It all began with a simple card trick – and a bribe

A weekend full of roaring engines and the smell of petrol was coming up – a dream for my father, who was excited to drive a Formula 3 car. For a boy who was not allowed behind the wheel himself, that sounded less exciting. But then came the decisive offer: the secret of a card effect that had puzzled me for weeks. A small revelation in exchange for taking the trip together.

That moment was far more than the solution to a trick. It opened a door to a completely new world for me. Cards became a constant companion, routines a daily fascination. A few years later, the next step followed: at the age of eleven, I became one of the youngest candidates for the Magic Circle of Germany – among adult magicians refining their craft with passion. It was never about competing with other magicians or deceiving people. It was about wonder, about euphoria. About the moment when someone forgets reality for a fraction of a second.

But magic does not live on technique alone. It is not the sleight of hand or the secrets behind the effects that make it special. It is the sparkle in people’s eyes when, for a brief moment, the impossible feels tangible. At small celebrations, in private conversations, later at major corporate events – the reaction is always the same: wonder and euphoria.

My focus is still on card magic and, for some time now, also on mental magic.

Magic knows no boundaries. It connects people, whether they are entrepreneurs, elite athletes, politicians or strangers in a bar. In a world that is often shaped by rationality, it reminds us that wonders still exist – if we are willing to see them.

And it all started with a Nürburgring weekend and a single card effect.

The rest? Magic.