Magic by Misdirection

This book by Dariel Fitzkee was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Tim Ferriss. The people who vouched for it on air: Apollo Robbins. It comes up in conversations about brain health, focus & dopamine. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

• “I picked up one of the books, and it's called Magic by Misdirection on the psychology of magic. I read it, and it was a hard read.”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “three books that have influenced me to this day of a very structured, analytical approach for performance that I needed”
  Apollo Robbins · The Tim Ferriss Show · Oct 202300:34:07

  Said during "The World’s Most Famous Pickpocket, Apollo Robbins | The Tim Ferriss Show". The episode features Apollo Robbins: Sleight-of-hand artist, theatrical pickpocket, and attention/deception expert known as 'The Gentleman Thief'; profiled in The New Yorker and a research collaborator with neuroscientists studying attention. Pickpocket Apollo Robbins reveals how attention, misdirection, and deception work, from stealing from the Secret Service to crafting belief.