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Moving to a new country brings opportunities for personal growth through embracing new cultures and shedding aspects of upbringing that no longer serve you. Hard skills may get you a job, but soft skills like teamwork and communication keep you employed in Canadian workplaces.
• Unlearning and relearning are essential parts of adapting to life in a new country
• Consequences of actions should be considered carefully - even taking no action is an action
• Movies like "The Pursuit of Happiness" provide inspiration during challenging immigration experiences
• Focus on what you can control rather than things beyond your influence
• Traditional comfort foods like dal chawal (lentils and rice) provide emotional connection to home
• Many immigrants discover new talents and passions after relocating, like cooking
• Maintaining language and cultural traditions with children can be challenging but valuable
• Canada represents opportunity for those who appreciate what it offers
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Gurasis (00:01):
before we get into the final segment of the podcast,
I've introduced this new segmentin this season and I call it
know your host, where I give myguests an opportunity to ask me
any question that you would liketo ask awesome, I was waiting
for that.
Yauhan (00:16):
Okay, tell me, Gurasis.
So in your time living incanada, uh, what are the top
three lessons that you'velearned that have really helped
you?
You know, grow as a person,grow as a professional.
What were those top threelessons?
Gurasis (00:35):
sure I'll talk about like growing as a person.
First, definitely I think I havementioned it so many in the
podcast as well I grew up inlike a very patriarchal
household and I had like acertain way of seeing things and
, after coming here, justinteracting with people and
getting exposed to so manycultures and, uh, you know
languages as well and and justinteracting with these people, I
think I've understood it'simportant to shed few things
(00:56):
which are not serving youanymore, and it's okay to
unlearn and relearn some newthings.
That's something I think I havelearned.
Uh, personally, for sure, andfor professionally, something I
have learned is that which alsoyou also talk a lot about, that
which is, you know, hard skillsdefinitely get you a job, but
soft skills are something whichretain you at the job, and I
(01:17):
think I have witnessed someexamples where they are people
who are like professionals intheir career amazing decades of
experience but they were let gojust because they were not
basically like a team player,and now I have seen that that
people will let go in that sense.
So, yeah, these are the twothings I would say I've
definitely learned throughout myjourney.
(01:38):
I love that.
Yauhan (01:39):
I love that.
That's.
That's lots of good insightsand, you know, in those couple
of tidbits over there, thank youfor sharing.
Um, I know you asked me thisquestion so I'm going to put it
back to you.
What is?
You know a movie or um, youknow documentary that left an
impact in your life?
Sure, and?
(01:59):
And can you, can you recall,can you recall a dialogue from
that that really stood out toyou?
It could be serious, it couldbe comical as well.
Gurasis (02:08):
No, definitely I have an answer to that.
You know, I always do myresearch before I ask other
guests.
You should know the answer tothe questions you ask other
people, absolutely.
Yauhan (02:18):
I always know that.
Gurasis (02:19):
So I think I'll go back to my time in 2021 when I I was
like really going through areally hard phase from like my
initial four months.
I think I don't even rememberthose four months anymore
because there was so muchhappening and because my work
permit was expiring I was leftwith like three months.
I wasn't getting any job.
I was let go of my the job Iwas doing already I was.
(02:41):
I was asked to leave the houseas well.
I had no house.
There's so many things justgoing on in my mind at that time
, tons of things, you know, andI think at that time I just.
It was an old movie, it's likea 90s or early 2000s, I believe.
It's a Will Smith movie thatfeatures Will Smith called the
Pursuit of Happiness, you know,or maybe happiness, you know how
(03:01):
they call it.
I think that movie in generalreally left an impact on me that
all that comes your is is partof your bigger, bigger journey.
It's part of your journey andif you just get bogged down by
all these huddles, pull yourselfup and just continue moving,
continue putting your effort andcontinue doing the best you can
(03:22):
in that particular situation.
