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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, 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, 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. Quincy pushed Michael Jackson to shorten it. Michael refused. He told Quincy,"That's the part that makes people want to dance." Quincy let it go. The intro stayed. It became one of the most recognizable openings in music history. Sometimes the producer’s job...
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...