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ManTalks Podcast

Zander Robertson - Uncover Your Story (Storytelling)

ManTalks Podcast

Connor Beaton

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

4.8591 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2016

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Zander is a writing coach and a ghost writer. He helps his clients bring out their best stories to better serve and help their audience. Zander speaks on how someone can discover their own story, refine it, and write it in a way that benefits others. Zander is also a father of two and talks about the kind of legacy he wants to leave behind.   Key Takeaways: [1:30] Please help us out by reviewing us on iTunes. [2:20] What does Zander do? [4:00] What is a ghost writer? [8:10] How can someone refine their own story? [15:35] Ask yourself: What were your defining moments last year? [17:30] What happened in your life that really shifted/changed you? [20:30] Take small steps. Start a journal. [24:25] The way you tell your story needs to help the reader. [29:00] How does Zander define success? [34:25] Don't visualize it, do it! [40:00] Zander recommends The War of Art by Steven Pressfield [47:30] What kind of challenges do men face today? [50:05] Zander loves being a dad, but it's also the hardest thing to do. [53:40] If Zander could leave one legacy in the world, what would it be?   Mentioned in This Episode: http://zanderrobertson.com/ The Truth by Neil Strauss The War of Art by Steven Pressfield Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield   Music Credit: Parlange & Latenite Automatic (jesusparlange.com – lateniteautomatic.com) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

We run from just being alone with our story.

0:03.5

And that's the hardest thing.

0:05.1

You've got some living yet to do.

0:09.0

I won't give up on you.

0:13.9

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

0:16.6

My name is Roger Nair, and I'm the director of marketing for Mantox.

0:19.7

And I'm Fun and Beaton the Founder. Welcome back to another episode. This week we have a very, very special guest. His name is Xander Robertson. Zener is a writing coach and is also a ghost writer himself. And today we're going to talk a lot about uncovering your story and the importance of having that story put out into the world. Connor, maybe you can

0:38.1

touch a little more on what the conversation was about today. Yeah, absolutely. So, I mean,

0:42.1

you know, whether or not you're wanting to write a book or start a blog or, you know, even if you're

0:46.7

just trying to understand your personal story better for, you know, your work or your business,

0:51.9

or even with your relationships, this is a great, great podcast

0:55.2

for that. Xander dives into some, you know, golden nuggets on how to formulate your story,

1:01.4

how to understand it, and how to understand how it can add value to other people's lives.

1:05.8

So it's a really, really informative podcast in understanding your personal journey and, yeah, just tons and tons of nuggets. But before we dive in, we just wanted to quickly touch on the fact that we really appreciate you guys listening. We're having a lot of fun doing these. You know, they take a lot of work to do, but it's almost like it's no work at all. It's so much fun to get a chance to talk to these amazing individuals. And then it's amazing to hear your feedback. And on that note, if you're enjoying yourself, please go to iTunes and leave us a review. It goes a long way to help the podcast climb the charts on iTunes, which means that it gets into more hands of the men out there. Just take two minutes and go to iTunes and leave us a review. And definitely let us know who you want us to interview. That's a huge thing. We're looking for people to interview from around North America, and we've reached out to some pretty incredible people. So no name is too big. If you want to hear somebody on this podcast, leave us a review and let us know who you want us to feature, and we will find them. We will find them. All right, let's bring on Zanna-Robinson.

2:05.6

Hey, Zander, welcome to the show. Thanks so much to joining us this morning. Good to be here.

2:09.5

Thanks, guys. So before we get started, we always like to ask our guests, you know, to give our

2:14.1

listeners some contacts. So what do you do and how did you get into that?

2:37.8

Yeah, that's a good question. It's actually, I think, really related to what you guys do with Mantox. And I think it's why it's, you know, I'm really happy to be on this show and be telling my story because what I do is I'm a writer. I'm a full time. I've been a ghost writer for the past five years. The way I got into it was, I guess, not a traditional path.

2:35.5

I didn't have, I mean, I studied philosophy in university,

2:41.1

but it wasn't like I knew I was going to be a writer all my life. And one of your previous guests

2:48.0

on your podcast, Philip McCurnan, as you guys know, he's a very, you know, great coach, great at asking people probing questions and getting them to think.

2:55.9

And I had joined one of his programs.

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