The Magic Road to Success™
Adapted for Academic Settings

You can help your students meet the challenges in the workforce and achieve their dreams.

Students can often have the impression that staying passionate and enthusiastic about their career goals is going to be very difficult; they are bombarded by news of bankruptcies, large corporations closing their doors, work conflicts, layoffs and unemployment. 

Can we than be surprised to see that our adolescents and young adults may not feel that they are living up to their dreams?

You can repeatedly tell your students that hard work is the key to success, but when they will be faced with difficulties and obstacles, their ambition, motivation, perseverance, and desire to succeed will determine if they will put forth the effort to make it or not.

Fortunately, you can do something that will teach them the advantages of positive thinking and determination and will increase their motivation and chance for success.

Since 2003, The Magic Road to Success™ has been presented on numerous occasions at secondary learning institutions, adult education seminars, and professional conferences including APEC and ACDEC Quebec.

Your academic institution can benefit from this educational presentation. The program focuses on motivational problems, dropping out, and other topics relevant to students’ needs, while providing them with positive goals and the means to achieve them. 

"This knowledgeable performer knows how to juggle words as well as he can juggle objects. He knows how to communicate his ideas effectively and clearly; he is full of energy. We will have him back next year, for sure!"

-Dominique Tardif, Director
Charles-Gravel Secondary School

The Conference

The Magic Road to Success™ is a performance that is specifically formulated to meet your audience’s needs and time restrictions. By combining magic tricks, some visual, others humorous intermingled with lecture segments in which I discuss certain concepts that will make the difference between success and failure in personal and professional undertakings alike.

Concepts Covered:

Success and Passion

It is imperative to first establish that success is not a universal concept and that the definition of success varies from one person to another. Money should not be the sole driving factor in choosing a career, as wealth without passion is not fulfilling. You must determine your own criteria for success based on your needs, beliefs, and preferences. Your career choice should be a way to thrive and grow more so than a means to an end.

Knowing the Stakes

We can do whatever we choose as long as we are prepared to pay the price. Tony Robbins wrote, “Everything that has ever been created was first conceived in the creator’s imagination.” There can be a long road between having a dream and making it a reality and you must be prepared to make sacrifices. Your dream must be valuable enough, in your eyes, to empower and motivate you until the end. Deciding this is crucial.

Luck Does Not Exist

Probability exists…that is science. But, luck is a myth. Justifying your successes to good luck and your failures to bad luck is an easy way out, undoubtedly because these beliefs console us. But, we make our own luck by being as prepared as possible and taking advantage of our opportunities.

“The Secret to Success is Trying”

I also touch on themes like: perseverance, the importance of instant gratification on the way to bigger goals, and risk, as well as the importance of confidence.

The performance side of the presentation also serves an educational purpose. First of all, the magic grabs the audience’s attention and produces an interest in a certain profession at which point I explain the hidden work behind succeeding in my profession, which initially appears to be nothing more than entertainment.

Furthermore, the magic tricks serve to show that we can realize seemingly impossible thing if we give ourselves the chance to figure out new solutions.

Finally, the performance acts symbolize the end of a theme and the beginning of the following theme that will be discussed.

I share my professional journey and the « truths » that I discovered along the way. These helped me succeed in the highly competitive entertainment industry and they will help my audience in all of their undertakings.

"Alternating between more visual acts and humorous lecture segments is a winning formula. It seems that your themes of passion, perseverance, and luck were particularly touching to the audience."

-Danielle Joncas and Janick Deschatelets
Centre Christ-Roi

Whoever adopts this attitude and lives it on a daily basis is likely to lead a happier and more productive life.

The performance is so unique that it has captured the eye of magicians everywhere. Here is a short article that was featured in a weekly Quebec publication that found itself in a European forum dedicated to magic…

Testimonials from Schools/Academic Establishments:

"This knowledgeable performer knows how to juggle words as well as he can juggle objects. He knows how to communicate his ideas effectively and clearly; he is full of energy. We will have him back next year, for sure!"

-Dominique Tardif, Director
Charles-Gravel Secondary School

"The students were enthusiastic and their comments were of admiration. All of those who assisted your conference were positively touched.”"

-Michelle Legault, ECC Teacher
Chene-Bleu Secondary School

"You knew exactly how to adapt your content for our students. Your message of motivation intermingled with your illusion tricks were well appreciated and presented with no condescension. Funny, captivating, exceptional were some of the words used by both students and faculty alike."

-Claude Bealieu (Director) and Dominique Demers
Polyvalente Nicole-Gatineau

"Alternating between more visual acts and humorous lecture segments is a winning formula. It seems that your themes of passion, perseverance, and luck were particularly touching to the audience."
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-Danielle Joncas and Janick Deschatelets
Centre Christ-Roi

"You succeeded in surpassing our expectations. Bravo…"

-Keith Akerley, Adjunct Director
École Grande Rivière

"Your conference managed to touch on the exact message we were trying to convey to our students. The students were able to retain a positive message from your show. A follow-up activity showed that in their own way, each student realized the importance of perseverance in the pursuit of their dreams.”

-Melanie Langlois, C.O, 
Monique Proulx Secondary School

"The 3rd year students as well as the faculty greatly appreciated your conference. The magic captured their attention and the messages that followed were well received. The students were very attentive; I was personally surprised. When they are fifteen, sixteen years old, it is usually not easy to get a message through to them but you did so in a remarkable way.”

-Cecile Patry
Polyvalente de l’Erabliere

"“The students, as well as their instructors were unanimous in their positive comments. Your magic easily captured the students’ attention but it is your words on passion, perseverance, and effort that were retained by all. Your professionalism must equally be praised and it is with great pleasure that we recommend your conference for an academic setting, but also for any other audience.”

-Michele Lepine, c.o. M.Ed
Du Versant Secondary School

"Without hesitation I recommend Mr. Vendette, who with his captivating words and magic tricks, was able to inspire our students to contemplate their futures. Congratulations to Mr. Vendette!"

-Andre Proulx, Adjunct Director
Louis-Jacques Casault Secondary School

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