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That advice is actually rather hollow for a couple of reasons. Number one being, which you are you referring to? Who you are changes depending on social context. You are not the same person to your friend that you are to your boss for example. The second being, what if you don't like who...

Yes... and no. What a lot of guys don't realize is that women look at the things a man does and says and try to interpret what that says about him. For example, do you have six-pack abs and shoulders like a Cadillac? No? Do you look like you take yourself and properly maintain what you have...

http://pittandpendulum.blogspot.com/2012/05/voice-and-scripting-workshop.html The announcement of my first webinar. Space is limited though, so you better sign up quick.

http://pittandpendulum.blogspot.com/ My blog on performance theory, psychology, audience management, scripting, and any other burr I've got under my saddle. Coming up on the two-year anniversary and still writing for it, though the last month has been pretty slow for me. Join me, won't I?

http://pittandpendulum.blogspot.com/2012/03/learning-styles.html From my blog, an article on the different learning styles and what they actually mean. If you've ever hesitated or refused to buy a book because you think you're a visual learner, or have met someone like this, then you need to...

That's the thing. Saying that wouldn't be criticism, it's just being a tool. And I don't notice a lot of people making that distinction anymore. Anytime you say anything is wrong for any reason, suddenly you're the douchebag in the equation. It drives me up the wall every time someone asks...

There comes a point where you just need to be blunt with people. I'm a creative guy, but there's not a lot of positive things I can come up when someone asks for feedback on their new video and my dominating thought is, "Please post a video where your junk is not the supporting actor in the...

That's a bit beside the point. You're asking the question a magician would, not a mentalist. I made that same mistake myself when I first started learning mentalism. Performing mentalism is vastly different from performing magic and the reason a lot of beginner mentalists suck is because...

Here's where I have to disagree. There are a lot of times when you need someone to tell you flat out, "No, what you just did was wrong, and here's why." It's good for you. When friends tell me I'm doing something wrong, they don't preface it with, "Alex, you can be really funny when you try...

If you don't know the difference, you're not ready to do mentalism. Stick with mental magic for the time being. In a nutshell, it's magic with a mental theme. You can find some in Mark Wilson's Complete Course in Magic and The Encyclopedia of Card Tricks. Actual mentalism requires a...

Do you want to do mentalism or mental magic?

I can agree that a great man doesn't need to tell you he's great. I've just been very wary lately because of this growing trend I've noticed in the last couple of years that "elite" and "expert" are becoming pejoratives. But I like kids. I just don't like magicians. And as someone who...

It's sometimes hard to see sarcasm in text. My mistake. That was me in 2008 when I first started busking and tried to find a local agent. I hate that video. I look back on what I used to be like and cringe. I've been trying to get something new since 2010, but nothing I have any desire...

Even subjective art has objective quality to its craft. I disagree. I've seen magicians here who admitted that they think the stage is an appropriate place to indulge themselves whether or not the audience cares. We need to do everything we can to stop that because it's a disease that needs...

Unfortunately, there will always be the elite and there will always be the wannabes. Sometimes being an elitist isn't such a bad thing if it means you have interesting things to say. I like the way you think, but I've noticed a curious trend lately that people don't seem to place the kind...

Take an improv comedy class.

The one I rarely ever do, but everyone talks about.

1. Hitler's dead, so the joke doesn't scan. 2. You've invoked Godwin's Law before the first page of the thread even finished, so now I want to slap you. 3. This kind of histrionic nonsense is one reason among many why I don't like magicians anymore. Thank you for re-enforcing my negative...

I would add a caveat to that: do not laugh until someone else already has. If you laugh first, then they will subconsciously recognize you as being nervous. Laughter evolved as a mechanism for dispelling tension. If you laugh before anyone else, that communicates that you, the performer...

Okay guys, we have a problem. In terms of condescension some of your are at about a 7 right now. We need you to dial it back to about a 4. Quit stealing my gimmick. That said, I have a blog post on the subject...