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I had the good fortune of meeting Victoria Mavis—a professional magician— at Podcast Movement in Philadelphia last year. One of the things we had in common was having women entrepreneurs in our audience, so we decided then and there to go on each other's podcasts!

I appeared as a guest on her show Pure Mind Magic Podcast, which if you’re interested, you can listen to the interview via the link on the show notes at LoriRochino.com/062).

Now I’m thrilled to have Victoria over on my show at Simply Designed Podcast. Whether you’re a full-time entrepreneur, creative business owner or side hustler looking for tips on how to break through to your next level or get over those pesky mindset hurdles, you'll love this episode!

Who is Victoria? Victoria Mavis a professional magician and motivational speaker. She is one of only a few professional female magicians worldwide. She started doing magic at the age of 4 and had her first stage show at the age of 7. She is also the creator and host of Pure Mind Magic Podcast. She believes that we each have a superpower with unique abilities. We just may not know how to access and harness it yet. And, there are ways to train your mind to work better—just like a muscle—to turn you into the mind magician of your own life! She believes you can create the reality you have always wanted. This podcast will inspire you to do just that! Pure Mind Magic Podcast also offers practical advice, fascinating stories, and amazing guest expert interviews from people all around the world putting the magic of the mind to work for them.

Quotes from Victoria For sure, you have to have this clarity on your mind, and clarity is power, so you need to know the direction you’re heading and you need a plan to end up there. As I’ve said, when you have a strong “why,” you have this motivation as fuel  and you’re well-prepared to go there but you need this action plan, and you all know that speed of implementation is really important so it doesn’t help when you hold all the information and read a ton of self-help books and business books, and have this all in your mind, but this doesn’t take you anywhere. You have to take action. You have to implement what you have learned. And this is the only way, with the right mindset, taking action, having a plan, how you will end up at the top of the mountain of your own business. (16:50)Illusions are really difficult when it comes for example to making a car appear on stage. There’s really some engineering required, and there’s also doing this reverse engineering like going back from the end result to the very beginning and it’s sometimes really tough because it really requires this thinking and this clear thi...