I was so inspired from his . He is the former lead solo pilot of the Blue Angels, Bestselling Author of Fearless Success, an expert in the How of High Performance teams and 'The Guru of Gratitude.'. First, is just being aware, is am I operating from fear? That's where you go, okay, what is it going to take to get to where I want to go? You don't want to take more than a minute. John Foley:Well, I was the second one. These fundamentals are incredibly important because that's what we all learn from, we got to have a process, but I think the difference when you're talking to somebody who's actually done it and done it at a high level. Play Audio. It comes with practice and it comes with the awareness. John Foley:It's a double edged sword. Upon returning from the Persian Gulf, Foley transferred to Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 101 (VMFAT-101) based in El Toro, California, where he served as an F/A-18 Hornet flight instructor pilot and landing signal officer. I'm in Sun Valley. Some days you're just glad to be alive, but rarely, it meant that. I'm okay with being scared. At first, you're like, I wouldn't say you black out, but everything goes by so fast. 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. 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. Well, both. First thing I want to acknowledge is, if I have a fear-based belief, what's that causing me, it's usually stuckness. I land the jet after that and now you-. 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. Blue Angels' John "Gucci" Foley | 99.1 PLR In this insightful program, he emphasizes the development of trust and respect among team members as essential to execution, and demonstrates proven ways for teams to achieve deep levels of trust. The Refrigerated Foods Association (RFA) is excited to announce the keynote speaker for their 41st Annual Conference & Exhibition in February, 2022: John Foley. Am I waking up this morning? So, let's do it. 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. I just want to do something that's personal. That's not good. "Glad to Be Here" was a statement of belief that we Because they probably know it anyhow. See, that's more important to me because I want to know if they're aware. That's even worse. The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will transition to the Super Hornet platform for the 2021 season. Then you start all over again because you've just raised the game. What happened after that? 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. #gladtobehere stickers (50/pk) $ 17.99. 2016 Glad To Be Here. Old Foley James Kent - Etsy UK 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. And just take a breath. Jeff:Because by the time this airs, everybody's going to know, so let's see what the forecaster is. That's a good question, because I was thinking about that in a similar way, but a little bit differently. and cookie policy to learn more about the cookies we use and how we use your There's a lot of crowds trying to get in there, the parking. John "GUCCI" Foley - Public Speaking & Appearances - Speakerpedia Guess what? John Foley Inc - First reflections after seeing the new Top Gun He says, "You know those orders to the midway? By closing this message or continuing to use our site, you agree to the use of cookies. But for JB and I, the shit goes by quickly, right? What was that like for you? John Foley:To me, a liberating belief is where that opportunity. Then you start landing jets on aircraft carriers. John Foley:Now, if I get outside of those parameters, let's say I move three feet and I don't clear the formation, but when you move that far off, you have to get out of the way because you're not stable. 192 Listens. Now I get scared. Show notes can be found at nobarrierspodcast.com. It was an emotional click that said, I'm going to do that now. Motivational Speaker, Business Speakers, Keynote Speakers. And I'm going to say, wow, that was a really awesome conversation. I mean, athletes don't know that. Keep going JB. High performance teams, how to turn them into business results. Is that Jeff:That's maybe what the difference is. In 1997 he started working at Citysearch, an online city guide later bought by Ticketmaster. I believe, in all our jobs, we got to paint the picture of what the extreme looks like first. His passion and. It snaps me out of that downward spiral. In fact, by the way, the College Football Championship's tonight. John consistently performed in an extreme, high-stakes environment, flying at speeds of more than 500 miles per You're a student pilot, man. Climbing, flying jets, that's not hard. But the point is that-. So, we come from the instructor ranks usually. They just run by so quickly that I'm seeing a continuum. However, not all the jets in the team fly at the fastest speeds. The Untold Story of the Blue Angels Visit to Moscow with John - YouTube I mean, when you're flying 18 inches from a 22 ton jet at 500 miles per hour, you got to be focused. I have to come up on the radio, and I got to say six is clear. 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. What's wrong? You can't do it forever. 