Majicman Notes

There’s a common question in Silicon Valley about what makes an extraordinary entrepreneur. Experienced investors point to various traits. Perseverance. Grit. Overcoming adversity. Hustle. Innate genius. A good childhood. A bad childhood. Luck. But the… Read more

The most dra­matic men­tal change that comes with age is a loss of interest in what oth­ers think. And that allows for more, not less, risk-tak­ing. Carl Benedikt Frey https://www.carlbenediktfrey.com Read more

If you want to be a successful creative, your hit rate probably doesn’t matter as much as how good your best stuff is. One exceptional piece of work makes up for hundreds of duds.  The… Read more

It took me a long time to figure out that I needed deadlines. Deadlines were the difference between a dream and something that you complete. And what happens with deadlines is that you’ve got to… Read more

Los Angeles weather is the weather of catastrophe, of apocalypse, and, just as the reliably long and bitter winters of New England determine the way life is lived there, so the violence and the unpredictability… Read more

Should a diver have fear of whales in mind, Precious pearls he will never find. غواص اگر اندیشه کند کام نهنگ هرگز نکند دُرّ گرانمایه به چنگ Golestan of Saadi Translation by AbdolMahmoud Rezvani Read more

The producer of old age is habit: the deathly process of doing the same thing in the same way at the same hour day after day, first from carelessness, then from inclination, at last from… Read more

And the most straightforward, powerful, life-changing motto that will help you take action today is: “Now, not how” The beauty of “Now, not how” is it does not discriminate. It applies to you regardless of… Read more

Most people end up being conformists; they adapt to prison life. A few become reformers; they fight for better lighting, better ventilation. Hardly anyone becomes a rebel, a revolutionary who breaks down the prison walls.… Read more

I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community and as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatsoever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up… Read more