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Read time: 1 minute, 377 words. For most of my career, I rarely posted on social media. When I worked in finance, my employer discouraged it. That changed in June 2024, after I attended the Kit.com conference in Boise (and I no longer worked in banking). I learned that growth comes from sharing knowledge and being useful. In 2025, I showed up:
Total: >2k posts across social media. The research I put into writing this newsletter helps me learn. And the feedback you send me is thoughtful and encouraging. How can you leverage social media to share your knowledge? -Kabir Seven Point Sunday - February 8 Esther Wojcicki - Educator, journalist, and author who built a career spanning teaching, media, and thought leadership on parenting and learning. ⚡️ Productivity Readwise Reader. Reading & annotation tool that brings articles, PDFs, newsletters, and highlights into one place. Designed to help you slow down, revisit ideas, and actually remember what you read rather than just consume more. 💰 Wealth The Optionality Lens. Instead of optimizing for maximum returns, prioritize choices that expand future flexibility. Wealth is useful when it keeps doors open rather than locking you into a single path. 📚 Books The Good Enough Job by Simone Stolzoff. From the moment we ask children what they want to "be" when they grow up, we exalt the dream job as if it were life’s ultimate objective. Many entangle their identities with their jobs, with predictable damage to happiness, wellbeing, and even professional success. 🎵 Music Talking Book by Stevie Wonder. Warm, inventive album that blends soul, funk, and introspection. His 15th studio album balances joy and reflection without tipping into nostalgia. Favorites: “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” and “Superstition.” 💭 AI Prompt The vinyl revival has gone mainstream The fastest man alive taught me this leadership secret
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Seven Point Sunday💡by 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, 346 words. A veteran editor was finishing his final week at a newspaper. Decades of deadlines were behind him. When the editor-in-chief asked him to oversee one last issue, he agreed, already half checked out. He skimmed instead of reading closely.Let small errors slide.Chose speed over care. After it went to print, the editor-in-chief handed him a copy. "This is the last issue with your name on it," she said. Only then did he notice the typos.The weak headlines.The...
Read time: 1 minute, 355 words. When I worked in corporate strategy, an exec snapped at me in a meeting. Raised voice. Tight room. Everyone went quiet. I assumed I'd messed something up. Later I learned the numbers had just fallen apart. The board was arriving that afternoon. Three decisions had failed that morning. The reaction wasn’t about me. It was pressure spilling onto the nearest surface. I didn't enjoy it, but it taught me something. 👉🏽 Here's a framework for not taking things...
Read time: 1 minute, 380 words. I've been lucky enough to write books with two of Dr. Martin Luther King's top advisors: Congressman John Lewis & Ambassador Andrew Young, my Godfather. Uncle Andy taught me some powerful lessons... Like the right time to tell someone to "eff off." (silently, of course) Here are 9 provocative tips from Uncle Andy. -Kabir Seven Point Sunday - January 18💼 Portfolio Career Meet Troy Aikman. He's not just a Hall-of-Fame Quarterback. He also founded a beer company....