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Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing

In the Pilot’s Seat

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing

The Motley Fool

Investing, Business

4.33.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The Blue Angels are an elite team of U.S. Naval pilots who maneuver $40 million planes at hundreds of miles per hour while flying mere inches from each other. What’s it like to be in the cockpit?  Ricky Mulvey caught up with John “GUCCI” Foley, a former lead solo pilot for the Blue Angels, a keynote speaker, and the author of “Fearless Success.” They discuss: How to find your centerpoint – in airshows and investing What it’s like to sit on a multi-million-dollar sell option And the importance of being “glad to be here” Host: Ricky Mulvey Guest: John Foley Producer: Mary Long Engineers: Rick Engdahl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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You know, an F18 two miles out looks like a dot.

0:04.2

So I got this dot coming at me in a mile every four and a half seconds.

0:07.4

I need to be focused down on that dot, but at the same time, I got to open up real quick

0:12.8

and make sure I don't hit a sailboat mask because we're blowing over sailboats, right?

0:16.7

And so it's this ability to focus down on open up, focus down on open up.

0:21.2

The human brain can do that 65 times a second anyhow.

0:24.6

So we're wired to do this.

0:26.9

What you have to learn and it's a learn skill is how to take control of your own mind.

0:35.7

I'm Ricky Mulvey and that's John Gucci Foley, a former lead solo pilot for the Blue Angels,

0:41.6

a keynote speaker and the author of Fearless Success.

0:45.5

I caught up with him to talk about the fundamentals of decision making and what investors can learn

0:50.8

from the Blue Angels, who are flying at speeds of hundreds of miles an hour, just a few

0:55.5

feet apart from each other.

1:00.0

Gucci, good to see you.

1:01.0

I appreciate you hanging out with us fools today to talk about decision making and some

1:05.2

of your experiences is a Blue Angel.

1:07.3

Yeah, Ricky, man, I'm glad to be here and those four words actually meant something special

1:12.4

to me when I was on the team.

1:13.6

So let's dive in, man.

1:15.4

Let's do it.

1:16.4

Considering you're for the folks just listening, they cannot see the shirt that says glad

1:19.9

to be here, but I think that's, I'm sure that's what you want to talk about.

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