Majicman Notes

The secret of any great project is to keep it moving, keep it from losing momentum. William Zeckendorf Read more

Most runners run not because they want to live longer, but because they want to live life to the fullest. If you’re going to while away the years, it’s far better to live them with… Read more

For those reasons, our conglomerate will remain a collection of controlled and non-controlled businesses. Charlie and I will simply deploy your capital into whatever we believe makes the most sense, based on a company’s durable… Read more

1. TEMPERANCE. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.2. SILENCE. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.3. ORDER. Let all your things have their places; let each part of… Read more

We are most productive when we focus on a very small number of projects on which we can devote a large amount of attention. Albert Einstein Read more

The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. Arthur C. Clark Sir Arthur C. Clarke was an engineer, futurist and humanist who… Read more

If anything is worth doing, it’s worth doing to excess … My whole life has been spent trying to teach people that intense concentration for hour after hour can bring out in people resources they didn’t know… Read more

Life is full of unexplainable things, and it can make us uncomfortable to not have the right words or complete understanding. We love certainties because they give the illusion of control, even though there is… Read more

Skill is just recognizing when you’ve gotten lucky. It’s when you’ve been fortunate enough to make an investment in a great company, and suddenly you realize just how very lucky you were, and you buy… Read more

Warren Buffett on holding your temper: “My good friend and hero, Tom Murphy, had an incredible generosity of spirit. He would do five things for you without thinking about whether you did something for him.… Read more