"You have to be adaptable" - Shark Tank Investor Robert Reveals His Secret to Success

Rober Herjavec, an investor on Shark Tank, recently took to Instagram to motivate his audience and share the secrets of his success. In the video, he talks about the mindset that successful people have even when they don't have access to most of the resources that others might.

Robert is currently in the media light as he stars in Shark Tank. He is a lead shark where he invests in various business pitches that come on the show. He is currently the founder of The Herjavec Group which is an IT and computer security firm.

According to him, when he started in life, he had nothing. He hailed from a family of immigrants from Yugoslavia and had to start an entirely new life in a new nation. Talking to his Instagram followers about his journey, Robert said,

"When I put my hand on the stove and the ring is red and it hurts and I get burnt, I tend not to do it again. You don't have to be smart, but you have to be adaptable."

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Shark Tank's Robert Herjavec's advice on becoming a billionaire

Robert talked about his journey on the video and shared that what brought him towards success was not in-built knowledge, but observance and mistakes. He made mistakes but he made sure to never do that again and learn from it. Talking about the same, Robert says,

"You don't have to be born outgoing, you don't have to have that built in you, you can be taught that, and you can teach that to yourself. Everything I've learned, I've learned by doing wrong. I'm not a very smart guy, I've never been the smartest guy in the tool shed, but I am very good."

Robert from Shark Tank also shared his upbringing. He talked about how he never thought from the beginning of being a "billionaire" or a "millionaire" for that matter.

He just wanted to improve his standard of living because he did not like what he had. This gave him purpose and according to him, everyone realizes their own thing from different angles based on personal experiences. Here is what Robert said;

"You know when I was 12 years old, all I knew was I didn't wanna be poor. I didn't have the concept of making a billion dollars or a million dollars, I just didn't wanna live like I lived. The point of it is, we all come to it from different perspectives."

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Shark Tank fan reactions to Robert's advice

Viewers quickly took to comments to share their opinions about what Robert said in the Instagram post. They easily understood what he was trying to convey and appreciated him for his humbleness. One viewer wrote,

"Robert you have all the right answers to become successful!"

"Improvise Overcome Adapt."

"You don't have to be repeating your mistakes over and over ❤️❤️"

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Robert Herjavec's journey before Shark Tank

Robert had humble beginnings before he started a business and was cast on Shark Tank. His family settled in Toronto with just $20 to their name.

He had a hard time fitting in in Canada because he did not speak English at the time. Robert says that his father had a huge influence on him growing up because he was "a tough guy."

It was in 2003 that Robert founded The Herjavec Group which started with just 3 employees but grew like wildfire. He has been featured in various business reality TV shows and has invested in quite a few of them.

One of his most successful ones is Tipsy Elves, a sweater company where he invested $100,000 for 10%. Robert shares a panel on Shark Tank with fellow investors Mark Cuban and Lori Greiner. He is also featured in Shark Tank Australia.