Read time: 1 minute, 302 words. When it comes to social media, I'm an early adopter but late bloomer. I joined Facebook in 2004 - weeks after launch. without feeling β Seven Point Sunday - September 8 πΌ Portfolio Career Meet Steven Van Zandt. Actor in The Sopranos. Bruce Springsteen's music director. Writing a screenplay. β β‘οΈ Productivity βCursor. Leverage AI to build apps without knowing how to code. β π° Passive Consider closed-end municipal fund. Potential tax-free dividend income. β π Books Read Make Time by Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky. Nobody ever looked at an empty calendar and said, "The best way to spend this time is by cramming it full of meetings!" or got to work in the morning and thought, Today I'll spend hours on Facebook! Yet that's exactly what we do. Why? β π΅ Music Listen to Dangerous and Young (English, Arabic & Bilingual Remixes) by Amanda Abizaid. Inspiring message of peace, informed by her experience growing up in Lebanon during conflict. "I never got to say goodbye to my family, friends, & home." Favorites: title track & "Khatiran & Shabban" β π AI Prompt β π₯£ Gravy βWhy you'll benefit from the coffee warsβ β
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Read time: 1 minute, 287 words. Authors Kurt Vonnegut & Joseph Heller once attended a party hosted by a billionaire. Vonnegut pointed out that their host made more in a day than Heller had earned from his book Catch-22 in his lifetime. Heller replied, "Yes, but I have something he will never have..." "Enough." I've thought a lot about that word lately. Enough money, enough recognition, enough ambition. What if we all focused a little more on enough?-Kabir PS - Thanks to those of you who...
Read time: 1 minute, 367 words. Do you know who Nathanael Ankeny is?I didn't know about him until 2 weeks ago.Spotify suggested that I listen to his 2023 album. I liked it.So, I created this 5-slide meme that praised his music - and I posted it to Threads. Just because.I don't know this guy. I don't want anything from him.And here's the thing: I find it thrilling to praise a stranger in public. Maybe he'll find this post one day. Perhaps another person will learn about his music and enjoy...
Read time: 1 minute, 310 words. I wrote this article. Harvard Business Review said was one of the 30 most influential in its 100-year history.So, I wrote a follow up article, expecting they'd publish it.Nope. My editor had left. The new editor wanted many edits - and then maybe they'd publish.It got me thinking:Why do I want HBR to publish my piece?So, I stopped sending my articles to HBR & other outlets. ππ½ This is what I do instead. You can try this approach.-KabirSeven Point Sunday -...