As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
BEAR GRYLLSThe line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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I love making healthy lean foods delicious – that’s an art!
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I grew up on survival shows and they were always just so…anoraky.
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As a society, we’ve become terrified of failure, but you can’t grow without risking it.
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I love home cooking, and I’m not a great one for fast food.
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“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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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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I never wanted to do TV. I just did what I was trained to do through the Special Forces, and I’ve been doing that from a very young age.
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You don’t need to go to the ends of the earth, you don’t need to climb Everest to have a great adventure, it’s invariably on our doorstep.
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Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.
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You can’t live someone else’s expectations in life. It’s a recipe for disaster.
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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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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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Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.
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Always keep the big picture in mind- you are greatly loved by Jesus and your job is to love Him and others in return. The rest is detail.
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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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