23: Improve Your Presentation - Tips From A Mentalist

You may not aspire to be a mentalist like today’s guest David Jaison, but you’ll benefit from what he shares about self promotion, customization for clients, applying online skills to live performances, and learning from his presentation disasters. After you hear this episode, maybe you will be inspired to start a side hustle as a performing mentalist. Be sure to catch the end-of-episode takeaway to discover how to strengthen your intuition, which should be your constant traveling companion in life providing you amazing, timely, profitable guidance. What You’ll Hear: 02:42 Knowledge and skills David draws upon to perform as a mentalist 04:54 The value of intuition 06:02 Can anyone train to be a mentalist? 08:36 Why Brian’s first major presentation was an “epic failure” and lessons learned 11:55 The value of a mix and mingle before your presentation 13:20 What happens behind the scenes in preparing for a show 16:45 Examples of routines in his show 18:54 Carving out time for a side hustle during a very full time job as a director of logistics 21:44 You may not be getting jobs because you’re not charging enough! 23:30 Rethinking an interactive live show to….zoom 24:50 The first online show was “horrible” - more lessons learned! 26:35 A priceless resource - an industry Facebook group focused on zoom performing 28:30 The benefit of offering your services to nonprofits 30:25 Remember that bartering can be a great alternative to paying cash 31:46 A strategic move to a convention and tradeshow-rich city 32:40 Marketing by offering demos, and getting on event-planning/gig websites 35:12 Two indicators showing you it’s time to jump full time into your side hustle Takeaway: 36:50 The power of your intuition - one of your 6 mental faculties 38:50 An exercise to develop your intuition   David's Website: https://www.davidjaison.com/ Connect with Joan: Instagram https://www.instagram.com/joanposivy/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/posivy/ Joan's Main Site https://www.joanposivy.com/ Email Be on the show! Be Our Guest https://www.joanposivy.com/be-our-guest.html