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ManTalks Podcast

Lee Zlotoff - MacGyver's Creator Teaches us "The MacGyver Secret"

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

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

4.8591 Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2017

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Oh my god its the creator of MacGyver!!! Roger grew up watching MacGyver, the show where you learned how to solve anything... Each week MacGyver would get out of a scrape using his hands (and some chewing gum, a paperclip, a coin and a used bandaid). Its this "solve anything" attitude that Lee Zlotoff brings to the world with his new book "The MacGyver Secret: Connect to Your Inner MacGyver and Solve Anything." In this episode we break down his career, the book and the incredible tool that you can employ immediately today.  Subscribe on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher Radio, TuneIn For more episodes visit us at ManTalks.comFacebook | Instagram | Twitter  Some questions Roger asks... Could share a defining moment for you? (2:04) You're new book is "The MacGyver Secret: Connect to Your Inner MacGyver and Solve Anything" could you tell us about it? (3:23) What is the three step process to the Macgyver Secret? (5:17) What using this process to solve personal problems? (15:19) Do you need to focus on one thing at a time? Or a list of thing? (21:37) Rapid Fire Questions (28:16) Did you enjoy the podcast? If so please leave us a review on iTunes or Stitcher. It helps our podcast get into the ears of new listeners, which expands the ManTalks community!   Thank You to the Team: Editing & Mixing by: Aaron Johnson Theme music by: Parlange & Latenite Automatic 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.

0:04.7

I won't give up on you.

0:08.4

See, these machines can bring you back to life.

0:13.5

Hey guys, welcome back to another episode of the Man Talks podcast.

0:16.7

This is Roger.

0:18.0

When I was a kid, I used to be addicted to TV show called McGiver. The show followed

0:24.6

Secret Agent Angus McGiver, played by Richard Dean Anderson, who worked as a troubleshooter for the

0:29.7

Fictional Phoenix Foundation in Los Angeles and as an agent for a fictional United States government

0:35.2

agency called the Department of External Services.

0:38.8

What I loved about McGiver was that he was so resourceful and he possessed an encyclopedic knowledge

0:43.4

of the physical sciences. And he solved complex problems by making things out of ordinary objects

0:48.8

like chewing gum or rubber bands. And he always just pulled it all all together maybe he used a swiss army knife

0:55.9

but nine times out of ted he just used his hands he also was completely non-violent he didn't carry a gun

1:02.7

he he just made things happened uh with his sheer mind and that's why i'm so excited about today's

1:09.4

conversation uh with with lee's Zlatov.

1:12.8

Lee was the writer and creator of McGiver. He's now taken everything that he's learned from the show

1:19.9

and turned it into an incredible book called The McGiver's Secret. What I love about the

1:24.9

McGiver's Secret is that it essentially teaches us all about problem solving, which is something that, let's be honest, we deal with on an everyday basis.

1:34.0

He teaches us three simple steps to connect with your inner McGuiver and guides us through the science behind it.

1:39.9

So I think you're going to get a lot from today's conversation.

1:42.5

I had a lot of fun talking to Lee.

1:44.5

Thank you so much for listening.

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