Kill and Survive: A Stealth Pilot's Secrets of Success | Bill Crawford | TEDxRexburg 

Life changing mental model! Thank you! TL;DR Mission Framework: 1. Plan (39% of the time) 2. Execute (58% of the time) 3. Debrief (3% of the time) (Document the following): 1. What happened? Objectively reconstruct the sequence of events, without passing blame or judgment. 2. What went right? We want to keep doing these things. 3. What went wrong? Notice it’s not, “Who screwed up?” That’s very important. 4. Why? Find the root cause(s) of what went wrong. 5. What can we learn? To fuel the next planning cycle. Lessons learned get added to the Part files, Job files, or Knowledge base.

He has explained exactly the process I used to become a 5 time US rifle Champion , he is so absolutely correct . Even when I broke records it was back to evaluating the issue of the event ! Well stated !

That was actually one of the most useful TED talks I have listened to I actually got information that I can use in my day-to-day life or just in my life.

Bomber pilot gives a Ted Talk. What does he wear? A bomber jacket, duh. Badass.

This video explains the #1 concept of damage control I try so desperately to explain to my wife. Once you arrive at the consequence of error, blame is out the window. Damage control is more about altering the future course of action, than the resolution of the error itself. Error is the result of poor course of action... but an error does not have to lead to a poor course of action, if properly addressed.

He won me on "when I was a little dude."

He got me at the first statement about choosing to either not pay the price to become valuable, or choosing *TO* pay the price to become valuable, and have unlimited options. It started somewhere around the 0:35 mark for those interested.

I'm an Army guy. We use a format called AAR - after action review. Its What were wesusposed to do, what actually happened, how can we do it better next time. After I retired from the Army I used AARs running several schools. I used it coaching Track and Wrestling and teaching martial arts. There are several formats for debriefing, the important thing is that you do it. The need to recount and fairly assess your performance is invaluable. Theres a lot that the civilian world can gleem from the military to increase proficientcy and limit missed steps. Great talk! Thanks

Amazing how seldom I've seen this practiced in organizations I've worked in. Such a simple, common sense message. A.k.a., continuing improvement. I encourage everyone reading this to try hard to apply this in your situation in life.

There are so many of these TED talks that I've listened to that really kind of go over what most of us already know and/or just take the entire clock time to get to a point that everyone in attendance knew was coming 14 minutes and 59 seconds before it was delivered. This talk is not one of those. Content delivery, the content itself and how relatable it is to almost anything was exceptional. Thank you very much!

This is a truly inspiring message. If you pay the price to be valuable, your options will be unlimited. Wow.

Tremendously succinct. I've always wanted a nice way to explain "work hard now for an easier later" and he nailed it. Great tone and delivery. Appealing and worth sharing with all young people. Will use this in my undergraduate class. Well done Mr. Crawford. Beautiful.

Bravo. This man as “a little dude,” had a definiteness of purpose. Never had to remake him a champion. Way to go sir!

His Twitter account is suspended. Says all you need to know about Twitter.

Wow! Awesome. What happened What went right What went wrong Why Lessons learned Thanks for your wisdom!

This is the best talk ever. Everyone can walk away at the level of excellence to apply to each and every life.

Hands down, one of the most amazing Ted talks.

I work in the nuclear power industry, and we use the exact same analytical process after a job

Tremendous talk and full of life advice. One thing I have noticed and he mentioned, but didn't focus on re: the debrief....and it's the timing of the debrief. He mentions the fact he wanted to go home but they took the time to do a 2 hr debrief immediately after landing back at home. That is SO important. Too often, we 'get around' to debriefs, but it could be days or weeks later. By then, the information isn't fresh, or it's outdated. The fact they did the debrief immediately afterwards takes incredible discipline and shouldn't be overlooked.

