Taylor Hughes - The Road to Wonder
Dream Big Podcast with Bob Goff and Friends
Bob Goff
4.8 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2021
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
For some people, it’s a really big deal to feel like they’re in control. When life throws them curveballs (or worse), cue the anxiety or frustration.
For others, they spend quite a bit of energy trying to avoid complexity or surprises. They prefer life to happen in a predictable way, and like it when they can switch into autopilot mode.
But, reality doesn’t work either way.
In the wise words of my pal, Taylor Hughes, "Your life is not a puzzle to be solved, it is a mystery to enjoy!" Sometimes we need to be redirected to be able to see the wonder happening all around us.
Taylor Hughes fell in love with the art of illusion when his parents bought him a magic kit for his 7th birthday. More than 30 years and 3,000 shows later, Taylor has become known for his signature style of Magic Storytelling. He is a favorite at Hollywood’s famed Magic Castle, a highly sought after Keynote Presenter and has a special on Amazon Prime called '“Chasing Wonder”.
Taylor’s new book, The Road to Wonder: Finding the Extra in Your Ordinary, is now available for pre-order.
Taylor is married to his high school sweetheart Katie and they live in Southern California with their two daughters Madelyn and Kennedy.
Also on the episode:
Producer & Co-host : Scott Schimmel
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, welcome to another episode. |
| 0:10.8 | The Dream Big Podcast with Bob Gaf from Friends, I'm your friend Scott Shimmel here to welcome |
| 0:14.7 | you into another episode. |
| 0:16.8 | In this week, we've got a treat for you. |
| 0:19.5 | If you're not familiar with Taylor Hughes, let me introduce you. |
| 0:22.5 | He's a magician. |
| 0:24.1 | He is a speaker and he's an author of a new book that we'll tell you about at the end. |
| 0:29.4 | I like to think of Taylor in the category of a wisdom teacher. |
| 0:33.5 | I think a Bob actually very similarly. |
| 0:35.7 | Somebody that helps me look and you look at the ordinariness of our lives, something |
| 0:39.7 | that's right there in front of us, but helps us to see it in a whole new, different way. |
| 0:44.5 | I think Jesus taught in that same tradition as well. |
| 0:47.6 | It's kind of like a seed, it's kind of like a field, it's kind of like a man. |
| 0:53.1 | We get to rethink and re-see everything that's right there in front of us. |
| 0:57.4 | Taylor does that through comedy, he does that through magic. |
| 1:03.4 | I think you're going to love what they have to say in this conversation around misdirection |
| 1:08.6 | and allowing the wonder of life that's right in front of us to become our teachers. |
| 1:14.5 | Enjoy this conversation with Bob and Taylor. |
| 1:18.0 | Hey Taylor, thank you so much for jumping on the podcast. |
| 1:22.0 | Good to see your face here on Zoom. |
| 1:23.9 | Good to see you too, buddy. |
| 1:26.0 | Yeah, I'm talking to you from my garage. |
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