There is a common denominator with most magicians I know; they claim that they were very shy growing up. About 90% of the magicians I have had the pleasure of meeting and talking to say that as a kid they felt awkward, unable to start conversations with people, and struggled in relationships ever since a young age.
WOW, this was shocking to me at first, and I am sure that many people would find that hard to believe after having a witnessed a great performance of a magician who seemed larger than life.
Getting to know these magicians a little more I discovered that the reason they got in to magic was due to this social inadequacy that they felt. They started learning magic as a way of “breaking the ice” in conversations with people and it got them a lot of attention that would otherwise not have had the confidence to generate with their own personality. They felt confident with their magic and were able to let their personality come through with the magic as their anchor.
This has created a lot of success for people in their lives, regardless if they went on to be professional magicians or they simply use magic tricks in their existing profession. One of the best stories is about the shy car salesman. A gentleman got a job as a salesman at an upscale car dealership. He had trouble with his confidence and was not very good at approaching people on the sales floor, and his results showed it. He was struggling financially and emotionally, not sure if this was the right career for him. One day he remembers that an old friend of his was a magician and he was always in awe of what he could do with a deck of cards. He got the brilliant idea to call and ask his friend to teach him a few card tricks, with the intention of using them as a way to “break the ice” with his potential clients.
Not only did this work to have him feel more comfortable to approach people, it also boosted his sales big-time!! One client even told him that if he could guess the card he had chosen, without returning it to the deck, he would buy a car from him that day!! Not only did the salesman guess the card, he also produced his business card with a copy of the actual card the client picked on the back. The client was so blown away he bought right then and there. Our salesman became the top salesman at the dealership several months in a row.
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