Comments on: Crazy magician shares GREAT marketing and psychology tactics

By: Evita

Evita — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 02:33:20 +0000

Yeah… Marketing is all about the MAGIC OF PERCEPTION.

By: Krisz

Krisz — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 14:26:11 +0000

Great interview Derek!
2 key insights that apply to business& marketing 100%:
1. Don’t do it for your ego. Create a positive experience; do what is best for your clients.
2. You can’t go to the next level without a mentor. A good mentor will show you the shortcuts and help you speed up the entire process.

For anyone looking for further reading – I highly recommend Napoleon Hill’s masterpiece “Think and Grow Rich”.

By: Rivka

Rivka — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 21:48:30 +0000

Sounds like sarcasm to me. And poor taste.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 03:21:24 +0000

That blew my mind. I just bought the book. This is VERY true. The mind is everything. Whether you think you can or can’t, you’re right.

I like the part where it says that a beginner is open to ALL possibilities.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 05:10:49 +0000

“If someone messes up you have to have a back up plan. But you have to understand how someone can mess up in the first place to have a back up plan in place.”

This is where the value of experience comes into play. Alex talked about drawing focus away from the “mess up”. Focus on benefits and stay away from the drawbacks.

Another great point: “Get people to do something you want them to do when they thought they had a free choice.”

Guiding people’s choices is an art. It takes time to hone.

Finally, “Controlling the way someone remembers an experience. ” He goes on to say, focus on key things that influence how someone sees an event in retrospect.

Win clients over to you by influencing their perspective.

All awesome psychological skills.

Thanks for the podcast. Great stuff.

By: Madeleine Kolb

Madeleine Kolb — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 20:43:55 +0000

The podcast was fascinating. I was particularly struck by the discussion of people ardently believing that what they think they saw is what really happened. A man I know who’s investigated a number of accidents says, “No one lies like an eyewitness.” But of course they don’t mean to lie.

This phenomenon causes a big problem with testimony of crime victims. A woman who is raped may identify the wrong person but is highly credible to a jury. Thank God the Innocense Project has ultimately cleared many such men but not until some has spent decades in prison.

By: Lacey

Lacey — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 20:31:20 +0000

Apologies. * Waves church fan * means, “I co-sign,” or “I agree with you.” LOL

By: Lacey

Lacey — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 20:28:41 +0000

Yup! You know it, Samuel. LOL!

By: Lacey

Lacey — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 20:26:17 +0000

Yezzir. I kid you not.

When I pressed the issue with my last boss of 5 yrs, he told me point blank: “Well, we’re not gonna create a position for you.” (Never mind he did that countless times for those from his type of background & of his persuasion.)

Anyway, I responded: “Wrong answer.”

I quit over a year later giving only 2 days notice (2/28/13 last day)… the night before Congress’ Sequestration. I took the whole event as a sign… as my “out.”

Turns out, I’m all the better for it.

Keep coming w/ the good stuff, Derek. You’re baddass, but you already know that.

By: Era

Era — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 03:40:09 +0000

Thanks so much for sharing this podcast! As a young adult, I really think content like this can boost and support my entry into the big wide world 🙂