Djibouti, Djibouti (2015) - No, that’s not a typo. Stephen Bargatze (my friend and fellow entertainer on this tour) and I flew in to Djibouti, Djibouti (city and country). Yep, the Djibouti in Africa. The crazy hot Djibouti in the middle of August. That’s the same Djibouti that is really comfortable at 5:30 in the morning when we landed and which scorched us at around 118 degrees by the afternoon.
What the heck was I doing in Djibouti, you ask? Take a guess. Yep, doing some shows. Woohoo! I get to go to the most interesting places. I don’t lack for adventures, that’s for sure!
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The Accidental Accountant, Peter Margaritis, was my special guest on Episode Nine of Jason Michaels TV. Peter is a professional speaker, improv virtuoso, podcaster, author, and all-around nice guy. We discussed how he uses improv to teach leadership to organizations and people. It was a fun conversation with some fascinating insights.
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Today’s video clip is from Episode Seven of Jason Michaels TV and it is a discussion on developing grit in order to become more resilient. The three elements that I share that help build grit are being active, determination, and vitality.
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I was on tour in Europe in 2018 and got to do a unit visit on one of the military bases my team and I were performing on. On this particular unit visit, we got to go in an airplane hangar and see how they train airmen to arm fighter jets with munitions.
It was pretty wild to be in this giant hangar with all of these training bombs and missiles surrounding us. As always, the men and women who were showing us around and telling us about what they do were at the top of their game.
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I had too much fun visiting with my friends Christian and Katalina on today’s show. We chatted about how they developed their unique performing style, about why they enjoy performing shows on military bases, and how they have had such incredible success with their Mind Tripping Show decade-long residency at the Indianapolis Hilton. We even had a special guest pop in to the live-stream to provide a few additional laughs!
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My Thule, Greenland Adventure – It’s 2:00 am and the plane I am sitting on is taxiing out to the runway to take off. Suddenly I hear a voice behind me firmly say, “Sir, sit down. Sir, you have to sit down!”
I’m often surprised by the stupid things that people do on airplanes, so I don’t think too much about it. It’s only a few minutes later when one of the flight attendants makes an announcement over the intercom that one of our fellow passengers has gotten ill and we have to return to the terminal so the flight attendants can sanitize the cabin.
This is what we look like at 2 a.m. after having to disembark the plane and wait.
“Really?” I think to myself. I had seen and heard a very rowdy group of passengers drinking and partying pretty hard in the bar right next to our gate earlier that night. As it turns out, the party was a little too intense for this one guy and he has now gotten sick all over himself and delayed our flight to Greenland. Oh fun!
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This is the card trick that guarantees audiences pay attention during my shows. I do this at the beginning of the show and it let’s everyone know that I mean business. Once you see this, you’ll never forget it.
Even after years of performing it, I still get charged up to do it because I know how big the impact is on my audience.
And after the trick portion of this video is over, don't miss "the rest of the story.” That is where I buried the gold:)
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Talking to Decision Performance Specialist and Keynote Speaker Steve Haffner was fascinating. We had an insightful discussion on how to make smarter, better, more informed decisions in life and during this COVID-19 pandemic.
Steve also shared an amazing demonstration with two boxes where one box fit inside the other, until the other box fit inside the first. You’ve got to see it to believe it (at 43:28 on the video.)
In my "3 Minutes on Resilience" segment (43:50) we explored the idea of developing grit and how to get “gritty.” And finally, I debuted a brand new magic performance video! (58:15)
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After starting a conversation on imagination several weeks ago, I finish it up this week with a short discussion with Nathan Coe Marsh on how to supercharge it. If imagination is the beginning of the act of creation, supercharging your imagination will get you what you want at lightning speed.
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It was great fun to visit with my friend Nathan Coe Marsh on Episode Six of Jason Michaels TV. We learned how he fell in love with entertaining audiences, chatted philosophically about being an artist and an entertainer, heard some fun stories from his time on the road, and even saw some magic! I really enjoyed his thoughts on how he works with his clients to craft unique experiences for his audiences.
I also thought it was so cool of Nathan to provide access to us to watch his full show direct from the Magic Castle. If you would like to see him work for a live audience in an exclusive Hollywood members-only club, click here watch the video.
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