How to succeed at being a polymath

The outrageously accomplished magician-inventor-author chats to Big Think about fear, multitasking, and successful work-life reinvention.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• The list of Andrew Mayne’s careers includes magician, reality TV star, bestselling author, and inventor.

  
  

• He also started prompt-engineering with OpenAI long before the rest of the world had even heard of Large Language Models.

  
  

• Mayne joins Big Think for an exploration of AI, creativity, and the challenges of being successful in multiple fields.

Excerpt: "You have to think of it like a Venn diagram: what you want, what your skills are, and what the world wants. Find the intersection."