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The Meals That Shaped Shark Tank's Robert Herjavec

2025-09-25 Entertainment
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Robert Herjavec: Life Lessons Spanning Childhood Struggle to Success Meals

Discover how entrepreneurial icon Robert Herjavec navigated poverty, hustle, and peak success through three defining meals. Learn why understanding the purpose behind your drive dictates lasting happiness.

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  • Capture the foundational mindset shift required to escape poverty: focusing on self-reliance, not just wealth.
  • Understand the critical difference between having a good idea and achieving successful execution in business.
  • Value personal purpose—like buying a Cadillac for his father—over abstract measures of financial success.

This discussion charts Robert Herjavec’s journey from growing up poor in Croatia to becoming a Shark Tank star, framed by the specific foods he ate during his struggle, hustle, and success phases. Use these authentic examples to evaluate your own motivations and define what true achievement means for you.

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Today, Robert Herjavec revisits the meals that were meaningful to him at different points throughout his life. Want more Mythical Kitchen? Check out these playlists: Last Meals - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW8XZTagL0oLPu4rowq_WOqg6nJ_oToRN Food Battles - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW8XZTagL0oKvNweUd0NzXBTUgmVDXbTe Meals of History - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW8XZTagL0oJzDtzkhoE_KeH_macdrpHJ Check out our podcast, A Hot Dog Is A Sandwich! Apple Podcasts: https://mythic.al/ahdias Spotify: https://mythic.al/hotdog CHAPTERS 0:00 Shark Tank Star, Robert Herjavec 1:16 Looking At Life Through The Lens Of Food 2:09 1st Course: Robert's Childhood Struggle Meal 2:30 Growing Up In Croatia 3:50 Ideas Are Cheap, Execution Is Hard 4:38 If You Weren't Successful, Would You Still Be Happy? 5:55 Not Being Taken Advantage Of 7:56 2nd Course: Robert's Hustle Meal 10:03 Offering To Work For Free 12:13 Cliche But True Advice 12:38 3rd Course: Robert's Success Meal 15:18 The Best Thing Robert Ever Purchased 18:44 Success Is Really Personal 19:57 You'll Never Find Anything In Life As Fascinating As Another Human Being 20:34 What Would You Say To Your 10-Year-Old Self? 21:27 Watch Shark Tank Season 17! Pick up official Mythical Kitchen merch at https://mythical.com/collections/mythical-kitchen Check out Sporked, Mythical's new website dedicated to helping you find the best food on the shelves! - http://www.sporked.com Submit your Dreams Become Food photos here: https://forms.gle/cBopySaTXdzG7RFr5 Join the Mythical Society: https://www.mythicalsociety.com Follow Mythical Kitchen: Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythicalkitchen Facebook: https://facebook.com/mythicalkitchen Mythical Chef Josh's Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythicalchefjosh Check Out Our Other Mythical Channels: Good Mythical Morning: https://youtube.com/goodmythicalmorning Rhett & Link: https://youtube.com/rhettandlink Ear Biscuits: https://applepodcasts.com/earbiscuits Good Mythical MORE: https://youtube.com/goodmythicalmore In the spirit of minimizing food waste associated with the filming of this series, Mythical is donating to the Hollywood Food Coalition who provide daily, nourishing meals to underserved communities in the Los Angeles area. Closed Captioning provided by Rev

Top Comments (10)

@UncleOfDragons 2025-09-25

IMO this was someone who didn’t want to do “Last Meals” but still wanted to be on something. And gosh dang the Cadillac story.

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@StnrVibe 2025-09-25

13:16 "My Lawyer is a world class sommelier." Is the RICHEST sentence i have ever heard-

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@Kentril2112 2025-09-25

I met Robert when I used to live in Toronto. He was just walking down Bay street and I said hello. He must have stopped and just talked with me for a good 20 minutes. Genuinely great guy, super humble and never forgot his roots. Awesome guy.

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@erikfast4228 2025-09-25

That Cadillac story is the sweetest story I've ever heard

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@pizzicato16 2025-09-25

Leaning into Josh's skills as an interviewer is the best idea.

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@adamdambrov2308 2025-09-25

The emotion of that Cadillac story. Priceless.

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@danielplatts9446 2025-09-26

The fact that Josh can make a billionaire comfortable enough to be vulnerable, and come off as down to earth really says a lot. I think people genuinely want to be on one of his programs for that reason alone.

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@q_branch_ 2025-09-25

Like everyone else, that Cadillac story was one for the ages - it could be the ending of a Hollywood movie.

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@gibrankhaliq 2025-09-26

18:30 Godamnit, now billionaires out here making us cry. Incredible story

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@CIRORODRIGUEZ-x9l 2025-10-14

As the daughter of immigrants, so many of Roberts stoties are exactly like mine. But that CADILLAC story.....the tears just flowed. My dad too . CADILLAC to people around the world ment luxury and the success of the Amerucan Dream and the potential for a better life in that Miracle Land of America for those that were fortunate or courageous enough to go to AMERICA!!! As a little girl my dad always admired CADILLACs. Old ones ,newer ones, even when the SuV"s first came out he always said "Thats a CADILLAC!" with such admiration. Everytime I see a Caddie my fathers words just echo in my head. Loved this episoed Thanks for the memories Robert !!🙏💖🙏💖

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