Sidney Friedman

Sidney Friedman

IL, US
mind power speaker & entertainer / best-selling author

A new kind of entertainment, Friedman's acclaimed MIND POWER SHOW is a fun, energetic, head-spinning, interactive combination of ESP, music, telepathy, mind games and dry wit that will send your audience home with smiles and great memories. This is sophisticated, yet fun corporate entertainment designed for meetings, team building activities, motivation, entertainment and all types of parties and events.

Friedman is also available as a speaker / “edu-tainer” with his dynamic MIND POWER TALKS and MIND POWER SEMINARS, giving time-tested insights on the topics of creativity/innovation, teamwork, effective body language/vocal inflection, intuition development, and wish attainment.

This kind of duality, Friedman’s ability to entertain or inform or both, combined with his ability to grab the audience’s attention from the very first moment, combined with his ability to deliver unique, powerful entertainment and unique powerful information, are the assets which assure a successful meeting or event.

About Sidney Friedman  

  • author of the best-selling book, Your Mind Knows More Than You Do, which reached #8 on the Amazon Top 25 list.
  • Friedman has been a featured guest on numerous TV shows, including ABC-TV’s THE VIEW, NBC-TV’s THE LEEZA SHOW, the CBS MORNING NEWS, and FOX NEWS
  • 16 years experience performing for the likes of Smith Barney, Navteq, Dean Witter, Quaker Oats, Kraft Foods, Campbell’s Soup, Nortel, Motorola, Bartlit Beck, Harris Bank, LaSalle Bank, Amoco, Abbott, Merck and hundreds more.
  • author of the audio program Mind Dynamics, produced and published by Nightingale-Conant.
  • Reviewed by the CHICAGO TRIBUNE as “the mentalist to the stars” for his numerous celebrity clients.
  • CHICAGO MAGAZINE calls him a “top talent.”

 Friedman is dedicated to eliminating boring events and conferences. In fact, here’s what you will say:

  • “Without doubt you had us spellbound…not an easy thing to do in front of a roomful of attorneys.” – Skip Herman, Managing Partner, Bartlit Beck
  • “You made an indelible impression…You spiced up a business meeting as well as deliver a relevant business message.”  – Dan Donahue, VP, Campbell’s Soup
  • “Those who’ve hired him rave about the performance, even if they saw it a couple years ago.”  -- David Roeder, business writer, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
  • “Simply Outstanding!”  -- Jo Jerman, VP, MERCK
  • “Amazing! I’m speechless.”  -- Dick Clark, NBC-TV

We live in a century where the machines have moved ahead of the minds. With an uncanny intuition, potent senses, and a skill for computer-like calculation, Sidney Friedman shows that the mind can be up to par with any technological advancement.

Friedman’s shows, talks, seminars and best-selling books are backed up by an impressive resume, including an education at the Eastman School of Music and the Music Academy in Stockholm, Sweden. He was published at the age of 19 and that same year he won a national award, the ASCAP Foundation Grant for Young Composers. He later went on to become a composer fellow at the MacDowell Colony and at the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Tanglewood Music Festival. He has written music for noted television shows and commercials, and now by combining his music gifts with his intuitive mental abilities, you will be the beneficiary of a unique and unparalleled experience!

MOST REQUESTED TOPICS:
The Resolution Solution
How to Keep Your New Year's Resolutions and Accomplish What You Set Out to Do
At New Year's time we all resolve to do certainthings in the coming year for the betterment ofour lives.  Yet, what happens?  Three weeks into January, we're back to the same old ways and habits. 

I've been there. You've been there.  I hate it. We begin the year with resolve about a goal or two, such as losing weight, getting organized, quitting smoking, etc., but maintaining our determination, our focus, often has been a challenge.

You know the story. Health clubs are packed with people on January 2nd. Then by January 31st, the attendance drastically diminishes.

So, how do you keep to your resolutions?  How do you make them stick??? 

