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Read time: 1 minute, 307 words. When Quincy Jones heard the final mix of "Billie Jean," he had one concern. The intro was too long. Radio programmers were already complaining that listeners would change stations before the vocals came in. Michael refused. He told Quincy, Quincy let it go. The intro stayed. It became one of the most recognizable openings in music history. Sometimes the producerโs job is not to fix the song. โโ-Kabir Seven Point Sunday - March 1 โKevin Slavin โ Technologist, artist, and writer whose career spans computer science, media theory, venture work, and experimental art. โก๏ธ Productivity โTana. AI-powered knowledge graph turns your ideas, meetings and projects into action. ๐ฐ Wealth โPortfolio Visualizer. Test asset allocations, historical returns, and drawdowns without selling. Useful for stress-testing assumptions before committing real money. ๐ Books โThe Courage to Be Disliked by Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga. A dialogue-driven introduction to Adlerian psychology that focuses on responsibility, freedom, and letting go of external validation rather than self-optimization. โ โHounds of Love by Kate Bush. The album was split deliberately into two halves: traditional pop songwriting on side one, and the conceptual suite The Ninth Wave on side two. Bush wrote, produced much of the record herself, using the Fairlight CMI to construct textures that were unusual for mainstream pop in 1985. โ Describe a version of my life that looks successful from the outside but quietly drains me. Explain exactly why that version is appealing and why it fails me anyway. โ โ5 truths about winning togetherโ
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Seven Point Sunday๐กby Kabir Sehgal
I help you build your portfolio career. Get 7 actionable ideas on Sundays. From a Multi-Grammy & Multi-Emmy Winner, New York Times bestselling author (21 books), ex-J.P. Morgan banker, Navy Vet. Join 10k readers.
Read time: 1 minute, 358 words. A composer friend of mine was offered a well-paid film scoring job he didn't love.He asked me whether he should take it.So we thought through the math together.He is 62.The average life expectancy for U.S. men is about 76, so he may have ~14 years left.We sleep about 1/3 of our lives, which means maybe he has ~ 9.7 awake years.The project would have taken 2 years.So, I asked him:Do you want to spend ~20% of what's left on this project? He declined the...
Read time: 1 minute, 370 words. In 2017, I traveled to Selma with Congressman John Lewis. Over breakfast at the hotel, I asked if I could record him reading a speech. I had a vague idea then. Maybe an album about Selma. Nothing concrete. We found an empty ballroom. I stacked chairs around him to dampen the sound and block the noise from the kitchen. He read. The recording sat on my voice recorder for years. In 2020, I helped him write his final memoir. Yesterday was the late congressman's...
Read time: 1 minute, 367 words. A man is brought into the emergency room after an accident. He is bleeding badly. A doctor rushes over and prepares to treat him. Before the doctor can begin, the man interrupts. "Wait," he says."How did this happen exactly?Who was responsible?Could this have been prevented?What kind of mistake led to this?" The doctor tries to stop the bleeding, but the man keeps talking.He wants answers.He wants certainty. By the time the questions end, it is too late. I...