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Bear Grylls

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“Strength, this guy, you know, in the big decisions, oh man, you know, and it wasn't really more complicated than that. But I don't know, I think the wild always creates honest connections without the fluff. And it didn't feel unnatural. But it's funny how the effect of that, I still get people to this day talk about that a lot. And quite unlikely people often say that was a good moment. Not always easy. I mean, awkward sometimes, isn't it, doing that sort of thing. Of course. But that's okay. I've learned that that's okay, dude. Sometimes the awkward things are the best things. Telling someone that, you know, They're amazing. It can be awkward to a good friend, but can mean a lot.”
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“Get a sense of someone. And I think at the end of that journey with Obama, I got a real sense that here's a guy with a weight of the world on his shoulders. And he got lighter as the journey went on. And by the end, he said, you know what? It's one of the best days of my presidency. I'm out of the office. I'm out of a suit. Talking about stuff that's in here rather than being grilled on, you know, politics and I could see him getting lighter. And I just said at the end, I said it first of all. Good job, you're doing you probably, I don't know if you get told it very often. Most people give you holiday, doing your best, dib dib div, you know. And I want to just say, you know, I don't felt like let's try and refill this fuel tank a bit. And actually it ended up going in the show, you know, put a hand on her shoulder and said, you know.”
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“Well, I think the two things happen often. You get shaken and strengthened. And actually, my experience, the people who've really been taken to the edge. That's actually where they find their faith. You know, you look at so many of the concentration camp stories and stuff. It's two sides looking at it. One person said there can be no God. I've witnessed evil personified. I can't remember when he said I've been to the edge and I know there's no place that God isn't. You know, it's all how we look at how we choose to live. I choose to try and live with faith in other people, faith in ourselves, faith in the Almighty. And that helped me. But it's funny that thing with Obama, because in a way, that was never meant to be on TV. It was just a spontaneous thing at the end of the journey. And as you know, when you spend time with people.”
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“So it's hard to articulate, I think, because it's personal and it's intimate and also it's like I say has just as many doubts as it does and faith, two sides of the same coin. I think it does feel like that for me. Through it all, I would say my Christian faith has been a real backbone and a kind of secret strength in many tricky moments, you know, light to a dark path I always kind of feel. It's that sort of thing. So yeah.”
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“And then I think I went to school and then, you know, you had to go to church and they all wore white cussocks and spoke in Latin. I thought, gosh, I've really missed it. You know, this is actually what it's about. And it's been a life journey to unwind all of that and realize actually the Lilmi had it right. You know, faith is in your heart, knowing that you're not alone. And there's something bigger than us out there. That power is for us, not against us. Despite my doubts and all of those sort of things, I'm going to put my trust in that and try and have love at the center of all we do and live empowered and go for things and not be scared to fail and not be driven by fear and all those sort of things. And that to me, what faith is.”
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“I think it's been so tarnished. I think religion has been so tarnished. And I get that. I was always the least religious person growing up. I just thought, I mean, as a kid, I had a really natural faith. I always believed in some higher power and that I could feel, you know, there's something around, you know, as a little kid. It was like, ah, wow.”
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“I think it's a lifelong journey of figuring it out. You know, I hope I edge closer to where it's not found, which is never found in trophies and triumphs and accolades. You know, those things, I see those things with clearer lenses now. You know, I'm more proud of being married 22 years. I got three great boys. The simpler things I'm more proud of. I think where do I really find fulfillment? I think my faith is a quiet thing in that sense. You know, faith is always a tricky one. Hard to articulate very well, but it's definitely comes from a place of that you're okay. You're okay. We're forgiven, we're loved, empowered. And try and live life as best you can, eyes wide open with gratitude in your heart. Tough resilient spirit to go for things”
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“That maybe comes from elsewhere, and with time and experience, you learn the real answer. Life is always rooted in, you know, something aside and relationships with great people. And, you know, a lot of it, I think, comes down to love, actually, being known those connections with great people and a love of whatever it could be. It can be a love of the outdoors, a love of what you do. It's not found in achievement always”
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“A little bit. I think when I was young, you know, I think Everest certainly for me was such a symbol of like, I'm going to do this. It was at a time when only I think 20-odd Brits had ever climbed it and it was like, I thought this is going to be epic, you know, and then you see the realities of, you know, we have four climbers lose their lives up there. And it re-rattled me in many ways. And I was lucky to reach the top and got back in one piece, but it didn't answer that question of. I don't know. I don't think I'd climb it now. I'm not so out on a quest to kind of prove anything. But I think when you're young, half of it's good to have a quest. You know, you've got to have that goal. But the other half is like, it's not the answer to life, is it? You know, it's a...”
