Meet Viktor Drago | Viktor Drago Social Media Star

We had the good fortune of connecting with Viktor Drago and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Viktor, what role has risk played in your life or career?
What do you think about risk ?

I think risk it’s a necessary step in order to achieve success, we live in society where people feel that better work 50 years on work for someone than, take a risk and work 1 year on yourself and try, because the society is so scare of anything new, scare to say a word, scare to step out of their comfort zone, scare to try and etc.
But in recent years I believe that this “normal” behavior start to shift and more and more people start to take risk and go forward to achieve their dreams, I very glad to see it,
it’s like the phoenix you need to burn to start again as a new person, i believe and very glad that we in a process of burning and reborn again with new prospective, new ideas and new life.
You can see it as a risk or you can see it as an experience,
if you will switch the idea of risk or failed to the experience and results,
You will have only experiences and results,
I think this idea exactly shift successful people and not,
and I can say here words of Thomas A Edison “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
In general you never failed, you just found a different way and just by switching this idea in your mind you can have it all.
it’s why try, try, try… if not NOW then when ? next life ?
oy sorry , you only can have this experience as a person you are.
So go forward try, have an experience and try again….. Again and Again till you will have it.

What role has taking risks played in your life/career?

I all the time take risk over and over again,
I had 30 businesses in Russia and i always open new one when i feel that i can do something better or different, and after 8 years of experience my last business in Russia cars company, was very successful.

Same I faced in my sport career, when I was 22 years old,
I been in Russian national Cross-country Roller Ski team, in that moment i just move from junior categories to main man categories,
and in first year I only got 30 position on the world cup,
I decided to change all my training plan and preparing only for sprint categories in that time nobody believe in my success, not national team, not my coach, they all told me ” Nobody did what you want to do, you will fail”
so I start train without coach and completely change my preparation program,
in 1 year, when everyone already think that I never back ,
I came back and in 4 month,
I won 1 time world cup competition,
in total I won 3 times world cup competition which lead me to the number 2 person in Russia in all history of this sport,
who got this success.
once again in all history of this sport.
the first person won 5 times world cup competitions, but he spend all his life, 40 years for this sport,
and it all only happened after I took a big risk, when nobody believed in me.
But as this experience happened,

I can say one sentence ” Only you need to believe in yourself, nobody else, if you believe, then you can have it. ”

Right now I do my social media and all cycles repeat again, first take risks, go out of my comfort zone and achieve success.

When I start my youtube channel 8 years ago, I heard so many “NO”
so many people said that it’s never gonna work, not happen and etc. but if you will look in root why they said it ? because they never try, because they are scared that you will have something and they do not, that you are growing and they are still the same.
Right now I have more than 5millions followers across my social media and this number grows and grows.
Same as my goals !)

it’s why only by taking risk you can achieve something,
You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.
So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
In last 8 years i work as a social media influencer, in my youtube channel i do pranks video, i travel all around the world and shot pranks in a lot of different countries, It was very interesting to have a different reaction, because people from different countries can react absolutely differently on the same video ideas.I did pranks videos on celebrities like Justin Bieber, Jack Nicholson, Manny Pacquiao, Logan Paul, Dolph Lundgren and KSI that have gone viral on Youtube.About easy can’t really say, but it was an experience and part of this experience was not really easy, for example i waiting Justin Bieber 2 weeks to shoot a video everyday seat in a car in front of his home, or in prank on Dolph Lundgren i sleep in a car and waiting him for 3 days ) So it was so much fun, every experience is different and unique. In the process I learned again and again,
that it’s all just an experience and no one experiences the same as the other,
it’s why just relax in the process, do not rush, and just give universe help you.
If we will talk about what I do now,
I still do pranks videos plus I do boxing and preparing for my celebrity boxing fights,
plus I do fashion, motivational videos on my instagram.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
I will take my friend to the Pacific coast road trip, I believe this is one of the most amazing road trip you can ever have in your life, i’ve been in 41 countries, hundreds of cities, but this road it’s something magical, Just take a cabriolet and go there, drive not so fast, stand in all places on the way, the road and the view. It’s something magical and I can say after the trip you will return as a different person.The Pacific Coast is picturesque, with cliffs, sea stacks, gorgeous urban spaces, and the raging ocean.  I would recommend taking the trip not from Los Angeles to San Francisco or Seattlebut the opposite site with final destination Los Angeles.A Breathtaking experience that I can truly recommend to everyone.   The best time to travel is in Summer time, when the water in the ocean is hot, so you can swim in the ocean on your way.

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
Absolutely, I will never have my mindset if not this people, books, videos,  I will give the list who play the most influence role on my life:
Movies “The Secret” and “The Secret 2”
dr. Joe Dispenza books and trainings,
Tony Robbins books and trannings,
Neale Donald Walsch books
Fillipp Bogachev books and trannings,
Alex Lesly books and trannings,
Joseph Murphy books
Dale Carnegie books
Andrew Matthews books
Napoleon Hill books, books
Georges S Glason, books
Richard Bendler books
Vadim Zeland books
Ram Dass Books and trannings
Gorin Grillo books
Eckhart Tolle Books
Lorna Byrne Books
Robert A Glover books,
Milton Ericson

It’s just who I remember.
The information which they gave me,
made me who I Am right now. I truly recommend it to the everyone.

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