Pearlman’s repertoire includes guessing childhood bedroom posters, third-grade teacher names and dream vacation destinations. “How you’re gonna think is shockingly under my control. It’s almost like the way a puppet gets moved around,” Pearlman said.
Pearlman discovered magic during a teenage cruise ship vacation. A magician brought him on stage as a volunteer. “I was brought on stage. He performed this trick with me as the person. And I was, I was blown away,” Pearlman said.
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He studied magic books and worked part-time to purchase tricks from a local magic shop. Pearlman eventually abandoned card tricks for mentalism, practicing thousands of hours over subsequent decades.
How Oz Pearlman’s mind-reading techniques work
Pearlman’s act centers on what he calls a fundamental deception.
“The lie is that I can read your mind,” Pearlman said.
The mentalist clarifies he possesses no psychic abilities or supernatural powers. He declines to reveal specific techniques.
“I am not gonna tell you. That doesn’t do well for my job security,” he said.
Pearlman studies body language, eye movements and hand positioning to interpret audience members’ thoughts.
“I’m getting you to make very specific choices, right. In my show, I guess a lotta things, such as numbers, such as words, such as names, things that have seemingly an infinite amount of possibilities. But do they? No,” he said. “I’ve figured out how to kinda take a piece of information that seems too impossible, I can build up in a big way, and create a lot more of a limited subset than you think.”
The performer plants suggestions to influence decisions.
“Certain moments where you’re right now about to change your mind, and I move you into another direction, you don’t realize that you were about to do something but that your mind works in a certain way,” Pearlman said.
How Oz Pearlman guessed Joe Rogan’s ATM PIN code
Critics suggest Pearlman researches subjects beforehand to obtain information like Rogan’s ATM PIN code.
“If you think that I followed Joe Rogan around to get his ATM PIN code, I love that answer,” Pearlman said. “But no, I did not follow Joe Rogan around.”
Pearlman identifies certain demographics as more predictable targets.
“People that are very intelligent are much easier because their mind is regimented in a certain way. Like, I perform for Nobel laureates. You go, ‘This is one of the most intelligent people on the planet.’ I go, ‘Pft. Hook, line, and sinker. Let’s go. This is gonna be a cake walk.’”
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Oz Pearlman’s career performing at corporate events
Pearlman generates primary income from corporate events and performances for NFL and college football teams. He spends months preparing each engagement.
“I’ve been ideating, formulating, thinking, what am I going to do this time?”
Audience reactions provide professional satisfaction, Pearlman said.
“It’s like certain movies give me goosebumps. And you don’t get that, often,” he said.
CEOs have consulted Pearlman for negotiation assistance. He is publishing “Read Your Mind: Proven Habits for Success from the World’s Greatest Mentalist,” which applies mentalism principles to everyday situations.
“My book is not about teaching you to be a mentalist because there’s books about that,” he said. “So I want to teach people not to be a mentalist, but how to think like a mentalist.”
When Oz Pearlman’s mentalism tricks fail on stage
Pearlman’s performances occasionally fail before large audiences. His recovery technique maintains the illusion of success.
During one NBC appearance, Pearlman attempted to influence weatherman Al Roker to name Taylor Swift as a hypothetical 2016 presidential candidate. Roker selected George Clooney instead.
Pearlman redirected by asking about female candidates. When Roker mentioned Swift, Pearlman revealed a “Taylor Swift for President” shirt.
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“In that moment, it’s hyperfocus of saying to him, ‘And what if it could be anybody else? What if?’ And so I was steering him back on track to what I thought would work,” Pearlman said. “So it looked even more amazing, because it seemed like he changed his mind at the last moment.”
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