Great talk. Be willing to put in the really hard work needed to be the best at what you do. When your job includes difficult assignments, plan, execute, debrief. During the debrief, ask what happened, what went right, what went wrong, why, and lessons learned. A formula for improving performance and success in life. Brilliant. Staff meetings in businesses could be improved by incorporating these questions. I have seen people do the same thing the same way repeatedly, and make the same mistakes again and again. They need to ask themselves these qiestions.

A truly underrated TED talk.

In 21 years as a fighter pilot I never heard of this so-called 10% truth rule. However, I will tell you that almost everything else he said here applied to my approach, my military career, and my life. I observed that same trait in many other pilots as well, even those who ultimately didn't make the cut for fighter cockpits and went on to fly C-130s or B-52s.

I'd love to hear his stories about being a fighter pilot! He's doesn't speak like some pilots who feel the need to be super cool and act like they are the greatest there ever was. I'll bet if you met him, you wouldn't find out he is a pilot within the first 10 seconds! How cool would it be to have a few beers, pizza and listen to his stories! I'm gonna look and see if you have your own channel, if you don't have one, you should!! Great talk! Thank you very much for your service as well, you guys are willing to give your lives to protect the USA and its allies. You are all truly great Americans!!

The title is click bait. The talk is interesting.

Excellent advice to young kids and adults alike. Make yourself as valuable as possible, and you will always have choices to make. I constantly harp on my kids that in their day to day experience, every choice they make is critical. Every time they have to pick from a hard choice or an easy choice, the hard choice is almost always better. Hard work from hard choices builds you up as a person with grit and determination. At the end of the day, life isn't made easier by fame or fortune, it's by preserving your ability to have a choice. If you look at a homeless guy on a cold Chicago street late at night with no shoes, and remove any personal feelings you have on the matter, his immediate problems are obvious, but the long term problem is that he is in a permanent state of not having a choice. He has expired all his easy choices and has none left to make. Every time you make an easy choice you are one step closer to being that person, and every time you make a hard choice you are one step further away.

Mr. Crawford shared incredible insights and truth that have become invaluable to me since hearing this message. Totally worthy of sharing, and this guy has great stage presence. I'm critical by nature, but this guy rocked it!

"hard work and pay the price to be valuable, then your options will be unlimited." - voice of Freedom by Bill Crawford. "Plan - Execute - Debrief (lessons learned -- not who screwed up -- and roll that back into the next planning cycle). Thank you.

This is powerful. Thank you Bill for sharing.

The USAF has changed for the better since the 1980's into helping people get better vs just simply demanding that people know everything from the beginning.

what if conan o'brian served in the army...

there is always room at the top

WOW! The nail was struck hard and accurately. I'm implementing this in my life.

A man of courage, dedication, and honor... Yes, we still have heroes today!

2:29 He makes a great point. I met with a university student adviser at age 21, having dropped out of school at 15. After explaining that I wanted to start a 3 year arts degree, they informed me that I would not be able to complete the course work given my lack of prior education. They advised me that I would be best to go back to a community college to complete 3 years of high school level qualifications before returning to enter university. I thanked them for their time and immediately left their office to sign up for the universities first year courses. After my first year I had become fascinated by the diagrams in the science building, and decided I was going to change my BA to a 5 year double degree, graduating 5 years later with both an arts degree and a science degree. I had no idea what an atom was at age 21, and ended up completing up to third year chemistry courses as part of my biological sciences major. One year later I graduated with a postgraduate diploma in science with distinction, receiving an A+ grade in my year long 400 level cellular and molecular biology course. It wasn't without slips and stumbles - I failed two papers during my first 6 months which resulted in a warning letter being issued to me by the Dean. I was determined that I was simply suffering teething problems, being so long unfamiliar with an educational setting. I was determined to not only graduate university. but not to give up until I had been awarded the highest qualification possible, the PhD. Over the last year-two years I ran into more slip ups and road blocks, resulting in taking a two year hiatus from my education. I spent so many years studying that I maxed out my student loan allowance, and need to accrue the money necessary to fund my PhD. I have also decided that one PhD isn't going to be enough anymore. I want two. Maybe three. What motivates me isn't the good things in life, ironically. The greatest motivation I receive is frequent interaction with the far too many morally bankrupt persons in positions of power. Unfortunately if their superiors are going to view you as authoritative enough to mean getting something done about the problem, you're going to need qualifications, no matter how strong your arguments are. I hope I live to see age 50+ simply to have the oppourtunity to let my determination facilitate achieving my goals. Great talk, Sir, inspiring and threw me into an interesting self-reflective moment, thank you!

