For Kostya, a Ukrainian immigrant, that interest was sparked by an episode of The World\u2019s Greatest Magic <\/i>TV series. Soon after, he spent his time flipping through the pages of an eight-volume book set that his father gifted him, eager to learn the tricks of the trade.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I was 18 years old, I wrote my first book of card tricks. Then I got on a Greyhound bus and did a five-city tour to magic clubs, teaching [magicians] the tricks I came up with,\u201d says Kostya, who earned a philosophy degree<\/a> at UCF in 2010.<\/p>\n While working on his degree, he spent 10 years traveling to 200 cities across five continents, teaching magicians various techniques and magic psychology.<\/p>\n Talented magicians were out there, but most lacked the necessary business skills to reach their full potential. So in 2010, Kostya launched See Magic Live, an Orlando-based network of magicians whom he trains for live events and coordinates national bookings. He also uses magic to teach perception principles to business audiences \u2014 a more fun way of challenging people\u2019s brains, like philosophy. Every performance empowers corporate teams to \u201cthink like a magician\u201d by seeing themselves through the eyes of their audiences.<\/p>\n
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