Tag Archives: Joel Bauer

Trying to please everyone? A business fable

28 May 2009 • Categories: Marcel's Musings • by Marcel

An old man & his young grandson decided one morning to go to the market in the village. It was quite a distance to the market, so they decided to travel with their donkey, the old man sitting on the animal while his grandson walked alongside. On the way, they passed a group of of [...]

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The answer to “How did you do that?!”

21 Mar 2009 • Categories: Magic, Marcel's Musings • by Marcel

“In life, take credit for everything.” – Joel Bauer Sometimes you just can’t plan everything. It happens fairly regularly that during a presentation, I get lucky. Something unexpected will happen that will enhance a trick, or will make me appear even more ‘magical’ – as if I was in control of the situation the whole [...]

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Creating, Conveying, Collecting at the CTICC

29 Aug 2008 • Categories: Feedback, Photographs • by Marcel

I spent 2 days creating a crowd, conveying the message, & collecting the leads for my clients at the Franchising & Business Opportunities Expo at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Even though the show ran until Saturday, I was only available in the afternoons for the first 2 days of the Expo (Thursday & [...]

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D’liting my prospects closed the sales

15 Aug 2008 • Categories: Magic, Marcel's Musings • by Marcel

When I was travelling & working in London in 2004, I was given a great opportunity to combine my interest in face-to-face sales with performing magic.  Harrods of Knightbridge is one of the world’s most famous department stores so it is normally very busy; imagine how busy the toy section of Harrods was when I [...]

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