Robbins : The art of misdirection

                           

TED 2013

Robbins : The art of misdirection (transcript)

Summary

I  thought this was a magic, but  the speaker said he studied this trick from picking pockets. The technique to exploit something is to use your attention that is a limited resource. It means that he controls how you spend your attention and he steals your attention through a distraction.

I was really scared to think about the possibility that a man who is next to me and talks to me steals my watch and money.

Attention is a powerful thing and it shapes your reality and I noticed when he changed his tie in the video. In fact, I realized that he would change his clothes when he told us what he wore.

Probably, this is the answer what I did. Continuing to pay attention something if you are asked something. Don't be deprived of your attention but it has a limit. What shall I do?

And then there is one more question. If you could control somebody's attention, what would you do with it?

My answer is that I don't want to use it because I don't want to be controlled by someone.

However, I try to be more careful not to be deprived of my attention.

Words in this story

misdirection / Misdirection is a form of deception in which the attention of an audience is focused on one thing in order to distract its attention from another.

distraction / a thing that prevents someone from giving full attention to something else.

exploit / deed, a bold or daring feat.
deprive of / dispossess of, strip of, divest of, relieve of, deny, rob of, cheat out of, peel off, strip off