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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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Bear Grylls
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: June 7
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London
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Edward Michael Grylls
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