ranges are presented as a guideline only. Then you start dog fighting. He's one of the Top 10 most sought-after keynote speakers and trainers on leadership, performance, teamwork and trust. But then it gets very specific. 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. John Foley:Yeah. But the point is that-. I think about you guys, when you decided, I want to climb, something clicked in my heart. He called me up, and we were actually using some of the video I'm in. This boat is moving up and down. Do you get the same, is that the same for you in front of a big audience? However, not all the jets in the team fly at the fastest speeds. Or you're going to quit, or you're going to move on to something else. John Foley:Oh, music, just what we're talking about. Now I love my dad. John Foley:But yeah, so that's for sure. What it does is, let's take it as a personal situation. Both of you have been my heroes too. Jeff:Number one question would be, were you the one who said it's time to step away from the teams, or did they say, we need some new blood in here? I mean, Erik, on the debrief, we start on the Blue Angels with a feeling statement. 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. That's where I had to make the big leap. I mean, I do fly for fun, but it's no big deal. I just don't need to do it at the level I used to. It didn't mean I didn't question myself in between. So, here's the Gucci feel. John Foley draws upon his experience as Lead Solo of the Blue Angels to inspire audiences and show them how to achieve substantially higher levels of performance. Scared to me means I'm aware, I'm present. Either you step up to that challenge, okay? It was some of those things that you talk about. 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. By visiting this website, certain cookies have already been set, which you may delete and block. The eye can't see that, but as you're learning, you're moving a lot. You finally get in the airplane and that's totally different. I've gotten the chance to ascend Mount Everest, to climb the tallest mountain in every continent, to kayak the Grand Canyon, and I happen to be blind. 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. I'm going to send you out tomorrow night and you better show me something. $19.50. You know what I mean? As a thought leader on high performance, John created the "Glad To Be Here" Mindset Methodology and the Diamond Performance Framework. Welcome to our No Barriers podcast. An 18 year journey that began after a visit to an airshow as a young boy peaked when he was selected to join elite Blue Angels squadron. Even if it's the transcendent meditative place, but that's the pocket, right? Jeff:Okay, so let's back up a little bit. John Foley:It makes a big difference. 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.