Focus on the things that you cancontrol.
You can't control what is notin your control.
I think I give the exampleearlier also in terms of
international student journey.
The things which is in yourcontrol is to go ahead and apply
to a certain work permit or ajob or anything as per the
requirements.
That's in your control.
Whether the immigration officewill reply back to you or not,
(03:44):
you don't know that.
When they're going to reply youback, you don't know that.
When is the recruiter going torespond you back or no, you
don't know that.
So, doing the best that you canand continue doing your thing
and just uh, I think that willlet you to pursue your happiness
.
I would say that, yeah, so thatmovie is definitely uh, left an
impact on me.
Yauhan (04:03):
Yeah, that's how I'll answer that.
Yeah, no, that's a.
That's a great movie.
Uh, I love watching that movieas well.
There were so many lessons,absolutely, um, on happiness, on
life in general, that thatmovie teaches you.
Yeah, love it love it.
I'll ask you one more questiondo you cook and um, what is your
favorite food to eat?
Gurasis (04:21):
you could eat that any day, all day, okay great
question is and yes, I do cook,I love cooking.
I was mentioning it.
Oh, you do.
I actually obviously, like backin india, I've hardly cooked,
and the funny thing is my lastguest actually asked me this
question regarding cooking, so,like what's something you
discovered?
And I told them I think Idiscovered a cook within me when
(04:41):
I came to canada I didn't knowI could go back and only maggie
or maybe like boil some eggs orlabos case scenario.
Uh, but here, yes, I cook, Icook a lot.
I think I obviously I cook ind,indian.
I've also tried.
I actually I cook a lot of likeChinese, very similar to Indian
as well, like Indo-Chinese Icook.
I cook a lot of like Mexican aswell.
I cook some Thai food as well,and so I think I've cooked
(05:02):
Mediterranean, obviously verysimilar spices and everything.
But I do cook that andsomething which I think my
staple food is it's very boringanswer, but that is dal chawal,
or how we call it lentils andrice.
I think I can have that anytimeevery day lentil soup, how
people call it.
I think that's the, that's thetherapy for me.
I love just having a simple,plain yellow dal, so to say we
(05:25):
call it.
So yeah, I think uh this issomething I would say that so
when?
Yauhan (05:31):
when are you inviting me over for dinner?
Gurasis (05:32):
whenever you say, whenever you are available I'm
sure you have a busy schedule,but whenever I'm in toronto next
or whenever you are in montrealnext we have to connect, for
sure.
Yauhan (05:42):
Yeah, yes, no, I have a busy schedule.
Yes, but you know, after all ofthose dishes you mentioned you
know indian, indo-chinese andmediterranean and mexican I was
like, no, this.
I think you know what you'redoing, so I should probably make
a trip to Montreal soon to trythat 100%, 100%.
Gurasis (06:01):
I'm not sure you'll love it or not.
Yauhan (06:03):
My friends say they love it, they enjoy it, so I'm sure
you'll love it as well, I don'thave very high standards when it
comes to food, so anything thatyou serve me would be good, so
thank you, you, thank you forsharing that would was lovely to
know that there's a cook hiddeninside grasses as well, and
you've discovered that talentfor yourself so now you're on, I
(06:26):
would like to get the finalsegment of the podcast.
Gurasis (06:28):
I call it beneath the accent.
I'm going to ask a couple ofquestions.
You can answer them in one wordor a sentence or howsoever.
You feel like the idea is justto know a little bit more about
johan.
So ready, absolutely, let's gofor it.
Tell me an advice you wouldlike to give to your younger
self, and at what age.
Yauhan (06:45):
So definitely at my teenage years, when I was a
little bit off track.
Advice I would like to givemyself was you know, always
remember the consequences ofyour actions, because every
action you take, whether or notyou take no action, no action is
an action as well.
So always remember, you know,before you do something or take
(07:06):
or take a step, remember whatconsequences it could have for
yourself, for people in thecommunity.
