1. It takes a lot of time and practice to be able to perform it to people
2. Do not give up while practising. You will eventually get it! Practice makes perfect!
3. Do not get discouraged from the cold reactions, exposure, hecklers or mistakes you've done. Learn from your mistakes!
4. Practise till you are really good then only try to perform. And practising the trick and performing to people is two different things. First you gotta practise till you can do it right. Second, you gotta gain experience in performing till you got it right.
5. Shaky hands? You'll get over them real soon when you have performed enough. Don't worry about them.

If got more, please list them out! To help out all the new learners. =)

- Avoid unnecessary moves if possible. U dont need to flourish when u wanna shuffle. Just do a simple overhand shuffle or hindu shuffle, followed by a simple falsecut will do.
- Keep magic effect simple and not too complicated.
- Pace your routines... dont just keep showing one after another like a machine gun. Allow spec to respond and react.
- Work on 3 best magic effect u can do best at.

If possible, try to record yourself with a video camera. And when you record, you have to perform the trick as if you're actually performing for your audience.

Then, look at your performance, and analyze your weaknesses, strengths.

This analysis should includes things such as:

1. Your patter : intonation, pronunciation, inflections, projection, language.
2. Your overall 'look' : how you dress, how you stand, what type of 'image' you project.
3. Audience management : eye-contact, your demeanor when speaking with the audience, etc.
4. Technical aspects of the trick itself.

Also, it's always a good idea to script your performances and be ready for each and every situation that might go wrong so that you will be able to perform as flawlessly as possible.