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In medieval times, magic was associated with sorcery and witchcraft. People who possessed such a talent or gift were considered as heretics and were burned at the stake.

Years later, magic was given a new connotation. It provided people with a form of entertainment like making a plane disappear or cutting a person in half. These are all illusions from the simplest trick like making a coin disappear which just goes to show that the hand is quicker than the
eye.

There have been a lot of talented magicians in this lifetime alone such as the likes of Harry Houdini who was an escape artist, David Copperfield who traveled around the world and amazed people with his large scale acts and lately David Blaine who is seen on television performing magic tricks that are seen by millions of viewers around the world.

What then makes a good magician is the one common question asked by several magician wannabe's. Is it talent, a gift or sheer luck?

Everyone has the potential of becoming a somebody in the future, even magicians. Here are some traits that one might need to possess to be successful in life even if in the end, one does not become a magician.

1. Patience. Nobody became a successful magician overnight. It takes time to learn a trick, to practice it and eventually be good at it.

2. Open mind - a lot of well known magicians started in the confines of home watching how other people do it and reading up on such tricks. Some children started out by even buying a magic toy set with a variety of gadgets and followed the instructions until these people were able to do it with any need of guidance.

3. Confidence - some people have a hard time delivering a speech to a large audience. It is same thing with magic since there are a lot of people staring at just one person. The best thing to do is practice with a small audience first like some family members and friends and once that stage fright has been extinguished, one can perhaps get a larger crowd and do more.

4. Excellence - magicians can't always use the same tricks in every show. There has to be changes and improvements that will make people old and new come back for more. By spending some time thinking about what to do or what has not yet been done and working on it, it will make that person stand out above the rest. Such reinvention will make a magician quite a gem in the field of magic.

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