Mind Magic

If you’re constantly being zapped by the idea that you can’t do something, or that you’re stupid or less important than somebody else, then eventually you’re going to start believing it.

MAGICAL TARGETS are the ones that are so crazy, so wild and FAR-FETCHED that usually you would never consider them as targets in the first place. Most people miss out on having these targets in their life – but they are just as important as all the other targets that you set for yourself.

TARGETS STANDS FOR:
TAKE AIM!
ACTION!
RECORD IT!
GAME TIME!
EXPECT PROBLEMS!
TEAM UP!
SMASHED IT!
TAKE AIM!

that is a CLEARLY DEFINED TARGET – the only sort of target that we should set for ourselves.
Not: ‘I really want to be able to play the guitar by next year.’
But: ‘I really want to be able to play the chords of G, D, Em and A on the guitar by the time I go back to school after the summer holidays.’

Even by changing the way your body is sitting can help. Stand up, march around the room, do some jumping jacks! All of these things can help to get you up and out of that creativity swamp.

Listening to music, reading a book, watching a movie, going for a walk, making some toast, can all change the wiring in your brain and give you a fresh angle on a problem. Exercise is particularly good at boosting your brain’s creative thinking and problem-solving skills!

How do you do that with your creativity? It’s very simple, you just need to:

1. Change your position.
2. Change what’s around you.
3. Change what you’re doing altogether

SET DEADLINES
‘Deadlines’ might sound scary, but I promise you that they’re one of the most useful tools in our creativity toolkit.
Whenever I want to create a new magic show, I always book a theatre, pick a name for the show (that’s always a really fun bit), and begin selling tickets before I have even THE SLIGHTEST IDEA about what’s going to be in it.
At that moment, there is no show. But I have a deadline and having that looming over me is a brilliant way to FOCUS MY CREATIVITY on that single project. I don’t have a choice, I tell myself, I HAVE to be creative!
It works every time!

We should seek out friendly people who have EXPERIENCE in the problem that we’re trying to solve and that we trust. So when we are trying to figure out a creative solution, we should look to creative people to help us.
No matter what I’m creating, I nearly al

We should never keep our ideas locked up inside our heads because we’re afraid someone might steal them.