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7PS: The gift of grief π
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Read time: 1 minute, 383 words. What helps you survive can become what you give to others. Jeff Ross made a career roasting everyone else (Tom Brady, Shaq, Justin Bieber, etc). Jeff lost his mother at fourteen and his father at nineteen. Comedy became his companion, then his career. I had the pleasure of producing the album, my first comedy project. After years of working on weighty projects with global statesmen, it was refreshing to make something lighter, though no less meaningful. It's funny, tender, old-fashioned storytelling. You may come for the Roastmaster General, but you leave thinking about how our hardest experiences can become our greatest gifts. ββ-Kabir Seven Point Sunday - November 8 β‘οΈ Productivity βLazy.so - One keyboard shortcut to take notes & save information. π° Wealth The Fragility Discount. When evaluating opportunities, mentally discount returns that depend on perfect conditions: constant growth, uninterrupted attention, or stable markets. Favor outcomes that still work when things go slightly wrong. Wealth compounds when downside is controlled before upside is chased. π Books βThinking in Bets by Annie Duke. By shifting your thinking from a need for certainty to a goal of accurately assessing what you know and what you don't, you'll be less vulnerable to reactive emotions, knee-jerk biases, and destructive habits in your decision making. You'll become more confident, calm, compassionate and successful in the long run. π΅ Music βIllinois by Sufjan Stevens. Recorded largely at home with layered instrumentation and narrative ambition, the album blends orchestral pop, folk, and quiet confession. It treats place as a storytelling device, using specificity to reach something universal. π AI Prompt Draft a polite but honest email turning down an artist. Be clear that the issue is not their talent, but the fact that working with them would require emotional labor I'm not licensed, compensated, or spiritually prepared to provide. β βCall your clients backββ
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Seven Point Sundayπ‘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 (23 books), ex-J.P. Morgan banker, Navy Vet. Join 10k readers.
Read time: 1 minute, 387 words. How do you earn a PhD while coaching the NFL's biggest stars? You don't tell anyone. For years, Adam Henry balanced NFL coaching with doctoral studies. But few in football knew. He worried that if one of his receivers struggled, people would assume he was distracted by school. If his classmates knew he was an NFL coach, they might assume he was receiving special treatment. So he kept the worlds separate. I understand why. When I worked in banking, I rarely...
Read time: 1 minute, 350 words. Van Halen's strangest safety check came in a bowl of candy. Their concert rider demanded M&M's backstage. But every brown one had to be removed. It sounded like rock-star vanity. It was quality control. Their shows required complicated staging, wiring, and equipment. If the band found a brown M&M, they knew the venue might not have read the rest of the instructions carefully. The candy was not the problem. It was the signal. You cannot inspect everything all...
Read time: 1 minute, 321 words. Before Yelp, one unhappy customer sent his complaint on a clay tablet. Around 1750 BCE, Nanni accused a copper merchant named Ea-nasir of delivering the wrong grade of copper and treating his messenger with contempt. It survives as the oldest known written customer complaint. Ea-nasir sold copper. His dissatisfied customer made him immortal. A complaint tells you where the business is breaking. Listen closely enough, and it may also tell you where to grow. See...