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The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk

191: Robert Herjavec - Shark Tank Investor + Listener Q & A

The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk

Ryan Hawk

Careers, Business, Management

4.9 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2017

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Episode 191: Robert Herjavec - Shark Tank Investor + Listener Q & A

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The Learning Leader Show

"You don't have to be born in this country to have success in this country." - Robert Herjavec

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

  • Common themes of leaders who sustain excellence:
    • Have a deep passion for their craft
    • They bring a unique value proposition
  • You don't have to come from a big city to make something happen
  • Leadership:  People don't want to be managed, they want to be led... You must provide value to the company
  • Robert's thoughts on immigration and the fact that you don't need to be born in this country to be successful
    • "It's a testament to hope... and it's really hard."
  • "You Don't Have To Be A Shark"
    • "You don't have to be mean to be effective.  Some sharks aren't nice.  Be yourself, be real..."
  • Questions from YOU (the listeners) answered as part of the Q & A portion
    • "What is it that inspired you to start The Learning Leader Show?" -- Mauricio Dulon from La Paz, Bolivia
    • "How do you coach for disciplined execution when all you get from your client are excuses? -- Norma Scott Garrell from Olive Branch, Mississippi
    • "How do you add value as the mentee in a mentor/mentee relationship? -- Ben Arwine from Chicago, IL
    • "What benchmarks do you use to gauge how you're doing in your leadership journey?" -- Brian Westerfield from Troy, OH
    • "Is there any one guest whose advice or experience haunts you (in a good way)? -- Shawn Fuller from Ontario, Canada
    • "What has been the biggest surprise for you in this journey?" -- Ryan Jacobs

Continue Learning:

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Episode 179: How To Sustain Excellence - The Best Answers From 178 Questions

Episode 107: Simon Sinek – Leadership: It Starts With Why

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Episode edited by the great J Scott Donnell

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey and welcome to the Learning Leaders Show I am Ryan Hawk.

0:07.7

Thanks so much for being here.

0:10.0

If this is your first time here this is a little bit different than we normally do.

0:14.3

It's a two-part episode.

0:15.9

One, I had a conversation with Shark Tank's own Robert Herzeg, one of the sharks on that show who invest in entrepreneurs.

0:24.4

We discussed his process for doing that as well as some of his other business ventures

0:28.8

and him being a best-selling author.

0:31.2

And in addition to that, I pose a question to the phenomenal leaders

0:36.5

in my Facebook group the learning leader community I ask them any questions they

0:41.0

had for me and I would be happy to record my answers and so you'll hear about the first 20 to 25 minutes of this episode is me

0:51.0

responding to those questions.

0:52.0

People from all over the world ask really is me responding to those questions.

0:52.6

People from all over the world ask really thought-provoking questions.

0:57.0

I did my best to answer them.

0:58.4

I didn't get to all of them, but maybe we can make this a regular cadence moving

1:01.7

forward if you guys like it and then the second part

1:03.6

you'll hear my conversation with Robert Herjevac. So ladies and gentlemen without

1:07.6

further do it's a Q&A episode followed by Robert Hereg. All right, first up, you know, this is really cool.

1:18.0

It's from Mauricio Delon from La Paz, Bolivia. That's one of the neat things about doing

1:26.2

this podcast. There are listeners and fans from all over the world. Mauricio's question is,

1:31.9

what is it that inspired you to start the learning leader show?

1:35.8

You know, I haven't told the story in quite some time on the podcast, but initially a few

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