📚 1. Achieving mastery is impossible - Rico Weeland

This week we have a guest post from magician Rico Weeland in which he discusses the idea of mastery and how it can or can't ever be achieved.

He gives some beautiful insights into the subject. You can see that he's been passionate about the topic. Give it a read and let us know what you think!

Read the blog post here

🎙️ 2. The female magician that started it all

The first magician to have performed in Las Vegas, basically introducing magic as a form of entertainment, was a teenager girl by the name of Gloria, who performed mesmerizing billiard ball manipulation.

She recently died at 100! and The New Yorker has wrote a full article on her career.

Read and see how she looks

🎮 3. Magic Trick Only Fools Monkeys with Opposable Thumbs

This one I am including here as I find it very funny. A group of scientists did an experiment and concluded we could only perform magic to monkeys that had opposable thumbs!

Read the rest here

🃏 4. UNLOCK The Secret Power Of Your Mind (Derren Brown)

Take a deep dive into Derren Brown's childhood, mind, shows and discover how to unlock your own mind's potential.

I can't believe I didn't know about this podcast Derren Brown did. It's worth even watching only the first 5 minutes and you'll still be left with something.

Watch Derren Brown's interview

✨ 5. Quote of the Week

"I came across the idea of running towards the things that frighten you. Once you go and do it, you realise that the fear of it is far more powerful than actually doing it."

- Derren Brown