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I was christened Edward. My sister gave me the name Bear when I was a week old and it has stuck.

Bear Grylls

The special forces gave me the self-confidence to do some extraordinary things in my life. Climbing Everest then cemented my belief in myself.
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Climbing Confidence Self Special
The rules of survival never change, whether you’re in a desert or in an arena.
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Arena Desert Survival
Juice Plus+ is great stuff that I have used through all of my expeditions. What I like about it is that the research behind it is so strong.
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Key Recovery Research Strong
A friend once asked me what qualities were needed for SAS. I would say to be self-motivated and resilient; to be calm, yet have the ability to smile when it is grim; to be unflappable, be able to react fast and to have an ‘improvise, adapt and overcome’ mentality.
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Overcoming Quality Self
Above all, I feel a quiet pride that for the rest of my days I can look at myself in the mirror and know that once upon a time I was good enough. Good enough to call myself a member of the SAS. Some things don’t have a price tag.
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Mirrors Price Pride Tag
It breaks my heart that my father never knew my children. He should have been around for another 25 years.
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Children Father Heart
As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy – nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much meat or dairy because they slow you down.
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Healthy Meat Trying
When you find yourself thinking about someone or something in the same old negative way, just stop yourself. Think. Check. Change. Refresh. Job done. Smile. Move on. Do this enough times and you will change. For the better; for the stronger.
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Jobs Moving Thinking
I come from a line of self-motivated, determined folk – not grand, not high society, but no-nonsense, family-minded go-getters.
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Determine Lines Self
There is no feeling like coming home after danger.
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Coming Danger Feelings Home
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
When I take kids into the woods, I tell them, “What we’re going to do today is going to be incredibly dangerous.” And you just see 20 smiles go up.
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Empowering Kids Risk
I find skydiving really hard. I broke my back while skydiving when I was in the military, and for 18 months all my nightmares were about falling.
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Fall Military Months
I love home cooking, and I’m not a great one for fast food.
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Cooking Fast Food Home
You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.
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Chance One
Our achievements are generally limited only by the beliefs we impose on ourselves.
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Achievement Belief Ourselves
Never depend on those luck moments – they are gifts – but instead always build your own back-up plan.
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Luck Moments Plans
Yes, the Boy Scouts of America should definitely allow gay adult leaders and I think it’s really going to hold them back if they don’t.
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Boys Gay Thinking
Scouts should be progressive and should be adapting. If you’re gay or not it’s irrelevant, Scouting values respect.
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Gay Progressive Should
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
My favorite moments? Where it’s all going swimmingly, the sun’s out and I’ve got a fire going and a nice snake on the barbecue.
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Fire Nice Snakes
I’ve never really had a TV career. I’ve been a soldier and a climber.
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Careers Climber Soldier
One thing I know for sure: it is only by doing what we fear that we can ever truly learn to be brave.
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Brave Fear One Sure Thing
Textbook survival says stay still, don’t take any chances, wait for rescue. That’s a boring TV show. My thing was always, “Listen, shoelace, dead squirrel and no other way down this rock face. You can do this!”
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Rocks Shows Squirrels TV
Are you the sort of person who can turn around when you have nothing left, and find that little bit extra inside you to keep going, or do you sag and wilt with exhaustion? It is a mental game, and it is hard to tell how people will react until they are squeezed.
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Games Little People
Success almost always follows great attitude. The two attract each other!
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Attitude Great Two
I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.
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Emotion Fearless Stay Strong

I was christened Edward. My sister gave me the name Bear when I was a week old and it has stuck.

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