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S17, Ep5 Bear Grylls on turning fear into courage

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

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The Dangers of Ego

I think I was lucky that 15 years ago when I started TV, it was less ruthless. It took me like four or five seasons of shows to begin to learn how to do it. So I could get a little better at it. But I certainly don't watch any of the shows now. I find it too uncomfortable. And I kind of think, you know what, I've had a hangout with the boys, with the family. You talk a lot about the danger of ego and you write a lot about that in a way that I find really fascinating. The irony is that TV and a TV career in many ways can fuel an ego and speak to it and make it bigger

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