Vikram Vij - It's All About Finding Passion (Passion)

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

Relationships, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.8 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2015

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Vikram Vij is an Indian-born Canadian chef and the co-owner of Vij's Restaurant in Vancouver. Vikram brings his extreme optimism and passion for cooking right into this podcast. He says passion is like your first love and your focus should be your second love. When these two loves are combined, it's a great recipe for success. Vikram shares openly the challenges he has faced and his frustrations with prejudice. He also talks on the importance of freedom and respecting everyone, no matter what social class they may be. Key Takeaways: [1:25] Who is Vikram Vij? [5:50] What does passion mean to Vikram? [8:30] Why did Vikram go to Austria? [11:15] Failure is a part of our lives. [11:45] There's no formula for success. [13:30] What kind of challenges has Vikram experienced? [19:00] What's Vikram's definition of success? [20:20] Vikram talks about his mentors. [23:15] What are Vikram's core beliefs? [28:10] Connor and Roger tell you about the 1-day event Man Talks will be hosting and how you can win free tickets. [32:00] What people thrive for in life is freedom. [35:50] Vikram is often frustrated by prejudice. [38:45] Best resources? Travel the world. [42:55] What does it mean to be a man today? [48:00] One piece of advice? Respect everyone. [49:40] What kind of legacy would Vikram like to leave? [51:55] What's Vikram excited about today? [56:25] Love what you do and don't take things for granted. Mentioned In This Episode: http://mantalks.com/ Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. http://www.vijs.ca/ https://twitter.com/Vijs_restaurant https://www.facebook.com/Vijs-174255645924082/timeline/ Music Credit: Parlange & Latenite Automatic (jesusparlange.com– lateniteautomatic.com) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You've got some living yet to do. I won't give up on you.
0:08.1	Hey guys, welcome back to another episode of the Mantox Podcast. My name is Roger
0:14.8	Nairn, and I'm the director of marketing for Mantox. And I'm Connor Beaton, the founder of Man Talks.
0:19.3	The goal of this podcast is to bring you inspiring men and inspiring conversations.
0:23.8	And bring you the men that are making a difference in the world.
0:27.2	Today we're bringing you an extremely special guest, Mr. Vikram Vige.
0:31.9	He's the co-owner of the world famous Vige's restaurant in Vancouver,
0:35.3	as well as the Rangoli restaurant, Vich's inspired Indian cuisine,
0:39.2	Vig's Railway Express Food Truck, Mishanti Restaurant. He's also written numerous cookbooks,
0:45.2	as well as appearing on TV, including Top Chef Canada, Chopped Canada, Recipe to Riches,
0:51.2	Dragons Den. He's seriously larger in life.
0:54.1	That's one hell of a resume.
0:55.3	And this is one hell of an interview.
0:57.1	It was absolutely incredible and inspiring,
0:59.1	and we look forward to letting you learn as much as possible from it.
1:02.5	So, ladies and gentlemen, I'd like to introduce to you, Mr. Victorovich.
1:05.7	You've got some living yet to do.
1:09.6	I won't give up on you. See these machines. Excellent. So, Vickram, before we get a little context for listeners, hoping you can
1:15.5	Excellent. So Vickram, before we get started, why don't we just set a little context for
1:20.0	listeners, hoping you can tell us what it is that you do and how you got into it?
1:24.7	Well, I'm Vickram Vidge. I'm the chef owner of
1:29.2	a co-owner of
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