"If you love something, you don't just read about it; you hug it, you mess with it, you play with it, you argue with it."
-Hugh Jackman

Welcome to January's "Mysteries of the Mind" monthly newsletter!

Welcome to 2016. This month lets chat about creativity, music, finger puppets, archeology, and magic!

A new creativity blog had a nice interview with me about creativity. If you already know me, you can skip the first question.

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My favorite question in the interview was #6. What Piece of Advice Would You Give to Others?

1) Continuous improvement. Always look at where you can be better. Never stop developing and growing.

2) Be in the need fulfillment business. Fulfill the needs of others as a path to your success. If you can show me a need, I can show you how you can be successful if you are passionate and enthusiastic about your journey.

3) Do things that improve the world around you and make life easier, happier, and more beautiful for others.

4) Decide on a targeted clientele who you want to create for. Choose one that is successful and has money. Find out what their needs are. Write a very targeted website, postcards, letters etc. that associate your name with their need. Show that you are an expert who is absolutely focused on their industry. Then spend 8 hours per day, 5 days per week contacting these companies and offering your services. If you do that for 3 years, you will be a success.

Android: Fingerprints

I was involved in this commercial. My first paid job as a professional hand model.

Enjoy

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Let me know if I can help facilitate fun at your trade shows, parties, or brighten your meetings this year, lets create days your guests will remember for years to come.

Your friend,
-Paul Draper
paul@mentalmysteries.com
801-541-2976

Websites:
wwww.PaulWDraper.com
www.MentalMysteries.com
www.AnthropologyOffice.com
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Read more about Paul:
Paul Draper Mentalism (pdf)
Transformational Leadership with Paul Draper (pdf)

"I have a personal philosophy in life: If somebody else can do something that I'm doing, they should do it. And what I want to do is find things that would represent a unique contribution to the world - the contribution that only I, and my portfolio of talents, can make happen. Those are my priorities in life."
-Neil DeGrasse Tyson

"A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool."
-William Shakespeare

Magic Castle
Hollywood, California
November 30th - Dec 6th

Greiner Motor Company
Casper, Wyoming
December 19th

Bonneville High School Consultant
Ogden, Utah
January 12th

Utah Theater Festival
Salt Lake City, Utah
January 14 - 16

George Ewing
Las Vegas, Nevada
January 20th

Private Party Mirage Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada
January 21st

Corporate Event 4 Seasons
Las Vegas, Nevada
January 23rd

Crown Council
Salt Lake City, Utah
January 28th

ATOM Event
Bakersfield, California
January 29th

Belgrade Chamber of Commerce
Bozeman, Montana
February 19th

Comic Con FANX
Salt Lake City, Utah
March 24th - 26th

Inclusion Center Banquet
Salt Lake City, Utah
March 31st

Magic Auction
Las Vegas, Nevada
April 20th

Odd Gathering
Livermore, California
April 22-24

Anime Expo
Los Angeles, California
July 3-4

Werrett Family Reunion
Salt Lake City, Utah
July 15th

PCAM
Culver City, California
Aug 4th -7th

Magic Live
Las Vegas, Nevada
Aug 14-17

Hypno thoughts Live
Las Vegas, Nevada
August 26-28

To find out more about my corporate lectures and workshops download this .pdf
Transformational Leadership with Paul Draper

Or PaulDraperManagement@Gmail.com

Fun Videos & Facts

I know that Christmas is over, but I didn't send out a December newsletter and yet still wanted to share these two fun videos. So if you haven't taken down the decorations yet, you will enjoy these.

Holiday Magic on Hallmark. Paul Draper Chanukah & Christmas Miracles

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Christmas songs, guess what they all have in common.

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TED: Modern-Day Indiana Jones

Space Archeology: The winner of the 2016 TED One Million Dollar Prize!

This changes so much of the journey of Archeology. When I was in University, it was all about reading the oral histories, interviewing the local people, walking the terrain to find any signs of habitation, waiting for a wind or rainstorm to reveal things and then digging in tiny one foot by one foot squares until you find something. Now we can find lost civilizations from space . Wow.

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Have you ever heard the song that Harry Houdini played during his performance of his Water Torture Cell Escape? "Asleep in the Deep"

Here it is performed live (and acapella) at the Official Houdini Seance in San Fransisco, at the Brava Theater, Halloween Night of 2015.

Please share with all of your magic, music, and history fans!

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