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Competence means keeping your head in a crisis, sticking with a task even when it seems hopeless, and improvising good solutions to tough problems when every second counts. It encompasses ingenuity, determination and being prepared for anything.

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Chris Hadfield
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: August 29
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