One of the best ways to instantly become the most popular person at any party you go to is by learning a few simple magic tricks. There is something about magic tricks that really impresses people. Maybe because most people love surprises, or we are always trying to figure out how things work. There are several different kinds of tricks you can do.
One kind that you can learn is your basic sleight of hand trick. This is where you get everybody to pay attention to one of your hands, while your other hand does all the work. Covertly pulling cards out of your sleeve is an example of a sleight of hand trick.
Tricks that only rely on simple mathematical principles are also pretty good. Sometimes called self-working tricks, these are based on the order of the cards in a deck. Sometimes you’ll need to pre-stack or pre-arrange the deck to get these to work. These are good for kids, but they usually figure them out pretty quickly.
Another kind of magic trick is when you pretend to be psychic. This is when you use simple principles of human psychology to make people think you have super psychic powers. This really impresses people. Especially at a bar or a party when people may have had something to drink.
The biggest kind of trick, the ones you see people doing on TV, require all kinds of props, and assistants, and lots and lots of preparation. Sawing people in half, and escaping underwater are a couple of these tricks. Of course, most amateur magicians don’t have the time for these, so we just usually leave them to the professionals.
When you only learn a couple of sleight of hand tricks and a couple of mental tricks you can really impress a lot of people wherever you go. People will think you are a mystic psychic with magical skills, and you will always have a crowd of happy people around you.