That's one lesson that I havelearned.
Sometimes you know the hard waygrowing up.
Gurasis (07:18):
Okay, is there any worst advice someone ever gave
you?
Yauhan (07:21):
Yeah, when I was, you know, job searching myself, um,
I used to receive advice thatyou know it's all about blasting
thousands of applications andhopefully one of them will, uh,
will, help you land a job.
So I remember that distinctlyuh, I won't mention names, but I
remember that distinctly,coming from a couple of sources,
and we know now that that isabsolutely the worst way of
(07:44):
landing a job.
Gurasis (07:46):
Of course, Okay, is there any one dish from your
home country that always bringsyou comfort and nostalgia?
Yauhan (07:52):
So when I was growing up in Pune, I used to eat a lot of
biryani, and biryani since thenhas, you know, stayed with me
and I love it.
So you know, similar to how youeat dal and rice, for me I can
eat biryani anytime, any daybreakfast, lunch, dinner, okay
so you said you moved here,obviously like by the age of 15.
Gurasis (08:14):
Do you remember your first friend that you made in
Canada and are you still intouch?
Yauhan (08:19):
um, yes, actually I made a few friends.
So I was way, I was not veryshy, I was quite outgoing.
I did make a few differentfriends in high school and,
believe it or not, two of myfriends that I made are still my
best friends today, even after23 years.
We message almost on a weeklybasis and it's amazing to see
(08:47):
people who you went to highschool with now growing up with
you.
You know, university years,adult, uh, you know getting
married around the same timekids and my best friend actually
just his wife delivered twinbabies two days ago.
Oh wow.
So that was very exciting tosee and you, you know, very
happy for him.
Gurasis (09:05):
Okay, so what's that one tradition that you have
adopted wholeheartedly andwhat's one from your home
country that you have introducedto your Canadian friends, if
you have?
Yauhan (09:14):
So I don't have too many Canadian friends.
I mean a lot of my friends.
I mean when I say Canadian, Imean like born and raised over
here.
Most of my friends areimmigrants, just like myself.
Actually, a lot of my friendsare friends from high school, uh
, for many, many years, and thenwe've made some friends
recently as well.
So no tradition.
I mean they know all of theindian traditions that I know,
(09:35):
so I haven't made them adopt anytraditions, uh, but some
traditions that I didn't use tocelebrate back then.
Uh, that we celebrate over hereis thanksgiving, okay, right,
so the festival of Thanksgiving,we get together as a family.
We don't do like turkey oranything like that, it's just
getting together having a meal.
My wife is of Chinese descent,so we also celebrate now Chinese
(09:57):
New Year.
Okay, so that's a big you knowbig tradition for us to do every
single year.
And for the kids it's halloween, right, so there was no
halloween concept back in indiaor dubai and halloween just
passed, so my house is filledwith candy, okay, so if, if, you
cook food for me, I will giveyou one full box of chocolates,
(10:20):
so you?
Gurasis (10:21):
said your, your wife is from chinese descent, so how
many languages are spoken inyour house now?
Yauhan (10:27):
So she is.
She's of Chinese descent, butshe's born and raised in Mumbai,
so she has the Chinese.
You know ancestry and the looks, but you know she speaks.
She speaks, you know fluentHindi because born and raised in
(10:48):
Mumbai.
So it's just, it's just Hindiand English.
Gurasis (10:52):
Okay, and do you make that conscious effort to instill
, like for example, Hindi inyour children?
Yauhan (10:59):
I wish I did.
Unfortunately, you know, eversince my wife and I have been
together, we spoke to each otherin English, okay, even though
both of us can speak in Hindi.
For some reason we alwayscommunicated with each other in
English, and so it became alittle bit odd for us to talk to
the children in a differentlanguage.
So something I regret is nottalking in either Hindi or
(11:25):
Gujarati or a little bit ofChinese that she knows with them
.
