John Patrick Morgan is a coach, philosopher, and host of the Gatekeepers Podcast, based in Maui.

In this conversation:

Being is primary — the claim at the center of John's work, the difference between being and doing, and being as the highest point of leverage on your action.

All having is being — why you don't actually have anything, and how creating a state of being changes the quality of what you do.

The pitfall — getting so focused on being that it becomes navel-gazing, a warm cope that avoids the hard action you actually need to take.

The collective shadow of paragliding — what the community talks about, what it refuses to, and the weight of everything left unsaid.

Calling in versus calling out — admitting your own fear, meeting reckless pilots with an arm around the shoulder instead of a judgment, and why both depend on being okay with yourself.

The mentorship gap — why mentorship is a high-level skill to give and receive, and the case that it's the missing conversation in the sport.

Ari in the Air:
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PGMG (men's group): https://theparaglidingacademy.com/tours/mensgroup/

John Patrick Morgan:
Gatekeepers Podcast (Substack): https://jpmorganjr.substack.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jpmorganjr
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpmorganjr/