David Blaine had become famous initially for his natural ability to shock people with his slight of hand card tricks, and also his mind blowing magic tricks that would send people screaming down the streets not wanting to believe what they just had witnessed. But now, Blaine has been becoming more of a man that will test the limits of his body. There is no smoke and mirrors. There are no cards involved. It is just Blaine himself, his body and his spirit performing some of the most interesting attempts of mind over matter. 

His latest attempt was to live underwater for a week and then attempt to hold his breath for 9 minutes to break the world record of 8 minutes and 58 seconds.  But of course he had to be chained up under water also to make it more challenging for him. Well in the end, Blaine failed at achieving the world record as he fell short of the record by just under 2 minutes. Still, very impressive.  But did Blaine really fail?

As David Blaine spoke after being rescued my divers to pull him out of the water, he was “humbled” as to all the support he had received from people all around the world. What David Blaine attempted to do was break a world record, but what really happened was to show how people come together and get behind something.

If you look back at all his other attempts of putting his body under great stress, there is one common theme that occurs.  It’s the gathering of people. David Blaine realized what he was doing was also bringing people of all walks of life together all rooting and cheering together. Everybody’s differences and problems were set aside. Whether he fails to break a world record, or manages not to endure his latest attempt of stress on his body, it’s about the magic that he brings to the people and the power he can demonstrate to other people that if you really want to achieve something in life, you can.  Just use your mind and take action.