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“And I think a big, you know, I'd be super lucky to fulfill so many things. I still have many goals, many ambitions, but it's not goals and ambitions that trump the last one and ever bigger and it's not like that. It's just really grateful and try make sure you stay alive. Make sure you're always grateful for the many good things and the luck you've had along the way. You know, keep that muscle inside honed. Keep working, keep doing your best. But it's definitely not where I find the fulfillment. It's not like the achievement's never going to fulfill that whole.”
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“What you're saying in the question is that where you get your fulfillment through that thing? And the answer is no, it's not where I get fulfillment. I do these things. I try and do the difficult things just to keep that inside muscle honed a little bit. But it's not always about bigger and better and it's. As I read the other day, half of life is getting to where you're achieving your goals and the other half of life has been really happy to enjoy it. Second one's a harder one to do.”
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“Yeah, but I've done it for years, and I love this thing. It's just three minutes a day. I'm just in that cold water, you know, whether it's a river or in winter or lake or, you know, at nighttime. And, you know, I try and find somewhere every day. Just get in that cold and it hurts, still hurts. But it's just a little something, whatever it is, that's your something that's difficult to do because most people spend their lives avoiding the painful, the difficult, you know, that they're scared of public speaking or they're scared of it. So they avoid the things that challenge us. But as you know, it's where growth happens and growth isn't always fun. It's often painful, but it's like a muscle the more you push it, the more you get used to it. You know, there's a great thing at the commando training center in Limpston that just says comfortable with uncertainty. And it's a great thing for life, you know. Don't get sat in that comfort zone too much. I call it a comfort pit somewhere to get out of quick.”
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“With this and with this. So coarse is a time for pulling back and holding. But I think generally the message, you know, 90% of the time, most people don't get to where they're going. Not because of a lack of skills or talent, it's that lack of kind of ability to keep going when it's hard. And that's why I think doing little things every day. Small things that, you know, whatever it is, that just push this muscle a bit is good. Even if it's like, I mean, I've had a thing for years and it's now super popular. Everyone's kind of, you know,”
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“And I think it's why so often great mountaineers are often a little bit older because they have that patience and that judgment. And when you're young and you don't care and you kind of maybe should be listening to that intuition and maybe the weather's changed or something's happening that's saying, hold, you know, and you go and you die. Why so many hydrogen mountaineers death is that relentless ability not to adapt or change your plan? Where with age you have that ability to listen to your instinct, to the mountains, to the circumstances and maybe adapt and maybe change. And as we know, you know, with big mountains, there'll always be there. So I think that ability to life to listen to that and to amend and to adapt super important. And look at soldiering. Same as always this thinking man soldier, you know, was a mantra of a lot of these special forces staff, was always being able to adapt, improvise, adapt, overcome. That's leading.”
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“and it comes with experience and there's always a right first of all my 16 year old nephew gave to me the other day I said I said bev you need not the smoking on the head you're smoking a lot at the moment he went but ever since I was a kid you told me never give up I said a path of the cigarettes you know there's always a time to give things out and some and experience and wisdom Know you just don't want to be a pig-headed head in the dirt, you know, that's not smart. That's not smart. Intuition and experience has to know when, hold on, this isn't maybe the right route. Let's just take a step back.”
