Hi guys,
Long time no see. I haven't been on these forums for ages, reason being I was working on a cruise ship as a Fitness Instructor, and part time close-up magician. But now I'm back, so all is good
I would like to make my comeback with a motivational essay, that will hopefully lift your spirits up, and realize that nothing is impossible (we as a magicians should already know that ). I used some examples from the world of Sport, as that world is also close to me, and best one to describe. I tried to put some correlations to magic, so I hope you will understand what I was trying to say. Enjoy...
Daring to Dream the Impossible
After finishing fourth in the 1952 Olympics, just out of medal contention, in the 1500 meters, an unknown British track athlete set a new goal. A goal that according to many was not only incredibly high, but humanly impossible. At the time, no one had ever run a sub-4 minute mile. No one! In fact, many authorities said it simply wasn't humanly possible. But the runner didn't seem to care or pay attention to the hundreds of people who told him he was wasting his time and that it could never be done. His goal was to break 4 minutes and in a 1954, just 2 years after he failed to even gain a medal at the Olympics, he ran faster than any human before, he did the impossible and broke the 4 minute mark. His name was Roger Bannister and he will be remembered forever as proving "impossible" wrong.
Now this story is amazing enough, most people who fail in something would give up. Not only did Roger NOT give up but he went on to set a new goal of not just winning but of defying belief. It gets more interesting if you look at what has happened since that time. Thousands of other runners have now run the mile in less than 4 minutes, and what's most interesting is that the sub-4 minute times came streaming in from all over the world within weeks of Rogers record braking results. If so many people were able to get this result why then had no one ever accomplished it before? For years and years, not a single person, was able to do it. Was it because they lacked ability? NO.
Nothing magical happened in 1954 to make human beings instantly faster. The limitation was 100% mental. All the other runners, including those that were faster than Roger simply believed it could not be done and so... they never did it. It took someone like Roger who wouldn't pay attention to what others thought was possible or impossible to remove that limit and then because everyone saw it was possible they suddenly were able to accomplish it.
So what does this mean to me and my magic?
First things first - NOTHING is impossible unless you believe its impossible. If Roger thought the 4 minute mile was impossible he would never have been able to beat it. If you believe that it's impossible for you to be a famous magician millionaire, or be on TV, or do a stage show in Las Vegas, then it simply is.
Secondly, who cares if you have failed in the past - your failures don't define you unless you let them. It has been proven that you can fail and than come back and break all records. I don't care if the magician in your magic club has been doing magic longer than you and never got anywhere, that doesn't mean a thing. You have the ability to not only be famous, but to be legendary. I don't care if no one else is able to do it. Thousands of runners had failed before Roger, but he didn't care. His peers who were faster than him had never been able to beat 4 minutes themselves and told him he could never do it because they couldn't do it. Do you know anyone like this in you magic club/forum? Anyone who is not making money and is not getting famous, and because they are not making money they have told you that you wont be able to either... forget them, don't let them talk you into failure.
Thirdly, don't wait for someone else to show you how to do it. I have met a lot of magicians who taught working for $200 a week in a local bar was good because they were at the top in their magic club. Big deal. When I showed them that I was making 3 times more per day, every day, suddenly the $200 doesn't look so good and a $400 target seem more achievable because someone else has done it. You know what they say to me "I just need to see someone do it, I can do it if I just see them do it", like touching these mythical creatures will have some magically transferal of ability and suddenly they will be amazing...yeah right. Touching or seeing someone will not make you better. They have no magical powers or secret formulas. They just believe and therefore they can.
So what do I need to do now?
So I've put together an action plan to help you with all of the above. If you put it in place I 100% absolutely guarantee that you will make more money. Are you ready?
1. Stop telling yourself you can't.
2. Stop listening to others who tell you you can't.
3. Stop waiting for someone else to prove it to you.
There are people all over the world who have dared to dream the impossible. Many of them have failed hundreds, if not thousands of times in their quest, but finally they got there through hard work and perseverance.
Dare yourself to dream the impossible and I'll see you on stage in Vegas.
