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. John Foley:Sometimes that bar is raised by weather. I remember, I had to think that night had to do some self-reflection and not get overwhelmed, and just realize, you know what? The popular Blue Angels plan to be at Chattanooga's Air Show next Oct. 28-29. Yeah, because that would be, it's like, what if you go around and do the general feel, and a guy's like, God doesn't own it? John Foley:I mean, that's what saying. That was a big leap. Now I get scared. With his signature Glad to be Here mantra, Foley discusses the power behind gratitude as a way of thinking, working, and living. I'm thinking about climbing. $ 9.99. It didn't mean I didn't get sidetracked into, hey, I want to play professional football or something like that. We're doing a mile every nine seconds. You're a student pilot, man. I had a team briefing this morning. I land the jet after that and now you-. Team Oneness There's the transcendence of that. Aboard the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) Foley and VA-22 deployed to the Western Pacific, Mediterranean and Indian Ocean in 1986 and later to the Persian Gulf in 1988. We have a debrief. He also explains a process that he believes is the primary key to continuous improvement and exceptional growth. High Performance Climb Nov 3, 2020. I can't teach climbing right now. My name is Erik Weihenmayer. You know what the biggest one, Erik? I'm not good enough. Stop. Because my mind is starting to take over my body. That part of the maneuver for that 18 seconds is absolutely what you just talked about. I'm telling you, it's probably like climbing whatever the roughest pitch you went up. And now my mind, I'm out of that heightened state of awareness, and I actually drop down a state, check out the three dimensional world, and then I can pull myself back in. You get to hear the boss going through the cadence of the maneuvers, where he'll say, up we go and, and you can hear why is that G, go? It allows you to sort of get You're a flow guy, right? 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. What lessons did he learn along the way? Visit our updated, Distributor/Logistics Provider of the Year, Food Automation & Manufacturing (FA&M) Conference & Expo. Honestly, JB. 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. How do you increase that sense of focus? 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. Full stick deflection, roll, ready, hit it, roll. Because there's a lot of pressure out there not to make a mistake. 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. If I'm complacent, that's what I got to worry about. John Foley:I remember it was something just clicked. For me, it's this purpose larger than self. Join Erik & Jeff for this high energy chat with John Foley. John Foley:Yeah. I'll go off there to get very clear on how long I can hold my focus because I need a break. Well, absolutely. It snaps me out of that downward spiral. Erik Weihenmayer:Does the glad to be here, the gratitude somehow abate or change the game on the pressure of high performing people? I'm scared all the time. The very first thing we did was we said, and I was off here, or I was out of parameters on the loop, break cross. John Foley shares how management can stimulate performance by creating a culture that values expression of gratitude and appreciationfor opportunities, co-workers, and clients. We started with this, what I call general safe. I have been training. And that kind of stuff. What was that like for you? During . 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. Let's make it real. John Foley:When I start to hear the G of the go, I'm starting to push back on my stick. Visit our updated, This website requires certain cookies to work and uses other cookies to help you have the best experience. help you have the best experience while on the site. So, they've proven that. John Foley:It makes a big difference. The bottom line is I knew how it worked, I knew how to do it, but I didn't know why it worked now. The point is, I want to know just your general feeling. Some days you're just glad to be alive, but rarely, it meant that. 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. We were talking about everyone else on my team is a musician in some way, shape, or form. All that's inside your brain. JB, you're exactly right. We're constantly in a state of mentoring each other and we're in a constant state of basically up and out. He received his commission as an Officer in 1997. As a thought leader on high performance, John created the "Glad To Be Here" Mindset Methodology and the Diamond Performance Framework. You can actually smell the smoke oil in the air. That's just a one sentence. With Curd Jrgens, May Britt, Theodore Bikel, John Banner. John Foley:JB, more from, I'd say, a psychiatrist standpoint or psychological standpoint. GLAD TO BE HERE T-Shirt Black. I'm constantly having fun. 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. I mean, athletes don't know that. I'm going to be proactive. You can't do it forever. I had an entrepreneurial company, and the first one blew up. I think that's it in a nutshell, right there. 