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“Yeah. Well, it hurt. It hurts. I'm not saying it's not going to hurt. It's going to hurt. But that fire insides in us all. You know, it's just you've got to dig sometimes. But it's It's a great truth to know that it's there. When you dig, you know, it is there. And I think, as you say, once you get used to this and you start to practice it, the muscle gets stronger. And then you almost seek out tough times. You know this is a chance to shine, you know. And as you say, that's how you separate yourselves in life. You're going to reach these points, but in those big matters, what are you going to go this way? How are you going to act in those big moments? And it's always what separates, you know, reaching those summits for not reaching those summits.”
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“Under pressure. It was just like when everything's going wrong, that's a time to give more rather than give up. And I held on to that in many difficult moments, you know, across many different arenas. And it's helped me. I remember this guy said to me, and you do anything for another 10 seconds.”
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“Squeeze this, you see what's inside. Bring the squeeze, bring the squeeze. Now we see characters, we see what people are like. And for me, it just became whenever I saw people quitting or complaining, especially complaining. And you see it so much as in the military, you see it on big expeditions, you see it even when we're filming TV shows with people. You know, when it gets hard and you're hungry and you're scared and you're up against it and you're dehydrated, those are the moments. And for me, it just became a trigger. When everyone's complaining and giving up satire to give more, you know, just you don't have to give more in the early times. Just wait until it's, and that's how you separate yourselves in business and in life and in relationships, you know, in the big moments, you know, look at a relationship when you're under that real tone, everyone's throwing it, you know, are you going to really throw that nasty comment or kind of hold it and just try and be gracious and kind in those big moments? And I like that. It wasn't complicated to think about.”
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“And for me, I developed this thing where Whenever people quitting or complaining I like those moments. For me, it was like, okay, all the chat and the bravado is always at the beginning. I was full of that. But bring it down. Put the squeeze on. You know, we like grapes.”
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“Never gives up and keeps doing his best and still doesn't really get noticed, but doesn't matter. But when he leaves school, this might not be the biggest thing, but this is like ninja-like. That resilience muscle inside is strong. And as you know, and as I know, in life that's the one that is going to carry you further. And the unseen people at school often do better in life. It's like don't peek too early. Don't peak at 14.”
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“But actually those little steps have like, I'm going to do this, I'm going to bring on those origins and you're never going to forget it. It's going to be great. It's incremental, tiny little things. But having to fight for things, you know, it's how often do we see at school, though, the school hero actually in life doesn't always do that brilliantly. And why is that? It's because they've got schools rewarded that, but they've never tested this. You know where little Johnny, who doesn't have that, doesn't get the awards Is a linesman, brings on the oranges, yeah, whatever it is, struggles, doesn't even get noticed, never wins anything.”
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“Cool. It's like everything. It's like the little seas to the mighty oaks. How do we build it just inch by inch? Anna And that's a great thing because it's not something only some people can have. You know, it's universal for us all. We can all become, people think it's a God-given gift to someone, be resilient. Resilience is that muscle and you build it by failing and trying to stay positive. I remember being really excited about being picked for the fourth 11 football team as a lineman. It wasn't even in the team, you know. And it was like my job was to bring on the oranges at half time, you know? But it was like, and I remember my dad was the only dad on the side of the pitch cheering me on. I thought it was so embarrassing. I'm not even in the team. And dad said, you know, he's come to kind of...”
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“You know, don't give up. Don't never give up. Be kind. You know, be determined, but never give up. And they roll their eyes. But you know what? One day they'll know that the key thing of life. You don't have to be the best to do your best.”
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“Running something go, do we want that guy? You know, a bit of luck falls on his side. Somebody backs you, you know, or, you know, I don't know, just the more I look back on so many so-called achievements, the more I see Hand of good people in critical moments, but as you know, you have to win the hearts of those people in the first place, but also the role of just that dogged determination to keep going. And that's not a thing of being brilliant. It's just trying to keep going. Often sliding another step back, but keep moving forward. And you say that to, you know, I've got three boys now, three teenagers. And I think if you said to them, what one thing does your dad say to you day after day before you go to school?”