Gurasis (11:29):
So yeah, lessons you learn as as you go and is there
something you recently boughtand you now regret?
Yauhan (11:36):
I'm very careful with whatever I buy.
I do a lot of research andanalysis, so I don't I can't
think of anything recent that Ibought that was not good value
or that I wanted to return okayso what's next on your bucket
list?
So we just had a baby who is nowfive months old.
So the next on my bucket listis to give him, you know, the
(11:57):
best possible experience growingup, just like how I've done for
my daughter so far, andprioritizing that, because
family is top priority for me.
Um, in terms of work, it wouldbe, you know, continuing to do a
little bit of my coaching, youknow also continuing to work for
(12:19):
Deloitte, uh, while maintainingthe work-life harmony, um, and
we have a trip coming up inDecember, so next month we are
taking the kids to Disney, so so, looking forward to that, okay.
Gurasis (12:26):
So you have to create this one law that everybody has
to follow.
What?
Yauhan (12:30):
would it be?
I think, coming back again tomy value of kindness and empathy
, one law that I would create isjust being kind to people,
irrespective of you know whatthey do, what they say, how they
treat you.
So the law of kindness byJohann Einstein.
Finally describe Canada in oneword or a sentence finally
(12:54):
describe canada in one word or asentence opportunity.
I think you know canada bringsthousands and millions of people
and and that's one word I woulduse to describe it it's a land
of opportunities for a reason,and if you admire and appreciate
, you know what it can offer you.
Gurasis (13:08):
I think there's so much and and lastly, if you could
leave me with one piece ofadvice, what would it be?
Keep doing?
Yauhan (13:14):
what you're doing, Keep cooking what you're cooking and
just keep making such a bigdifference in people's lives
through you know sharingpeople's stories, teaching
people different lessons.
So I love what you do and kudosto you for spending so much
energy, time and effort behindthis, and you really are
(13:36):
inspiring so many people allacross Canada and, you know, in
the world as well.
Gurasis (13:42):
So thank you.
Thank you, rohan, for being onthe podcast.
Thank you for your kind wordsand adding value to my listeners
.
Thank you, thanks a lot.
Yauhan (13:48):
Thank you so much, gurases, for having me.
It's an absolute honor and Ireally enjoyed our fun
conversation together, wishingyou all the very best.
before we get into the final segment of the podcast,
I've introduced this new segmentin this season and I call it
know your host, where I give myguests an opportunity to ask me
any question that you would liketo ask awesome, I was waiting
for that.
Yauhan (00:16):
Okay, tell me, Gurasis.
So in your time living incanada, uh, what are the top
three lessons that you'velearned that have really helped
you?
You know, grow as a person,grow as a professional.
What were those top threelessons?
Gurasis (00:35):
sure I'll talk about like growing as a person.
First, definitely I think I havementioned it so many in the
podcast as well I grew up inlike a very patriarchal
household and I had like acertain way of seeing things and
, after coming here, justinteracting with people and
getting exposed to so manycultures and, uh, you know
languages as well and and justinteracting with these people, I
think I've understood it'simportant to shed few things
(00:56):
which are not serving youanymore, and it's okay to
unlearn and relearn some newthings.
That's something I think I havelearned.
Uh, personally, for sure, andfor professionally, something I
have learned is that which alsoyou also talk a lot about, that
which is, you know, hard skillsdefinitely get you a job, but
soft skills are something whichretain you at the job, and I
(01:17):
think I have witnessed someexamples where they are people
who are like professionals intheir career amazing decades of
experience but they were let gojust because they were not
basically like a team player,and now I have seen that that
people will let go in that sense.
So, yeah, these are the twothings I would say I've
definitely learned throughout myjourney.
(01:38):
I love that.
Yauhan (01:39):
I love that.
That's.
That's lots of good insightsand, you know, in those couple
of tidbits over there, thank youfor sharing.