He really is a amazing inspiring person, the comments will not be nice to him but understand he is one of the most caring and nicest guys you will ever meet. I know him personally and he very dedicated to his family and his community. Also he really does love pizza!

Bill Crawford is a winner.

Stay so healthy you are very stealthy Look at yourself improve your health A healthy life a chance to be wealthy Health of body and mind your wealth Activity an working provides stealth

This talk for me really excited and in about two minutes I am going to start a journey and ask the five questions in the plan, execute, and debrief sequences! Thanks for a great talk and for your service!

Now that was worth my time. Thank you. Thank you for your service to our great nation.

Hiya and greetings brother ! French Air Force (Rafale) pilot 😸

In other words, a debrief is an AAR (after action report)

Excellent, thank you for your service sir.

Applying your secret, you just won the Idaho's Best of 2024, pizza award. I love that you talked about wanting to create the best pizza in this talk @4:47!

The debrief and implementing it is gold!

I love it. I wrote it up and will incorporate especially that Debrief, going forward. thank you for taking the time to bring clarity into the fact that this works for Every and Any kind of mission one sets out to accomplish

Wow, that's the best talk I've seen on here! You sir, are a mentor/instructor that I wish i had 20 years ago! Keep doing what your doing and enjoy your pizza and life... thanks

I'm the only person on RU-vid to see that he literally executed all of his seriousness and nerves of steel to see that he used the 3% joke. The hint is at the "10% rule" Well played my Man, you're an absolute chad.

Every good story has a shred of truth in it. No big deal. Its how stories are told and passed down.

he is the best? he looks humble- and should be for who he is.

I never thought that I, an IT guy, would learn from an bomber pilot. He probably didn't get to this on his own, but it was a very good lesson. Debrief, in an orderly manner. Wow.

You are not "coasting". Life is not lived by "coasting". You have to be willingly, fearlessly and elegantly on purpose with your life and all the things in it.

Salute from a random german soldier, Sir.

Execute and debrief got mixed up on the pie chart but apart from that it’s a great system to use for anything from sports to organisation to your work life

expecting to be the best in any field is a tall order. i vow to not be the worst, just for starters. in all seriousness, i did document the 5 questions to help me assess my stock trading.

Excuse me guys does somebody know the questions for the opposite operation the briefing ?? Thanks a lot

Man the way he gives love to Kansas city and Missouri it self make me happy lol

It was late and I had a rough day with my cancer treatment so I couldn't stay up to watch all the vid...............I know that either 11 or 13 hrs of driving takes it toll on us long haul truckers but how the name of god do they stay up for 36 hrs and be coherent??

Mormons traditionally do well in the armed forces/intelligence. They know how to listen to leaders and orders, they know how to compartmentalize and keep focused on their own journey, and they have high self-discipline. To be fair, they do well in all professions, but the armed forces really is a second home for them because they love and respect their ancestral homeland.

Great presentation with simple directions. Thank you for serving in the air force. Best wishes.

The mindsets of these people are threat to humanity itself..

Now that’s a true Human Super Hero and for One and All

That was one of the best lessons i ever learned

5 steps to keep improving. The person using these steps will decide if it's for good or bad. But the lessons are applicable for all learning

Thank You for your service. America is proud of you.

Excellent presentation! Useful, adaptable, and always room to grow. Thank you Sir!