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Long time no see. I haven't been on these forums for ages, reason being I was working on a cruise ship as a Fitness Instructor, and part time close-up magician. But now I'm back, so all is good
I would like to make my comeback with a motivational essay, that will hopefully lift your spirits up, and realize that nothing is impossible (we as a magicians should already know that
). I used some examples from the world of Sport, as that world is also close to me, and best one to describe. I tried to put some correlations to magic, so I hope you will understand what I was trying to say. Enjoy...Daring to Dream the Impossible
After finishing fourth in the 1952 Olympics, just out of medal contention, in the 1500 meters, an unknown British track athlete set a new goal. A goal that according to many was not only incredibly high, but humanly impossible. At the time, no one had ever run a sub-4 minute mile. No one! In fact, many authorities said it simply wasn't humanly possible. But the runner didn't seem to care or pay attention to the hundreds of people who told him he was wasting his time and that it could never be done. His goal was to break 4 minutes and in a 1954, just 2 years after he failed to even gain a medal at the Olympics, he ran faster than any human before, he did the impossible and broke the 4 minute mark. His name was Roger Bannister and he will be remembered forever as proving "impossible" wrong.
Now this story is amazing enough, most people who fail in something would give up. Not only did Roger NOT give up but he went on to set a new goal of not just winning but of defying belief. It gets more interesting if you look at what has happened since that time. Thousands of other runners have now run the mile in less than 4 minutes, and what's most interesting is that the sub-4 minute times came streaming in from all over the world within weeks of Rogers record braking results. If so many people were able to get this result why then had no one ever accomplished it before? For years and years, not a single person, was able to do it. Was it because they lacked ability? NO.
Nothing magical happened in 1954 to make human beings instantly faster. The limitation was 100% mental. All the other runners, including those that were faster than Roger simply believed it could not be done and so... they never did it. It took someone like Roger who wouldn't pay attention to what others thought was possible or impossible to remove that limit and then because everyone saw it was possible they suddenly were able to accomplish it.
So what does this mean to me and my magic?
First things first - NOTHING is impossible unless you believe its impossible. If Roger thought the 4 minute mile was impossible he would never have been able to beat it. If you believe that it's impossible for you to be a famous magician millionaire, or be on TV, or do a stage show in Las Vegas, then it simply is.
Secondly, who cares if you have failed in the past - your failures don't define you unless you let them. It has been proven that you can fail and than come back and break all records. I don't care if the magician in your magic club has been doing magic longer than you and never got anywhere, that doesn't mean a thing. You have the ability to not only be famous, but to be legendary. I don't care if no one else is able to do it. Thousands of runners had failed before Roger, but he didn't care. His peers who were faster than him had never been able to beat 4 minutes themselves and told him he could never do it because they couldn't do it. Do you know anyone like this in you magic club/forum? Anyone who is not making money and is not getting famous, and because they are not making money they have told you that you wont be able to either... forget them, don't let them talk you into failure.
Thirdly, don't wait for someone else to show you how to do it. I have met a lot of magicians who taught working for $200 a week in a local bar was good because they were at the top in their magic club. Big deal. When I showed them that I was making 3 times more per day, every day, suddenly the $200 doesn't look so good and a $400 target seem more achievable because someone else has done it. You know what they say to me "I just need to see someone do it, I can do it if I just see them do it", like touching these mythical creatures will have some magically transferal of ability and suddenly they will be amazing...yeah right. Touching or seeing someone will not make you better. They have no magical powers or secret formulas. They just believe and therefore they can.
So what do I need to do now?
So I've put together an action plan to help you with all of the above. If you put it in place I 100% absolutely guarantee that you will make more money. Are you ready?
1. Stop telling yourself you can't.
2. Stop listening to others who tell you you can't.
3. Stop waiting for someone else to prove it to you.
There are people all over the world who have dared to dream the impossible. Many of them have failed hundreds, if not thousands of times in their quest, but finally they got there through hard work and perseverance.
Dare yourself to dream the impossible and I'll see you on stage in Vegas.
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