Um, I know you asked me thisquestion so I'm going to put it
back to you.
What is?
You know a movie or um, youknow documentary that left an
impact in your life?
Sure, and?
(01:59):
And can you, can you recall,can you recall a dialogue from
that that really stood out toyou?
It could be serious, it couldbe comical as well.
Gurasis (02:08):
No, definitely I have an answer to that.
You know, I always do myresearch before I ask other
guests.
You should know the answer tothe questions you ask other
people, absolutely.
Yauhan (02:18):
I always know that.
Gurasis (02:19):
So I think I'll go back to my time in 2021 when I I was
like really going through areally hard phase from like my
initial four months.
I think I don't even rememberthose four months anymore
because there was so muchhappening and because my work
permit was expiring I was leftwith like three months.
I wasn't getting any job.
I was let go of my the job Iwas doing already I was.
(02:41):
I was asked to leave the houseas well.
I had no house.
There's so many things justgoing on in my mind at that time
, tons of things, you know, andI think at that time I just.
It was an old movie, it's likea 90s or early 2000s, I believe.
It's a Will Smith movie thatfeatures Will Smith called the
Pursuit of Happiness, you know,or maybe happiness, you know how
(03:01):
they call it.
I think that movie in generalreally left an impact on me that
all that comes your is is partof your bigger, bigger journey.
It's part of your journey andif you just get bogged down by
all these huddles, pull yourselfup and just continue moving,
continue putting your effort andcontinue doing the best you can
(03:22):
in that particular situation.
Focus on the things that you cancontrol.
You can't control what is notin your control.
I think I give the exampleearlier also in terms of
international student journey.
The things which is in yourcontrol is to go ahead and apply
to a certain work permit or ajob or anything as per the
requirements.
That's in your control.
Whether the immigration officewill reply back to you or not,
(03:44):
you don't know that.
When they're going to reply youback, you don't know that.
When is the recruiter going torespond you back or no, you
don't know that.
So, doing the best that you canand continue doing your thing
and just uh, I think that willlet you to pursue your happiness
.
I would say that, yeah, so thatmovie is definitely uh, left an
impact on me.
Yauhan (04:03):
Yeah, that's how I'll answer that.
Yeah, no, that's a.
That's a great movie.
Uh, I love watching that movieas well.
There were so many lessons,absolutely, um, on happiness, on
life in general, that thatmovie teaches you.
Yeah, love it love it.
I'll ask you one more questiondo you cook and um, what is your
favorite food to eat?
Gurasis (04:21):
you could eat that any day, all day, okay great
question is and yes, I do cook,I love cooking.
I was mentioning it.
Oh, you do.
I actually obviously, like backin india, I've hardly cooked,
and the funny thing is my lastguest actually asked me this
question regarding cooking, so,like what's something you
discovered?
And I told them I think Idiscovered a cook within me when
(04:41):
I came to canada I didn't knowI could go back and only maggie
or maybe like boil some eggs orlabos case scenario.
Uh, but here, yes, I cook, Icook a lot.
I think I obviously I cook ind,indian.
I've also tried.
I actually I cook a lot of likeChinese, very similar to Indian
as well, like Indo-Chinese Icook.
I cook a lot of like Mexican aswell.
I cook some Thai food as well,and so I think I've cooked
(05:02):
Mediterranean, obviously verysimilar spices and everything.
But I do cook that andsomething which I think my
staple food is it's very boringanswer, but that is dal chawal,
or how we call it lentils andrice.
I think I can have that anytimeevery day lentil soup, how
people call it.
I think that's the, that's thetherapy for me.
I love just having a simple,plain yellow dal, so to say we
(05:25):
call it.
So yeah, I think uh this issomething I would say that so
when?
Yauhan (05:31):
when are you inviting me over for dinner?
