Ira Pastor, ideaXme life sciences ambassador and founder of Bioquark, interviews Dean Stott, former British Special Forces soldier, adventurer, philanthropist, author, international speaker, and two time world record holder.
Ira Pastor comments:
Today we have the honor to be joined on the show by Mr. Dean Stott, former British Special Forces soldier, adventurer, philanthropist, author, international speaker, and two time world record holder in biking on the longest motor road in the world – The Pan American Highway.
Dean Stott, From SBS to World Record Breaker
Dean was one of the very first army members to join the Special Boat Service (SBS), which is the special forces unit of the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy, and throughout his esteemed military career, conducted deployments to various overseas hostile environments and has been involved in counter-terrorism operations worldwide.
Since leaving the military in 2011, after 16 honorable years of service, Dean established a distinguished career in the private security sector where he was renowned for his willingness to take on any job, regardless of the level of danger, and would go to many places when others would not. Dean has faced extortion, kidnapping, civil war, pirates, military coups and was single handedly responsible for the evacuation of the Canadian Embassy in 2014, rescuing 4 diplomats and 18 military personnel.
Dean’s “Civilian” Life
In 2016, he was ready for a new project where he wanted to use his skills to help others in the civilian world and began training to cycle the longest motor road in the world, the Pan American Highway, for charity purposes. He completed the gruelling 14,000 mile route from Argentina to Alaska in May 2018, and gained two world records and raised an incredible amount of money for a mental health charity in the process, passing through 14 countries on his expedition and crossing some of the most dangerous passages in the world.
Dean is now a renowned international speaker, presenting to global companies, sporting bodies, military departments, schools and businesses.
Dean continues to live by the Special Forces’ ethos of ‘the unrelenting pursuit of excellence’. He emphasizes his belief that, with the right mindset and plan, the impossible simply means it hasn’t been done yet.
Dean published his book, Relentless, in 2019 – a book that recounts his experiences and life as a Special Boat Services soldier and when faced with the impossible, he proves that anything is possible.
On this ideaXme episode we hear from Dean about:
His background; where he grew up, his interest in going into military service, and his journey into the special forces. The need for elite soldiers to have strong “mental resilience” along with physical resilience to be successful. His physical injury that resulted from high-altitude, high-opening free-fall parachute jump (a technique used to airdrop personnel at high altitudes when aircraft are unable to fly above enemy skies without posing a threat to the jumpers) which required him to retire from the military and return and adjust to “civilian” life. The development of his own private security company and missions in countries such as Libya and the UAE. His Pan American Highway adventures. His work at the Heads Together mental health campaign, spearheaded by The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Harry, focusing on both civilian and military mental health stigmas and awareness.
This interview is in American English
Credits: Ira Pastor interview video, text, and audio.
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