" I was so proud to have been made a lieutenant-commander in the Royal Navy in 2005 (Dad would have approved!), and through the expeditions that I have led in Antarctica, the Himalayas, and the Arctic, we have now raised more than $2.5 million for children’s charities around the world.
Those things really matter to me. Especially when you can actually see lives saved. There’s not much tough-guy nonsense going on when I hear those young kids’ stories.
It is called perspective.
In addition, and somewhat worryingly, I was voted the thirtieth most influential man in America. Hmm. And back home in the UK, I read one morning that I was considered the seventh coolest British man, as well as the most admired person by the middle classes, second only to the Queen. Double hmm.
All are very flattering, but they are not very accurate. Ask Shara how cool I am not!
They have, though, led to one great thing: becoming Chief Scout and figurehead to twenty-eight million Scouts around the globe.
And that has been a really fun journey. "

― Bear Grylls , Mud, Sweat and Tears