As a mind power guru-guy, I have figured out some key mental processes, mind techniques, RESOLUTION
SOLUTIONS, which in an EASY, RELAXED manner keep you on track toward accomplishing your goals for the new year.

And I speak from experience. I'VE DONE THIS STUFF MYSELF.  It works.  My resolution for last year was to lose 2 inches from my waistline.  

THE RESULT: I lost 4 inches!!!  That's a total of 24 pounds. 

I did it from December '06 to April '07, and I havemaintained it since. 

I made my resolution STICK. I did it even though I am a naturally lazy bum of a guy.  Yes I am. 

Even though I've accomplished a few cool things in my life, my natural tendency is to plop on the sofa with a bag of chips and the game. What a sight! (Shhhh, keep that to yourselves.)

My second resolution was to get my office organized and keep it that way.  FACT: I am a slob. (Keep that to yourself too.) Oh, in the past I've gotten my office cleaned and seemingly in order, yet within a month it always reverted back to a mass of piles and clutter.

But these RESOLUTION SOLUTIONS which I discovered helped me to kick that bad habit, and YES, I organized my work environment and I HAVE KEPT IT THAT WAY.Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, now I'd like to share these mind power techniques with your audiences. I don't pretend to know everything about weight loss, about quitting smoking, or about the intricacies of certain specific goals, but I do know the MIND POWER factors which must accompany a goal if you want to STICK with it and make it happen.

This isn't just motivation. THE RESOLUTION SOLUTION is a talk presenting real techniques which in an easy,relaxed manner, get your mind working in ways that help you stay with and reach your resolutions, your goals, your wishes.

THE RESOLUTION SOLUTION presentation lasts about an hour. This is powerful, amazing stuff, and I present it in an entertaining, lively, fun manner. Or, at least I "resolve" to do it that way. 

Friedman's Mind Power Show
Reviewed as "the mentalist to the stars…the master of all things psychic" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE), Sidney Friedman's MIND POWER SHOW is a clean, fun, energetic, movivating demonstration of Friedman's talents of telepathy, intuition, ESP, mind reading and music.  As evidenced by the testimonials of the most significant Fortune 500 companies, this show plays well to all audiences large or small, conservative or progressive, entry level or executive, including Dean Witter, Smith Barney, HP, Kraft Food, Quaker Oats, Campbell's Soup, Nortell, Navteq, Greenberg Traurig, Bartlitt Beck, Mediregs, Abbott, Merck, Harris Bank, LaSalle Bank, McDonald's, ABN Amro, Rotary Club, and hundreds more.  Is he psychic? Who knows? But it's some kind of intuition that wows audiences, such as when when Friedman intuits the thoughts you're thinking and even the music you're thinking.  In fact, Friedman is the only person anywhere who can intuitively sense a melody on your mind, then he plays it on the piano or guitar!  The MIND POWER SHOW is a show packed with surprises and highpoints, plus each show contains customized segments which relate to your organization, your audience, your theme and topics.  More than any one selling point, Friedman's show has a flow, a synergy from moment to moment that builds into a power-packed hour of awe, excitement, fun, mystery, and a feel-good experience.  Some of this may seem like hyperbole, but if you need convincing, talk to those who've seen Friedman perform. Trust the eyewitnesses. We have stacks of glowing testimonial, letters and references.

Mind PowerTalk
Friedman shows how to get the creative ideas OUT of your head.  Everyone has, to varying degrees, the gift of creativity. The ideas are there deep in the subconscious mind. Friedman shows how to activate the subconscious mind to burst these ideas OUT into our conscious thinking. You must OUTOVATE before you INNOVATE.  In part, it's a process of yelling at your brain and giving it orders. It's also a process of understanding how creation occurs.  The talk is instructive and fun, plus Friedman shows through examples of artistic creation how the creative mind works, how the process happens, and how to create a business environment that allows innovation to thrive.

