Somewhere in the world tonight, a magician is getting paid thousands of dollars to spend an hour performing the invisible deck, double cross and ambitious card. If you're a pro and the thought of a magician performing easy tricks for such crazy money fills you with frustration (that's jealousy, by the way), your time is now.
In today's post, the aim is to inspire you to get up and take action, whether you're a pro or a hobbyist. We'll discuss magic's compounding interest, successful magician Doug McKenzie's business advice and something social media magician Dan Rhodes told me once that I think about all the time.
Plus, to get you started, we'll go over the best ways to get free press for your magic, and I'll teach you an easy way to predict anything, like number-one charting songs, newspaper headlines, and lottery numbers live on your local radio show.
Bear with me because this post goes over a lot.
We've discussed this before at One Ahead – magic has a compounding interest. What we mean by that is that the effort you put in compounds just like money added to an interest savings account every year.
If a magician puts 10% more effort in every year, they'll advance their career something like twice as fast over time on average. This is why no one in the industry is ever shocked to see which magicians become successful.
Regardless of whether you agree with the type of magic they perform, the route they took, or the kind of success they built – anyone who met them early could have easily predicted the rise of magicians like Dynamo, David Blaine, Justin Willman, Derren Brown and their teams.
