Phenomenal Docs Podcast

Major Jameel Janjua, experimental test pilot with the Canadian Armed Forces, shares ideas on how he stays appropriately "switched on" given the needs of any performance situation. His world, much like in medicine, is a high-pressure, high cost of failure performance context. Jameel provides rich insight on a range of human factors, and high-performance related topics. Among those he touches on include performing under pressure, maintaining situation awareness, the need for attentional flexibility, preparing to respond to the unexpected, and critical task prioritization. Throughout the discussion we draw parallels between the conditions he performs under and how, from a human performance standpoint, these might mirror what physicians face in their work. 08:27 Jameel describes what attributes make for a great fighter pilot The central role that passion plays No such thing as fair-weather fighter pilots Resilience matters Harmonious and obsessive passion 17:21 Cultivating an ideal focus, and performance mi