00:00If you have a far-reaching goal or a big idea, it's good to first think about where
00:06you can test out that idea on a much smaller scale first. That's something I
00:15have learned from building a career as a magician and a keynote speaker. Come with me
00:19to Colorado, let me show you what I mean. So when I was in college, I was an RA and
00:27I had to put on monthly activities for the residents and guess what? Of course, I
00:31put on a magic show and turns out it wasn't bad. The reaction was pretty good
00:39and that was my first test to know that hey, this might turn into something.
00:45Man, I wish I still have footage from the show because I remember a trick just now
00:48that was on that show 20 years ago that I haven't done for about 20 years. I
00:52remember just taking any random business card from the school office
00:56office that I didn't have any business card. I was a college student and I
01:00remember taking that person's card and just started tearing it down the middle.
01:04I just got tearing it, okay? Keep tearing it and obviously that person wasn't very
01:09pleased when I torn his card into two separate pieces like that. Only for me to
01:16put the pieces in my hand and I go like that and I remember sticking those two
01:21torn pieces of business card back together again. But he still wasn't very happy because
01:29obviously the card is now completely unusable. It's completely creased up like
01:32that. So I took his card and gave a little iron like that to flatten out those
01:36creases so that way he could use his card again. And then for the next 10 years, I
01:44spend my time as a touring magician at the university market, do my own one-man
01:50show. I started putting in like five minutes of inspirational messages and then
01:55become 10 minutes and 15 minutes. And after testing it out for five years or so,
02:01that's when I discovered that, yep, it's gonna work. So I made a fortune
02:05decision from being a magician to now being a keynote speaker who uses magic to inspire.
02:11If you're wondering, Nash, do you really had to fly all the way to Colorado to tell me
02:16all that? Well, I just finished a keynote here for a conference and here's what
02:21happened.
02:41all I had to see you in the next 10 minutes.
02:48Yeah.
02:49Yeah.
02:50The EG.
02:50And now...
02:52And?
02:53Yeah.
02:54Yeah.
02:55Yeah.
02:56Yeah.
02:56Yeah.
02:57Yeah.
02:58Yeah.
02:58Yeah.
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