Real life 'Top Gun' explains how to get into flow by building your 'bubble' boundaries: RAF Fighter Pilot and Head of UK Military Flying training Rob Caine
A New Way of Being
Simon Mundie
4.8 • 523 Ratings
🗓️ 16 September 2024
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
The closest most of us will ever get to flying fighter jets is by watching 'Top Gun'. But there is so much anyone can learn from fighter pilot turned Head of UK Military Flying Training Rob Caine. He has three decades of flying experience under his belt and in this conversation shares powerful insights on:
- Tapping into the unconscious mind for flow
- Trusting your intuition
- Building boundaries to get into flow via a 'fast jet bubble'
- The art of clear communication and intent
- How to make decisions
- Serving something bigger than yourself... and much more
Other episodes we discuss:
Steve Peters - managing your mind: https://pod.fo/e/16ff76
Ryan Holiday - The Obstacle Is The Way and Stoicism: https://pod.fo/e/16ff7b
Michael Johnson - becoming an Olympic Great: https://pod.fo/e/25b9b9
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| 0:00.0 | When it comes to truly fascinating and dare I say it, cool jobs, being a fighter pilot or a combat pilot has to be very near the top of the pile. |
| 0:14.8 | Rob Kane has three decades of being a fighter pilot under his belt and he's now in charge of flying training for the |
| 0:21.4 | whole UK military. Obviously there are no shortcuts for a job like his because it can be life and death. |
| 0:28.9 | But there are so many lessons to learn from Rob, including around serving something bigger than |
| 0:34.2 | yourself, establishing truly effective boundaries, tapping into the |
| 0:38.9 | unconscious mind and embracing flow, and the art of effective reviewing to actually learn |
| 0:45.2 | from each and every experience. So there are so many great takeaways from this conversation, |
| 0:50.9 | so strap yourself in and enjoy. |
| 1:01.8 | Rob, how lovely to see you. How are you, my friend? I'm very well. Thank you, Simon. And great to talk to you. It's a pleasure to talk to you. Always a pleasure to talk to you. |
| 1:06.0 | We've never actually met in person, but I would consider you a friend, Rob. I hope so. Yeah, |
| 1:10.5 | that's very kind. You do an, Rob. I hope so. Yeah, that's very |
| 1:10.8 | kind. You do an amazing job. I was thinking about anything to do with fighter pilots. And there's |
| 1:19.5 | that great quote, isn't there, the Winston Churchill quote in the, in the commons after the |
| 1:23.3 | Battle of Britain. Never has so much been owed by so many to so few. And that was obviously |
| 1:29.0 | the Battle of Britain. Yeah. And so at that point, people who, you know, flew fighter pilot, |
| 1:35.7 | fighter jets, there was no, nothing even close in terms of standing and status and all that kind of |
| 1:43.7 | thing. And I think that's still true in terms of being a fighter pilot. |
| 1:49.6 | It's such a remarkable profession to have. |
| 1:53.8 | Obviously, you don't get on the front pages or the back pages. |
| 1:56.2 | You're not allowed to, for starters. |
| 1:58.0 | But, you know, it is an absolutely remarkable, remarkable pursuit to follow. |
| 2:05.4 | But what I admire about you, Rob, is, and I imagine this is true of most of your colleagues as well, |
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