FEAR

Jim Cunningham, who is found to be a despicable person late in the movie, proposes a continuum, the extremes of which are fear and happiness.
I have come to think that this is indeed an accurate model of life. The lesser you fear, the happier you are.

MAGIC

Restoration, or replenishment, if you will, of health and appetite are two things I've thought of as magical. Especially the former. You get sick and feel bad. Sometimes indeed bad. You don't do anything yourself, and actually you can't, apart from taking medication and seeing a doctor. Nature takes its course and you get back to how you used to be, typically to cherish it for a short while.
Actually, repletion can be likened to sickness: You eat a lot and feel stuffed. Other than vomiting or downing a mineral water, you can't do anything. Well, maybe regret. But that doesn't quite help. You let nature take its course, and a while later you get hungry again. There's hardly any contribution from yourself. Which makes the process magical.
The bad thing is, as its inner workings are unknown to us, magic is not quite something to lean on. Hence, better if a need for it never arises.

IMITATION

Why do sales personnel in stores wear badges reading their names? It is almost certain that they will feel uneasy and give the customer a "Are we that intimate?" look if addressed with their names.
Some business practices (there are likely ones that are on higher levels than wearing name reading badges, which can be considered below-operational) are simply adopted because "everybody else" is engaging in them. This one is pretty innocuous, but it may be wise to think twice with regard to more serious decisions, I think.