Bear Grylls: Man VS Failure, Anxiety & Imposter Syndrome | E155

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

June 27, 2022

Duration

1h 14m

Channel

The Diary of a CEO

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Bear Grylls is a British adventurer and television host who has been an international sensation of survival shows for twenty years. The host of Man vs. Wild, You vs. Wild, Running Wild, The Island, and the author of Mud, Sweat and Tears and over twenty other books, he's come in to talk to us about his new book - Never Give Up. Topics: 00:00 Intro 01:28 Confidence 08:08 Imposter syndrome 14:27 Resilience 20:01 When to quit 23:26 Are we always chasing a bigger challenge? 27:22 Finding your faith 32:37 Climbing Everest was humbling 35:37 Struggling with fame 41:35 Anxiety 46:41 What were your darkest moments? 49:38 What would you say to your father if he was alive? 55:36 The importance of relationships 01:00:59 Is your career complete? 01:05:30 Your latest and most special book: What did it teach you? 01:10:22 Our last guest's question Bear: https://twitter.com/BearGrylls https://www.instagram.com/beargrylls/?hl=en Bear’s book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Never-Give-extraordinary-autobiography-phenomenon/dp/ Listen on: Apple podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast... Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7iQXmUT... FOLLOW ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steven/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveBartlettSC Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-ba... Sponsors: Huel - https://my.huel.com/Steven Myenergi - https://bit.ly/3oeWGnl Vodafone Business - https://bit.ly/3Nagd1l Min term and eligibility criteria apply. £200 via prepaid card. Small business customers (less than 10 employees) only. 75K & 115K based on customer trial. For full terms and conditions please visit www.vodafone.co.uk/digitalboost.

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Bear Grylls

  guest

• Steven Bartlett

  host

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Diary of a CEO, featuring Bear Grylls and Steven Bartlett, Bear Grylls: Man VS Failure, Anxiety & Imposter Syndrome | E155 explores bear Grylls On Failure, Faith, Fame, And Quiet Inner Resilience Bear Grylls discusses how his life has been shaped less by talent and more by resilience, failure, and a quiet, hard‑won confidence. He reframes success as enduring humility, relationships, and inner values rather than trophies, fame, or physical achievements like Everest. The conversation explores imposter syndrome, anxiety, mental health, when to quit versus when to persist, and how faith and family anchor him through trauma and loss. Throughout, he emphasizes that resilience is a trainable ‘muscle’ available to anyone, and that vulnerability and honesty create true strength.

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