Suckcess
My friends who have “made it” appreciate it and at the same time often hit a cliff. They don’t know what’s next. They don’t know why they did it. They don’t know how to channel that same greatness again. It’s a lot. Feeling directionless at this point is normal because feeling directionless at any point […]
Chasing the bar
I was in San Francisco. A scrappy underdog performing on the streets. Suddenly, I found myself starring in my own theater show with rave reviews and the respect of the performers I idolized. My face was on a billboard. My name was in a theme song. After my show, I would taxi across town to […]
Popular is a mindfuck
As an entertainer and over-all stage geek, I have a thing where I try to figure out what’s popular. When I was selling tickets for my self-produced shows I was constantly trying to understand why people buy tickets to things. I wanted to understand why people were famous. I wanted to see what made something […]
Imposter Syndrome
A study says that 70% of people have experienced imposter syndrome… defined as… “the persistent inability to believe that one’s success is deserved or has been legitimately achieved as a result of one’s own efforts or skills.” I call BULLSH Every single person in the world has experienced it and keeps on experiencing it. It’s […]
Follow dreams. Pursue goals. Fuel next steps.
An email subject: Not sure if you can help Hello.My name is ◼️◼️◼️◼️◼️ and I have been practicing magic for about 6 to 7 years now. I started Magic because it was a portable career.I was hitchhiking across the U.S. and it gave me something that I could use to entertain people rather than beg […]
PROGRESS
While progress is the part that is exciting (this is the purpose of the LAP), it’s also the scariest for our recipient (or ourselves). The rubber meets the road and we’re not sure how much rubber it’s gonna cost us. This is the point where cost is calculated. The love and affirmation help us to […]
Affirm
Laura is talking to Arlo. She’s repeating what he’s saying, then saying it again in her own language. He’s crying loud. He’s shouting what he wants. He is not going to get what he wants. He wants Mr. Piggy to talk on the phone. Laura is my wife. Arlo is my 4yo. Mr. Piggy is […]
Love
Real love is internal. Real gratitude is internal. We can express our love or our gratitude. Expression is external. It’s helpful to have a starting place of how to express the stuff. Start with effect Magic catalogs list tricks starting with the effect. They first describe what the audience sees. Telling the story of something […]
LOOTERS – A detailed proposal format without any wreckage
Yesterday, I wrote about the LAP – a shortcut for progressive communication. Here’s a longer shortcut. When making a proposal, there’s often a lot more to communicate and we want to do it in order. Here’s a video about it. I may or may not have had a sore throat. since recording it, i’ve changed […]
Love, Affirm, Progress – Take a leap forward together
We all want a shortcut to having others do our bidding because our bidding is always right! We do this with their best interest at heart. Everyone is great! All these people are rad. I love people who weigh heavier on these different stages. Success in communication and empathy We are tribal. A primary drive […]
Tribal Margin of Acceptance
We want to think bigger like other people do. It feels dangerous. There’s a reason that trying to do gigs for 2x as much feels like life or death. There’s a reason that imagining buying a big house with art makes us eat a whole pizza. It’s a matter of life and death. We’re tribal. […]
OPOV : Objective Proof of Value
In this popular post i wrote, I talked about some devices i use to show value on a single page website. It’s the same stuff i use for all promo materials. It can be costly to get all the content together. The costly parts are the branding and the organization of the educational materials. I […]