Jim DeLoach, Protiviti's managing director, has two professional passions: consulting and performing magic. And while the two may seem like an odd combination, he credits his 45 years of performance experience for significantly enhancing his consulting skills.
Consulting: How much time do you devote to magic? DeLoach: It's more than a hobby to me. I really like to do well at it and that requires working hard. When I undertake the learning of a new effect, I will work for a long, long time on that effect before I present it to an audience. There's an effect I do in which I count out 11 bills in my hand, but when someone from the audience counts them there's only ten. That person counts them again, but now there's only nine, and so on. I worked on that effect for two years before I ever presented it.
Consulting: Does your wife resent the time you devote to magic, on top of the time you spend as a consultant?
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