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. It went well today. Guess what? What's the pluses? Half the pilots are new every year. A third of my support crew is new every year. Show notes can be found at nobarrierspodcast.com. I have all this. It's not just physical, right? and cookie policy to learn more about the cookies we use and how we use your That's a good question, because I was thinking about that in a similar way, but a little bit differently. John Foley:But yeah, so that's for sure. It's how you feel. 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. True to his word, Foley applied to the military academies but was initially rejected for having too much protein in his urine. They are one of the largest one percenter motorcycle clubs in the United Kingdom. By visiting Jeff:All right. 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 actually think most of my flying was emotional. You're just trying to do the checklist. And it's different. BLUe aNGeLS John Foley "G lad to Be Here." those four words meant something very special to me when I was a Blue angel. Jeff:All right. John Foley:Well, guys, I want to say the honor's mine, and the thanks are for you. I know why it works and that allows you to do the how. Jeff:Yeah. Jeff:All right. Happy 2022 listeners. 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. Maybe when you're learning, it's afoot. Oh, it would be kind of cool to do that. Once I did that, I went out, I did okay. Then you start landing jets on aircraft carriers. Antique James Kent "Old Foley" Blue/White Staffordshire Pitcher, England. Vintage Pair of Old Foley James Kent White Plate with Red Floral and Bird Pattern 10 Inch Plates. They believe in process. Then you start all over again because you've just raised the game. This exhilarating film showcased the almost unbelievably intense reality of being an elite pilot in the military. He drives home his message with dynamic videos of his adrenaline-pumping performance with the Blue Angels. (Navy) The Navy's Blue Angels will conduct their final flight in the legacy F/A-18 Hornet . 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. Peloton founder John Foley stepped down from his CEO role on Feb. 8 following a tumultuous period for the connected fitness company. All of a sudden, the light bulb went off. 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. Now, it's also, that's the power of being naive too, is that I had no idea what it was going to take. Erik Weihenmayer:No, I get very excited. Erik Weihenmayer:Hey, everybody. Now I feel a lot closer to you. Erik Weihenmayer:That's part, back to the gratitude thing, because you were grateful to be there and growing with this person. Jeff:Like what? You're like that. We're going to cross within a wingspan, right? 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. Copyright 2023. data. When that canopy came down, I'd be curious to see what you guys use, and you felt the canopy lock. Glad To Be Hereis a mindset that enables higher performance. I'm not sure if most people can get their heads around what that looks like. I don't have those all the time. 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. They believe you become part of this team. 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. 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. Tax ID Number: 06-1693441. We brief every Monday mornings on the week and stuff. 2016 Glad To Be Here. John Foley:A couple of things. They just run by so quickly that I'm seeing a continuum. I think the question JB asked is, do you choose that or does the market, or the job choose it for you? 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. Erik Weihenmayer:It's easy to talk about the successes, but what doesn't get talked about enough is the struggle. So, I went heli-skiing yesterday. 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. The Blue Angel: Directed by Edward Dmytryk. Even if it's the transcendent meditative place, but that's the pocket, right? I feel like when I'm in the middle of a code, I pull my heart away. My big change came from leaving the Navy. I'm okay to move within that three inch circle. I'm going to actually have a voice command and I'll actually move. It took me 18 years, and I did. The foundation of elite performance is the . That's just something I don't want to do. 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. Then just this year, Georgia brought me in. I've heard about you, I've seen some of your stuff, and you surprise me the entire time because of so many different facets of you and who you are. It's not a long diatribe, right? 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. And that's great. Jeff:Well, I guess the question I would have is, it's kind of twofold. 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. John Foley:Well, now here's the challenge I have. Foley, the former lead solo pilot of the Navy's elite Blue Angels shares their process and mind-set for achieving the highest level of performance. I'll give you an example. And then you're going to be the best of the best. Right? I didn't realize what I realize now, how powerful that really was. 