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#199 - Charles Gauci - A Lifetime of Magic

Charles Gauci has lived a long time. His 77 years have taught him a lot, much of which he shares in this intimate interview. He began as a hypnotist, then worked for two years with Peter Reveen, then toured with his own magic show. Inventor of 302 commercial magic tricks, his "Eye to Eye" has had over $600,000 in sales. Charles regularly entertains in the south of France on the French Riviera to the rich and famous.

While he was on his "Farewell Lecture Tour" of North America, he took time to share the microphone with me to tell some interesting stories and share some great advice.

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Charles tells us about how hypnotism changed his life...literally. Charles gives us a very good tip on including your photo on your business cards. He also talks about how he got started working on the Riviera with loads of stories along the way. He also talks about self hypnosis and why the power of positive thinking fails 95% of the time. It fails, in part, because of the four fundamental laws: the power of positive thinking; the power of negative thinking; when the will power and the imagination are in conflict, the imagination will always win; and the law of reverse effort. You will have to listen to understand these.

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Click on the image above to be taken to Stevens Magic Emporium to order a last remaining copy of this book.

Click on the image above to be taken to Stevens Magic Emporium to order a last remaining copy of this book.

Fill your Christmas stockings with books and DVDs from Banachek.

Fill your Christmas stockings with books and DVDs from Banachek.

Tagged with mentalism, Charles Gauci, hypnotism, mentalist, self hypnosis.

November 27, 2014 by Scott Wells.
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#198 - Henning Magic - Part Two

In this second and final podcast of my "pre-Halloween" coffee talk with Eric Henning, he picks up where we left off talking about his experience of performing at a Halloween party in 2010 in the White House for President Obama. This story, as most of Eric's stories, goes down several side roads before it all comes to a satisfactory conclusion. But it is a delightful journey.

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In addition to his story about performing in the White House for the President, Eric also talks about some additional thoughts and tips since he published his book "Tips: Real World Ideas from a Working Magician". His website for magicians, http://thewand.net is where you can find this excellent set of lecture notes which I highly recommend. During our conversation, One of the tips that is not in his book if for Amazing Insoles for anybody who's on their feet a lot (like most all performing magicians).

He also talks about the importance of learning to be a better public speaker by joining Toastmasters in your area. We also talk about the importance of taking pictures with your client and sending it to the client with a hand-written "thank you" card. Eric shares a few additional tips like ideas from the old Linking Ring columns by Rick Johnsonn, "Come A Little Closer" He finishes with a great tax tip that every magician should do BEFORE the end of the calendar year.

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Eric "The Financial Wizard" Henning will be one of the professors at M.B.U. in 2015

Eric "The Financial Wizard" Henning will be one of the professors at M.B.U. in 2015

Join Trixie Bond and Charles Gauci and Scott Wells for lunch in Houston in this short podcast.

Join Trixie Bond and Charles Gauci and Scott Wells for lunch in Houston in this short podcast.

Fill your Christmas stockings with all things Banachek.

Fill your Christmas stockings with all things Banachek.

Tagged with Eric Henning, Rick Johnsonn, Come A Little Closer, Dan Garrett, Tips, Amazing Insoles, Richard Osterlind, Simon Lovell, Charles Gauci, Trixie Bond, Meals with Magicians, Austin Magic Auction, Texas Association of Magicians.

November 20, 2014 by Scott Wells.
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#197 - Henning Magic - Part One

Henning, Eric Henning. No, this is not about Doug Henning but instead about the "Financial Wizard", Eric Henning who resides in Maryland outside of our nation's capitol, Washington, D.C.

Eric and I talked for nearly two hours and so this podcast has been broken into two separate, easy to digest, podcasts. In this first one, Eric talks about how he followed Fidel Castro as a speaker in Barbados, the early years of the Electronic Grymoire, working as a strolling magician at the Presidential Inaugural Ball, and he also gives some advice to magicians who might be performing for political dignitaries where security is a critical issue. And have you ever wondered why some federal buildings (such as Treasury buildings) don't allow certain performers (like magicians and rock bands)? Eric weighs in with his analysis why this is the case. He also talks about why several opportunities have dried up due to tightening of restrictions to certain types of entertainment due to "appearances". That particular story was the topic of a feature article in the Politico magazine. You can read the full article by clicking here. We also talk about Jasper Maskelyne and the "War Magician".And did you know that George H.W. Bush was interested in magic and often came into Al's Magic Shop in Washington, D.C.?

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His website for magicians is http://thewand.net where you can find TIPS, an excellent set of lecture notes which I highly recommend. During our conversation, One of the tips that is not in his book if for Amazing Insoles for anybody who's on their feet a lot (like most all performing magicians).

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Eric Henning "The Financial Wizard" will be one of the faculty members at M.B.U.

Eric Henning "The Financial Wizard" will be one of the faculty members at M.B.U.

Tagged with Eric Henning, The Financial Wizard, Washington D.C., The War Magician, Electronic Grymoire.

November 13, 2014 by Scott Wells.
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