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7PS: The note that never stops rising ⬆️
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Read time: 1 minute, 359 words. There's a musical illusion that makes it sound like a note is rising forever. It’s called a Shepard tone. It works by layering the same pitch pattern across several octaves. Christopher Nolan and Hans Zimmer used the idea in Dunkirk to create a feeling of constant escalation. And Nolan built that same sense of mounting intensity into the film’s structure. That's what I love about music theory. Sometimes it isn't really about music. It's a way of understanding tension, expectation, and how easily perception can be shaped. -Kabir Seven Point Sunday - September 20 ⚡️ Productivity Practice a deliberate ending. Before you stop working each day, write down exactly where you’ll restart tomorrow. One sentence is enough. It lowers resistance the next morning and prevents work from leaking into the evening as mental noise. 💰 Wealth The Liquidity Check. Once a year, list every place your money lives and note how long it would take to access cash without penalties or selling assets. Circle anything that takes longer than a week. Liquidity isn't laziness. It’s resilience. The Power Broker by Robert Caro. Not just a biography, but a study of how power actually accumulates, hides, and hardens over time. Demanding, but it permanently changes how you see institutions, incentives, and influence. Victorialand by Cocteau Twins. Recorded almost entirely without drums, the album leans into space, texture, and atmosphere rather than rhythm. Layered vocals function more like instruments than lyrics, creating mood through tone instead of narrative. Act as an overly literal assistant. I will describe a goal. You will ask only yes or no questions until the next action is unambiguous. When the student is ready
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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, 375 words. Creative work rarely starts full-time. It starts in the margins. Anthony Trollope was a Post Office civil servant who rose early to write before work, measuring his output in 15-minute blocks. Walker Evans took night jobs so he could photograph during the day, then worked for the government documenting Depression-era America. Raymond Chandler spent years as an oil-company executive before losing his job at 44 and turning seriously to detective fiction. Three...
Read time: 1 minute, 353 words. Years ago, I spent months talking with a composer about scoring a video game. When the client finally gave the green light, he emailed to say he could no longer do it. On another project, after months of similar conversations, a different composer also had to bow out. But she called me. So when the next project came along, who do you think I asked first? There's a lesson in how we say no. It depends on who is asking, what the project is, and how much time has...
Read time: 1 minute, 338 words. One of the most important pieces in music history was booed so loudly the dancers couldn't hear the orchestra. At the 1913 premiere of Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring, people shouted, fought and caused enough chaos that the choreography had to be counted from backstage. Today, the work is considered revolutionary. There's a useful reminder here. When you do something genuinely new, the first reaction may not be applause. Sometimes "they don’t get it" comes...