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. Generally, how did I feel? 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. Jeff:Yeah. So, I can visually show people what we're talking about, and they get to see it. I used a trigger. He shows how a culture of thankfulness engages employees on an intellectual and emotional level to create deeper commitment and raise levels of performance. John. The Blue Angels is a flight demonstration squadron of the United States Navy. 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. I really do. 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. His exciting and unusual life journey knows how to inspire and inspire audiences to take action themselves and rethink what they think is possible. I'm thinking about you hanging on to a lift, right? I've been doing trauma for a long time. They knew it. To be present with you guys right now. That's the training part, as compared to trying to hide something. I got you. I get better at focusing my mind, knowing that I'm not perfect. 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. Jeff:Okay. Now everybody and their dead grandma can. Or maybe he didn't realize it. Join Erik and Jeff for this high energy chat with John Foley. I don't mind that. But since then, yeah, I had a lot of inadvertent mentors. What is your preparation? It comes with practice and it comes with the awareness. There's a bigger show. What it does is, let's take it as a personal situation. Jeff:Well, they are. That is what's happening to me in the jet. You're reacting based on your training. As if it happened yesterday, Foley fondly reflects on a flight he gave to his Russian counterpart that rendered his new comrade unconscious during a demonstration of high performance capabilities of the F/A-18 Hornet. How has it impacted your life? John Foley:Yeah. 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. Reaching that level of excellence required commitment, discipline and trust. What I am trying to teach is show you, is how to be a better team member, how to focus better, how to be prepared, how to be more open and honest in your debriefs, how to lay it on the table so that your teammates can grow and you can grow. I have to come up on the radio, and I got to say six is clear. I think that Georgia has the advantage. I'm in the jet, my opposing solo's coming at me at a thousand miles per hour closure. 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? Get the best deals on Staffordshire Old Foley when you shop the largest online selection at eBay.com. 500 mph with former Blue Angels pilot John Foley 00:00 01:06:31 about the episode Happy 2022 everyone. "Glad to Be Here" was a statement of belief that we What I think the key is, is can you call that up on demand? John Foley:Yeah. I know there's difficulty and I'm aware of it. Jeff:What's the Gucci over under tonight? I do that every morning and only it takes a couple minutes. John Foley:It wasn't about calling out somebody yet. I think the challenge tonight is that Georgia got their asses handed to them by Alabama, right? These are great athletes, right? Then, what can I find that I can appreciate at that moment? 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. I mean, when you're flying 18 inches from a 22 ton jet at 500 miles per hour, you got to be focused. They can't do it forever. 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. They continually have a process that wins. Vintage James Kent LTD | Old Foley . So, let's do it. Objective, come at each other at a thousand miles per hour closer. If you acknowledge that empathy, that compassion, and then actually take the action to reach out to them, amen. joined the Blue Angels in 1990, served as the narrator, the. John Foley:Now, having said that, I still get out and do it. I think that's a rare combination. It's like, oh, that would be cool, but geez, that's a pipe dream. Thank you for that. Print page Glad To Be Here is a mindset that enables higher performance. Yeah, they're two points favorites, but here, this is the cross section of everything we've really talked about, which is you can line up the best pilots in the world. You give, then you learn, and you grow. ", - John Foley, Former Lead Solo Pilot, Blue Angels. I know Erik, you don't always see this, okay. They probably visualize dreams way better than we did, at least I remember as a little kid doing that. Because think about when you're teaching someone to climb. Does the gratitude negate that or overtake that in some way? The Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron today announced their schedule for the 2005 show season. That's even worse. Jeff:Yeah, or kayaking, right? If someone missed something, then you point it out to them. John Foley:But you get a chance to voice that. Copyright 2023 Collaborative Agency Group, John Foley | Performance and Leadership Keynote Speaker - Collaborative Agency Group, John Foley | Performance Beyond Blue Angels Keynote - Collaborative Agency Group, JOHN FOLEY| Teamwork Speaker - Collaborative Agency Group. 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. Blue Angels' John "Gucci" Foley. 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.