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. Speaker: John Foley, Performance Expert | LAI - Leading Authorities Our first conversation of the new year is with a former navy jet pilot. What's hard is to be aware of the situation. Erik Weihenmayer:You thunk yourself out of it. Then, what can I find that I can appreciate at that moment? Sometimes I'm a little bit ahead, sometimes a little bit behind, but I'm talking inches instead of feet. John Foley:Okay. Foley would enjoy a three year tenure with the Blue Angels that would see him progress from the teams narrator to a position in the demonstration as a solo pilot. Be sure to subscribe so you dont miss a single episode of this free, educational and uplifting podcast. I think, at the end of the day, it's all about other people. Jeff:All right. 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. This is really the ethos of what we're talking about. But then it gets very specific. That's where I had to make the big leap. This boat is moving up and down. And we have a framework that we teach about that. John Foley, a former naval aviator with the Blue Angels was on with Chaz and AJ to talk about the coordinated flyover of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut with the Thunderbirds. . So, yes, I think that's the glad to be here. That means you're not in position. Now I'm understanding. John Foley | Bio | Premiere Speakers Bureau Here's the difference. John Foley:See, that's a big difference. Erik Weihenmayer:It's easy to talk about the successes, but what doesn't get talked about enough is the struggle. I'm so glad that we could share, and that you guys, your community, your audience is so powerful, and they've got stories that are way more powerful than ours when it comes to overcoming adversity and making a difference, and that's what I want to acknowledge, is that everybody has a great story. Like, oh man, you got to get your act together. Where is it? I'm with you a hundred percent. Jeff:All right. That's the way you find that flow. We were talking about everyone else on my team is a musician in some way, shape, or form. The Real Life Top Gun's Advice to Become ELITE at Anything - Transcripts Our first conversation of the new year is with a former navy jet pilot. He shares how to center a team around shared goals, strengthen relationships, and create unity that leads to consistent and effective results. So, I went heli-skiing yesterday. You're not having debriefs where you say like, "Okay, let's talk about our feelings and sing kumbaya.". With Curd Jrgens, May Britt, Theodore Bikel, John Banner. Because I said the same thing. I mean, just take the complexity of what some people would think would be hard, which is landing an airplane, which I don't think so. You know what the biggest one, Erik? We're constantly in a state of training. We believe that transcendent potential for performance lives withineveryindividual and organization. I want a learning loop. I never met him, but he was a huge mentor. Half the pilots are new every year. joined the Blue Angels in 1990, served as the narrator, the. Are you there in Denver right now, by the way? John Foley:Sorry for that little blurb, but that's-. You are not going in the midway." 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. And thanks to all of you for listening. 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? You're probably right. His message and personal stories, delivered with his trademark enthusiasm and charisma, emphasizes principles of trust, alignment, clarity and commitment, positioning individuals and teams to achieve and sustain higher levels of excellence than they ever dreamed possible. The Blue Angel (1959) - IMDb A framework that teaches you step-by-step how to break through your own challenges and live a driven, purposeful life. This is the highest level of the Blue Angels. 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] 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. It absolutely changes the neurons, the neuroplasticity in your brain, and you'll start to have more happy thoughts and you'll perform better. Scared to me means I'm aware, I'm present. Maybe I don't, I don't know, but I pull my heart away and just focus clinically as to what's going on. John Foley:JB, more from, I'd say, a psychiatrist standpoint or psychological standpoint. Jeff:Okay. It made my dad's year, not his day. This isn't working. Otherwise, it's over.". I feel like when I'm in the middle of a code, I pull my heart away. The Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron today announced their schedule for the 2005 show season. All right. We're doing a mile every nine seconds. Then after that, and I would say that's more the touchy feely part. All Rights Reserved BNP Media. 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. Maybe we as humans sort of divide those. Employee Commitment John Foley What does it look like in this environment? Erik Weihenmayer:No, I get very excited. True to his word, Foley applied to the military academies but was initially rejected for having too much protein in his urine. 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. It's taken on a whole new ethos since then. He did a couple tours in Vietnam. That person asked me if I would mind saying some words on stage. There's fundamentals that work like breathwork, like my morning routine, what do I do when I wake up in the morning? I'm telling you, it's probably like climbing whatever the roughest pitch you went up. John is a former lead solo pilot of the Blue Angels, a Sloan Fellow at Stanford School of Business, a top rated Keynote Speaker to over 1500 organizations worldwide, 'Gratitude Guru', bestselling author and expert in the "how" of high performance teams. Just stop in the present moment because your mind's taking you somewhere where you don't want to go. I fortunately went to Stanford business school and I learned some of the What does it need to grow and build a big business? Part of the equation is diving into the learning process and trying to illuminate the universal elements that exist along the way. I don't know. 