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“All it is is something we can control. It's not a filtering of talent. It's not filtering of you're brilliant. You're through, you're not through. It's a genius of selection for the special forces. It's all about heart and spirit. And we can all have that. That's not a God-given talent. That's a muscle that builds with walking through the door of failure time and time again and keep getting back up. I like that. That's why I say I am an ordinary person. That's why I also say just to so many things because, you know, yes, I pass, oh, yes, you reached the top of this mantle. Yes, you do. But it's always just. And that's okay, you know. And it's also often by standing on the shoulders of many giants who have helped me, you know, many, many times. If I think of SS election, that time there were so many times where somebody just kind of believed me in a critical time. It might be something where two corporals.”
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“Well, it's not false modesty. I'm not going to let people build me into something I'm not, you know, and I think as I get older, I know the frailties more and more. And I'm not ashamed of them. Do you know what I mean? It's okay. Many mistakes, it's okay. Otherwise, things become all too... know that it's hard to relate to you know”
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“The mistakes of Poder Life But the part of my heart that dies all makes it look too good or too, you know, because at the end of the day, I'm a really regular guy. I'm a regular dad as well. I'm not brilliant at any of these things, but I know what I love and I know the weapons that serve me best and the weapons are always this, you know, be dogged, be determined, be the most resilient person out there when it's hard, you know, come alive in the big moments. when it's not the big moments, you don't need to be front and center, but in the big moments, be there.”
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“But he kept saying, We don't want that. It doesn't need to be perfect. And it was my wife that said, why don't you go and try it? And I just left the military. We just got married. We were kind of starting out. And she was smart. She said, go and try it. And she has never felt like making a perfect thing. I think the magic at that time, it was the first show that came along that let all the mud be on the lens and the rain on the lens and the trips and the stumbles. And you saw the cameraman's hand. And it would come. There was a sort of interactivity that was great. And I've always felt if it's not broke, don't fix it. The stumbles, the trips, the struggles, the...”
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“Worked when we first started doing it is that we did show a lot of the mistakes, and it was kind of Slips and the stumbles and the ums and the rs and I remember from day one the producer that came to me and said we want to do this show where we drop you in the middle of difficult places and you show us how to get out of there and and I kept saying no because I didn't want to do TV I didn't know about TV and I was like and”
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“And I think more and more, I feel these guys, that person we met there or that person we met, they are amazing, be much better at the job than me. But, you know, like I say, our job isn't to be the best, you know, to do our best. And, you know, for some reason, I've been given the chance to do this. It's what I've always loved. I love the adventures. I love, like I say, the friendships and, you know, the job we do. I think you can only ride that, I'd be grateful for it. And like I say, do your best and not worry about too much about how the TV makes it always look. I mean, the truth is the TV always puts the best bits. They cut out the trips and the stumbles. And you put anything to music and the guy's going to look cool. But I think an element of why the show...”
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“I almost had more confidence, I think, in my skills at the beginning. I think as the years have gone on, I've realized actually I've often been surrounded by people, better climbers, better skydivers, better survival guys, better looking, fitter, stronger, all of these things, just because we've built a crew of ninjas who true heroes. And, you know, we've got to work with people and locals and experts all around the world year after year.”
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“I think so because I'm going to probably grows. something does well you know we We did the show this year for Netflix called You versus Wild, you know, and we just got the news this morning. We got nominated for three Emmys for it. And the crew go, Dave, you're so excited. But part of my heart dies. Part of me is like, oh, it's like that gulf between the sort of TV sort of, you know, guy. And it gets bigger, you know. And I feel from day one, I felt.”
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“Friendships with our crew in an industry that. Notoriously transient. People have crew come, crew go, new crews, you know, but we've kept pretty well the core crew from the beginning. And part of it's that we're obviously working in difficult, dangerous terrain and you forge stronger bonds than you would in a shiny studio. But part of it is that the loyalty really matters from both goes both ways. And I love that.”
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“See it in people. And, you know, I said in our camera crew, I mean, look at what's been a core part of my job for however many years, many years now, you know, the filming and stuff. And, you know, the focus is always on the person in front of screen. And, you know, that horrible word of talent, as they call it. I never felt very talented. Still don't. Still feel I'm surrounded by way more talented people. But life isn't a competition about who's more talented. It's a journey to take with great friends and I look at our camera crew and to me true heroes. You know, they work harder. They carry heavier weights, you know, unsung, relentlessly positive, carry me many times, you know, in so many ways, encourage me when I've been struggling and I look at them and still brothers and sisters, best friends to this day, I think it's probably the thing I'm most proud of in my career actually.”
