Perception
Your Barista is a Mentalist
Discover the hidden skills of your barista that make them akin to mentalists in predicting your tipping behavior. Learn the power of observation, empathy, and perceptual transactions to enhance your understanding of others and elevate your communication skills.
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Perception is My Obsession As A Magician—It Should Be Yours, Too
Ever wondered how a magician captivates their audience? How they can keep you guessing, mystified, and engaged for hours on end? The answer lies in an all-powerful concept—perception.
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Questions About Perception And Change
I’m obsessed with perception. It’s what I speak about, it’s what I think about. The following questions are perceptual. I don’t have any answers, yet. I hope to get the answers over the next few days, weeks, years and decades. As I do, I’ll share them with you.
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How a Young Magician Became the World's Most Famous Hacker
Kevin Mitnick is a “white hat” hacker who abides by the law and breaks into computer systems to help corporations and organizations figure out the weak spots in their security.
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This College Footballer Mastered Misdirection (A Magician's Perspective)
North Texas punt returner Keegan Brewer is a magician—a “sleight-of-body” magician. Here’s how he successfully used principles of magic to misdirect his audience (the opposing team) so that he could score a touchdown.
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The Perception of Magic in Culture is Changing
The zeitgeist is changing. In today’s social world magic is cool and popular. And in my real-world performances people are approaching me before I approach them, asking to see some close-up magic. I think what's most important is that people are starting to understand that magic takes skill.
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Lifestyle Changes That Last, Like Magic
Practicing magic for 20 years has taught me that practice never ends. You're constantly refining ideas, perfecting techniques. The levels of learning make themselves very clear.
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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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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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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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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.
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How Marshall McLuhan Impacted the Medium of Magic
I talk to business people about the role of perception in communication and interpersonal relationships. In performing magic, I bring about an awareness of how our perceptions are impacted, affected and easily misled and self-manipulated.
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Scientists Explain Why People Learn More When They're Emotional
Scientists at NYU have proven what magicians naturally discover after performing a few shows—that laughter, surprise and joy create positive emotions that make occasions extra-memorable.
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What is your perception of money?
In four fascinating interviews, this Esquire article showed how four different men in four different economic standings thought and acted about money, retirement and taxes.
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Perception Wins Elections
Perception is instrumental to politics and storytelling is a powerful tool used to transform our perceptions. In an election, storytelling and narrative can be the decisive factor in voter turnout and decision making.
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How learning magic helps CEOs run their businesses
In a weekly interview series with business leaders, the New York Times posted a video of Daniel Lubetzky, C. E. O. of KIND, where he talks about his early influence of learning magic and how it impacted him as an executive.
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