Magic

At the edge of any subject there is magic. The great physicists including Einstein, Dirac and Heisenberg knew it. It was beyond their logic and their mathematics and even stretched their deepest powers of imagination and intuition, but it was where their greatest, their most profound work was done. Musicians certainly know it especially as they struggle with the tyranny of album 2. Architects know it, speakers know it and leaders know it. The magic is amazing: just when you think you can grasp it, it disappears. Just when you think you have identified a rule, the rule is broken. Does anything help you access the magic? Spending time with the best in your field. Putting in Gladwell's 10000 hours. Pushing yourself when you are at the edges of tiredness, frustration and sheer willingness to give up.

But why bother with magic?

Are you serious?