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The special forces gave me the self-confidence to do some extraordinary things in my life. Climbing Everest then cemented my belief in myself.

Bear Grylls

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
It’s unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.
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Conflict Jobs Lovely
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 learnt another valuable lesson that night: listen to the quiet voice inside. Intuition is the noise of the mind.
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Intuition Night Quiet Voice
I was super skeptical about doing TV. I said no three times, part of which was confidence because I didn’t really understand that world. I know how to climb mountains and do all that, but I wasn’t a TV person.
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Mountain Three Tvs
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
Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It’s about doing whatever it takes – and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.
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Heart Home Winning
If you risk nothing you gain nothing
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Gains Nothing Risk
Our dreams are just wishes, if we never follow them through with action. And in life, you have got to be able to light your own fire.
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Dream Fire Light
How you speak about others speaks loudest about yourself.
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Speak
Why is it that the finish line always tends to appear just after the point at which we most want to give up? is it the universe’s way of reserving the best for those who can give the most? What I do know, from nature, is that the dawn only appears after the darkest hour.
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Dawn Giving Lines Up
My faith is an important part of my life and over the years I’ve learnt that it takes a proud man to say he doesn’t need anything. It has been a quiet strength and a backbone through a lot of difficult times.
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Important Men Years
I think it’s fun running with dogs. They’re always so fit and fast.
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Dog Fun Running
Change the way you use your time, and you change your life.
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Changing Life Use Way Your
Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.
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Absence Brave Way
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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Bears Names Week

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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