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One of the most famous American composers started by playing songs in a cramped Tin Pan Alley office for $15 a week.

George Gershwin’s inspiration didn't come from isolating himself.

It came from contact.

With the city.
With performers.
With pressure.
With people.

This may be a useful model for the rest of us.

👉🏽 3 lessons from Gershwin on how everyday life feeds creative work​
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​​-Kabir
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Seven Point Sunday - April 19
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💼 Portfolio Career

​Mayim Bialik. Actress, neuroscientist, and author whose career spans entertainment, academic research, and public education.

⚡️ Productivity

​Audo Studio – One-click audio cleanup that removes noise and improves clarity. Useful if you record voice notes, podcasts, interviews, or even quick Looms and want them to sound professional without learning audio engineering.

💰 Wealth

Write Your Sell Rules Before You Buy - Before adding any new investment, write down in one sentence what would make you sell it. This could be a fundamental change, a valuation threshold, or a time-based review. Store it in the same place you track the investment. If you can't articulate your exit criteria in advance, you’re speculating, not investing.
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📚 Books

​Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life by Henry Cloud. Protect time and energy without guilt. Useful if your default mode is to absorb other people’s urgency.
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🎵 Music

​Parvana by Chaar Diwaari. A sharp, shape-shifting take on modern Indian pop, with Hindi songwriting at its center. It pulls from hip-hop, alt-pop, and theatrical production, but still feels rooted in a distinctly Indian musical world. I've listened to it 10x.
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💭 AI Prompt

Write a blunt description of the kind of investor I am when I am at my best. Then write the kind of investor I become when I am anxious. List the behaviors that separate those two versions of me.
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🥣 Gravy

​Feeling down?​

​Money doesn't buy...​

​The purest art doesn’t try to impress​

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