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Magic is one of Stephen Shaner’s specialties.

As a professional magician, Stephen has performed at the Magic Castle, in Southern California. His sleight-of-hand tricks wow audiences–including his fellow performers, who are often left wondering how he did that!

Perhaps the real “magic”, though, happens when Stephen adds his message about attitude and leadership, through his work as an author, motivational speaker and podcaster.

Stephen is “the Attitude Chiropractor“. For decades, he’s been studying the ways attitude can make a dramatic difference in his clients’ professional and personal lives.

Not only has he authored two books, The Art of Being Awesome and An Attitude of Service, but Stephen offers regular presentations on leadership, goal-setting and public speaking. He also offers a leadership presentation, entitled “Magic with a Message”.

In addition, Stephen is the host of the podcast, “Are You Awesome Today?”, where he explores the stories of “extraordinary people, doing things in an AWESOME way”.

Stephen shared his story, explored some of the aspects of magic based on science, math and technology and explained why attitude makes the difference–in magic, public speaking and in life.

On this edition of Over Coffee® we cover:

• How Stephen first became interested in magic;

• His career path from there, as a professional magician;

• What he remembers best, from learning his craft!:

• His experience with his first audience at Southern California’s Magic Castle;

• One trick he especially enjoyed performing;

• The science and math (and some technology!) behind the art of magic;

• How his background in magic complements his work as a motivational speaker;

• How he first became interested in “attitude adjustment”;

• Where his moniker, “The Attitude Chiropractor” originated;

• A closer look at attitude adjustment;

• Stephen’s favorite takeaway about attitude and serving an audience, as a magician AND as a public speaker.