Simon Coronel, World Champion of Magic, Quitting the Day Job and More! | The Tim Ferriss Podcast
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Simon Coronel (https://simoncoronel.com) is legally classified as an “Alien of Extraordinary Ability” by the United States Government for his skills as a magician and illusionist. Simon discovered magic in 1999 as a first-year student at Melbourne University. He then spent five years working full time in management consulting while juggling his “secret” performance career.
He’s currently a jigsaw puzzle designer for The Magic Puzzle Company, which has the #1-backed puzzle on Kickstarter of all time, and is a regular performer at the Magic Castle in Hollywood.
Simon has appeared twice on the hit TV show Penn & Teller: Fool Us. He has won over a dozen international awards for magic, including being crowned the World Champion of Magic in 2022 at FISM, the Olympics of magic.
Please enjoy!
[00:00] Intro
[06:12] Radical earliness.
[08:23] The Magic Castle.
[17:27] Catching the magic bug at age 18.
[19:56] Acknowledging neurodivergence.
[28:16] Glitches in Reality.
[30:53] The road to winning the 2022 FISM World Championship of Magic.
[53:04] Workshopping out the kinks before the competition.
[57:59] The muse and the Shoot seal of approval.
[1:01:31] Gauging audience perception and finding balance pre-game.
[1:05:49] The big day.
[1:18:45] Categories of stage magic.
[1:20:15] Ugly crying through victory.
[1:30:10] The immediate aftermath.
[1:34:03] A homecoming drink at the Magic Castle.
[1:36:37] Why a later start in magic was lucky.
[1:39:13] How working at Accenture played into Simon’s weaknesses.
[1:45:30] Making the decision to do magic full-time.
[1:52:34] Hotbeds of magical innovation.
[1:55:57] Mentalism misgivings.
[2:01:13] Why learning magic can be so daunting for a beginner.
[2:07:29] How Simon teaches magic.
[2:10:45] Magic in the media.
[2:14:35] Is atheism a prerequisite for the modern magician?
[2:16:14] Jigsaw puzzles.
[2:23:26] Parting thoughts.
Tim Ferriss is one of Fast Company’s “Most Innovative Business People” and an early-stage tech investor/advisor in Uber, Facebook, Twitter, Shopify, Duolingo, Alibaba, and 50+ other companies. He is also the author of five #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers: The 4-Hour Workweek, The 4-Hour Body, The 4-Hour Chef, Tools of Titans and Tribe of Mentors. The Observer and other media have named him “the Oprah of audio” due to the influence of his podcast, The Tim Ferriss Show, which has exceeded 900 million downloads and been selected for “Best of Apple Podcasts” three years running.
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