Majicman Notes

Actually, luck is one of those things that you shouldn’t believe in, even if it’s true. Because believing it will hurt your agency. Just like victim mentality, right? Thinking you’re a victim, even if it’s… Read more

Jeffrey M Friedman M.D Ph.D Obesity is a complex condition with genetic and biological underpinnings. Friedman’s research led to the discovery of leptin, a hormone produced by fat cells that plays a crucial role in… Read more

Most people believe that their coun­tries are beau­ti­ful, that their nations and cul­tures are worthy of love and sac­ri­fice. But many aren’t will­ing to acknow­ledge that their nations and cul­tures are like human beings: their… Read more

Generally speaking, envy, resentment, revenge, and self-pity are disastrous modes of thought. Self-pity gets pretty close to paranoia and paranoia is one of the very hardest things to reverse. You do not want to drift… Read more

We take almost all the decisive steps in our lives as a result of slight inner adjustments of which we are barely conscious. W.G. Sebald٫ Austerlitz Read more

The dynamic of friendship is almost always underestimated as a constant force in human life: a diminishing circle of friends is the first terrible diagnostic of a life in deep trouble: of overwork, of too… Read more

When Stephen King was given a lifetime achievement honor from the National Book Awards in 2003, he used the opportunity to discuss the important role Tabitha has played in his life and work. He said, in part:… Read more

Excellence is mundane. Superlative performance is really a confluence of dozens of small skills or activities, each one learned or stumbled upon, which have been carefully drilled into habit and then are fitted together in… Read more

Life   For what it’s worth: it’s never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or… Read more

Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent. John Maynard Keynes Read more