As a kid, there was always something magical about stepping inside it—the built-ins, mission furniture, and trove of Maxfield Parrish prints hanging on the walls left an enduring impression.

They are a total scam and can not do magic...you can do the exact same thing for free.

They they  give up discouraged because deals didn't magically appear.

I let myself get comfortable and used to this idea that even though i wasnt contributing, just sitting back relaxed on the sidelines, overworking my employees, diminishing my hunger for success, lackadaisically directing the traffic, i thought somehow magically i would still come out on top.

Cash flow quadrantThe magic of thinking bigLes Brown / Tony RobbinsAnd lots of Dr Schullers books.

I think it is pretty clear that the finding something else to do doesn't just magically happen over night.

I will let you continue this discussion with your friends and the "liberals" that you are able to figure out so easily using your magical powers.

@Ryan Fong,Most folks go to events like that with a pipe-dream: they have more money problems than they know how to deal with and they're looking for "the magic" which will solve their problems.

Three years ago today I was sitting under the fluorescent lights in my cubicle, enjoying a slow week of work because of the holiday, and I googled a question about zoning for one of my properties.Then this MAGICAL thing happened to me, a link for BP came up.  

Depreciation is the real magic here.