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7PS: The Wrong Chord 🎹
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Read time: 1 minute, 380 words. During a concert, Herbie Hancock played the wrong chord behind Miles Davis. Not slightly wrong. "Completely, entirely wrong." Hancock covered his ears in embarrassment. Miles took a breath. Then he played a phrase that made the chord sound right. Hancock later realized that Miles had not judged the chord as a mistake. He heard something unexpected and responded creatively. Anyone can identify an error. The better question is: What can you do next to make it work? ➡️ Read the story. -Kabir Seven Point Sunday - October 11 ⚡️ Productivity Facetune - Skin touch-ups, whiten teeth, add makeup and alter face shape. 💰 Wealth The Income Durability Test. For each income stream you have, ask: what would cause this to disappear? Rank your income sources by fragility. Then direct new effort toward the one that survives the most scenarios. Wealth compounds when income is resilient, not just high. Read Living on Earth by Peter Godfrey-Smith. What happens when we look at the mind from another side -- when we come to see organisms as active causes, not merely as results of the evolutionary process. The planet we inhabit is significantly the work of other living beings, who shaped the environments that we ourselves later transformed. Listen to Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane. 1967 psychedelic rock classic, which captures the spirit of 60's counterculture. Grace Slick’s vocals and the band’s experimental sound blend folk and electric rock, making it a defining album of its era. Favorites: "Today" & "Somebody to Love." Describe the version of my life that looks "responsible" but slowly erodes my curiosity. Explain what rewards keep me there and what signal would tell me it’s time to leave. Are you a consumer or creator?
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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, 285 words. At seven years old, Yo-Yo Ma performed for Pablo Casals, one of history's greatest cellists. Ma was already a prodigy. His days revolved around lessons, rehearsals, and practice. Casals listened carefully. Then he offered surprising advice. Go play baseball. Not another scale. Not another hour with the cello. Baseball. Ma later understood the message: Live a full life. Because mastering your craft is only half the work. You also need a life worth expressing. 👉🏾...
Read time: 1 minute, 301 words. The best genres shouldn't quite make sense. A few years ago, I visited Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol’s basement studio outside Boston. Charlie Parker on one wall. Turkish masters on another. Handmade instruments everywhere. This is where Turkish Hipster took shape. Turkish makam. Brazilian percussion. Hip-hop. ’70s rock. Big-band jazz. You don't invent a genre by starting from scratch. You invent one by combining things that have never had a reason to meet...
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. As the higher tones fade out, lower ones quietly fade in, so your ear hears continuous ascent even though the sound is actually looping. 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...