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. It evolves over time, but we need that pocket. It's the mental side and the emotional side, probably is, you'll have to tell me, but in flying and with the blues, I like to say you needed to connect the heart and the head because it wasn't enough to be just in your head. Copyright 2023. $19.50. Like me, I'm going to be thinking of you guys' faces, I'm going to be thinking about this conversation. As a Blue Angel, Foley 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. Plus, he admitted the origin of his call sign "Gucci," helping out on the original "Top Gun," and some of the . How do you increase that sense of focus? John Foley:It's actually really cool because the ECS, the environmental control system, it almost feels like a vacuum. Maybe it's a deliverable on work. John Foley:Yeah. John Foley:I like to put a nuance in there, Erik, and that's about being scared. Then we go into a very scripted, watch the tape, talk about little things. (167) 19.00. Then you get in the cockpit and you see we're moving like crazy. There's fear out there. Visit our privacy We call it a brief room, but really, it's mental preparation before we go flying. In the briefing room, you're going through their procedures, very scripted. So, the idea of calling somebody out is not the first stage. That's the training part, as compared to trying to hide something. I'm constantly riding motorcycles. To me, that's a feeling statement. You have to move on in some way at some point. If I were to move that far and did not clear the formation, that's a safety. 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 also ran into, in the speaking world, it was so funny, Erik, I went to an event and they were talking about this power of visualization. There's limiting beliefs and there's liberating beliefs. John Foley:Once you finish this, you actually are going to deploy. To me, the easiest ones or relationships, whether they're personal or not. I was supposed to deploy on the midway, which was a four deployed carrier. I have what I call my glad to be here wake up, and a glad to be here reboot. I've been doing this for about six months now, learn, grow, give. These are great athletes, right? You don't start flying 36 inches, 18 inches from another jet. Today, Foley is a high performance keynote speaker that helps both corporations and individuals reach their full capabilities through lesions he learned while flying with the Blue Angels. Never will because of the nuances in it. That's the crowd part. 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. All of a sudden, as the complexity goes up, so do your skills. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. That's nobarrierspodcast.com. 0:39. Vintage James Kent LTD | Old Foley . Those are much more take the who out of it, be very of what happened, where were the decision points? I take a break. Blue Angels to make final flight in the legacy F/A/-18 Hornet as they By a trigger, I mean a positive trigger that told myself, okay, that's done. That's the beautiful part is why we can give back now to so many people. I'll give you an example. Erik Weihenmayer:Hey, everybody. I hated it, it sucked. Vintage Pair of Old Foley James Kent White Plate with Red Floral and Bird Pattern 10 Inch Plates. A practical model for living out his message that works in other organizations as well as within the Blue Angels. I'm going to send you out tomorrow night and you better show me something. Lt. Amanda Lee has made history as the first woman to serve as a demonstration pilot in the Blue Angels. Erik Weihenmayer:Yeah. His exciting and unusual life journey knows how to inspire and inspire audiences to take action themselves and rethink what they think is possible. Thatsthewayukshop. "Glad to be here isn't something you simply say. Blue Angels name first woman to serve as demonstration pilot - USA TODAY Toms Del Coro Blue Angels at Miramar Air Show 2014 . 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. 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. Erik Weihenmayer:My hands sweat, my hand shake. I constantly want to learn, and I don't want to beat myself up in the learning. The reboot is basically first awareness. Jeff:That's sweet of you to talk about me like that, bro. The Blue Angels Team "Blue Angels are Navy fighter pilots. What it does is, let's take it as a personal situation. I think what we're talking about is you have to reinvent yourself at some right point. Blue Angels To Be At Chattanooga Air Show - Chattanoogan.com If you enjoy this podcast, we encourage you to subscribe to it, share it, and give us a review. It's not even in your control. 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. That stuff completely leaves your mind and you're right into the task. 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. They believe in process. You kayaked the Grand Canyon, you needed perfection. Use tab to navigate through the menu items. I think the hack now is that we're realizing you can get to that flow state through finding that practice and being centered. 