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Magic
After retiring this trick for a decade, I brought it back for Penn & Teller
Without giving away too much, let me tell you a little bit about the trick I decided to perform this time, on Season 5 of “Fool Us.” The effect is catching a selected playing card while the cards are falling down in a cascade that magicians call a "dribble." It's the hardest trick I do.
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Magic
Lions, Tigers & Siegfried...Oh My!
On the second of the three days I spent in Las Vegas with my wife Amy prepping for my second “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” appearance, we found ourselves with a free afternoon.
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Appearances
How A Magician Prepares for Penn & Teller: Fool Us
While viewers of “Fool Us” see 5-8 minutes of a particular magician’s performance, let me tell you about the 3 days each of us spends in Las Vegas getting ready for the showtime/showdown with Penn & Teller. Our first morning began bright and early, with filming for the “bio package.”
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Magic
If You Can Think This Way, You Can Think Like A Magician™
Because we all perceive the world differently, we need—now more than ever—to better understand each other in order to communicate more effectively. This skill of understanding each other is one magicians have honed for centuries.
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Appearances
How Fooling Penn and Teller Changed My Life
Performing for Penn and Teller changed my life in one way I never expected. Up until then I had assumed I was going to remain, for the rest of my life, an anonymous, local magician. And this wasn’t a bad thing.
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Appearances
Back with Penn & Teller: Fool Us - Season 5!
I’m beyond excited to share with you that I will be back on “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” this year, performing on the fifth season of their amazing show. The video of my first performance has almost 10 million views and nearly 4,000 comments.
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Leadership
Want to Wow at Work? Learn to Think Like A Magician™
I’ve been a magician for over 20 years, specializing in teaching businesses the secrets of magic and how those insights can improve communication, sales and client relationships. As a speaker, trainer and facilitator, I teach that magic is a rich source of thinking tools.
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Sales & Customer Service
If You're In Sales, You Need To Think Like A Magician™
A sale, like a great magic trick, occurs inside the customer’s mind. And it is there where it is replayed, remembered and redefined continually after. The mind is the final battleground.
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Sales & Customer Service
When Customer Service Is A Crime
When an automotive department employee received a bad performance review by her employers at the Walmart in Sanford, Florida, she created a plan to boost her ratings—by giving customers free merchandise.
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Perception
Senior Class Students Think Like Magicians To Prank Their School
Magicians don't make the impossible possible; they just create the illusion that they do.
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Magic
A Close-Up Magician Is Easing the Tension Between North and South Korea
When the leaders of North and South Korea came together today after their meeting on denuclearization, they brought in a magician to “break the ice and get everyone laughing.”
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Magic
A Magician's Take on ABC's 'Deception' Pilot
Law enforcement and magicians have a long history. There's the CIA Manual of Trickery & Deception which earned magician John Mulholland $3,000 for writing during the Cold War.
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Sales & Customer Service
How To Read People Like A Magician
Many people have taken personality tests to tell them who they are. But very few people can instantly assess the personality style of someone they meet. Thanks to this magical system, you’re now equipped to do just that.
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Perception
Why Your Pet Can Help Your Career
Did you know that research shows that your pet's presence can influence not just you, but other people's perceptions of you? As a business speaker and magician, I am fascinated by the way our perceptions are shaped in our personal and professional lives.
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Perception
Overcome Sales Objections by Turning Your Company's Flaws into Features
Overcoming objections in sales and business can be tough... I have to handle concerns and objections often just by virtue of being a magician. So, what's the solution? Transform what people perceive as your company's FLAWS into FEATURES.
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Sales & Customer Service
The One Question That Saved This Company From Losing My Business
I was trying to get electronic payments out to my partners and vendors before the end of the year. What should have been an easy process turned into a nightmare. When I first signed up with my financial institution five years ago, the charm of a small, hometown bank drew me in.
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Sales & Customer Service
A Magician's Look at Retail Marketing (Manipulation)
As consumers, it’s important to keep these perceptual tricks of the trade in the back of our minds when we shop. As business owners, operators or managers, it is equally important to know when to use them and when to avoid them.
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Perception
3 Ways to Maximize How Customers Perceive Your Brand
This post is about how organizations can create experiences for their customers that are positive, engaging and align with their brand. The three strategies I share can be applied by any business that wishes to create a more engaging customer experience.