Don t mess with my Magic Trick!!

There is usually one in every crowd that just has to be the
spoiler in exposing your magic trick. You know, the guy, and I
say guy, not girl, for a reason, as in all my experiences, I
have yet to have a girl behave in what I am about to describe.

So there you are, about to demonstrate this unbelievable magic
trick to this one person or maybe even to a crowd of anxious
onlookers. You start doing your patter talk, maybe explaining
there are mysterious powers all around us, and you are about to
demonstrate these powers to them by say for example, doing the
magic trick Floating Bill routine. So you ask somebody to lend
you a dollar bill so you can prove to your now eager audience,
doubtful, but eager audience in what you mean.

So you set the stage and the mood for the magic trick that you
are about to perform, you are all set, you got everybody in the
palm of your hands, well, except for this one yahoo, yes I call
them yahoo s, just has a nice ring to it. I have other names
also, but let s keep this G rated. Ok, you ve got the dollar
bill, everything is set…and there you go…the dollar bill is
slowly rising from your hand, everybody s eyes just got a little
bigger as they are really not doubtful, they are now beginning
to believe in the mysterious powers you spoke of earlier. You
are now the star of the show, the dollar bill is now moving on
your command, up and down, everybody is in disbelief, wow, this
is awesome….and then…bam, here comes yahoo, who goes and
gives the dollar bill a swat with his hand trying to expose the
magic trick secret, trying to steal the show, be the spoiler,
just to prove that there is no such thing in magic!! What do
you do? Well, you grab him by the head….oh, wait a minute, G
rated, yes, what you do is very important at this point to keep
your reputation intact and to keep the people that you did have
enjoying the magic trick to want you to do more even though they
may have doubts in what you were just doing.

Best thing to do….is laugh, no matter how embarrassed or
exposed you may feel that the magic trick secret maybe out of
the bag, you play along as if nothing happened. You say How can
I do that? . Just do it. Explain to them, oh, it seems like
some devilish powers have come , and point to the yahoo, it
seems someone doesn t want to witness this amazing feat of
magic , and apologize to everyone, putting the onus on the
yahoo. Believe me, everyone will be disappointed and upset at
this yahoo for spoiling the magic trick show.

And then…you walk away…yep, walk away..you do not want to
try and perform any other magic tricks with the yahoo in your
presence as you will not feel comfortable with your routines as
you know the yahoo will try and tell everybody he knows how you
did this or did that just to take the spotlight away from you.
This is the best thing you can do and believe me, people that
were there will come to you to want to see your magic tricks and
these are the people you want!!! The people that want to
believe in magic!!!!

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Dion Semeniuk is the owner of the popular online magic shop, This is Magic! To receive 4 free magic trick videos and learn more about performing magic tricks, visit http://www.thisismagic.com

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Interestingly we do not build healthy self-confidence by sticking to what we know already and by excluding the unknown. Although through repetition and practice you will improve your skill, knowledge and competence, and therefore your confidence with any thing, after a time there comes a stage when you are just about as good as you can get. Unless it is the 100 metres dash, when even a split second can make the difference between success and second place, refining something to the nth degree will not make much difference to your level of confidence.

A great way of having a boost of confidence is to do something that is more of a challenge and where there may even be some element of anxiety and fear. This is not to suggest that you should do something dangerous to yourself or others. This is not what is meant. Anxiety and fear can come along when someone thinks about giving that speech to a group or that social occasion.

If these two events or others were times when you feel some anxiety or fear then these would be great opportunities to boost your confidence. Usually the first tactic used if an event like a party or other social gathering gives you anxiety is to make some excuse not to go. This tactic is called avoidance. It is a tactic that many employ. Unfortunately it does not help good self-confidence, and if anything, it begins to erode that person’s self-confidence. Avoidance, as a tactic, does not change the situation and in fact means that your life then becomes restricted because you do not attend those social functions.

Healthy self-confidence comes through facing up to you fears. You usually find that when you do face your fears that they are unfounded and often you may wonder why you worried in the first place. With the social function example, if you have previously avoided social situations, now try and find a way of attending them but with an element of control. What I mean is, do things a step at a time. Some ideas to help you take a step at a time are these: -

1) Tell a friend that you are nervous and could they stay with you until you feel more comfortable with the people around you.
2) Decide to attend for a certain period of time and then come away. Just because a party starts at 6pm and finishes at 2am it does not mean you have to stay there for that entire period. AN example would be arriving at 8:30pm and leaving about 11pm.
3) If you find conversation difficult, remember that people love talking about themselves. If you can get them on this subject and show an interest they will love you for it.

Self-confidence comes through doing things that are outside as well as inside our comfort zone. Other examples might be taking up scuba diving or horse riding or doing an evening class. All these activities or others that interest you may be new to you but they will add a new dimension to your life. May be one that has been missing. It is amazing how, just through doing one new thing, can really change our lives for the better.

A Hypnosis cd helps you to use the power of your imagination to work for you to see yourself succeeding at anything you want to. People with low confidence use the power of their imagination to see themselves failing. Confident people use their imagination to see and feel themselves succeeding. Why not use your imagination along with the support of self-confidence hypnosis cd to help you be positively different today.

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Perhaps, optical illusion and magic are no different from each other for both share the same effects: they amaze and fascinate and deceive the human eye.

A suspecting audience will lose the chance of catching the trick if you are perfectly endowed with sleight of hand skill and interest.

Your eyes can be deceived both by magician’s hand dexterity and apparent psychological persuasion (patter). The apparent patter of a magician combined with quicksilver hand skill is a perfect match to a dubious crowd.

Practical Optical Illusions

Optical illusions can be carried out in front of a large or medium size audience or can be performed using pictures especially if you have no immediate contact with the person you are trying to communicate with.

Pictures that visibly change their color or physically modifies along the way to keeping a long stare at them or by following simple rules or instruction helps you baffle your friends and amaze them of your ingenuity.

Optical Illusion is Magic

Magic is based on optical illusion because it involves the use of deceitful tricks that tends to help you perform the unnatural. Some of the most famous illusionists of time like Harry Houdini perform magic using a technique called Pepper’s Ghost.

In Pepper’s Ghost illusory technique, the use of glass fibers are perfectly positioned to create a hologram figure of the object you are trying to hide. Special effects and the use of black background are also critical to the performance of technique.

In the late 1800s, Harry Houdini first performed his major magic trick in front of a large audience by making an elephant disappear and making if appear again according to his own willing.

Since then, a lot of his contemporaries began making use of this type of strategy until it was patented in the late 1860.

Magic is a type of Illusion

You can hardly separate magic from optical illusion because the one is characteristic of the other. Magic involves the use of tricks that involve the quick hand and the use of colors and objects that seem to block the actual image of the main subject.

Specific productions (magic types) are achieved which shadows the image of the main object being given attention to.

For example, a glass of water that is apparently empty is actually lined with a clear material while the inside is stuff with material which you may show to your audience as a product of your magic (coins flowing from an empty bottle) when taken out.

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Preston Houer has been involved with the art of illusion and sleight of hand for over 30 years. Let Preston show you how to Have Fun With Magic. Visit His Site Today! http://www.have-fun-with-magic.com

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