Lessons Learned From Legerdemain – Lesson #3
Introduction
It is Labor Day! I hope you enjoyed the last two Legerdemain series. The summer of 2009 has been a wonderful time for my magic. I have enjoyed much practice without the hassle of school. I have also glued my eyes into books like Showmanship for Magicians by Dariel Fitzkee and The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero by William Kalush and Larry Sloman. There is one fear that has plagued my magic. That fear is the fear of bombing a trick.
Lesson #3 – Fear
Let me tell you a story.
On August 20, 2009, I went to Hooters with my brothers and my cousins. I had been practicing making salt disappear from one hand and reappear in the other for about a week. I felt confident enough to perform. As we finished our buffalo wings, my cousin asked me to perform to a Hooters waitress. I got everything I needed to perform and now we just needed to call one of the waitresses over to watch. It wasn't the fact that I would be performing for a waitress at Hooters that sent chills down my spine, it was the fact that I could mess up my trick. I did not have the guts to call a waitress to our table. After about five minutes, I called it quits. I put all my apparatus away. My cousin was very disappointed. I rode back home in the car, quiet as a mouse, thinking about what could have happened if I had successfully performed the effect. At home I felt horrible. I regretted that I had not followed through with my performance.
Final Thoughts
What would you do if there were nothing to fear? What would you do if you knew you could never fail, that you would succeed at everything you do? What would you do if you viewed every mistake would make you a better person? Would you not then do whatever the hell came to mind? Everybody fears something: fear of embarrassment, fear of loneliness, fear of disapproval. But the thing that must be done is to take action despite of fear. This is what separates the people who change the world and the people who just take up space.
Join me, and together, let us make a decision to never again let fear dictate our actions.
“I cannot fail…I can only learn and grow.” – Unknown
First Lesson:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/note.php?note_id=112965502618
http://forums.theory11.com/showthread.php?t=19730&highlight=lessons+learned
Second Lesson:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/note.php?note_id=133169757618
http://forums.theory11.com/showthread.php?t=21015&highlight=lessons+learned
Written by Anthony Nguyen
Edited by Steve Einhorn
Introduction
It is Labor Day! I hope you enjoyed the last two Legerdemain series. The summer of 2009 has been a wonderful time for my magic. I have enjoyed much practice without the hassle of school. I have also glued my eyes into books like Showmanship for Magicians by Dariel Fitzkee and The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America’s First Superhero by William Kalush and Larry Sloman. There is one fear that has plagued my magic. That fear is the fear of bombing a trick.
Lesson #3 – Fear
Let me tell you a story.
On August 20, 2009, I went to Hooters with my brothers and my cousins. I had been practicing making salt disappear from one hand and reappear in the other for about a week. I felt confident enough to perform. As we finished our buffalo wings, my cousin asked me to perform to a Hooters waitress. I got everything I needed to perform and now we just needed to call one of the waitresses over to watch. It wasn't the fact that I would be performing for a waitress at Hooters that sent chills down my spine, it was the fact that I could mess up my trick. I did not have the guts to call a waitress to our table. After about five minutes, I called it quits. I put all my apparatus away. My cousin was very disappointed. I rode back home in the car, quiet as a mouse, thinking about what could have happened if I had successfully performed the effect. At home I felt horrible. I regretted that I had not followed through with my performance.
Final Thoughts
What would you do if there were nothing to fear? What would you do if you knew you could never fail, that you would succeed at everything you do? What would you do if you viewed every mistake would make you a better person? Would you not then do whatever the hell came to mind? Everybody fears something: fear of embarrassment, fear of loneliness, fear of disapproval. But the thing that must be done is to take action despite of fear. This is what separates the people who change the world and the people who just take up space.
Join me, and together, let us make a decision to never again let fear dictate our actions.
“I cannot fail…I can only learn and grow.” – Unknown
First Lesson:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/note.php?note_id=112965502618
http://forums.theory11.com/showthread.php?t=19730&highlight=lessons+learned
Second Lesson:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/note.php?note_id=133169757618
http://forums.theory11.com/showthread.php?t=21015&highlight=lessons+learned
Written by Anthony Nguyen
Edited by Steve Einhorn