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Read time: 1 minute, 334 words. A man is riding a horse at full speed. Someone standing nearby shouts: "Where are you going?" The rider calls back: "I don't know. Ask the horse." I stopped when I came across this story. Because a lot of life can feel like that. Busy. What in your life is the horse right now? Seven Point Sunday - April 5 ⚡️ Productivity Zotero – Research and reference manager that helps you collect, organize, and annotate articles, PDFs, and sources. Useful if your learning involves synthesis over time rather than quick consumption. 💰 Wealth Annual Expenses Snapshot. Open your bank or budgeting app and total what you spent last year, category by category. Then circle the single category that increased the most year over year. That's where lifestyle drift is happening, whether you intended it or not. 📚 Books The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef. Approaching beliefs with curiosity rather than defensiveness. Focuses on noticing when you’re reasoning to win instead of reasoning to understand. 🎵 Music Electric Ladyland by The Jimi Hendrix Experience. Recorded across multiple sessions in 1968, the album pushed studio experimentation to the foreground, using tape effects, layered guitars, and extended improvisation. It marked Hendrix’s transition from virtuoso performer to studio architect. 💭 AI Prompt Describe a version of my life where everything is predictable. Explain what feels safe about it, what feels dead, and why I might still choose it anyway. 🥣 Gravy One film can shift everything Your job won't exist in 10 years Most artists fear crossing over
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Read time: 1 minute, 319 words. James Stockdale spent eight years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. He was tortured repeatedly. Later, he was asked: Who did not make it out? His answer: The optimists. The ones who said,"We will be out by Christmas." Then Christmas came and went. Then Easter. Then Thanksgiving. Then Christmas again. They died of broken hearts. The lesson: Never lose faith that you will prevail in the end. But never lie to yourself about the reality in front of you. -Kabir PS -...
Read time: 1 minute, 300 words.A man stands in front of a locked door he's been trying to open for months. He studies the hinges.He inspects the grain of the wood.He wonders who built it and why. He sketches diagrams.Reads manuals.Asks others what they think is on the other side. What he doesn't do is turn the knob. One day, almost out of frustration, he finally does. The door opens. It was never locked.It was just heavy. Many things we call confusion are actually resistance to effort....
Read time: 1 minute, 284 words.At the beginning of every year, I kind of disappear. I delete social media & messenger apps on my phone.I automate my social media postings. I make the time so I can write, compose, produce. I'm a big believer in this app, which helps me vanish. With focus, everything feels possible.-Kabir Seven Point Sunday - January 4💼 Portfolio Career Meet Soulaima Gourani. Tech exec, solopreneur, board member. She has to push against the idea that being multi-dimensional...