It’s important not just to question the big things, but even the...

It’s important not just to question the big things, but even the smallest. Because we build our beliefs about what our world is like usuing the smallest beliefs–things “taken for granted.” If you’re interested in really causing change, you must know the truth–and you only get that by truly questioning everything. Everything you’ve been taught, everything you “assume,” has the potential of being wrong. So question it for yourself. Figure it out for yourself.

Education isn’t useless–but the things we are taught aren’t always true. Learn to look at things from multiple points of view, and you’ll get wildly differing ideas about what is true. 

As an example: the battle of Little Bighorn can be seen from the point of view of Custer’s soldiers, or the band of Sioux led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. And our ideas about the battle viewed from 140 years later is different than any ideas those living at the time might have had. Can you hold more than one of these “truths” about tha battle in your mind at once? What will you learn?

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When is the last time you took time out just to play? Either by...

When is the last time you took time out just to play? Either by yourself or with a playmate? (Pets count!)

Like meditation, long walks in nature, yoga and other similar pursuits that take us away from our “work” minds, play is essential to both growth and creativity. Want to get a team to innovate for you? Get them to play together!

I’m about to do a 3 week (one session each week) course based partly on my first book, Beyond Deception. It’s for magicians, so everyone will learn one simple magic trick before the course begins…and then we’ll play with different ways of presenting that trick. I’ve done this before, and students are always amazed at how creative they’ve become, and the wonderful presentations they come up with.

So…what are you working on? What “big roadblocks” are you facing. Take some time, stop working so hard at finding a solution, and PLAY! You’ll suprise yourself!

Oh…want to know about that course? Read more here:

https://shop.magicalwisdom.com/event/beyond-deception-acting-stagecraft-and-innovation-for-magicians

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