The Art of the Impossible

Thursday, 1:30 PM

We all have an innate sense of what’s possible. Not only is this how magicians fool you, but it might also be what’s holding you back.

In this session Michael Carducci shares how he applied lessons learned in his career as a professional magician to his “day-job” as a software engineer.

Magicians have a simple process for creating new material; think of the most impossible thing you can imagine, the engineer a way to make it possible. Michael has been engineering solutions to “impossible” problems for nearly 20 years and this has given him a unique perspective on dealing with challenges in all aspects of his life.

This talk is broken into two sections. In the first section, uses illusion, anecdotes and other examples to help identify your mental obstacles.

In the second section you learn how to apply what you’ve learned to the real world; 6 techniques to bypass your mental obstacles.

About Michael Carducci

Michael Carducci

Michael Carducci is a retired software engineer and solutions architect who now makes obfuscation a way of life.
When he’s not in pursuit of pure astonishment, he’s likely to be falling from great heights, exploring East Texas on two wheels, or diving headfirst into his next great adventure. You can find Michael on the web as well as on Twitter.

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