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. Usually not. We go around the table and everybody first gets a chance to say that, the general safe. Former Blue Angels Pilot John Foley to Give Keynote Presentation at I'm coming down for the shoot for my first night landing, and it goes okay. It doesn't John Foley:Erik, I got to a question for you. We're going to cross within a wingspan, right? John Foley:I had done the best I could. Maybe he didn't understand he was out of parameter, right? That gives me way more joy than the actual climbing or the flying. It exists. I'm grateful to be healthy. All of a sudden, the light bulb went off. $3.00 shipping. To answer your question, is I definitely believe we can't multitask. I thought on about that for a while, and I went, you know what? How has it impacted your life? We actually do what we call a general safe. I'm okay with being scared. 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. John Foley:It makes a big difference. (singing). As I contemplate the trajectory of, say my climbing career, my speaking career, the things that I do with my family and everything, I contemplated a whole lot more because all those marbles in the jar, there's just fewer of them. I've been doing trauma for a long time. I think, when I joined the team, and at the end of your comments, everybody said, "Glad to be here." John Foley draws upon his experience as Lead Solo of the Blue Angels . There are few examples where this is more dramatically demonstrated than with the Blue Angels. Jeff:The difference though is 10,000 hours. I was doing it before them. Because think about when you're teaching someone to climb. Maybe when you're learning, it's afoot. They are one of the largest one percenter motorcycle clubs in the United Kingdom. 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. Using Blue Angel methodology as a model, Foley has developed a unique approach that equips others to make the same journey toward excellence in execution. Blue Angels' John "Gucci" Foley. One of them was my commanding officer on the carrier air group commander, called a carrier group commander, a CAG. Learning, and I was helping him in any way, shape I could, but that exposure, I probably got 10 years of knowledge in six months based on having that. Now I feel a lot closer to you. help you have the best experience while on the site. Let's take that even to the next step for somebody who's perhaps not a climber or an aspiring pilot or an athlete, or in any way, but is someone who gets up, puts their pants on, brushes their teeth, and goes, and knuckles down at work for a 10 hour shift. John Foley:Yeah. John Foley:If I'm operating from fear, and there's sometimes, it's important to know, like it's easy to kill yourself. The idea is you got to work way up to it. It took me 18 years, and I did. See, that's why this is what's Great. 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. Erik Weihenmayer:How do you handle that, John? Not just my head. I'm a emergency room PA. Those are the skills that we can learn. So, we have the rotation that's planned. John Foley:Sometimes that bar is raised by weather. Then you actually back out, you stabilize and you come back in. Learn more about glad to be here foundation. As lead solo pilot of the heralded Blue Angels, keynote speaker John Foley had to consistently perform as part of team in an intense, high-stakes environment. In his dynamic presentations, Foley addresses the essential elements of exceptional team performance and makes them relevant, simple, and immediately actionable. The fifth and sixth jet fly in solo formation. Thank you for that. Jeff:Like what? What separates the best of the best and makes for elite teams? The famed Blue Angels regularly take to the skies for maneuvers that bring their jets within mere feet of each other. Jeff:I think you're right. I've spoken to all three, both teams and the officials. The cool part is, what you were just talking about, JB, is I think by going through that discipline way of learning and then being successful at it and not being successful, learning from your failures and then going back in, it's all resiliency. And that kind of stuff. I don't know the business side. I'm in the jet, my opposing solo's coming at me at a thousand miles per hour closure. Happy 2022 everyone. Anyhow, the bottom line is, to answer your question, JB, is I've been doing decent. Is that part of the process of being focused? 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. Then I actually went to another challenging field, which was flying jets off aircraft carriers in a leadership role again. Don't you wish you would've had that back when you were doing all these crazy maneuvers. They're going to be off. It's like, oh, that would be cool, but geez, that's a pipe dream. You don't want a whole bunch of safeties. I got goosebumps because yeah, it's no longer about me. Jeff:What's the Gucci over under tonight? But again, that was just academics. 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. During the 1950s in a small German town, high school Professor Immanuel Rath falls in-love with a young cabaret entertainer, with dramatic consequences. To survive in those circumstances he relied on a culture of high trust, leadership and teamwork.