Mind PowerTalk
The Wish Machine
The deep sub-ocean of the mind is called the subconscious mind. It is the source of the magic within us -- the added power to make our goals come to fruition and create successful outcomes.  It is the Wish Machine.  Sidney Friedman talks about how to activate and feed this part of our being so it can go to work in helping make our goals a reality. Using time-tested techniques, based on concepts in Friedman's book and audio program, this 60 minutes will give your audience an edge that will last for a lifetime.

Mind PowerTalk
Mission Intuition
Friedman shows how to build and utilize the intuitive power of your mind to create better and more successful outcomes with your customers.  Based on time-tested principles, this talk will give you a greater understanding of what your customers think and the pattern of  their buying decision. It will also cover Friedman's "Synchronicity Principle" of sales. This technique alone will increase your sales and develop more bonded relationships with your customers. Plus, Friedman will cover some revolutionary discoveries he's made on body language -- how to read it in others and how to better yours.

Mind Power Seminar
The Google in Your Noodle
The great mostly-unexplored frontier is the human mind. Scientists and doctors have seen brains, but no one has seen the mind. It's there, but it's invisible.  Friedman can't help you see the mind, but he can help you see and understand the amazing things the mind can do, things which few people understand.  Now you will.   This seminar give you all the tools necessary to make your mind work at peak performance, to develop your creative powers, to increase your intuition, to see parts of the future, and to bring balance and well-being into your life and work.  The SEMINAR goes deeper than the the TALKS (described above). The SEMINAR melds themes and information from the above Mind Power TALKS together with additional insights and hands-on exercises for your audience so they will begin to see real results almost immediately.

Master of Ceremonies
Let's do away with hoaky, overly-slick, insincere emcees!   In a genuine, friendly, yet captivating and powerful way, Friedman is skilled at moderating a conference or evening event, keeping the agenda moving forward, making the day fun and elevating.  But most impressive, in addition to properly introducing each speaker, is Friedman's ability to intersperse customized 4-minute segments of his mind power feats among speakers, weaving in the themes of the day to keep the audience energized.

A new kind of entertainment, Friedman's acclaimed MIND POWER SHOW is a fun, energetic, head-spinning, interactive combination of ESP, music, telepathy, mind games and dry wit that will send your audience home with smiles and great memories. This is sophisticated, yet fun corporate entertainment designed for meetings, team building activities, motivation, entertainment and all types of parties and events.

Friedman is also available as a speaker / “edu-tainer” with his dynamic MIND POWER TALKS and MIND POWER SEMINARS, giving time-tested insights on the topics of creativity/innovation, teamwork, effective body language/vocal inflection, intuition development, and wish attainment.

This kind of duality, Friedman’s ability to entertain or inform or both, combined with his ability to grab the audience’s attention from the very first moment, combined with his ability to deliver unique, powerful entertainment and unique powerful information, are the assets which assure a successful meeting or event.

About Sidney Friedman  

  • author of the best-selling book, Your Mind Knows More Than You Do, which reached #8 on the Amazon Top 25 list.
  • Friedman has been a featured guest on numerous TV shows, including ABC-TV’s THE VIEW, NBC-TV’s THE LEEZA SHOW, the CBS MORNING NEWS, and FOX NEWS
  • 16 years experience performing for the likes of Smith Barney, Navteq, Dean Witter, Quaker Oats, Kraft Foods, Campbell’s Soup, Nortel, Motorola, Bartlit Beck, Harris Bank, LaSalle Bank, Amoco, Abbott, Merck and hundreds more.
  • author of the audio program Mind Dynamics, produced and published by Nightingale-Conant.
  • Reviewed by the CHICAGO TRIBUNE as “the mentalist to the stars” for his numerous celebrity clients.
  • CHICAGO MAGAZINE calls him a “top talent.”

