Title of today's first blog is in honor of Richard Dean "MacGyver" Anderson, who turns 54 today. Very early on, MacGyver was a freelance secret agent. By the show's second season he was working for Pete Thorton at the Phoenix Foundation for Reseach. Over the years, MacGyver went from a homespun James Bond to a grownup Boy Scout. His MacGyverisms--death-defying solutions using whatever was at hand--went from escaping a bazooka blast with a paper clip, shoelaces, a gas pedal, and a steering wheel; to disarming a guillotine by kicking his shoes off.
The real-life lesson I take from "MacGyver" to this day is to keep brainstorming. Something in the background of every dilemma can solve or simplify it.
MacGyver: I'm going to need a nail.
Lisa Woodman: What for?
MacGyver: Well, if I can weld a good spark plug it'll replace the electrode.
Lisa Woodman: How are you going to weld it?
MacGyver: With wire, a battery, and jumper cables.
Lisa Woodman: How do you come up with this stuff?
MacGyver: Well, the stuff's already here. I just find a different way to use it.
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