This is best ted talk ever period

This talk applies to things like business, sports, and maybe academics, but it has little use, it seems, for things like musical instrument technique, or anything that's involved with success in the arts.

Nice listen. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

9:05 for a GREAT summary up front!

Note that in the pie-chart, he talks about the general time allowed to each of the three phases of this particular mission. Noting it because it was the first time I read or hear a military saying that preparation was less important than execution, so I gave it a serious thought (still do btw) but re-earing what he says makes me think he speaks about the hours put into that particular mission (even tho I find 24h of preparation is very fast and impressive !). Cheers.

Thank you for sharing these insights, Mr. Crawford

an alternate version of the questions i like is WMAS, i ask myself 1) wtf just happened? 2) what does it mean 3) what action do i do next? i'm not sure why wtf acts like mental grease, giving permission to be blunt and honest about the good/bad aspects

I’ve noticed Fighter Pilots are some of the smartest people in the military.💜🇺🇸

Thank you very much , this is one of the most practical , simple , goof advice's i have heard or listen at , Totally worth to try it and bet it works . Have thought many times to create a feedback template for so many things , this is gold to me. Thanks again...!

Great talk! I see how I can implement this immediately into my relationships, to be a more effective and supportive partner, father figure, and role model for everyone, by my example. Thank you for this one!

Really inspiring thanks for this talk

Very concise and useful.

Great talk, it's always good to remember both the good and the bad.

I just watched 10 minutes before I knew I was learning how to conduct an AAR. Good lesson for civilians though. I suppose they don't think like that as much as they probably should.

If you are ever in Rexburg, Richeous Slice Pizza is some of the best pizza you'll find ANYWHERE. Brought to you by this guy! Thank you for your service-and pizza!

3:20 I had that painting in my room as a kid

And this, boys and girls, is why America is the greatest country in the world... Every student of every age in America should see this presentation at least once a month.

thanks...Bill Crawford | TEDxRexburg

PLAN EXECUTE AND DEBRIEF! Amazing dedication and purpose to the mission. God Bless 🙏 the Air Force!

What has the title to do with the subject? How about "Importance of debrief" instead? I'm glad I somehow stumbled across this in spite of the title.

Please take the time to mention the Aircraft Maintenance Engineers ie the Aircraft Mechanics that maintain, repair, upgrade and look after the aircraft and all its systems so that pilots have an aircraft that works the way it's supposed to, especially when it's in a combat situation. The mechanics are the ones that give any flight crew a safe and airworthy aircraft to fly, without them pilots are going nowhere.

He has a gentle voice.

Inspiring. But my problem with this sort of talk is that it's always given by the people who succeeded at defeating the odds. to achieve their dreams. For every Bill Crawford, there are hundreds of people who felt just as passionate and worked just as hard but didn't make it. Whether that's down to inherent ability, circumstance, luck, or more likely a combination, it's a fact. It's all about the "survivor bias". Those who succeed or survive (the vast minority) get to tell the story of how they did so, while those who didn't (the vast majority) may have done exactly the same things but failed or perished anyway, but we never get to hear their stories...

I like that "being the best." It is NOT precluded by taking others down to excel..EVER...it is all about the WHOLE person God created us all to be...!!! FACT!!!

Wasn't sure where he was going with this but we'll worth listening to him

Excellent video! Could you please let me input the Portuguese subtitles in this video? The automatic translated subtitles are not so good to share over here.

I want to become the best damn fighter pilot that ever was. Thanks Bill.

Fantastic Sir. Thanks 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

I'm pretty sure this video was reccomend to me because I was just talking to my barber about pilots

You have inspired me. Thankyou 🙂

Smart brave kind = Champion

I got an add for air force recruitment on this video. Thank you youtube

agreed...i like him

Best whatever I have seen in my life

Or Rexburg? Idaho? Oh yeah, BYU guy,of course.