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A Magician Learns: The Rise of Skywalker Final Trailer

From today’s email…

I am writing this email…

moments from the release of the final trailer for…

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

I didn’t bother to watch any of the crap Monday Night Football game it’s being premiered during…

I just set reminders for my favorite YouTube channels and opened twitter right before halftime.

As a magician and a marketer…

these events are full of takeaways because they are mass, global events.

Just like the Avengers movies or Game of Thrones.

To understand their appeal gives you insight into how people think and act.

What greases their gears so to speak.

Only Tolkien’s work captured my imagination like Star Wars as a kid.

I would pretend to be Luke Skywalker…

Han Solo…

Chewbacca…

and more often…

Darth Vader…

in my backyard as a kid.

Many, many All Hallows Eve I had a lightsaber in my mitten’d, Canadian hands.

The re-start of these new movies ushered in a whole new generation of love for the brainchild of George Lucas.

I even have part of my street show swaddled in a Star Wars presentation.

Every day I see people wearing Star Wars tees.

The force is alive and well.

I have enjoyed the latest movies on an ever-increasing scale.

I enjoyed “The Force Awakens.”

I loved “The Last Jedi” even more.

and I’m looking forward to this “Final” installment of the Skywalker saga.

As I’m reading twitter…

people are firing up their home theaters.

Hanging on every new post and TV commercial.

The clock to halftime has ticked down.

Everyone is waiting.

I’m with 4000 other people on Collider waiting to see what’s up.

MAN!!!!!

I just watched it 6 times.

Loved it.

The look of it is breathtaking.

One shot of Kylo is spectacular. The perfect beat for a magic show.

Which is really what all of this IS.

Begs more questions too…

which is exactly what it should do.

>>>>>> Click HERE and WATCH it for Yourself

May the force be with you, always…
Dartagnan

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Double Magic Dose Sunday: Part 2

Free from food poisoning this is the 2nd part of Double Dose Sunday!

Enjoy listening to the many ways the work of Roberto Giobbi has impacted me.

Magicians: Heed These Words

Jerry Seinfeld on the mindset of performing for live audiences.

Street performing is the epitome of this mindset…

you even build the venue first…

before you perform the show.

All of this and more on the podcast every Sunday HERE

Magician in the Streets of Chicago

This teaser for Episode 11 ” R.I.P. Cmdr. Paul Bauer” tells the story of my first (and only) contact with Officer Bauer and the events which followed.

Full episode HERE

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Street Magician Hijinx in the French Quarter

An Episode 10 teaser about a funny time between myself and a mentor of mine…Jimmy Talksalot.

Full episode HERE.

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Real Talk For Magicians

Keep it real with your magic….

Every Sunday…

Magic From Wherever I’m At podcast…

For thinking magicians.

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My First Street Magic Show…Up Close

Episode 9 throwback where I recall seeing Jimmy Talksalot perform live for the first time!

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Magic is For the Audience

Episodes 73 & 74 focus on Dani DaOrtiz and what you can discover from his work…

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The 1% Better Magic Secret

Have you ever heard the name Gary Bencivenga?

Probably not.

He’s not a traditional magician.

He’s a marketing legend.

Gary Bencivenga WAS the world’s greatest copywriter.

In essence, the world’s BEST salesman.

He was virtually unbeatable in head-to-head tests with other copywriters…

Until he retired.

Since then, he has only spoken a couple of times live.

One of his pet pieces of advice though was his 1% strategy.

He made it a habit to get 1% better every day.

Over the course of a year, the magic of compounding takes over and before you know it…

You’re A LOT better.

I faithfully follow that advice…

but not just one aspect.

I try to get one percent better every day on whatever I’m into.

The real magic is that all the other things you’re into can inform your magic.

For example…

A couple of days ago I shared a screenwriting book I was reading.

This one book helps me get 1% better, per day, at several things.

Let me explain.

Screenwriting involves getting better at storytelling.

This impacts my magic…

my writing…

my marketing…

my understanding of structure…

my understanding of how this particular screenwriter approaches problems…

her thinking, in essence…

and along the way, her opinions are checked against my own  (when possible)…

as inevitably people voice their opinions in what they write…

often covertly, and sometimes overtly.

There’s more but hopefully, you get the idea.

So what are you doing…

TODAY…

to get 1% better at your magic?

at other things in your life?

Most people DO NOTHING.

Then wonder why they lived lives of quiet desperation (Thanks Thoreau!).

GET GOING.

This is an example from my Daily Emails on improving your magic…

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“Magic is not to hands.”

Sage advice from @danidaortiz

The episode about Dani…

Episode 73 – “The Lightning of Freedom” is HERE

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