Brand new blog post just released! Take a look at - http://ping.fm/c2dLj

Awesome photo shoot today with @lance_t_miller and @damicophoto for brand new Bicycle Actuators playing cards. Photos coming soon!

Are you listening to what they are telling you? Listening to the Audience/Consumer-Part 2 just posted - http://ping.fm/XBvDq

Excited my new show concept got picked up to appear at the Nashville Fringe Festival!

Trade Show Tip #5 - Have fun! You'll enjoy your trade show experience more and create better business relationships - http://ping.fm/VMuHY

Who is headed to the first Saturday art crawl or the Taste of Music City?

Entertainers, event planners, marketers...what story are you telling? http://ping.fm/d3Jhf

Playing By Air's public show is tonight at Belmont's Black Box Theatre. It's going to be awesome! Be there!

Have you ever booked a gig through text? http://ping.fm/1oi9q

You deserve the best! Don't settle for less. http://ping.fm/j4mZH

Some people will do business with you even if they don't like you! Wanna find out why? http://ping.fm/8BNsK

Looking for something to do this afternoon? Check our Frank DeVille's magic show for free at The Rutledge in Nashville at 1.

I congratulate the public for applying serious pressure to Spirit Airlines through social networking and forcing them to get real.

I am amazed by how stupid some companies are when it comes to good business sense. Yes, I'm talking to you Spirit Airlines.

Reading all sorts of great books on business lately. Get Booked by Benji Bruce is an excellent how-to business book. He has great ideas.

Let me just say this...Gary Vaynerchuk's book Crush It! is huge! If you've ever wanted to make your passion your career you need this book.

Headed to the 'boro to visit my grandmother then go see some friends do a magic show. Excellent way to spend a Friday evening!

Had a great time last night with Amy and all the folks from DRW. Thanks guys, you were awesome!

I find myself back in Chicago for another corporate event. I wonder if my room will measure up to the one I stayed in over the weekend?

Help your entertainment succeed in giving you the best show possible - Control The Environment!
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Chicago show went great! Got back last night. Headed back to the Windy City tomorrow for another show:)

Chicago has been a success! Thank you to Cindy and the Smart Jewelry Show for a great time yesterday. Getting ready to head home:)

Client was thrilled, the crowd raved about the show, and we had a great time at Navy Pier Ballroom!

Glenn Miller Orchestra played the Navy Pier Ballroom. Tonight Jason Michaels plays it too!

View of Lake Michigan from the Imperial Suite at the Chicago Hilton:) Nice!

Portillo's for dinner was awesome. Next stop...the Imperial Suite.

Headed to Chicago with the crew-Jamie, Scott and Greg. Big show at Navy Pier tomorrow night!

Do you listen to the audience? http://ping.fm/A7WW7

DIY magic project finished!

And the project is underway!

First stop on today's project.

Spending the day in the workshop today working on a new prop for the show. Gotta be careful! I kind of need all 10 of these fingers:)

What motivates you? http://ping.fm/0cn9a @ThisIsSethsBlog

What motivates you? Consider the power of the mastermind - http://ping.fm/6ISsk

Video shoot was a success!

Video shoot is almost underway!

I love watching people who love card tricks react to a great piece of interactive magic:)

With @thestyckman at a sweet little corporate gig in Huntsville. Should be a fun show!

Get a bigger trumpet! http://ping.fm/f88b7

On my way to a photo shoot with @lance_t_miller for his new Actuators deck. These things are sweet!

Fun times at Career Day! http://ping.fm/8gmbg

Exhibiting at a trade show? Tips on how to naturally draw traffic into your booth. http://ping.fm/yhi1K

Competitors in the card stacking contest at Auburn's Tiger Nights last night. Interesting technique!

A little late on today's blog entry! Here's the latest secret on driving trade show traffic into your boothhttp://ping.fm/6Xj80

Am I domesticating myself? Today's DIY project - birdhouse in the backyard.

Trade Show Success Secret #1 has just been posted! http://ping.fm/bEQ4i

Achieved expert author status :) with this ezine article - http://ping.fm/8dLLq

Ever performed magic on a train? http://ping.fm/a3Nqz

Thought this was very cool - http://ping.fm/XAKjb

Buzzer Beater! FSU snaps Duke's home win streak!

Massive chess set at the Our Lucaya Resort in Freeport. Anyone want to play?

Here's a look at the ship I'm working on.

Just completed my first official yoga class at Lululemon in West Palm Beach. Awesome! Thank you Lulu!

The first e-zine of the new year has landed! http://ping.fm/Imrrr

I share some sage advice from a beloved acting professor in 2012's first blog post - http://ping.fm/l9IQG

Make Bold Choices

I had a college acting professor and director, Dale McGilliard, who pushed his acting students to “Make Bold Choices”! It was his credo. I remember him saying it so often that it has imprinted itself into my memory.

He was championing his actors to step outside of the box. As an actor works on creating a character there is much experimentation. There is a great deal of research and creativity that goes into the process. It’s is very easy for an actor to work on the character, interpret the script and then make safe and expected choices for the character. It is far more difficult to make bold choices. Bold choices require the actor to put him or herself at risk. Bold choices are easy for others to criticize and to ridicule. Bold choices are hard to make. Fortunately, bold choices are also, typically, the most interesting ones to watch. When an actor, or anyone, makes a bold choice, the payoff can be much higher than when they make the typical or expected choice.

Onstage, I have found that Dale was right on. When I have chosen to step away from the easy choice and make the far more difficult, yet bold choice, the payoff has been much higher and much more fulfilling. Offstage, Dale was right as well. Over the last twelve years or so, I’ve followed the less traveled path. I’ve been a professional entertainer for over a decade now and have had adventures, have experienced hardship and have enjoyed great artistic success because I have chosen to “Make Bold Choices”! It hasn’t been always easy, but it’s been worth it. I wouldn’t have had it any other way.

So, here’s my question to you. Are you making bold choices? It’s easy to stay in our comfort zone. It’s easy to do what we’ve always done. But if we aren’t making bold choices every day, then we can never change the world. And yes, I mean change the world. You can certainly change your own world. And you might just find that by changing your world, you also change the rest of the world, too. Get outside your box. Push yourself to be the best you that you can be. Don’t be afraid to explore your muse and to share your God given talents and gifts with the rest of the world. Trust me, we need you.

So go out there and “Make Bold Choices”. And by doing so, you’ll make both yourself and Dale, proud.

This one is for you Dale. Thank you for your inspiration!