 Friedman is dedicated to eliminating boring events and conferences. In fact, here’s what you will say:

  • “Without doubt you had us spellbound…not an easy thing to do in front of a roomful of attorneys.” – Skip Herman, Managing Partner, Bartlit Beck
  • “You made an indelible impression…You spiced up a business meeting as well as deliver a relevant business message.”  – Dan Donahue, VP, Campbell’s Soup
  • “Those who’ve hired him rave about the performance, even if they saw it a couple years ago.”  -- David Roeder, business writer, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
  • “Simply Outstanding!”  -- Jo Jerman, VP, MERCK
  • “Amazing! I’m speechless.”  -- Dick Clark, NBC-TV

We live in a century where the machines have moved ahead of the minds. With an uncanny intuition, potent senses, and a skill for computer-like calculation, Sidney Friedman shows that the mind can be up to par with any technological advancement.

Friedman’s shows, talks, seminars and best-selling books are backed up by an impressive resume, including an education at the Eastman School of Music and the Music Academy in Stockholm, Sweden. He was published at the age of 19 and that same year he won a national award, the ASCAP Foundation Grant for Young Composers. He later went on to become a composer fellow at the MacDowell Colony and at the Boston Symphony Orchestra's Tanglewood Music Festival. He has written music for noted television shows and commercials, and now by combining his music gifts with his intuitive mental abilities, you will be the beneficiary of a unique and unparalleled experience!

MOST REQUESTED TOPICS:
The Resolution Solution
How to Keep Your New Year's Resolutions and Accomplish What You Set Out to Do
At New Year's time we all resolve to do certainthings in the coming year for the betterment ofour lives.  Yet, what happens?  Three weeks into January, we're back to the same old ways and habits. 

I've been there. You've been there.  I hate it. We begin the year with resolve about a goal or two, such as losing weight, getting organized, quitting smoking, etc., but maintaining our determination, our focus, often has been a challenge.

You know the story. Health clubs are packed with people on January 2nd. Then by January 31st, the attendance drastically diminishes.

So, how do you keep to your resolutions?  How do you make them stick??? 

As a mind power guru-guy, I have figured out some key mental processes, mind techniques, RESOLUTION
SOLUTIONS, which in an EASY, RELAXED manner keep you on track toward accomplishing your goals for the new year.

And I speak from experience. I'VE DONE THIS STUFF MYSELF.  It works.  My resolution for last year was to lose 2 inches from my waistline.  

THE RESULT: I lost 4 inches!!!  That's a total of 24 pounds. 

I did it from December '06 to April '07, and I havemaintained it since. 

I made my resolution STICK. I did it even though I am a naturally lazy bum of a guy.  Yes I am. 

Even though I've accomplished a few cool things in my life, my natural tendency is to plop on the sofa with a bag of chips and the game. What a sight! (Shhhh, keep that to yourselves.)

My second resolution was to get my office organized and keep it that way.  FACT: I am a slob. (Keep that to yourself too.) Oh, in the past I've gotten my office cleaned and seemingly in order, yet within a month it always reverted back to a mass of piles and clutter.

But these RESOLUTION SOLUTIONS which I discovered helped me to kick that bad habit, and YES, I organized my work environment and I HAVE KEPT IT THAT WAY.Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!

So, now I'd like to share these mind power techniques with your audiences. I don't pretend to know everything about weight loss, about quitting smoking, or about the intricacies of certain specific goals, but I do know the MIND POWER factors which must accompany a goal if you want to STICK with it and make it happen.

This isn't just motivation. THE RESOLUTION SOLUTION is a talk presenting real techniques which in an easy,relaxed manner, get your mind working in ways that help you stay with and reach your resolutions, your goals, your wishes.

THE RESOLUTION SOLUTION presentation lasts about an hour. This is powerful, amazing stuff, and I present it in an entertaining, lively, fun manner. Or, at least I "resolve" to do it that way. 