Gurasis (05:32):
whenever you say, whenever you are available I'm
sure you have a busy schedule,but whenever I'm in toronto next
or whenever you are in montrealnext we have to connect, for
sure.
Yauhan (05:42):
Yeah, yes, no, I have a busy schedule.
Yes, but you know, after all ofthose dishes you mentioned you
know indian, indo-chinese andmediterranean and mexican I was
like, no, this.
I think you know what you'redoing, so I should probably make
a trip to Montreal soon to trythat 100%, 100%.
Gurasis (06:01):
I'm not sure you'll love it or not.
Yauhan (06:03):
My friends say they love it, they enjoy it, so I'm sure
you'll love it as well, I don'thave very high standards when it
comes to food, so anything thatyou serve me would be good, so
thank you, you, thank you forsharing that would was lovely to
know that there's a cook hiddeninside grasses as well, and
you've discovered that talentfor yourself so now you're on, I
(06:26):
would like to get the finalsegment of the podcast.
Gurasis (06:28):
I call it beneath the accent.
I'm going to ask a couple ofquestions.
You can answer them in one wordor a sentence or howsoever.
You feel like the idea is justto know a little bit more about
johan.
So ready, absolutely, let's gofor it.
Tell me an advice you wouldlike to give to your younger
self, and at what age.
Yauhan (06:45):
So definitely at my teenage years, when I was a
little bit off track.
Advice I would like to givemyself was you know, always
remember the consequences ofyour actions, because every
action you take, whether or notyou take no action, no action is
an action as well.
So always remember, you know,before you do something or take
(07:06):
or take a step, remember whatconsequences it could have for
yourself, for people in thecommunity.
That's one lesson that I havelearned.
Sometimes you know the hard waygrowing up.
Gurasis (07:18):
Okay, is there any worst advice someone ever gave
you?
Yauhan (07:21):
Yeah, when I was, you know, job searching myself, um,
I used to receive advice thatyou know it's all about blasting
thousands of applications andhopefully one of them will, uh,
will, help you land a job.
So I remember that distinctlyuh, I won't mention names, but I
remember that distinctly,coming from a couple of sources,
and we know now that that isabsolutely the worst way of
(07:44):
landing a job.
Gurasis (07:46):
Of course, Okay, is there any one dish from your
home country that always bringsyou comfort and nostalgia?
Yauhan (07:52):
So when I was growing up in Pune, I used to eat a lot of
biryani, and biryani since thenhas, you know, stayed with me
and I love it.
So you know, similar to how youeat dal and rice, for me I can
eat biryani anytime, any daybreakfast, lunch, dinner, okay
so you said you moved here,obviously like by the age of 15.
Gurasis (08:14):
Do you remember your first friend that you made in
Canada and are you still intouch?
Yauhan (08:19):
um, yes, actually I made a few friends.
So I was way, I was not veryshy, I was quite outgoing.
I did make a few differentfriends in high school and,
believe it or not, two of myfriends that I made are still my
best friends today, even after23 years.
We message almost on a weeklybasis and it's amazing to see
(08:47):
people who you went to highschool with now growing up with
you.
You know, university years,adult, uh, you know getting
married around the same timekids and my best friend actually
just his wife delivered twinbabies two days ago.
Oh wow.
So that was very exciting tosee and you, you know, very
happy for him.
Gurasis (09:05):
Okay, so what's that one tradition that you have
adopted wholeheartedly andwhat's one from your home
country that you have introducedto your Canadian friends, if
you have?
Yauhan (09:14):
So I don't have too many Canadian friends.
I mean a lot of my friends.
I mean when I say Canadian, Imean like born and raised over
here.
Most of my friends areimmigrants, just like myself.
Actually, a lot of my friendsare friends from high school, uh
, for many, many years, and thenwe've made some friends
recently as well.
So no tradition.
I mean they know all of theindian traditions that I know,
(09:35):
so I haven't made them adopt anytraditions, uh, but some
traditions that I didn't use tocelebrate back then.
