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Read time: 1 minute, 381 words. A man spent years building a boat. When asked why, he said: Not everything we make has to be useful.
What are some of yours? πΌ Portfolio Career Meet Ian Stoutzker. Banker who co-founded Live Music Now in 1977, bringing musicians into schools, hospitals, and care homes. Chaired the Philharmonia Orchestra and funded music education spaces like the Dora Stoutzker Hall. Steady career financed culture at scale. β β‘οΈ Productivity βAngry Email Translator turns a hostile message into a calm, professional reply. Paste the email, set the tone, and get draft with subject line, and suggested next steps. Useful when your first instinct is to type fast. β π° Wealth The Sleep-at-Night Test. Money is only useful if you can sleep. Rate each income source and investment by how it affects your sleep, health, and attention. Prefer predictable cash flow over drama. Diversify so one problem never sinks you. Automate savings so decisions happen while youβre off the clock. Hold a cash buffer that covers true needs, not hopes. Wealth that lets you rest is worth more than yield that keeps you wired. β π΅ Music βThings Fall Apart by The Roots blends live-band hip-hop with soul and jazz textures. Start with "The Next Movement" for momentum, then "You Got Me" for the Badu-Questlove axis. It's a 1999 landmark that still sounds fresh, a blueprint for thoughtful rap. β π Books βThe Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow shows how chance shapes courts, careers, and everyday judgments. Clear, story-driven, and practical for spotting noise vs signal. β π§ AI Prompt You are my fraud-prevention assistant. Create a 7-day credit-protection sprint. Day-by-day steps to place credit freezes at Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion, set fraud alerts, and pull free credit reports. β π₯£ Gravy βBreak out of your routineβ
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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 (21 books), ex-J.P. Morgan banker, Navy Vet. Join 10k readers.
Read time: 1 minute, 348 words.The holidays are here. This is when many of us start looking back at the year and thinking about what we want to change. In moments like this, I always come back to something Emerson wrote: "What lies within us dwarfs what lies behind us and before us."Neuroscience points to the same thing. Your brain holds more connections than stars in the Milky Way.And every thought quietly reshapes who you become. You're not fixed. You're evolving. ππ½ Here's the NOVA...
Read time: 1 minute, 371 words. It's getting harder to tell what's real anymore.AI "slop" content is everywhere. Fast, cheap, and soulless.So I labeled my new holiday album clearly:"Real field recordings. Captured on location." I made a lofi holiday album with chill remixes of my favorite seasonal tunes.But I didn't just produce it in a studio.I recorded real sounds while traveling through Lichtenstein, France, Oman, New York, and beyond.Church bells. Street conversations. Wind. Water....
Read time: 1 minute, 308 words. I went to KFC the other day (don't judge). There was a line wrapped around the airport gate. All for a recipe that was rejected more than 1,000 times before it found a home. Colonel Sanders didn't catch the wave early in his life.He kept paddling, and it finally came in his 60s. Success isn't about catching the first wave.It's about staying ready until yours arrives. ππ½ Here's a 4-part framework to help you do just that-KabirSeven Point Sunday - November 16 πΌ...