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--- Don't be a Magician -------------------------------------------

On stage, whether that's a literal or figurative one, magician's
hold their audience captive and in awe of the mystery behind their
performance. In humdrum day to day real life we're not on any kind
of stage and if people can't understand what you've done or begin
to comprehend how you've done it, it's still magic, but
unfortunately only of the Paul Daniels variety.

The knock-on effect of this is that magic trick you performed
becomes expected.  It appears as nothing special so there is no
reason why you can't keep on doing it ad-infinitum and what's worse
there is no reason for you to get any credit for it: because it
didn't appear as any effort was involved in the first place.

I have suffered from this at home and at work. And it is utterly
miserable, as you can't rewind time and show people what was
involved in the magic, to try to get them to understand, as the
Magic Circle will come and get you. All you can do is wait for time
to run its natural course and for that particular magic act of
yours to no longer be required, thank god, so you can move on.
Unfortunately, in my experience, the time frames involved can be
measured in years.

I don't think there are any other solutions beyond my advice not to
be magician in the first place.

Perhaps the answer is it's ok to be a magician as long as you don't
forget to perform in the initial instance?

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