Uh, that we celebrate over hereis thanksgiving, okay, right,
so the festival of Thanksgiving,we get together as a family.
We don't do like turkey oranything like that, it's just
getting together having a meal.
My wife is of Chinese descent,so we also celebrate now Chinese
(09:57):
New Year.
Okay, so that's a big you knowbig tradition for us to do every
single year.
And for the kids it's halloween, right, so there was no
halloween concept back in indiaor dubai and halloween just
passed, so my house is filledwith candy, okay, so if, if, you
cook food for me, I will giveyou one full box of chocolates,
(10:20):
so you?
Gurasis (10:21):
said your, your wife is from chinese descent, so how
many languages are spoken inyour house now?
Yauhan (10:27):
So she is.
She's of Chinese descent, butshe's born and raised in Mumbai,
so she has the Chinese.
You know ancestry and the looks, but you know she speaks.
She speaks, you know fluentHindi because born and raised in
(10:48):
Mumbai.
So it's just, it's just Hindiand English.
Gurasis (10:52):
Okay, and do you make that conscious effort to instill
, like for example, Hindi inyour children?
Yauhan (10:59):
I wish I did.
Unfortunately, you know, eversince my wife and I have been
together, we spoke to each otherin English, okay, even though
both of us can speak in Hindi.
For some reason we alwayscommunicated with each other in
English, and so it became alittle bit odd for us to talk to
the children in a differentlanguage.
So something I regret is nottalking in either Hindi or
(11:25):
Gujarati or a little bit ofChinese that she knows with them
.
Gurasis (11:29):
So yeah, lessons you learn as as you go and is there
something you recently boughtand you now regret?
Yauhan (11:36):
I'm very careful with whatever I buy.
I do a lot of research andanalysis, so I don't I can't
think of anything recent that Ibought that was not good value
or that I wanted to return okayso what's next on your bucket
list?
So we just had a baby who is nowfive months old.
So the next on my bucket listis to give him, you know, the
(11:57):
best possible experience growingup, just like how I've done for
my daughter so far, andprioritizing that, because
family is top priority for me.
Um, in terms of work, it wouldbe, you know, continuing to do a
little bit of my coaching, youknow also continuing to work for
(12:19):
Deloitte, uh, while maintainingthe work-life harmony, um, and
we have a trip coming up inDecember, so next month we are
taking the kids to Disney, so so, looking forward to that, okay.
Gurasis (12:26):
So you have to create this one law that everybody has
to follow.
What?
Yauhan (12:30):
would it be?
I think, coming back again tomy value of kindness and empathy
, one law that I would create isjust being kind to people,
irrespective of you know whatthey do, what they say, how they
treat you.
So the law of kindness byJohann Einstein.
Finally describe Canada in oneword or a sentence finally
(12:54):
describe canada in one word or asentence opportunity.
I think you know canada bringsthousands and millions of people
and and that's one word I woulduse to describe it it's a land
of opportunities for a reason,and if you admire and appreciate
, you know what it can offer you.
Gurasis (13:08):
I think there's so much and and lastly, if you could
leave me with one piece ofadvice, what would it be?
Keep doing?
Yauhan (13:14):
what you're doing, Keep cooking what you're cooking and
just keep making such a bigdifference in people's lives
through you know sharingpeople's stories, teaching
people different lessons.
So I love what you do and kudosto you for spending so much
energy, time and effort behindthis, and you really are
(13:36):
inspiring so many people allacross Canada and, you know, in
the world as well.
Gurasis (13:42):
So thank you.
Thank you, rohan, for being onthe podcast.
Thank you for your kind wordsand adding value to my listeners
.
Thank you, thanks a lot.
Yauhan (13:48):
Thank you so much, gurases, for having me.
It's an absolute honor and Ireally enjoyed our fun
conversation together, wishingyou all the very best.
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