Friedman's Mind Power Show
Reviewed as "the mentalist to the stars…the master of all things psychic" (CHICAGO TRIBUNE), Sidney Friedman's MIND POWER SHOW is a clean, fun, energetic, movivating demonstration of Friedman's talents of telepathy, intuition, ESP, mind reading and music.  As evidenced by the testimonials of the most significant Fortune 500 companies, this show plays well to all audiences large or small, conservative or progressive, entry level or executive, including Dean Witter, Smith Barney, HP, Kraft Food, Quaker Oats, Campbell's Soup, Nortell, Navteq, Greenberg Traurig, Bartlitt Beck, Mediregs, Abbott, Merck, Harris Bank, LaSalle Bank, McDonald's, ABN Amro, Rotary Club, and hundreds more.  Is he psychic? Who knows? But it's some kind of intuition that wows audiences, such as when when Friedman intuits the thoughts you're thinking and even the music you're thinking.  In fact, Friedman is the only person anywhere who can intuitively sense a melody on your mind, then he plays it on the piano or guitar!  The MIND POWER SHOW is a show packed with surprises and highpoints, plus each show contains customized segments which relate to your organization, your audience, your theme and topics.  More than any one selling point, Friedman's show has a flow, a synergy from moment to moment that builds into a power-packed hour of awe, excitement, fun, mystery, and a feel-good experience.  Some of this may seem like hyperbole, but if you need convincing, talk to those who've seen Friedman perform. Trust the eyewitnesses. We have stacks of glowing testimonial, letters and references.

Mind PowerTalk
Friedman shows how to get the creative ideas OUT of your head.  Everyone has, to varying degrees, the gift of creativity. The ideas are there deep in the subconscious mind. Friedman shows how to activate the subconscious mind to burst these ideas OUT into our conscious thinking. You must OUTOVATE before you INNOVATE.  In part, it's a process of yelling at your brain and giving it orders. It's also a process of understanding how creation occurs.  The talk is instructive and fun, plus Friedman shows through examples of artistic creation how the creative mind works, how the process happens, and how to create a business environment that allows innovation to thrive.

Mind PowerTalk
The Wish Machine
The deep sub-ocean of the mind is called the subconscious mind. It is the source of the magic within us -- the added power to make our goals come to fruition and create successful outcomes.  It is the Wish Machine.  Sidney Friedman talks about how to activate and feed this part of our being so it can go to work in helping make our goals a reality. Using time-tested techniques, based on concepts in Friedman's book and audio program, this 60 minutes will give your audience an edge that will last for a lifetime.

Mind PowerTalk
Mission Intuition
Friedman shows how to build and utilize the intuitive power of your mind to create better and more successful outcomes with your customers.  Based on time-tested principles, this talk will give you a greater understanding of what your customers think and the pattern of  their buying decision. It will also cover Friedman's "Synchronicity Principle" of sales. This technique alone will increase your sales and develop more bonded relationships with your customers. Plus, Friedman will cover some revolutionary discoveries he's made on body language -- how to read it in others and how to better yours.

Mind Power Seminar
The Google in Your Noodle
The great mostly-unexplored frontier is the human mind. Scientists and doctors have seen brains, but no one has seen the mind. It's there, but it's invisible.  Friedman can't help you see the mind, but he can help you see and understand the amazing things the mind can do, things which few people understand.  Now you will.   This seminar give you all the tools necessary to make your mind work at peak performance, to develop your creative powers, to increase your intuition, to see parts of the future, and to bring balance and well-being into your life and work.  The SEMINAR goes deeper than the the TALKS (described above). The SEMINAR melds themes and information from the above Mind Power TALKS together with additional insights and hands-on exercises for your audience so they will begin to see real results almost immediately.

Master of Ceremonies
Let's do away with hoaky, overly-slick, insincere emcees!   In a genuine, friendly, yet captivating and powerful way, Friedman is skilled at moderating a conference or evening event, keeping the agenda moving forward, making the day fun and elevating.  But most impressive, in addition to properly introducing each speaker, is Friedman's ability to intersperse customized 4-minute segments of his mind power feats among speakers, weaving in the themes of the day to keep the audience energized.