For me, I do it with video. 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. I think those of us who've been deep in that pocket before, it just becomes this thing that we kind of have to feel it. They're going to be off. Each year the team typically selects three tactical (fighter or fighter/attack) jet pilots, two support officers and one Marine. Jeff:All right. John Foley:No, actually, Erik, it's just the opposite. We get a choice of how we want to perceive a situation. Here's the difference. You've really tapped into it, and I think this is good news for everybody, right? Jeff:I think you're right. Now you can go straight precision, straight clinical once you're in that moment. He's working with us now. Erik Weihenmayer:Sure. I didn't say that day, I hope to do that. 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. 10 Frame Work and 10 Dynamics of Debrief Wallet Cards. That's not good. Thatsthewayukshop. Because I said the same thing. (167) 19.00. Mentors come into our lives when we're young, especially for me, it was obviously my dad, and then people I never met, like accidental mentors, like Terry Fox, who was an amputee who lost a leg to cancer and decided he was going to run all the way across Canada, thousands of miles, and he inspired a whole nation. 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? Because I know that's a big part of your book, talking about how to elevate those belief levels for people doing all kinds of activities and pursuits. Erik Weihenmayer:You thunk yourself out of it. Didrik Johnck:Didrik Johnck here, producer of the No Barriers Podcast. What does John Foley suck at? Foley eventually got swept up in the dot-com boom, which had spread to Los Angeles from San Francisco. That's one of the rare professions that, that's true. Jeff:Yeah, but it's also more than just fun. I used a trigger. I got you. The inspiration our keynote speaking and consulting provides,supported by experience and a proven process, enables people to closethe performancegap and transform energy into focused action. 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? 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 | Bio | Premiere Speakers Bureau John Foley:I mean, that's what saying. Copyright 2023. The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement. 168: John Foley is an original. Full of positive energy, he is not only It's hard enough, as you know, to win a championship, it's even harder to repeat. I know there's difficulty and I'm aware of it. What's wrong? That was always my dream as a little boy. Because think about when you're teaching someone to climb. What does it look like in this environment? I mean, athletes don't know that. Guess what? Is that what I think the states that we got into, no one taught me how to visualize. To answer your question, is I definitely believe we can't multitask. Yes, there's process, there's procedures. I know there's difficulty and I'm aware of it. I remember that. Yeah. You can actually smell the smoke oil in the air. That's the beautiful part is why we can give back now to so many people. And what discoveries does he continue to make today? 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. 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. Erik Weihenmayer:I could sense my breath. Did that answer your question? 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. You didn't get it for all you know. Well, so, how do you teach that though? Then just this year, Georgia brought me in. Erik Weihenmayer:Yeah. I'm scared all the time. john foley inc. 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. Our audience, our community is going to be so impacted by everything you've said, and your life's work, as it's been encompassed in this conversation today. Ending Tuesday at 3:15PM PST 1d 19h. There's a lot of crowds trying to get in there, the parking. I'm scared all the time. They can't do it forever. John Foley:I think that's important in anything we're learning. 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. I could read up on it. 14K views, 488 likes, 72 loves, 29 comments, 149 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Blue Angels Association: John Foley, #5, USN (Ret.) That's called reactionary. That's just a one sentence. I'm actually seeing things in frames. Speaker John Foley | Blue Angels Motivational Keynotes John Foley - Corporate to Entrepreneur I appreciate you, my friend. You're a pocket flow guy. I think I was looking at it as a bigger timeframe. Music. Then you start landing jets on aircraft carriers. You are an amazing human being with more importantly, a servant based heart. John Foley:Yeah. He shows how to create buy-in and commitment for a teams vision and goals, leading to clarity that drives execution decisions. 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. I think that's it in a nutshell, right there. John Foley on LinkedIn: Diamond Performance Framework | 18 comments 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. What it really meant at that moment was I'm really appreciative to be part of a team like this. There's the transcendence of that. And there's three tools. I think you've had to have lived something at the nuance level to really be able to teach it at the highest levels. So, you can decide if you're going to step up or not. The Blue Angels must be closely aligned in thought and action in order to accomplish their mission. I'm starting to get what you and Erik are talking about. Every nine seconds, so you know when it's fast, when telephone poles go by so quick, it's like you're in a car going a hundred miles an hour looking down at the white dotted line, you've ever done that? So, I got to go straight Georgia. John Foley:No, it's great. Or is it different? 0 bids. With Curd Jrgens, May Britt, Theodore Bikel, John Banner. And you just go, okay, I'm in the zone. I was actually told this that we have 65 frames a second. John Foley:When I start to hear the G of the go, I'm starting to push back on my stick. Business people, we don't necessarily know. The famed Blue Angels regularly take to the skies for maneuvers that bring their jets within mere feet of each other. I mean, Erik, on the debrief, we start on the Blue Angels with a feeling statement. That's the way you find that flow. 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? John Foley:Absolutely. John Foley:No, I love it. 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. 0:39. John Foley:Then, as you get better, we actually try to fly within a three inch circle on the airplane, because here's the really dynamic part is, it's a three dimensional air show. 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. Jeff:Like what? Is that Jeff:That's maybe what the difference is. I really do. All that's inside your brain. 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. It went well today. I'm going to send you out tomorrow night and you better show me something. Why am I doing something, and why does it matter? That's a start. I mean, you got this jet, it's coming in about 145 miles per hour. I'm coming down for the shoot for my first night landing, and it goes okay. If someone missed something, then you point it out to them. During a typical performance, there are six jets in the air. The fifth and sixth jet fly in solo formation. They're not going to be the Blue Angel necessarily, right? Some days you're just glad to be alive, but rarely, it meant that. And behind many of those awe-inspiring stunts and scenes was John Foley, Blue Angels pilot, entrepreneur, real estate investor, public speaker, and all-around inspiring human being. Jeff:I'm just, I'm trying to get my head around that though, because in a way, I think maybe we frame things up to see its either clinical precision or its emotion love, and sort of heart. That's what's really interesting about, really the military as a whole, but definitely the Blue Angels, is we just keep raising the bar. John Foley:Yeah. They said, generally, here's what I thought about the evolution. Go join the Air Force. Honestly, JB. Blue Angels' John "Gucci" Foley. (singing). I've been doing trauma for a long time. We know that you've got a lot of choices about how you can spend your time, and we appreciate you spending it with us. 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. All Rights Reserved. PDF Glad to be here: Lessons in high performance from the Blue Angels