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“And that's enough. That's wonderful. But it takes a bit of unlearning, doesn't it, of saying, you know, don't have the people not always to look up to aren't always front and center. And as I get older, I see more and more heroes left, right and centre, where more left and right rather than center. And I love that. I sort of...”
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“think probably just being quite shy and I think you see the people at school always, the bigger personalities. And it was always like, gosh, you've got to be like that to get anywhere. And it's a life journey, isn't it, to realize. It's almost the opposite. It's almost the opposite. You know, the quiet, the. Persevering, relentlessly trying to put yourself up through the failures and keep going and know the wealth of life. The wealth is always found in our relationships. And you come across people who are rich in friendships and, you know, rich in passion and love what they do and love the people they work with.”
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“Let's go. You know, let's do our best. I love that thing of the scouts. You know, do your best. So smart because I think so much of the world is about be the best, you know, win. Number one, you know, but actually. Don't always stand the pressure test of time and of life and of going for big things are always going to be humbling. And I think the thing of do your best. You know, it's dip dip dip, you know, DYV, do your best. I love that because wherever you're at. You can do that, you know. So decision, isn't it? It's not a gift, it's not something we're born with, like the looks or the academic of sport, something you've got to summon. I like”
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“I think it's not what the world always thinks, like you say. You know, we always have this thing of confidence. As you say, it's this. Unstoppable. I can do anything. I think life is always humbling, you know, in every way, just like the wild. You know, the mountains are humbling. The real things are life are humbling. So you remind us that, you know, it's often a battle. And, you know, you've got to sometimes put your head down and do your best and you're going to fail and you're going to struggle and you're going to have doubts and you're going to have self-doubt. try and get your freaking key going. And I think that is confidence. Confidence is the quiet stuff and the honesty to say this is a struggle”
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“I think it took a while to learn that that's okay. You know, my dad always say, you've got to find something you really love and try and be kind to people along the way and be resilient. You know, have that dog and never give up attitude. And that's the key things for life. But it's hard to believe that as a kid. And sometimes if you get a bit lost in the system. So I suppose what I meant is that it took me a while to find the confidence, you know. And it's still a journey. I think we're all on. You know, I think success doesn't always answer those sort of questions. And I think confidence has to come from in here. And it's often the opposite of what we think it is when we're growing up. Confidence is quiet. And I think that's where that's kind of what I meant.”
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“Brilliant, but I love it. And for me, growing up, it was always climbing with my dad. You know, he'd been a he'd been a commando and loved all of that sort of stuff. And for me growing up, it was always, you know, that's what I love to do, just have mini adventures with him.”
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“Growing up, I really struggled with confidence, you know, definitely when I was at school and I think so much of the school culture still to this day, it definitely tends to celebrate the guy who's academic or sporty or good looking or just a cool guy. And those are the currency of school. But as you and Mino, it's not always the currency of life. But you try and tell a kid who maybe isn't sporty or academic who's just kind and does his best, you know, that actually those things have much more value in life. And it's kind of hard to believe. But certainly for me, I didn't have, I wasn't the sport of most academic or the cool guy. And I think it took me a while to find an identity. And actually, this is what I love and it's nothing kind of.”
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“One was when I broke my back and was in rehabilitation for a long time, and you know, so much of my rock in my life had been that I was physically strong and I was doing a job I loved and suddenly I couldn't even reach the bathroom without excruciating agony and it was just a what am I going to do with my life?”
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“In the early days of TV, especially there was so much pressure to go and do that and do the extra episode. You end up burning the things that are most valuable. To be successfully have to sacrifice. But maybe you reach one where not enough. Selection for the special forces is all about heart and spirit, and we can all have that. That's not a God-given talent. That's a muscle that builds with walking through the door of failure time and time again and keep getting back up.”
2022-06-27 · The Diary of a CEO · Bear Grylls: Man VS Failure, Anxiety & Imposter Syndrome · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT