January will signal the start of the 12 months of experimentation - but in a good way and one that you'll enjoy.

We will talk about why we are programmed to have a NEGATIVE MINDSET and what we can do to understand it. We'll then look at what we can do to bring MORE POSITIVITY into our lives without alienating our friends and family.

Contribution is always welcome, come onboard - we GOT THIS!

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Here I talk about why I think Millennials are going to change the world for the better through their energy and by being disruptive. 

I ran a slide show alongside this talk, it's on the Facebook page if you want to watch the full video but, in all honesty, it's just me talking to a camera. I've included the pictures I used, below. Link to Facebook Video here... CLICK ME

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Six female air show fighter pilots for the U.S. Navy, find themselves at the head of the squadron on a pre-emptive strike on North Korea (North Kiyung) - Interview by Tim Davies

YouTube Video here https://youtu.be/zesFvI1JdPM

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‘Well, that's the flying done.’ I thought, as the jet slowly rolled to a stop. And, as I moved the throttle to the closed position, I knew it would be the last time I ever flew a fighter jet. I opened the canopy and, as the engine wound down and took the generator offline, my screens turned black. I could see the crowd walking out from the Squadron carrying the fire extinguishers with which to spray me, just like I’d done to many of my pilots before and yet, I felt little emotion. I had a last look around; it was a familiar and comfortable environment but one I knew could have killed me at any moment. Like the family dog you think you know well, right up until it bites you. But, I hadn’t been bitten. I’d flown these machines for many years and by luck, judgement and the work of some exceptional engineers, I’d brought them all back home. Nope, it all looked good - I stood up on the ejection seat and stepped outside to meet those who had come out to celebrate the end to my twenty years in military fast jet aviation. I didn’t regret a thing. ​

http://www.fastjetperformance.com/podcasts/why-i-quit-the-greatest-job-in-the-world-the-curse-of-the-bovril-snail

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It looked just like any other overhyped boxing match of recent times.  The older guy who had already made a tonne of money being challenged by the younger guy who was also looking to make…a tonne of money. But to many of us it was about so much more. A lot of guys will often say that their wife doesn’t understand them and, at 4 am on this particular morning, my alarm was telling me that I was about to become one of those guys.  As I shrugged off the disdain coming from ‘her’ side of the bed, I prepped a vein into which to inject neat coffee. Opening the laptop, I hit the link that I’d bought to watch the fight and crawled under a blanket on the sofa. I was ready. ‘This could be the greatest fight ever!’ I thought as I struggled to keep both eyes open. The fight was between two masters of their craft, Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather and Conor ‘The Notorious’ McGregor and whenever you see masters at work you should be respectful, stop what you are doing and pay attention. Even if it means getting out of bed at some ungodly hour. If you missed it, don’t worry - I got up early so you didn’t have to. This is what I learned.

http://www.fastjetperformance.com/podcasts/7-essential-yet-overlooked-lessons-from-the-mayweather-mcgregor-fight

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Email from Rob.

As so many have before me, I wanted to put pen to paper, (to coin an old phrase), to say thanks for your unwavering desire to help people succeed and to congratulate you firstly on what I believe to be very pertinent and grounding articles and podcasts, and secondly for what appears to have been a very successful flying career, (I say that because by now you may well have left the service and you’re still here to tell the tale, having undoubtedly made a big difference in a lot of young pilot’s lives).

I’ve so far listened to probably a dozen of your podcasts and YouTube clips dating back to mid last year, (2016), so I have no idea whether you’re still pursuing this type of coaching as your new vocation so I’ll no doubt discover this as I slowly get through the rest as my busy family life and job permit. Nevertheless, I’m impressed with your coaching style and how you get the message across.

After listening to your podcasts in the car on the way to and from work, it’s kind of inspired me to write a little of my story. Now I have no idea whether it would ever be read, or in fact whether it would be of any use to anyone like yourself, (as these stories must be ten a penny), and it wouldn’t bother me if it wasn’t - I’m writing it more as an exercise for me to bring it all back, and to allow me to then learn more from it. If you did want to read it, it’s not that long so bear with it............................

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In this 25 minute episode I look at the Royal Air Force's Air Publication 1 - Ethos, Core Values and Standards' and what it means to work somewhere where excellence is the minimum standard.

I talk about the 4 Core Values of Respect, Integrity, Service and Excellence and what they mean to us in our day to day lives outside of the Service.

Basically, some workman promised that my driveway would look awesome and it didn't quite work out that way.

'Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.' - Steve Jobs

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In this episode I discuss...

• Ethnicity and racial attitudes in the UK military
• Convincing family to support your application to join
• Persuading a selection board that you have changed
• Finding help on aptitude tests & pilot maths
• Thinking about your attitude - what should you say to the military
• The difference between corporate and military leadership ethos
• Boredom in the military (social life, housing locations)
• Ownership - THIS ONE THING WILL MAKE YOU AWESOME!

Have a great time, Warriors!

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Emotionally, and especially for a fighter pilot, it was going to be a difficult day.   It started with the fact that I hadn’t stopped the blast that killed them.    I was over 100 miles away staring at my watch, wishing time away so I could go home. Maybe, back at the airbase, it would be pizza night or I might start the next series of '24'.   You see, my world wasn’t a swelteringly hot cloud of dust and debris.   I didn’t have the wreckage from one of my Land Rovers spread over half a kilometre of a town, far from home, that nobody cared about. I couldn’t hear anyone screaming for help in my cockpit and, as I looked out towards the snow-capped mountains, the clouds were fluffy and the sun was bright.   I was so bored.   And, if anything, a touch warm - I turned the aircon down a little.   I don’t think I’d spoken to my Weapons Officer for over forty minutes - everything we needed to say had been said in the previous three hours. I could see my wingman a couple of miles away; Steve was new to the Squadron but solid. He was beginning to understand that our tour of Iraq was going to be anything but exciting.   'Exciting' for a military fast jet pilot is anything that involves death, either the delivery or the acceptance.    It’s part of the job and comes with the territory.​ http://www.fastjetperformance.com/podcasts/dull-day-at-the-office-at-least-youre-not-a-fighter-pilot

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You know the feeling you get when you’ve done something wrong and you’re about to get into trouble? You’re afraid of what people might say. You’re afraid that your actions may have hurt someone. You’re afraid that your judgement will be questioned and you’ll be asked to explain yourself. But you know what’s worse than knowing you’ve done something wrong? Being completely unaware of it until an angry Senior Naval Officer opens his huge office door and shouts, ‘Davies! Get in here - NOW!’ That’s worse. ​ And, as I stepped sheepishly into his office, all I could think of was how this giant of a man could end my career. Today.

http://www.fastjetperformance.com/podcasts/fu-i-wont-do-what-you-tell-me-to-not-conform

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