Turning Setbacks into Stepping Stones
Q&A with Tim — Reinvention, Visualization Techniques, Making “Risky” Decisions, Parenting Considerations, Intuition, New Hobbies, Dating, and More.
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Timestamps:
[00:00] Start
[06:45] Sacrifice, The Push, and Apocalypse.
[12:21] Derren’s transition from student to magician.
[14:43] How Martin Taylor inspired Derren to pursue hypnosis.
[16:42] Strange audience reactions to hypnosis.
[20:00] Hypnosis, mentalism, and cold reading.
[24:34] How a TV medium uses hot reading techniques.
[26:22] How can someone learn to be a healthy skeptic?
[34:24] How learning magic influenced Derren’s skepticism and faith.
[40:57] Why did Derren wait until his 30s to come out?
[43:18] Finding meaning.
[47:06] High status struggles.
[48:20] Making sense of the human experience.
[56:59] Ambition and productivity.
[01:02:25] The counterintuitive assembly of Derren’s creative projects.
[01:09:17] Ensuring ethics and safety in TV social experiments.
[01:15:50] Suggestion as self-defense.
[01:20:27] Why Derren takes care not to abuse his superpowers in real life.
[01:24:01] Recommended reading.
[01:28:02] TED Talks in treacherous terrain.
[01:29:53] A new belief or habit that has improved Derren’s life.
[01:33:27] Derren’s billboard and parting thoughts.
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