This is an experiment in applied psychology, verbal persuasion, color theory, and more.
It’s packed into one minute so it won’t take long to figure out whether this works with you, or not.
Either way, head over to YouTube to let me know how it goes!
This is an experiment in applied psychology, verbal persuasion, color theory, and more.
It’s packed into one minute so it won’t take long to figure out whether this works with you, or not.
Either way, head over to YouTube to let me know how it goes!
Every year for the past several years I’ve celebrated my birthday with a show. This year I turn 40, and I was treated to a delightful event.
This is a quick travel vlog documenting the adventure.
I recorded this video while sitting on the floor in the Amsterdam airport. It was the middle of the day but my body & mind thought it was 3am.
Combine that with random people walking by and giving me thumbs up (which you’ll notice when I look up and nod) and you’ll have a pretty good idea of how strange it was to make this video.
But the info is still solid.
What [ethical secrets] can we learn from psychics who made a ton of money in the great depression?
Let me tell you!
Back in the late 1800’s Vaudeville was the Hollywood of the entertainment world.
Performers could have entire careers doing the same 12 minute act at thousands of theaters across the country.
Until they couldn’t.
Something devoured their career, and that thing is even more hungry in the internet age.
If you know what it is and what it wants, you can make it your pet.
Essential viewing if you’re a creator.
In the age of the internet, everyone is building a personal brand (whether or not they know it).
It’s a smart move to take lessons from some of the most successful personal brands in all history: magicians.
These guys build amazing wealth without the help of the internet, so there’s a lot we can learn from them and run with it in this new universe to achieve even bigger things.
Relevant watching for any creator: author, entrepreneurs, and beyond.
The most effective personal management systems are too simple for anyone to believe they can work. This is exactly what I thought about this approach when I first heard about it years ago.
Since then it has helped me start two businesses, appear on television, radio, 200+ podcasts, and many more accomplishments.
If you’re looking to make a new year’s resolution, leverage a personal knowledge database, become an entrepreneur, or level up your life in some way then this video is for you.
My first job out of college was working at a magic shop in Universal Studios in Orlando Florida. I sold magic tricks to people from all over the world and I saw something that gave me a peek into the number one thing holding people back from success.
This might be the most valuable secret I’ve ever learned from that world.
If you want to start a Life Mastery Business, then this is step one.
The standard social narrative traps you in an escalator to an early grave. When you have the world’s most amazing technology at your fingertips, how would you go about building a life of control, freedom, and meaning?
These are the hard-won lessons I’ve learned from my own career, and I’m sharing for anyone & everyone who has dreams of creating their own life of adventure.
This gets kinda meta.
Last week my wife went on a 4 day work trip.
As you may or may not know, we have a 6 month old kid; our first.
This would be the first time that my wife was away from our daughter. That also meant that this would be the first time I get to keep the baby alive.
All by myself.
Spoiler Alert: it went fine. Mostly.
That kid can scream, man. She had gotten used to A Certain Standard Of Living™ and it is not Bottles By Dad™.
And she let me know.
From 9:30 to 10:30pm. And midnight to 1am. And 2:30 to 3:45.
She’s a fantastic negotiator.
So, when I had a hot second to shoot this video I was tired.
I wasn’t feeling my best. Certainly don’t look my best either. It was late at night after the baby was taking a quick powernap between Parenting Feedback Sessions™ so the lighting is all janky.
And, after looking at the footage, I almost didn’t post it.
I was afraid.
But then, I thought about how one of the lessons that I recorded is to not let fear stop you from doing the things that you know will help the world.
So I went ahead and used it.
And I think it’s pretty dang good. If I didn’t tell you, you may never have thought “Boy, he looks like he’s been taking care of a 6 month old all on his own.”
So go watch the video telling you not to be afraid that I was almost too afraid to post.
You’ll also see why I (who has under 500 YouTube subscribers) still think everyone should start a YouTube channel in 2023. Even if you’re an introvert. Even if you don’t want a big audience. And why I have committed to sharing stories about my time on & off stage, on the road, and in board rooms across the world.
When it comes to making big moves there are usually two camps:
In this video I talk about the pros & cons of each of these approaches, and share a secret third path that I don’t see many people talk about.
Watch this video if you want to avoid making huge mistakes as well as other freelance tips for beginners (and freelancing experts too; you might learn something!)
00:00 Make Big Moves
00:22 General Idea
01:00 Approach #1
07:43 Approach #2
10:23 Secret Approach #3
12:49 Invitation