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Survivor<\/h1>\n<\/div>

In the summer of 2005 I participated in the Dutch\/Belgian \u2018Survivor\u2019 series, which is called Expeditie Robinson<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<\/div>
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Apart from the unique experience, this gave me\u00a0the opportunity to study group dynamics under extreme circumstances. Great input for my presentations, workshops and books…<\/p>\n

What happened?<\/h2>\n

I survived two weeks in a deserted cave in Malaysia, with one other participant, the Belgian Marnix, who later won the program. After this time spent in isolation, we had to build a raft and swim to the other participants.<\/p>\n

We were both appointed leaders of a group of participants we had never met and were given immunity, so we could not be voted off the program.<\/p>\n

My group resisted the idea of a \u2018new\u2019 person joining them after two weeks and protested my leadership and immunity. They did not even believe we had spent all this time in a cave!<\/p>\n<\/div>