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As a society, we’ve become terrified of failure, but you can’t grow without risking it.

Bear Grylls

I train five days a week hard – but it is short and sharp – 30 to 40 minutes of functional and pretty dynamic body-strength circuits, then I do a good yoga session on the sixth day, then I rest.
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Body Week Yoga
The truth is, I need 10 lifetimes to scratch the surface of the things I’d love to do.
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Love Needs Scratches Truth
As a society, we’ve become terrified of failure, but you can’t grow without risking it.
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Grows Risk Society Terrified
Time and experience have taught me that fame and money very rarely go to the worthy, by the way – hence we shouldn’t ever be too impressed by either of those impostors. Value folk for who they are, how they live and what they give – that’s a much better benchmark.
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Benchmark Giving Impress Taught Way
To me, adventure has always been to me the connections and bounds you create with people when you’re there. And you can have that anywhere.
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Adventure Connections People
I’m terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat.
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Down People Sitting Sweat
Once a job it has begun, do not stop until it’s done. Whether it is big or small, do it well or not all.
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Done Jobs Procrastination
Survival is not about being fearless. It’s about making a decision, getting on and doing it, because I want to see my kids again, or whatever the reason might be.
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Decision Fearless Kids
The SAS Reserve tends to be made up of former paratroopers and commandos who still want a challenge, but it is open to civilians.
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Challenges Made Want
Life has taught me to be very cautious of a man with a dream, especially a man who has teetered on the edge of life. It gives a fire and recklessness inside that is hard to quantify.
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Dream Fire Men
Adventure should be 80 percent ‘I think this is manageable,’ but it’s good to have that last 20 percent where you’re right outside your comfort zone. Still safe, but outside your comfort zone.
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Adventure Thinking Travel
The lesson is, the rewards in life don’t always go to the biggest, or the bravest, or the smartest. The rewards go to the dogged; and when your going though hell, to the person who just keeps going.
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Hell Lessons Life Rewards
“But, we’re also going to learn to look after each other, who to work together and who to understand and manage that risk.” That’s what it’s about, you don’t empower kids if you don’t expose them to risk.
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Empower Expose Kids Understand Work
Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.
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Anchors Harbors May
People ask me, “How do I succeed?” Whatever it is they do, I say, “Go and find 20 ways of messing it up. By 21, you’ll be getting there.” Life is an adventure, go back with cuts, scars and bruises.
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Adventure Cutting People
In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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Air Running Special

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